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Show THE CRUEL WAR IS ENDED. reac. and Qui.t at Pin Rlrig-a Th Vl.lt to Wa.hlngton, Pine Ridge, Jan. 20. General Miles has succeeded in allaying to a great extent ex-tent the excitement under which the Indians labored yesterday over the killing of Two Tails. The general issued orders for a grand review to take place on Wolf Creek, if possiblo tomorrow. He sent word to the Indian chiefs that they must not look upon the movement of the troops in revi ewing as one directed against them, but rather as an evidence that the eatrpaign was drawing to a close. The first beef issue under the new agent, Captain Pierce, takes place tomorrow. to-morrow. Fifty-five hundred people will be fed. For the first time one beef will be issued to twenty-two people instead in-stead of thirty as formerly. This increase in-crease greatly pleases the Indians. General Miles has selecting ten of the chiefs from both Ogalallas and Brules to send to Washington to set their case before the interior department. They will be accompanied by F. M. Lewis, a special Indian agent who arrived for that purpose. Captain Baldwin of General Miles' staff, was buried this morning. Ten more guns were turned in today. |