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Show the Indian rjccirciiEvr. General Iluser Dora Not Afrrec Willi Grneral It lie HUB0N, r5. I., Nov. 14 General Thomas if. Rujer. commander of tiie department ff Dakota, U. S. A., accompanied by Lieutenant Wood rufl, was here this afternoon. They came tiirect from Standing IVaJt Indian Ageticy, where they Investigated Investi-gated the reported excitement and discontent among tho Indians because be-cause of tbe expected coming of a Messiah: -jilting Bull, whom they regard asoneofthe wildest Indiius ou tbe reservation, and who has given the Interior Department no little trouble, is responsible for much of the excitement, which has now out sided. .Reports were greatly exaggerated. ex-aggerated. Mijor McLiugnliu, agent at Standing Rock, is In favor with the Indians, and will have no trouble in keeping them quiet. General Ituger and IJIeutennut WoodrufT went to Fort riully this afternoon. They will visit tbe varl ous military posts and Indian agen cles In North and douth Dakota be fore r. timing lb St. Paul. The Daily Ketct' Washington special asserts that on the recommendation recom-mendation of General Miles tbe War Department has ordered truoiei fruui -evrral poiuU in the vicinity of the Sioux Reservation to take the flel J at once. There will doubtless be a repetition of the seen enactel sev-eral sev-eral years ago, whuj General Sheridan Sheri-dan masked a large force of United States troops near Tort Iteuo, In dian Territory, nnd prevented a threatened ou break. The War D.-partment D.-partment Is now di-posed to mike a similar demonstration against the Northern Indtans, and spend no time in parleying with them. |