The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-06
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
Return Of Hostile Indians 20 the Protection
or the Geverassent.

Return Of Hostile Isdians 20 the Prstoctson
or the Geverasseut.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 6. 1861
Omahs dispatches say that hundred and eighty OF
the Brais and Sioux Indians under CHIEF named Iron
Shell, have lst the hostile camps OF Red Cloud and
and scaiped on tho Big Sandy.
o. yesterday $780, 900 gold auss reached here from
Montana the largest consignment received here =,
one Time.
'Irea shelI'' and His Baad Of Peaeenakers-
Report Of Judge Kinncy on the Fort Phil
kearsy Massacre-The Probabilities Of
Peace and the COsdlsi0ns De0audeA BY che
Iadizas.
WASHINGTON, Sept 6. 1867.
The Following telegram received By Acting Com
missioner OF Indian Affairs Charles e. Nix this mora
ing
OMAHA Nebraska SEPT L. 1867.
Iron She'll Brule Chief with one huadrsd and eighty
Indians arrived At North Platte to-day He 10 from tn
Northern hostile camp. H. B. DENNAN.
Superintendent OF Indian Anairs
BY coming into the United States post q. North Platte,
Iron Shell and his band have manifested their dssirs 10
cease host titles.
Judge Kinney, OF the United States Special Indian
Commission, has uss arrived in this city from Fort Phil
Kearny having absent six months in the discharge
Of his Official duties In February last SIX gentlemen
appointed by the President to confer with the In
dans and particularly instructed to ascertain all the
facts connected With tho Fort Phil Kearny massacre
AT Fort Laramie the commission divided and Judge
Kinney, with she full authority OF the commission pro-
ceeded by himself Fort Phil Kearny he visited the
grounds and found the soil still stained with
blood where sxtydve Of the dead bodies were gathered
up
Colonel Fetterman his party OF eighty three
led into ambush by few Indians, when, according
surrounded by two thousand Indians. aud not one
escaped AL the bodies we're mutilsted ia shocking
m n me heads OF some were crushed be-
tween rocxs, and pieces OF the skull were
picked up by Judge Kinney. The Judge has
complete record Of the appearances OF the hostile
Indians since the post established, 10 June 1866,
and the number killed by tho Indians aud stock stolen
Seven officers have klledCoonel Feterman, Cap
tau Brown, Lieutenant GrAmmond, Lieutenant Daniels,
Lieutenant Bingham Lieutenant Jenness and Lieutenant
sternbcrgh-and about one hundred and ty soldiers
and citizens, the post They instances
parties OF soldiers The Indians well armed with
guns and supplied with ammunition About six thou
sand warriors composed OF Sioux, CheyenDes and Ara
pahoes, are now concentrated north or Fort Phil Kear
ny, and demand condition Of peace that the SOL
doned and the roads to Virginia City be given up the
Country belongs to the Crow Indians with whom we
thinks may suspend but will not settle the difficulty.
He apprehends the next demand will be suspend work
upon the Pacific Railroad which is being built through
the same country without the consent Of the indiana.
Toward the last or June Judge Kinney held council
with eighteen hundred Grow Indians at Fort Phil
Kearny who pledged their friendship and profored five
hundred warriors in expedition with the whites
against the Sioux on the hrst day OF the council The
SIOUX stole ther horses which the Crows secured and
killed three Sioux Indians. While the Judge III the
fort the hostile Indians appeared almost every day. kill
ing small parties and running of stock. Two soldiers
ule from the post surrounded by twenty-five
Indians and then rescued and brought into the post by
eight Crow Indians He confirms the report Of tue
attack Major P0wel's party the I'd OF August, and
Is OF the opinion that there thousand Indians
and thinks that Major Powell killed nearly hundred
of them. Judge Kinney thinks this defeat OF the
Indians may open the way treaty OF peace and that
one moro punishment like that administered by Major
Powell would give us Q permanent peace