New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-07
Tte Indians.

TO Pc tiferrf Ilr y. J. IfI5a1e-
SIR. Your Leayenwor.h correspondent evinces
peieuc, energy worthy of better cause IN his attempt
10 uaorm md nead the public in reference to the recent
ndna treaty concluded al For Laramie, and the disposition
oil que ppcl Platte Indians relative topeaoe.
1caf believe that The TEBryr has any sympathy with
Che oar9ose v sl undcrlc and of ,nate these OF repeated
nad misrepresentation and Therefore ask you to
publish she following statement "i aoi' icau't 10 us
treaty and the various chars o. your itfehNoitA eoiit
sfrtnucnt ro,f~ctug %.
ma Il IS caia,d tlai thC treaty wns made with few
urtfauuu4ted Indians aud od sguiws me Jft rs lhat h
wa. s b. o. Of the it principal chiefs Of the sioux Tie
tvo i.io 10 sign 81 we're absent on Powder hl'er al the
urc %, treaty 49, concluded bl DOM hau OetA present al
fho ylr0ns councils which preceded the signing. ald UNI
or'n, expressed hcr willingness 10 aoae by he action OF
4 II IS cislus6 tai Che Indians demanded that tie
nilc states iroups shoud he Wa lrnwn from their country
aud fat whc mcn worc o t ooned TIE privilege o. passing
over o new Powder River rUad 10 Montana. No such de-
mend was nndc by Indians. ON the contrary they
prc 10 coune ana ID tAe terms ." the trehi' t"
tey old surrender thr Powder River road aud all other
toas tlrurh TIER country which the Government might de-
trrmine % make .
ammunition furnished % te indians with the knowledge
of tie ums.onors and that alter The supply the post
torf Irmiol was large quantity procured
from noutcr and dcit oct III the Same manner answer
nm al l an IN two hundred pounds powder Fort
fie ~ bo dtriouted amcug the Sioux Cheyenncs and
Asraulos Numbering In a more than Twelve thousand In
oians and that anohcr pound distributed among
, with the KNOWLEDGE consent OF the Commissioners.
Not single pound powder tskcu om the post AZ Oft
Laramie aud not was sent ir or received om Den
ser o. elsev hero 90 my kuoWlcusc
fofA in support Of DE general charge ihat there Is no
GOOD faith or ln1d feeling the part OF tie indians aud
s4uavs vino signed this treaty yoGrcouspondent a'efs that
the Indians have notified tie Overland Stage Company to
withdraw their stock coaches from the new Montana oI
Powder Liyer Within DAYS az the peril OF general
slaughter az AL tc white mer found m thei country tet Tue
,yrqton Of e lime dc,icuaed The truth IS that the over
nd stage Company neror bad cOach OF hoot oil stock
ahu ree huadrf miles Of the Powder River road 10 Mon
tan0. d.
Your CORRESPONDENT is equally reckless in his assaults uron
,t ana grqyrBu lie shOuid study the latter IN order 10
e,r M 1u,leurnts upon toe former less transparent
II pt~ts 20 ie.yenWOrfu Interested IN 1ofefhmet CON
rr.o ro,r Indian war upon The Plains surely IL does
not oW na the people OF the whole country interested ~
~ ave- lin thousand Wnys) the telegraph. the Pnelhc
,i and H. vast over aud commerce OF the great Platte
e between the Missouri River ana the Pacihc, slOuh
,d be rts oil thosc patriotic gentlemen. Very respect
go l. l.. TAILOR
'" President Fort Laramie Ind. Com.
t,s.ti,gt0a Jul, 81 ls66