| Show 1 1 THE INDIANS IN i troops ordered to be in ia readiness to harch march 0 WILD no LID TEST VEIT tin the ilia apparently centering at the j a standing Dj lock agency luch bore lore I 1 tf of trw than danger I 1 I 1 wyoming stirred ij III the indian question I 1 dispatch to TAR STANDARD I 1 t CHETE CHEYENNE E nov 18 A transportation lor for the fort russell troops was received here this afternoon seven companies under the command of col I 1 ii it H offley are in readiness to move I 1 and expect to leave tomorrow to morrow for pine ridge agency south dakota I 1 ho no trouble is expected from the sho and the only indians i in to wyom wyoming i ing i I 1 li it isrul sim to t hire have tileo place under special 5 F chronicle 1 nov air is all full tonight to night of an outbreak among the sioux indians indiana at the standing rock 8 seeney F ecy with sitting ball to the lead T their heir religious craze has finally worked them into a fighting hamor humor I 1 and they are no longer under control i of the agent or military forces at fort yates there are several companies I 1 n lea of soldiers but not enough ta t quell an outbreak of the well I 1 j armed savages sitting ball and others othera have told the agent bluntly that they have no further use for the I 1 whiteland whitesand whites white sand and that they firmly believe I 1 it is only a question of a short time when the waites will disappear from the face of the earth I 1 yesterday couriers from the agency arrived in mandan with that an uprising of tho the india indians no bad had already begun begu nand and if it the pl pleasant weather continued the uprising would be general it was also learned that the indians bare have been buying amma for some tome time past nearly the whole supply at mandan having been purchased the dealers not realizing until yesterday that selling to the in deans was wa unlawful the troops at forts yates and abraham lincoln have been ordered to be in readiness for marchin marching gr orders at a moments notice there Is much uneasiness among the settlers west of the A missouri lief river and some families have moved up the mandan a and 2 d across the river 0 uld id frontiersmen declare however that a general uprising this late in the tall fail ia is not probable I 1 THE WWII 1 1 a ika the reports or the uprising Is still loo lital 1 ii is many tn t I 1 STANDARD a aj F chronicle bertice Berr Ser icv TiCe I 1 nov 18 Acting indian 01 commissioner belt has received no recent information irom from south dakota which justifies the evident alarm of the settlers in the neighborhood of I 1 the pine ridge agency belt is of the opinion that the government would not be justified in making any arrests or attempting to sup suppress oprise the ghost i dances so long as the indians commit a no acts sets of violence this would surely mak make trouble the proper course to pursue is to let the indians dance 4 themselves out it will not be long be thinks before they will begin to lose faith in the messiah and the h whole craze will collapse belt disbow I 1 I 1 ever strongly in favor of keeping a strong milta military y force within call this j io precaution trang r hjort i is air already dy taken and the I 1 government amet rm et i ia n not t at all apprehensive of trouble nov 18 two reliable J brule brute In indians now in the city stated to army officers that there was no M messiah craze among the indians I 1 just north of the nebraska line private advices advises from valentine give a 4 different origin than the messiah craze to the indian uneasiness I 1 since august the indians of rosebud have been restless claiming that the agent was not giving them a square deal on supplies some families living northwest of valentine have moved away alexander mousseau Seau I 1 an OA ogallala allala indian and government scout from fort robinson is ia in the city lie ile said today to day referring to th the e indian craze that some think it is B BO 0 and some dont know what to believe the indians at pine ridge are dancing and meeting and talking some I 1 of them are wild about it but come some dont know what to belle believe va telegrams from valentine and A crawford neb and chaje cheyenne aine wyo say that troops have been m ordered from the forts to proceed to the pine ridge agency to keep the indians in in 3 check nov IS 18 on oa receipt of dispatches tonight to night announcing the movements of the troops in the de department of the platte toward the pine ridge agency an associated I 1 press reporter called on general miles B I 1 he ile said newspapers really ought not to publish als this sort of thing for it will be in tn the indian camps in less than twenty four hours there is nothing in it except that troops are I 1 being sent to the vicinity of the reservation I 1 to prevent if possible any out I 1 to brek break and to encourage the local local element among the indians also to protect r 0 the agencies which report pt the h indians as being turbulent and past I 1 control it was hoped this excitement 1 might pas page without serious trouble I 1 and op up to this time no indians have left their reservations the causes of this threatened trouble area failure I 1 of their crops a delay of congress la in making appropriations for their support I 1 s and subsequent delay in getting supplies to them resulting in their i being brought to the verge of starvation m and worked into a frenzy they b are bettl getting lo 10 r rations A eions now and in d possibly y a the difficult difficulty y may be bridged over the movement of the troops is simply I 1 precautionary but at the same time they may have serious work the ter asked it it is not unusual figol tor the indiana indians to go on the 0 warpath karpath at the beginning of the winter d r the general replied not at all those northern indians are tougher than leather N D 1 nov IS 18 loto last night the city was startled by an I 1 alarm of an indian outbreak the I 1 r report 0 C came me from mandan that the A T indians byrt jana at the standing rock agency had hed left the agency and were advancing on fort lincoln the state government was called a on n tor for aid and b by y this morning the elc excitement was intense 7 the reduction of the forces at fort lincoln and rod y t te has his made I 1 settlers apprehensive lv 0 for there are 1 thousand indians at 8 standing alone it waa was learned this afternoon i truever tr bo wever that glarza lara wag WAR everything la is quiet at fort yates and no trouble is expected there N very zd lew few soldiers are now now kept in the forte forts in this alarms neigh neighborhood and bottlers settlers are OR easily alarmed d the indians indiana could sweep areep the country west ol 01 the missouri 1 I before assistance could be had and the demand for enlarging the earrison garrison at forts yates and lincoln lincola will be renewed ST PAUL bov 18 General kuger roger commanding the department of dakota has returned from a visit to several western points elisalde IlI ills aide woodruff referring to the mandan decare said the indians indiana located nearest to mandan are 35 miles away on cannon ball river they are a thrifty industrious peaceable peaceable ceable people ae who have taken up c claims alms yea w bu built go t huts ats and houses own cattle ponies and wagons and are in good circumstances they have no faith in abor gainal superstitions and dislike this new Messi messiah als craze the people have land homes stock cattle wa crops and are not anxious to eo go to war and yet these are the ones to watch whom the people of mandan have sent scouts the band which m maigne give trouble is that headed beaded by C chief hy of hump and situated southwest of standing rock he ile is is very wily and if the promised prom isei 4 Messi messiah als doss doe a not arrive arrive in the spring he will probably tell them the whites are using ing an influence to keep him back bak and that the best way to aid him will be to kill some pale faces however in any emergency amer gency the troops will wit be fully equal 2111 to the occasion it must bo be ta taken into account that some of the agents are new men unused to the ways of indians indiana nov 18 according to orders issued this morning companies A B 0 and d D of the second united states iy ay ir jantry R t IT at fort omaha left ien for the pine uince agency this afternoon with iab a fui fu 1 complement of mules and wagons the other tour four companies were notified to be ready to move on a short hort notice the troops at port fort mckinney were also ordered out and left this mopping for dougla wyo the troops at niobrara Nio brara Q and robinson which are not far from the scene of the difficulty will march to morrow o minneapolis nov IS 19 A tribunes M mandan north dakota special fays says every bouse house in the town is full to overflowing with refugees from the country districts the most intense excitement prevails in the country settlers are pr prepared pared to believe anything about the indians in a town toa somewhat leas less tension exists owing to the receipt of guns to day from the state government and the fact bat that a cota company piny of soldiers will be liere here tomorrow to morrow morning from fort totten tonight to night there are indians in town armed but citizens are armed too and patrols will be out and people will slee sleep with their clothes on A date w will be fixed by a committee of citizens and indian agents will be notified that after that date an indian found in this county with out a pass from the agent will b be e killed on eight the population is excited and ap although conservative men are doing their best to quiet the angry ones there is every reacon reason to believe that unless the gov government e coment takes immediate steps to increase the force of soldiers here and at fort lincoln every indian comine coming into the county will be killed sr ST PALI PAUL nov IS 18 A pioneer pren press special from jamestown N D e says a rial the be mes ith craze has struck the h e my indians at fort totten and the they a are to inclined to be ugly one b hundred u adred armed bucks backs were seen cross crossing ing the railroad track at minnewaukan en route from the turtle mann mountains bains to agin bin the sioux at standing rocks they eaid said they were going bunting hunting SALT LAKE utah nov 18 all the troops at fort douglass except one company have received orders to hold themselves ready to march to the scene of the indian troubles |
