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Show TUElDItN 1VAIU rbe Batlta kepi up nulll Ibe So! die ra am Called I11 OjIVIH.Dec 31. A Ike special from Kushvilie says that a blinding snowstorm which is fastohumiDg the proportions of a blizzard has been raging here and at the agency Ince 9 o'clock this morning. The advices are that the desultory fight was kept up nearly all night at Bittld Grove within 1 few mi!s of the agemy until, by reason of the suplciou ictiomcf the alleged filcndly Indians In-dians in the camp uear the Agency ' trj)!4 were called in from the field. WIIAT IIA Itrc ME Of-THE bt-CKs? The uue-tion on every hand i", What haj beeoineof thesuppcedly large numtr 1 f lhe friendl bu-ks. Iccated w uth of tbe Agency uiril yesterday? A ha'fbretd courier who wis through tint camp latnllit reports teat neatly evirj aUe-tXHli.-d inliaiinthboutr't bad quietly a i; ped away after du-k and loined tbe hostile forces. file friendly Indians at PineBIdgeuow, be says, are principa'ly mjuawh aua those not able to llrbt. Up to II o'clock this m..rnln, however, everything is quiet, both rides rtt-ing rtt-ing on their arms and each awa't-11 awa't-11 g som mive fn m tbe oppoeing forces. That lUKTIIElt DEoI'EKATB HGIIT1(1 will occur there seems nodoubL If the Iniians should make aa on slaught during this stcrm tlioj would undoubtedly have a great advantage, ad-vantage, as they are In their clement cle-ment at such tinie. The dansei is that the Indians will now break away to their strongholds In Bad Lands and tint th-y will be reinforced by the RaebuJ, alluding allud-ing Rock and her Indians. Eight mire dead soldiers were brought to the agency after dark In" nigiit, beinga jcart of yesterJay's fatalities T11B UXntS OF TUB INDIANS. The Icses to the Indians are known to have been great, but the definite number has not as yet been ascertained. Two strangers were found murdered within two miles of the agency. They are now believed to be the teamsters from Bushville. Indian signal lights wire again plainly visible last bight In the rough country twenty miles to the north. It has been repeatedly re-peatedly suggested here that in tbe event of further hostilities, a part cf lhe State militia might be ued to good advantage In the small towrs nearest the reservation, .to guard spJirtthe struggling bande, Inas--m jf a 1 , 3 ' eneral fight tH j reg- ,.rtwpvffiu 'ndoubtedlyhavs ait' tUy 1UW1 -'attheseat auf.wa |
