The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-09

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spur of the Wolf Mountain range,
above the United States soldiers. and
were only disIodgedS after repeated
! charges. The GROUND was covered
| with ice and snow from one to three
| feet deep, and during. the last two
| hours there was a binding snowstorm.
Operations Against Nez Perces.
In September of 1877 Gen. Miles had
| a heavy fight with the Nez- @Perces
near Bear Paw river. A village was
found in the valley Of Snake creek
! Gen. Miles ordered it charged. The
Indians contested the ground stubborn
ly, but soon retreated to the head of
the ravine. A part Of the Fifth in
fantry charged down slope and along
the open valley of the creek into the
village. The position of the Indians
was SO advantageous that 35 per cent
! of the charging detachment was killed
or wounded. Up to this time 20 per
cent of Miles soldiers had been dis
abled. 1t was very cold, and there
was a heavy snowstorm. Gen Miles
determined to hold his position and
make no further attack. He sent for
achievements
Next morning Chief Joseph, of the
Nez Perces, appeared under a flag of
truce, with several warriors, and said
he came to treat for peace.
1t was at this time that Lowell II.
Jerome, brother of District Attorney
Jerome, Of New York, was held as a
hostage by Nez Perces, after having
been sent into their village by Gen
Miles. Shortly afterward Chief Joseph
surrendered. -.
During the years 1867 the troops of
Gen. Miles marched over 1000 miles,
captured 1000 horses, ponies and
mules, destroyed large amount of
property, and either killed captured
or forced to surrender more than 1000
Indians. 49, @sszs5:= s'''
ton canyon, Gerenkn1o came In He
dismounted and came forward I'M
armed. He said ne had many griev-
anees, He said there had been plot
against his life and that he preferred
tocdie on the Warpath rather than be
assassinated. Gen. Miles told him his
men must surrender absolutely as pris-
oners of war, and Geronimo brought in
his camp next morning and aid down
his arms.
Chief Natchez held out for a time,
but finally said if Geronimo would go
out he would come in with him. &C.
ronimo brought Natchez in, and on the
next morning Natchez's people joined
the camp. 81
Pine Ridge and Rosebud Troubles.
The Indians at the,ePine Ridge and
Rosebud agencies began holding ghost
dances in 1890. They complained of
ill-treatment of various kinds and said
they were cheated in supplies; that
the agents robbed them, and that it,
would be better for them to go on the
Warpath, than be starved and. nistfeat-
ed in the agencies. They said that the
new religion, taught them by, the white
men promised them return to the earth
at the coming. of the millennium, and
consequently they lost their fear of
death. They traded their horses and
blankets for rifles and ammunition.
The Messiah @delasion spread all over
the country among the Indians. They
secretly. left their various reservations
and he1d5a large conclaye near yra--
mid Lake, Nevada. 3 g''ss -.
Sitting Bull, ~ats S. standing Rock agen-
| cy, came into the sfUr sanee.9 His
runners travelled in various sdireetiensg
but more especially to 1.-The tribes. IN
the Northwest, carrying his messages
to get ready for war and secure all
the arms and ammunition possible,
and asking the warriors to naeet In the
Black Hills in the spring ofs1sgt. He
seXeAs sent to the Indians,sasas Canada.
and received promises ofssuppoPt.
III December a detaeffT,llaeT1t Of EstToons
wasssent to Sitting BulP esIIfII, IL, sllf5s
ports BODY of FfIian u5fie 8 H,l33f Il I'D
been ordered to arrest the old chief.
Sitting Rul1 resisIeH an5s.,oa de- . de-
ternained effort to avoid .ge:-v with
them. He shouted 10 hisAhrayes and
with seventy-fiye warriors attacked
the1Indian< police. In t1Ia dgnrasift fling.
Bull and seven of Iis.WaTriors We're
killed. :. & 80 sa7'sFs > ~
If was tbirtv-twa DAYS. sfraro. tba
time of tbe arrest of sitting RI1Ii inf
the time that tbe33WIiiole~ ea5nx,rt,fs.4 GOO
Indians Surrendered n Pine Ridge
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The .cbicaoo Riots.
- 7 IL 20 g y ftsfi f.
After the Pine aRIftgei ~ AFFAIR Gen.
Miles remained in aShington looking
after the routinesof hlssoffeeA until Sep
TENDER, 1894, when Ithe Chicago riots,
due to the railroad strike, caused Pres
ident Cleveland to seftd troops to that
city. In speaking Of khe. ordering out.
Of troops, Gen. Niiesssflid in his report:
The conduct OF FfA troops III re
storing order and te0nhdence where
mob violence eX1stedhl4n ana near the
city of Chicago was marked by a great
forbearance. fortitud&g and excellent
discipline, and their presence and &C
ton here very greatly contributed to
the maintenance of@ civil law and, in
my opinion, saved this country from