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Show WAR PREPARATIONS. Iotanlrj, Caialrj and Artillerj Gathered Aboat Pin Kid;o Ar.acj. TRADITIONS AMONG THE SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Count Caaazzi Arr.tid oa A Charge of H!;h Treason and Fraud. - TRYING EXPERIENCE IN A MAINE FOREST. Tie Jlsin I'oinU In Qneen Tie torla'f -preh to the Parliament. Ej Te'errapa t the XEW. JOIIXMO.V, tue rEACcaAKi;n. IIo 1 Tboncbt Jo Ilarn Started the 91rilab Ezrltemrnt. Chicago, Xov. it. livcrybody about army Iit-Adquartcra Is bu3y. A larger force thati has been tuuj-tered tuuj-tered in that vlcicit j- since tho me-moralile me-moralile cainpalgQ of ISTiI will be In tliervgion about I'itio IliJge by WedntHlay. Not ouly lufantry and cavalry are being moved uii, bat also Held artillery aud large quantities of ammunition and eup-plli-s. General Scohfjeld bavins instructed instruct-ed General Miles to inveMizta the ciiarge that tliu present dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion among the Indians Is dun more to a lack of rations than to the religious re-ligious craz?, has M?nt Inixxtor-General Inixxtor-General Hoyle this afternoon to the West- He will visit all ef the r.ny posts and moit of the agency stations. General .Miles received a letter from .wi cfllter SX Trn Angeles, which throws further light on the Me&iah mystery. He tells of an Inalan from Nevada, ansvrcring tho descrIition given by Porcupine, who talked last spring with the officer. IIo told his name was Johnson, and was known by the Indians In-dians and whites where he lived as "Peacemaker." He showed a medal med-al which had been Given Isiiii by some Christian society for his e (Torts in doing good. He talked about tho Ilible and said he was desirous of making peace with everyone. He told about Indians coming from far ofTto see him and showed a pipe, recognized as from tho Dakota tribes. All this coincides with tho Porcupine Porcu-pine story. The officer writea that he firmly believes IhU gooj-natured Indian is the one who has eau-ed all the trouble. He taught the Indians In-dians the story of Christ, auJ the time when he will once more vi-it the earth, as taught him by the Christian people. He no doubt told the story in Its true undertandtng, and the Indians in re-tclliug wartied itaronrdingto their likes and understanding. un-derstanding. AM. ISQU1ET. St. Paui, Not. 21. A JUmtcr rrctt rr-ecial from Itismarck siys: Most of the Indians at Standing Rock are falling away fnni Sitting Bull lecause of the failure of the Messiah to appenr. AH Is quiet, although al-though a small faction still keejs up the dance. No further demonstration demonstra-tion are made oinst tho settlers between the ancyanJ Miudtn, md Uic settlers are returning home. A stampedu of 003 families to Kure-kaand Kure-kaand oilitr ttwis ficm tlio iait side cf the rUcr wai caused by a a oman, who .iv ludam on the other side of fie river daucln? and yelling, aud give tho alarm, fearing Uiey were couiln over to mASsirc The people are usw returning. TUB INDIANS COMING FoR TIIHlIt RATIONS. Pine Kiikjk, Nov. 2-1. The day passed quietly here. A -jy long tho Indians came in for their rations. ra-tions. No altem t was made to arrest Uie hostiles from the Riiost dances as they came In. No Water, Bigltoad and ttbir leaders of ti'.e dancers have tent word that tiiey w lli stop. Little Wound is the only chief who refutes to answer. Special Asent Cooper is inclined to believe him the exuso of the disobedience uf others and there will be no relax jtion of vigilance. General Ilrookis reports everything every-thing quiet tonight, but the settlers all along the reservation line are still stampeding and appealing for aid. If things remain quiet Vor a fow days theclTlccrs think the whole trouble will subside. A SCSI'ICIOCS CinCUllSTANCE. Minneai-olis, Nov. Si. A 7WJ-ttne 7WJ-ttne special from Pierre says: Parties Par-ties returning from Cheyenne Agency report very few Indians thero today, although It was ration day. This !. a suspicious circumstance. circum-stance. A trader who lias a store near ltosebud reports that Indians pillaged it Sunday. 0 LIKELIHOOD OF A CONXLICT. Chicago, Nov. 24. A dhpatch from Valentine, Neb., to tiie Associated Asso-ciated Press says ration day was passed quietly at KosebuJ. Not more than twenty of Short Hull's followers came iu, owing, probably, to the fact that tlicy had helped themselves to government bctf. There is no likelihood of a conflict unless the troops attempt to arrest the fanatics responsible for the theft. Several more companies of infantry are duo tonight or tomorrow, tomor-row, but even when they do arrive the force will still be too small, In the opinion of the officers, to make an aggressive movement. The policy of the officers Is to act in a most conservative manner. no nairr came. Bltjxt, S. 1)., Nov. 2-1. In the panic Saturday night, caused by the 'repotted near approach of a band of Indians, crowds of people massed in the hotel here awaiting the fight which didn't come. Two children, seriously ill with scarlet fever, were brought in and all tho people were exposed to the disease. It Is reported tonight that a half-breed half-breed was killed at Fort Itennet for not participating in the ghost dance. |