Show General Mile Interviewed CHICAGO Nov 211n an interview this if ternoon General Miles said he had no further word from General Brooke but he taought the latter had beyond all doubt given the Indians to understand he is there for the purpose of protecting lives and property and God help the first Indian who makes a break I is not my inten ton said General Miles to tolerate any jioasense I will tell you further that so far as regards the present ample supply of ammunition and the best use of Winches ter rifles with which the Indians are armed that somebody up in that northeast country is making a business of furnishing these and it will not be many days before I shall shal know just how this business is accom pushed acom I AssistantAdjutantGeneral Corbin said the removal of the Cheyennes from Pine Ridge agency in accordance with the recommendation of the commission has ha been ordered The carrying out of the or der now he thinks will remove the dis I turbing element from Pine Ridge and di vert the attention of the other Indians This evening General Miles was in receipt re-ceipt of a telegram from Rosebud from one of his officers in advance of his formal re port The officer gives a sermon delivered i by Short Bull the socalled prophet of the Messiah at Rosebud agency to the Indians In this sermon Short Bull said the things be predicted would have t come to pass in due season but since the whites are be ginning to interfere time will be shorter The Indians must cot be afraid shortr any thing Now said he there will be a wi tree sprout up and all the members of our tribes must gather there But before this time we must dance the balance of this moon at the end of which time the earth will shiver very hard Whenever this occurs I will start the wind to blow We will then see our fathers mothers and everybody We the Indians are the ones who are living a sacred life Our Father in heaven has placed a lfe each point of the four winds A clay pipe lies at the setting of the sun representing cay the Sioux A holy arrow at the north represents the Cheyennes At the rising 1 of the sun there lies a half moon represent lug tho Arapahoo tribe At the south there are a pipe and a feather representing the Crow tribe The Father representing me u these things Therefore we must continue t dance There will be soldiers t surround sur-round you but pay no attention t them Continue the dance When I the soldiers surround you on four sides three of you upon whom I have put holy spirits will sing the spng I have taught you and some of the soldiers will drop dead Then the rest will start to run But their hopes will be sunk into the earth Riders will jump from their horse but they will sink into the earth and you can do what you desire with them Now you must know this that all the sol diers and that race will bo dead There Will be only 5COO of them left living on the earth My friends and relatives this is straight and true We must gather at Pass Creek when the tree is sprouting then we will go among our dead relatives You must not take any earthly things with you Men and women must disrobe themselves My Father above has told us to do this thing Guns are the only things we are afraid of but our Father will see that they se do us no harm Whatever tho white men may say do not listen t them |