The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-28

III 0NEEEFs VEAIF.. aEEN NaFNrFE @t4I
handsomely repulscd by that officer
and his troop. aided by the prompt
supper Of Major Tuppers battalion.
followed oy Colonel Carr These re-
pulses had a tendency to check the
westward movement % the Indians
and hold them in position along the
White Clay creek until their intense
amnesty had - SEINE extent sub
sized"
Realizing the Importance ~ rcetor-
Ing confidence 10 those who were not
entirely disposed 10 assume hoStlntl~s.
General Miles assumed the imned ate
OF the troops encirCIinG the
hostile camp and took station At Pine
tsldSe, where. with his staff officers.
General Maus. Baldwin. Humphreys
and Major Cloman, he would NOT only
communicate with the camp. but ex-
ercise a general supervision over all
the commands.
The Final Surrender.
Inc actual surrender Of the ndiar
Is thus described by General Miles.
md the circumstances. with the
assurance OF good faith at the ager-
cleS ana from the government and
helu by a strong Gordon OF troops en-
circilng them, on January i. 1891.
the Indians moved up White CLAY
creek and encamped With easy range
of the guns of the large at
Pine Ridge. the troops under General
Brooks following Immediately behind
them, almost pushing them out Of
their amps ON the following day
they moved further in and encamped
under the guns Of the command and
surrendered their entire camp of f.
600 Indians, the remainder moving di-
rectly to the places of abode they had
formerly abandoned. The troops were
moved into three strong camps Of easy
communication. occupying the three
pOIntS Of q triangle with tho Indian
camp in the center in close proximity
to the troops.
while in this position they Surren-
dered nearly 1000 rifles and complied
with every order given them. Stuff
cient arms had been surrendered TO
show their good faith, these arms. to-
5 gether with what had been taken at
other places, aggregated in all be-
tween 600 and 700 rifles. As an add
tional guaranty of good faith. the d.
r vision commander required the per
sons of Kicking Bear and Short Bill.
s; the two first principal leaders Of the
hostiles, and twenty other f~arriors OF
: the same class. These men Volun-
! teered to go as hostages for the good
n faith Of their people and as an earnest
k desire of their disposition TO maintain
e peace in the future. They were plac-
i ed in wagons and sent ~twenty-SiX
miles to the railroad and thence by
rail to Fort Sheridan, Illinois, there
d to remain until such time as il might
" be necessary to guarantee a perma-
nent peace.
q Thus ended what at one time
threatened to be the most serious In
dian war, and the frontier was again
assured of peace and safety from the
Indians who, a few weeks prior. hac
? been a terror to all persons living in
n that sparsely populated country.
~ Due Credit Given Troops.
y "Too much credit cannot be 9iver
the troops who endured the hardship
and sustained the honor, characte
Sc and integrity of the government, risk
E. ing their lives in the effort to restor'
Ell peace and tranquility, placing them
selves between a most formidabl
* body of SavageS and the unprotected
1e settlements of the frontier in such
Id way as to avoid the loss Of a singl
s. life Of any Of the settlers, and cstab
D, fishing peace in that country with tn
least possible delay. In fact, the tim
e. consumed in solving this most Difficult
re problem was remarkably brief, il be
ing but fourteen days from the tim
is Sitting Bull was arrested to the tim
the Indians were moving III to sur
render. and woul have encaInpe
ed within fOur miles of the agency. ha
9. not the disaster of Wounded Knee &C
re- Cured. Notwithstanding this unfoI
nd tunate affair, the time occupied Wa
lily only ~thirty-two days from the time
gn the arrest of Sitting Bull until III
on whole camp of Indians s~urrendere
at Pine Ridge, South Dakota
al The battle Of Wounded Knee W.
caused by a young Indian beconln
on excited and firing off a gun. \ m
ment later the Indian camp was
ng bedlam and the slaughter was en-
&c. fall force No one was expecting rrol
IL bic and army officers and soldieI
q were walking about the Indian can
'er when the shooting began.
There is no doubt but what naaf
OF the soldiers were killed by the
comrades in the terrific cross-h.
DIS, LAT swept the camp saws Thomas
ar, TibhleS. Of Omaha. who saw the la
)e- tie. He criticiZeS the manner in whI'
ne the troops We're placed about the l.
OF dian camp leaving the camp in a q
ok cla IF trocDs en- stationed that uh.