CHArTER XIV 



CLOSE OF THE OUTBREAK— THE GHOST DAXCE IX THE 



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In the meantime overtures of peace had been maae oy General Miles 

 to the hostiles, most of whose leaders he knew personally, having 

 received their surrender on the Yellowstone ten years before, at the 

 close of the Custer war. On the urgent representations of himself 

 and others Congress had also appropriated the necessary funds for car- 

 rying out the terms of the late treaty, by the disregard of which most 

 of the trouble had been caused, so that the commander was now able 

 to assure the Indians that their rights and necessities would receive 

 attention. They were urged to come in and surrender, with a guaranty 

 that the general himself would represent their case with the govern- 

 ment. At the same time they were informed that retreat was cut off 

 and that further resistance would be unavailing. As an additional 

 step toward regaining their confidence, the civilian agents were removed 

 from the several disturbed agencies, which were then put in charge of 

 military officers well known and respected by the Indians. Cheyenne 

 l!i ver agency was assigned to Captain J. H. Hurst, and Rosebud agency 

 to Captain J. M. Lee, while Royer, at Pine Ridge, was superseded on 

 January 8 by Captain F. E. Pierce. The last named officer was after- 

 ward relieved by Captain Charles G. Penney, who is now in charge. 

 (War, 22; Comr., 38; G.D.,45.) 



The friendly overtures made by General Miles, with evidences that 

 the government desired to remedy their grievances, and that longer 

 resistance was hopeless, had their effect on the hostiles. Little Wound, 

 Young-man afraid-of-his-horses (more properly, " Young-man-of-whose- 

 horses-they-are afraid), Big Road, and other friendly chiefs, also used 

 their persuasions with such good effect that by January 12 the whole 

 body of nearly 4,000 Indians had moved in to within sight of the 

 agency and expressed their desire for peace. The troops closed in 

 around them, and on the 16th of January, 1891, the hostiles surren- 

 dered, and the outbreak was at an end. They complied with every 

 order and direction given by the commander, and gave up nearly 200 

 rifles, which, with other arms already surrendered, made a total of 

 between COO and 700 guns, more than had ever before been surrendered 

 by the Sioux at one time. As a further guaranty of good faith, the 

 commander demanded the surrender of Kicking Bear and Short Bull, 

 the principal leaders, with about twenty other prominent warriors, as 



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