New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-26
vR0.s Tux ErDIAH COUNTRY.
The Cebsrc.sicrni Commistee-sndian AZ.
roeities-A Decisive Victory Needed
A Premi.u ON Asrecisiss-Tbc Cavalry
-Sceessify Of Winter Ccnpaign.
From Our Special Correspondent

From Our Special Correspondent
Fogr Rngy. KANSAS. June 10. 1855.
Tao Committee appointed by Congress TO
visit tie great Wesera plains and held interviews
with the savage tribes now hostile TO the whites and to
SECURE peace by removing .hem beyond tie Rocky
Monntans have passed a. speod scarcely prsleled
by tho ovcTcnd mall their journey TO the Far West,
while within ten days AFTER their passage az the Iron.
tier settlements the fendish outrases and lest
deprcdstions are commiied within thirty niles az the
settlements in KsnIas. by the same tribes a. have
been so lol. terror TO the people OF the West.
Stealing do ard mules. Killing men while under
protection OF military esccrt Of infantry eT' deeds
only equaed By tho guorriliS In tie Bora. states,
While their DULY enbolden them TO C)a!inua
lion Of these attacks. Tho ccantry in which these
outrages have Ue,n committed has been cft not only
unpI Jtec.ed ba there has been much attention paid
TO the Rebellion to this allimportant matter
to be neglected. There Is no organized force in the
cy.izod world who. organized and disciplined accord.
Ing 10 the usagcs and science Of oivsed nations that
can ever cope with them with any degree OF success.
ui.ess sa:icent foIce DO employed TO remove them
and keep them In reservation set apart for them By
tho Government. One good decisive victory. one
bloody battle. wrbo worth millios Of dollars to the
try so cmboldsned have they become that they DO
loye-and not viholt good cause-that they arc sach
q terror TO the Government shat the policy Of It
Is not to subdgc but to contract with and hire
them remain caet. Were there not so great oppor
tuni,ics for making fortunes In trading with and sup
p Ing the Indians th food AID furnishing them with
their snnutieS many Of these outregess nd deprcda
lions would not have boon committed. The more they
receive and the they traded with. the more
depredaiions arc committed aud the more they desire
Thsr policy 10 certainly good one. as they receive
after each one OF these hostile demonstrations thou
sands Of dollars worth OF supplies and until this
there can DO no peace. They do not decrease in the
expected by the Government for thcy arc paid
much per head fur every man. woman and child. ard
they increase probably in such numbers TO surprise
the Eastern people. Legitimate offspring are con.
sdered and paid for Just the the heads Of fam
lies. and marriages with whites. negroes and Mex.csns
are Of constant occurrence all teuding 10 purpose
that Of increasing the amount Of their annuities
While there large numbers OF troops now being
sent into the Indian country. principally cavalry thsie
cannot nor need there DO any decisive results locke
for until mid Winter Our animals cannot subsist with.
cut grain. or do any service in pursuing Indians
wh,lo their ponies. without knowing Of aught saye
prairc.grass and shrubs. are In fine condition
anu thriving rapidy on tue grass now ON tue plains.
With such advantages, and their novel and superior
mode Of warfare, riding without saddle Bride here
today. and hundred miles distant TO- morrow making
assault OF committing deprcdAtions when in supe.
rior nnmbors with great advantage Of position rid.
ing down upon their foe and of beyond tho reach Of
dsnger their foes recover from their SURPRISE no
success can Y present 30 expected Until adopt their
mode Of warfare follow them in Winter when their
h0uss ss G;arE fapISaci, netting saa bs done.
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