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Show THE INDIANS COME IN CSwfrrece WIU aaral Brita,-. Joha xkajUrht TaOa Ahoat tteXesaUk. THK SPLIT IN THE IRISH PARTY COMPLCTC- FraeetailBrt of Ike xsUUUTa At-stmoIj.-Extr BalloM fir " the Sioux. AN AMERICAN'S EXPERIENCE IN RUSSIA A Heavaxa fnun U Fljawatk Chmrea to "Irtiker" U sJaj Siflf. By Telex-rapu to th Xawa, FatOX rE KIBflE. Taw Caster Halat a Oatarasc wlsk Seawral Braaka. St. Paul, Dec.8. A epeclal from Pine Ridge ageucy says eevera of the hostUe chiefs, accompanied by number af armed warnora, came Into the agency this morning and bad a conference with General Brooke, lie told them to come back, to-thu agency and cease hoslil-illea hoslil-illea and they would get all tbe provisions pro-visions they wanted. They went back to the camp to report to their followers, making no promises. Omaha, Dec. e. Trie Jke't Pine Ridge special about the conference between General Brooke and the hostile chiefs says the latter were Turning Bear, Big Turkey, High Pine, Big Bad Hoie and Bull Dog. Tbey were decorated with war paint and feathers, as were also their ponies. General Brooke explained ex-plained to them that the great father wanted to tell them If they would come in near the agency where he and General Brooke could see them often and not be competed compet-ed to depend upon Irresponsible rumors to learn what tbey were doing, be would Klre them plenty to eat and employ many of their young men as scouts, etc. Tbe soldiers, be said, had not come to fight them, but to protect the settlers set-tlers and keep peace. As to failing to locate the boundary line between Pine Itldge and Rosebud, all such differences would be satisfactorily adjusted after the .Indians hail shown a disposition to come In as requested by the great Father. He suggested Wounded Knee as a place that woult be satisfactory. The Indian chief listened iutent-Ively, iutent-Ively, and Turning Bear then spoke for them. Tbe effrontery dirplayed by tbe fellow was remarkable. He said It would bo a bad thing for the Indians to come nearer the agency, because there was no water or grass for their horses. Ho could not understand un-derstand how their young men could be employed as Scouts If there were no enemy to be watched. They might come lu, but as tbe old men and iquawa have no horses, Uief should have tbe Great Father to send horses and wagons to the Bad Lands and take all the beef and other things they had there to the camp that might be agreed on. General Brooke said all tbeso thinss would be considered after they had shown a disposition to obey instructions. No reference was made on either side to the depredations dep-redations the hottllrs had been com mittinc on the Government's beards as well as settlers' homes. After the row-wow tbe chiefs were fed, and, after the squaws at tbe agency had pirformed a danpe for them, returned to their camp. WHAT JOILS DAVLIOHT WAS TO SAY. f.'ltrOAOo, Dec. 6 The Tribune prints a letter from Quapaw, Indian tern lory, signed b "Mai-su Hadjo," known to tbe whites as "Jobn Daylight," Day-light," lu which tbe writer vigorously vigor-ously defends tbe Messiah cr.'.t.. He says thousands have never taken kindly to the Christian religion re-ligion as preached and add! "Tbe code of morals, as practised by the white race, will not compare with the morals of the Indians. Wo pay no lawyers or preachers, but we have not one tenth part of the crime that you have. If our Messiah does come we can force you Into our fce-lief. fce-lief. We will never burn Innocent women at tbe stake or pull men to pieces with horses because they refuse re-fuse to join in our ghost dance. "You white people had a Messiah, and if history is to be believed nearly every nation has had one. You bad twelve apostles; we have only eleven, and some of these are already in the military guard-house. We also had a Virgin Mary and she is in the guard bouse. You are anxious to get bold of our Messiah, so you can put him in irons. This you may do in fact you may crucify him, as yoa did that other one, but you cannot convert tbe Indians to the Christian religion until un-til you contaminate them With the blood of the white man." |