The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-18 00:00:00

THE INDIAN WAR.

General Sherman and family left St. Louis, on
the 27th January, for New Orleans, and General
Sheridan was daily expected to return to that city
from the Plains. This looks like the end of the
war, as nearly all the Indians will go on the reser-
vation set apart for them. The main body of the
troops will soon be withdrawn from the Plains, and
will concentrate at Fort Leavenworth for distribu-
tion at other points. The latest despatches re-
ceived were from Generals Sheridan and Hazen,
dated from Fort Cobb, Dec. 31, 1868. They re-
ported the operations of a column from Fort Bas-
com, under command of Brevet Lieutenant-. Colonel
A. W. Evan, 3d Cavalry. Sheridan says :—"lt
left Bascom, Nov. 17, established its depot on the
Main Canadian, at the mouth of Monument Creek,
east from Bascom 185 miles. From this depot, on
the 7th of December, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
A. W. Evans marched with a detachment of Com-
panies, A, C, D, F, G, and I, 3d Cavalry, and Com-
pany I, 37th Infantry—travelling in the direction
of the Antelope Hills. On reaching a point 'near
Kiowa Creek, 31 miles east of the depot, a trail
of about 50 lodges of Cheyenne Indians was struck,
which was. followed over to the North Fork of Red
River, and thence down that stream, the trail con-
stantly increasicg, until it became very large. The
trail was hotly pursued, the Indians abandoning
their surplus property, until it led into a canon
near the junction of Elm Creek and the Salt Fork
of Red River, when Colonel Evans made a detour
to pass around the canon into which the trail led,
and which brought him at noon of Christmas Day
into a large village of Comanches of 60 lodges, just
south of the junction of Salt Fork with Elm Creek,
which was totally burned. The Indians attacked
his advance, but.were driven from the village, with
the loss of everything it contained, the women and
children escaping on the horses of the warriors, in
some cases as many as four on one horse. The vil-
lage was very rich, containing over five tons of
dried buffalo meat, 100 bushels of corn, also flour,
meal, coffee, sugar, soap, cooking utensils, mats,
robes, &c. The Indians kept up fighting during
the day and the next morning, but there was not
much fight in them. Three enlisted men were
wounded, one mortally. The number of Indians
killed is unknown. Colonel Evans took the main
trail again on the 26th, which led west, but being
out of provisions, except beef, had to give it up.
The greatest praise is due to Colonel Evans and
his command. It marched twenty-four days in
snow, rain, and intensely cold weather, without
tents of any kind, and finally struck this effective
and heavy blow. I had known through Gen. Hazen
and the Indians of this marauding village. It was
composed mostly of individuals from the tribe of
Comanches located here, who had reported them
to me after my arrival, fearing they might be im-
plicated in their murdering and thieving expedi-
tions on the fr-mtier settlements of Texas. I
can assure the General that he need not expect
a continuance of murders and robberies from
the Indians in my department hereafter, if one
can :judge from the demoralization which this
winter's campaign has produced among them.
The weather has been very bad, with snow,
rain, and intense cold." The Indian Commissioner,
General Hazen thus replies to the animadversions
on the destruction of Black Kettle's band : —" I
notice that the papers are stating that Black
Kettle's camp, destroyed by Custer, were peaceable
Indians on their way to their reservation. In his
talk with me some five or six days before he was
killed, Black Kettle stated that many of his men
were then on the war path, and that his people did
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whose arrival in Naples we
Philadelphia Public Ledger,
k has marked his visit to Rome by the
Mr. George W. Childs, the proprietor of the •
noticed last wee
gams magnificent hospitality for which he is dis-
tinguished elsewhere. He has recently given two
dinners,
at which Mr. Longfellow, the American
Poet, many
of his personal friends, and several dis-
tinguished American artists were present. We do
not mention names, as the entertainments were
of a private character. The resources of the Hotel
de l'Europe were taxed to their utmost, and the result
was magnificent. The decorations consisted largely
of flowers, which covered the sides of the staircase from
the ground floor of the hotel to the third storey, where
the dinner was served. The dining-room, which was one
mass of flowers and blaze of light, was arranged in the
most tasteful mnnner. The cost of one entertainment for
twenty. seven persons was not less than 17,500 fr., and of
this amount 1,500 f. were spent DTI the flowers.—Naples and
Flcrence Observer.

The Rev. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, D.D., who
lately accepted the Bishopric of Long Island in preference
to that of Western New York (to which he was elected at
nearly the same time), has been consecrated in the Church
of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn. Among those present
were the Bishops of Oregon, Nebraska, Maine, Colorado,
Kansas, Pittsburgh, Western New York, and Bishop
Potter of New York, and most of the clergy of Long
Island and New York.

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