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Show THE INDIAN TROUBLE nelrtat AtrluaaaUag Beck WaaM teArratHtataf Ball. STARTING WESTWARD TOWARDS THE SAD LARDS. (rrasral aUks Begird) Us MUatiew as iXarasiar, Bat Fears Xe Bloodshed. REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND THE ELECTION BILL. FaratllBav he Expelled Frost tte Katiemal Cite.-Brief Tdrgiatt. By Telecrapb to the S'nri.1 AFTER BITNXa KU. Am Areat Save Ha BaaaM ha Ar-reeled. Ar-reeled. St. Paul. Dec 1. A JVmeer irest special from BUndlng Bock agency sayt: It is considered probable prob-able that Witting Bell will remain next Saturday, and wbrh be dot he wlUbearreetedMsJorMcLauigh-lin,the wlUbearreetedMsJorMcLauigh-lin,the agent, sail today: 'Tnare Is no reason why Sitting Bull should not be arrested as soon as be comes within reach of this agency. He bas broken his promise to tend bis children to school and did not come in last rr Ion day, as ordered. I have ten scouts and if the okl recreant re-creant comes within the limits of the agency, they will bring bim In. The weatner does not get aa cold a I wish. Sitting Bull should be captured cap-tured and confined. HI Influence Is strongly and constantly fur evil, and while be does not participate In the ghost dances, to the extent of lumulne about and ytlllog.he keeps the frenzy at the highest pitch. Gall and John Grata sre thoroughly loyal. It seems probable that Sitting Sit-ting Bull will be a prisoner before many days." AXOT11ER "SEE" RirORT. OmaiiA, Dec 1. A -Be special from Pine Ridge says: Judge Burnt of Dead wood arrived tonight, having run the gauntlet of the hostile camp, and declares be Is thankful that he escaped with his life. He says the ghost dance is going on all day and night, varied occasionally wltn the old war dance. The hostile band Is made ep almost altogether of young men whe have disregarded the advice of their old chiefs. Judge Burns corroborates fully the previous reports as lo tbeabundance offocd and ammunition which they baveand says they are making up a big supply of a new pattern tomahawk, toma-hawk, which is more ugly than the old style What friendly Indiana there are left at the agency are coming In and telling Agent Roger that they wish the thing could be settled wlthoet bloodshed. Roger's reply it In effect that he is afraid lt Is too late to make peace Little Wound baa made another effort to persuade his braves to forego fore-go hostilities and he barely escaped from them with bis life. The scouts are returning conttantly and report increased preparations for war. OFF FOR THE HAS LAKD6. Washikotoi, Dec 1. The reports re-ports received by the war department depart-ment from the locality of the threatened threat-ened Indian troubles are much less favorable than fof several days risL They Indicate that between one and two thousand of the Indians who refuted to come into Rosebud agtuiy iu response to the agent's orders have started westward towards to-wards what is known as the Bad Lands. In their stampede they have committed depredations on the cabins and stock of friendly Indians, who went Into the agency. General Brooke telegraphs the Information In-formation as not from his own scouts. He expects further Information. Informa-tion. These alarming reports have again been the subject of consultation consulta-tion between Secretary Proctor and Generals Schofield and Miles. The latter baa asked General Bcboflejd that additional troops be placed at his command. It is understood that his request was for mounted infantry. in-fantry. The department will soon have a large number of troops at its disposal In tbe region where the turbulent Indians are gathered. The sixth (rivalry are now on their way to the scene. takiq aovEBJUiEicr cattle. St. Paul, Dec 1. The Ftonttr lws correspondent at Pine Ridge Agency telegraphed that John Dwyer, chief herder of tbe government govern-ment herds, in whose charge were three thousand cattle for use in giving giv-ing rations to the Indians, bas been compelled to keep constant guard and Anally be and all bis herders had ta leave to save their lives. Of the herd of J000 head, tbe Indians seised all, killing some for immediate immedi-ate use and driving the remainder Into the Bad Lands fur future consumption. con-sumption. There will, tbereforel ke no cattle for rations for the Indians next week, as many more cattle belonging be-longing to the Rosebud Agency nave alto been captured by tte Indians. In-dians. Chief Fast Thunder reached tbe agency tonight and reports were received re-ceived at the agency late tonight about depredations of hostlles. Signal Sig-nal Area north or White river announce an-nounce the approach of tbeCbey-ennes. tbeCbey-ennes. Four scouts have been out since Friday Burning and It la feared they may have been killed. BUFFALO BILL. BisxABCK, N. D., Dec 1. Buffalo Buf-falo Bill arrived tonight on bis way ISast, bis mission to Standing Bock having failed, coming to a clash between be-tween the War and Interior Departments. Depart-ments. He wa On his way to Bitting Bull's camp, when a courier overtook him with dispatches countermand coun-termand ng bis previous unlet. It appears that tne interior jjrpan-ment, jjrpan-ment, acting under the advice of Agent McLaughlin, would not permit per-mit the arrest of SlUingBulL General Gen-eral Miles and Buffalo Bill were of tbe opinion that bis arrest would end the agitation. McLaughlin believes be-lieves the present cold wave will end tte trouble. Tbe military h strong enough at all point. It is bow believed, to protect the settlers, and tbe treuble is believed to be over. THE IDAHO SI IM MBS PocATELLO, Idaho, Dec V A ghost dance is now in prosrress among tbe Indians on tbe Fort Hail reservation. "I "sane," tte people here say. "we have our warpaint on aad If they Blake a break there will be bo ladieB left," GKJTERAI. aULBB. WABHUtaron, Dec 1. Geaetel Miles spent half an boor with the Secretary of tbe Interior ttl afternoon after-noon in dlsmtaeJea of the Indies situation. Upon leaving tte Bsere-tan's Bsere-tan's office he said to a representative representa-tive or tbe Associated Frets tlut Ike Sioux continued very TBtteheEeHsd, sad he reared as outtweak. Here-Lrded Here-Lrded tbe tataatton SteHlac SrshwM hasten btvsk U XMljm I A MAST StBPOBTED KILLED FASH, Texas, Dec 1. News baa reached Sere that Deputy United State aaarahal PItU was shot and killed by Indians near Luke West, in tte Choctaw nation, last night. The whites are greatly excited and have asked that the Indians be surrounded. sur-rounded. XWKLVB -CARLOADS OF TBOOrS. TorxxA, Kan., Dec 1. A dispatch dis-patch wa received at tte Santa Fe office this morning, stating that twelve carloads or troops left Forts Bayard and WIngatr, N. JL, for Fort Meade, N.D. Eight hundred soldiers were transferred. TROOPS OBOEBED OUT. Dexvkb, Dec 1. The United States troops at Fort Logan, neat Denver, hare been ordered to prepare pre-pare at once to go to Dakota. They will probably Join tbe regiment on tte way from Fort Wingate. XKCBEASED RAT10J.S. WAsaoKGTOM, Dec 1. The Secretary Sec-retary of tte Interior this morning directed that the Sioux Indians U supplied with increased rations suf flcleatto conform to the agreement In 1877. The appropriation for tupplii for the Sioux have decreased de-creased everyyear,upon the supj-cM-tiun that tte Indians were becoming becom-ing more and more capable of main talnlog themselves. Owing, however, how-ever, the partial failure of cro, tbe Mst year or two, and tbe rest lessnret of tbe Sioux, which Is believed be-lieved to be in a meattlfe due to tbe reduction of rations, tbe Secretary has ordered an increase. A IXTTEBTO AOEST BOGEB. ClUCACO, Dec 1. A dispatch to tteLoi Aeirt from Pine Ridge agency confirms tbe report that many Indians from Rosebud are joining tte bottiles on their way to tte Bad Lands. Tbe correspondent says many more "friebdlles" have stolen away from Pine Ridge agency. The hostile force in the Bad Lands Is now etUnUted at four thousand. It was reported tonight to-night that the hostlles sent word to tte friendlies, that any tplca caught would be killed. Halfbreed settlers are coming in from all around, reporting loss of cattle. Night Hawk, one of the hostile chief, sent a letter to Agent Roger, whl.h tte agent will not make public pub-lic It is reported that it contains this threat: "Send your soldiers to take us; we are ready to fight." The weather is cooler tonight and snow 1 falling. DO.N.SLSO TIIB WAR PAI.VT. ARKA&BAS City, Dec 1. It la learned through a miller of Ponca, I. T., that the Indians at the agenry have commenced tbe ghost dance. They have war palat on and are very Insolent. |