Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1891 — THE WARISOVER. [ARTICLE]

THE WARISOVER.

Tnrfi.r.. Surrendertag and Balng Disarmed by Troops. - *1 '.Captain Norville, special agent, has just returned from Ft. Bennett, and reporta the Indian war there over It seems now that anybody. They have been afraid they would be massacred, or they would have comein before. After the Indians arrived at Bennett several councils of war were held- to determine whether they would give np their arms or not. Finally they agreed to when Gen. Miles' asked them. Agent Palmer said: * f No arms, no rations or blankets.” This soon brought them to time, arid all arms aro now stacked up at the agency . Capt. Hearst, commanding officer at Ft Sully, has received the capitulation of 174 Uncapapas, including seventy of Sitting Bull’s band, and fifty from Roses bud agency. Narcisse Narcello, boss farmer, brought in 412 of Big Foot’s Indians. Out of these ninety-eight stands of arms Were collected. They were nearly aU Winchesters of every description and of very antiquated pattern. Sitting Bull’s men want to remain at Chevenne, and say they are afraid to return to Standing Rock, All have surrendered and the best of care is being given them. All of the teams of the agency have been started to Duprees to bring in the sick women and children. Many of the leaders among the Indians acted very ugly in making final settle ments, and there was a great deal of quarreling among themselves. General Schofield nas received the fote lowing telegram from General Ruger, under date of St. Paul, Dec. 22d: “Big Foot, with his followers, Including some of Sitting Bull’s fugitives and those disaffected Indians in the Cherry creek district of the Cheyenne river reservation who joined Big Foot, surrendered yesterday to CoL Sumner. The rest of Sitting Bull’s people came to Cherry creek, and, with the exception of a few who may have sought under conduct to Fort Bennett for surrender. The Big Foot people will be sent to Fort Meade, and those surrendering at Bennett probably to Fort Sully. The surrender and disarmament of these two sacs tions probably ends the probability of any serious troublo with the Indians of the Cheyenne river and Standing Rook reservations, and is a good step toward ending the whole trouble.” The situation at Camp Battle Creok, 8> D., remains practically unchanged. The weather is cold and the rivers frozen solid. A company of Cheyenne scouts is encamped at the mouth of Hattie Creek. Two attempts were made on the 24th, by tho hostiles, who number about eighty, to break into their camp. The first attack was made by only a few of the Indians; who were quickly repulsed with a loss of two killed and several wounded. Three of the Chejenne Indian scouts were wounded and it is thought one is fatally hurt. A second attack was made after dark by what was supposed to be the whole band, who were led by Kicking Bear himself. Volley after volley was fired on both sides, and a desultory fire was kept up for au hour or more. It is not known how niany of the hostiles were killed; but, judging from tho reports of one of the scouts, there must have been several killed, as he says he heard several shout in the Sioux language that they were hit. ■ Troops were sent to the scene at an early hour on the 25th, and report everything quiet and no hostiles in sight. At headquarters of the department of Platte a dispatch was received from Gen. Brooks which stated that Maj. Whitesides, in command of a battalliou of the Seventh cavalry, had captured Big Foot aqd all his band near the head of Porcupine creek. About 150 bucks surrendered. Gein Brooks telegraphed that the hostiles in the Bad Lands had surrendered and would reach Pine Ridge on Tuesday. Bright Eyes sent word to the army headquarters that half those had left Bad Land and were within a few hours’ march of the agency.