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Show THE INDIANS. The Slorj lT a Xaa who kill Ilinurir and waa Besar- rtclrf. HUMP REED AND HIS 300 PAINTED PAINT-ED WARRIORS. The Tine nidge IndUas Take Xoat Llvtly Interest Id the (ihot Diner. or STIONS TO THE INOIAN BUREAU. Ut Wcbsttr, or Oalliffiorr, S-Jelmes After a Life or Extraya. Or Telegraph to the awa.1 TUE BOSTAXA. IXBIASa. Tellow llank U Raid t Have Bant BUaarrreled. CiliCAoo, 'or. 20. General Miles lob evening recciTed a telegram tele-gram from KustiTllIe, Neb.. Informing Inform-ing him that General Brooke'a corn, mind reached Tine ItUga at ? o'cloc). this morning. The IndUaj are coming In large numbers from ItoEcbutl. There Is urach excitement ex-citement anil the ghost dance con tinuea. General Miles received a communication com-munication from an officer at Camp Poplar Hirer, Mont, dated November Novem-ber 17tli, containing considerable matter of interest with reference to the Messiah craze. The ofllcer reports re-ports all Indians In that vicinity affected by the prevailing craze, and even the more Intelligent half-breeds believe in it- Numters of young Indians have recently procured new Winchester rifles. Where, the ofllcer ofll-cer could not ascertain. There has been no txcltenicut up there yet, nor any dances, but there is a deep and universal Interest and a belief that there trill be astonishing supernatural super-natural manifestations before very long. One of Sitting Bull's lieutenants (White Gut) with two other bloux have recently been up there preaching preach-ing the new doctrine, denouncing the schools and telling, the Indians to rrovidn themselves with arms and ammunition, and join other Indians In-dians next spring in the Mack Hills country. Tiiey were ordered ofl" the reservation and went to the mountains moun-tains north of the British line, to proselyte pros-elyte the Ogallalas and Dncapapas. Due of the loyal Indians told this officer that In case the Sioux should o(u hostilities many joung warriors war-riors Iron: that vicinity are likely to goauljoiu them. The Oallalas and Uncapapas north f tho British line are a bad lot, Some of them were in the Custer Cus-ter affair, and some of the older ones were concernru in the Minnesota massacre of 1SGT. TDo Groe Viutres Indians at Fort Belknap are in a very turbulent state. As an instance of the stories floating around, the officers tell one current on the reservation, to the effect that several young warriors started from there to visit Sitting Bull and learn about the new Messiah. Mes-siah. On the way one of them, Yellow Hawk, said be had been commanded In a dream to kill him Klf as a test of his Will, with a protnlce that bo should beriod from the dead. He committed suicide sui-cide aecurdinsly, and the party went on without lilai. When they reached Slandlug Itjck tliey fjund Velloa lUu k tiiire, alive aud well, having bteu ruum-c'cd and taken to StanJing Itock ahead of his companions. com-panions. 'I tils in the ttory tent back by the traveler?. cr-NniLAl. MILES expressed great satisfaction tills evening that General Brooke's troops reached the agency this mornluj before the Indians bad inaugurated in-augurated hostilities nt the fur. thcr fact that the latter are not committing com-mitting any violence. ".Xow," said he, "they have to attack us in our own position, or else break away from the reservation. The danger now is that the turbulent bucks may leave the reservation. The appearance appear-ance of General Brooke's command, however, ill have tbe effect of sue taing the authority of the government govern-ment and gl e protection to the loyal element." KEEI'IXJ UP TlIEIIl LIAJ.C13. TiEiutE, 8.D., Nov. 20. Captain Korville, the special Indian agent fctationed at this point, returned today from a trip up Bed Biver, where be went on hearing that the Indiana, n account of the Ies-elali Ies-elali dauce, were failing to attend to the distribution of rations and were killing cattle, lie reports that he fntiml llin Indiana much excited and keeping up their famous ghost dances with a t and perseverance persever-ance that Is alarming. lie found "HumpBeed"Ith about 300 braves of tho Tho Kittle band, all painted up and acting in a very suspicious manner. Cowboys who arrived here tonight stated that tbe Indians had killed a Lumber of rattle and were act! ng in a strange manner, and the famous Indian, "Slept, the Cripple," had told them they had better keep on their guard. Some or tbe chiefs told iNorvllIe that several of the hostile hos-tile had urged them to go and Join the ghost dances, making a threat that if they didn't enough force would be sent againtt them to kill them. All claim to stand in great rear or tlie hoc tiles. RETORTED BATTLE. Chicago, Kov. 0. Buffalo Bill, who is In the city, told an Associated Associat-ed Tress representative this evening that General Miles has received information in-formation that a flgbt occurred this afternoon between General Brooke's troops and Indians between Bush-vlile Bush-vlile and Pine Ridge. 'o particulars particu-lars have been received and the casualties are unknown. Buffalo Bill expressed an opinion that Gen-eral Gen-eral Miles would, if leftalone by the government, settle the trouble expeditiously. expe-ditiously. General Miles could not be seen tonight, either at his headquarters orthehnUL It was elated that be had gone out in company with Col. Corbln, his assistant adjutant general. gen-eral. later. General Miles was seen at midnight, and assured tbe re-porter re-porter that he knew nothing whatever what-ever about a battle having occurred. THE ROW CAUSED BT TUJ; ACEST. FoBT NlOBaARA, Neb Tla Valentine, Val-entine, Neb.. Nov. 20. The troops from Fort Niobrara reached Bose-bud Bose-bud Agency early this morning, and round all quiet and peaceful. The Messiah craze has not been as prevalent at Bosebad Agency, and most or those affected by it left sev. eral days ago tor Pine Ridge, to participate par-ticipate in Uie ghost aaocea. The arrival or large numbers of Indians, with a doten wagon, vesterdjr, In Valentine, for the Ijwe w fre'xhtlng agency good to It jeebud, when they knew the troore were marching to the ;. o assurance to the peopli- "Jf trouble was to bo apprehended. It la alsooonsidertd good evJdenss that there will be bo trouble at Plae RWfe, where H It UteacM ami; el the uitosut row Is caused by tbe new and iBexpetienced aaresU OLD jriQHTXxa. OaUHl, Nev. JO. Orders have been recelvsd at Fort Omaha In have tour coBarsuiiesortheSecarii Infantry ready to go to the front at a moment's notice. The companies Immediately began to pack up, and inside of two hours everything necessary for a winter campaign waa ready to be placed on board the cars. These companies, so far at least as the commanders are concerned, con-cerned, comprise some of the oldest fighters In this section of country. EFFECT OF ETOPHSd Tit J0UO8T OASCX. Kansas Ctrr, Not. 11. dispatch dis-patch from Pine Ridge from James N. FinJey, formerly or this city.now a trader at Pine Bidge agency, was received bete tonight TBe dlt-pattb dlt-pattb taemJoB the arrival of tbe troops and cosHlne M follows: "The Indians are actually erased with religious ssnaMcXsm and the excitement at tbe (host dance is most intense. His the general eplnlon aaeng the troops that they will be otVred In a day or two to stop tbe Indians ghost dance. Then trouble will undoubtedly un-doubtedly follow. Two or three or these dances are now In progress. A herder who Just reached here reports that several hundred In dians have congregated secretly nine miles from this place. They are all heavily armed and are ex pectlng the Rosebud Bloox to Join them shortly." A UEXEKAX, INDIA WAB rHnS-DICTED. rHnS-DICTED. Waeiusctos, Nov. u. A lady signing herself "E. 8. B," who professes great psychological powers, pow-ers, publishes a prediction here today to-day that there will be a general In-dlan In-dlan war next spring, which will result in the almost complete extermination ex-termination of the Indians. Professor Pro-fessor Cones, tbe noted theosopbiat, and ex -disciple of Madame Blavat-sky, Blavat-sky, vouches for "E. S. B.," say. log that she has made psychological psycholog-ical forecasts In the past few years on other matters, which have proven extremely accurate. |