Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
DON'T FEAR TROUBLE.

Army Officers Ridicule the Report
OF Hostilities--Said to Be Dis
turbing Element at Pine Ridge
Agency.
News OF the Indian difficulty in South
Dakota was conveyed to the officials OF the
department OF the Platte on tho 4th inst.
Gen. McCook thought there could be no
foundatio for the rumors of q general out.
break. He said Two Strikes and bis band
belonged to the Rosebud and not to the
Pine Ridge agency. One Of the leading OF.
icers at the department said this was the
wrong time OF year for an outbreak. II it
were month later there might be more
Likelihood OF an uprising.
Inquiry as to the strength OF the force
elected statement to the effect that the
officers feel we'll able to contend with any.
thing that may come up. Aft. Robinson
there are six troops OF cavalry and two
companies OF infantry. At Fit. Niobrara a
similar force is stationed both garrisons
being VIII supplied with Gatling and Hotch.
kiss guns. II necessary, four troops OF
cavalry could easily be brought down from
Ft. Meade and other troops could be
brought in very quickly. There are sixty
Indian policemen at Pine Ridge agency and
about the SEINE number at Rosebud.
DR.. McGillicuddy, who was for q long time
agent OF Pine Ridge and who in the past has
made some very interesting statements re.
gardiug the Indian situation to the press,
said to reporter that while there is no
open ghost dancing, there is a quiet discus.
sion OF the topics all the time. and the fact
that the promise was that the Messiah
would come after two springs, which will
bring the time in 1893, is being carefully
recently paid the Indians at Pine Ridge
$S5 900, and this is used as an argument
that the great father fears his red sons, else
why should he seek to buy them.
The return from Camp Sheridan OF Short
Bull and Kicking Bear have added g. dis.
turbing element to the situhtion. These
follows are big men among the Brules, who
are turbulent lot and hard to keep in
bounds, and who really do not belong to
Pine Ridge agency, where they settled after
the trouble of 1890. These fellows figure
that tho concessions which resulted in their
beng allo we'd to remain there instead OF
being sent back to Rosebud is sign they
can secure greater favors by demanding
them, and they have leaders who carefully
foster this idea.
Tie most significant thing, however, is
the fact that there have been communiea-
tions between the various Indian tribes all
during the past year OF a Sc cret and appar-
emily important nature. There is also q
line OF communication we'll established and
which is constantly used between Indian
Territory and British America, and tho
Indians all along the line understand that
the other bands are KEPT posted on move.
ments.
Oae trouble at Pine Ridge is that Capt.
Brown OF the eleventh infantry, who is now
there, is not the permanent agent, and the
sibility OF his being taken away at any time.
Capt. Brown has the affairs OF the agency
in good shape, said DR.. McGillicuddy, but
it would not take much OF mistake to
start q worse outbreak in the spring than
the one OF two years ago.
First Sergeant Joe Bush OF the Indian
police in charge OF the detachment sent out
by Agent Brown returned and told the
story OF his overtaking the murderers. He
them whether they resisted or not: He
said the men were camped near No Waters
camp. When the police came up the muir |
derers at once fred and the police returned |
the fire.
They killed three of the party. Two
Sticks and one OF his boys got away. 1t is
thought Two Sticks is seriously wounded.
The Indian police were highly complimented
by Capts. Brown and Cisney. Capt. Brown
has another squad OF men out after the
missing two. with instructions to bring them
in. Capt. Brown and Inspector Cisney OF
the interior department do not anticipate
any further trouble.
The story OF the trouble leading to the
Killing of the whites, as near as can be
earned, is that number of cowboys be.
onging to the beei camp OF Isaac Hum
oreys, government contractor on the
White river at the mouth OF White Clay
,reek, twenty-five miles north OF Pine
Ridge, returned from town drunk. During
he evening they mistreated an Indian
,smed Two Sticks, finally driving him from