The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-20
THE INDlAN TROUBLES.

INDIAN AFFAIRS TO BIB THOROUGHLY MvEsTI-
T GATBD-MovENIENTs OF ARTILLERY, ETC.
FoRT RILEY, May 13.-General Sherman
arrived here to-day, accompanied by his daugh-
ter, and was received with the customary
salute of fifteen guns. He comes for the trans
action Of important Indian business a thorough
investigation of the affairs of the tribes being
about to be put in course.
Last week a portion of the artillery which
left this fort with General Haneocks command
returned from the West, the guns being found
too heavy for use on the plains. Travellers for
Santa Fe, etc., leave here now only in large
companies, and all trains are ordered to rendez-
vous at Fort Harker.
The plague Of grasshoppers has begun, and
IL is feared that they viii do much injury to
the crops. On Friday last the first rain which
has visited us for month fell.
AN ExTERMNAT1NG WAR PRED1cTED-THB CAM
PAIGN BETWEEN THE ARKANSAS AND PLATTE
RIvBRs-RETURN OF GENERALS SHERMAN AND
HANCOCK.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kansas, May 1a-Generals
Sherman and Hancock have returned from the
much.talked-of and highly exciting Indian
campaign, after a month or more spent IN coun-
selling with the Indians, and several stampede5
and violations of faith on their part. Generals
Sherman and Hancock have declared war TO
the knife. MajOr-Generals Smith and Custar,
in command of the cavalry of General Ham
forces have started on the scout towards the
Platte, thence south of that stream westward in
the direction of Fort Sedgwick. afterwards
down to the Smoky Hill, in search of Sioux and
Cheyennes. War is to be made against these
tribes wherever they are to be found between
the Arkansas and Platte rivers.
Some such bands OF reported freddy Sioux
have recently been permitted to remain on
temporary reservation, designated by the Com
missioners to investigate the Fort Phil Kearney
massacre. The reservation is embraced be-
tween lines drawn north and south through
Lodge Pole and Plum Creek, and between the
Platte Oh the north and Smoky Hill on the
a q rn mot tQn nv haf
arrangement to come within ten miles of
Smoky Hill. An opportunity is now offered
(somewhat complicated by the treaty made by
the Fort Phil Keaney Commission) to keep
the belt of country between the Arkansas and
Platte free from IndI9ns in the future, and thus
adequate protection will be afforded to both of
the great railroad routes, as well as the three
great overland thoroughiares, the Platte, Arkan.
sas, and Smoky Hill.
General Hancock now informs me that in the
country between Arkansas and Platte, except
in the portion specified as temporary reserva-
tion, war now exists, and will be maintained
against the Sioux and Cheyennes. The Indians
have all been notified of these facts and the
present position of affairs, and those tribes who
wish for peace will have to remain south of the
Arkansas in the recognized Indian Territory, or
north of the Platte, as they may properly belong
to one or the other sections. The necessary
steps have been taken to guard all trains,
stages, and mails, until this Indian question is
disposed Of and no more peace treaties will be
made nor councils held with hostile Indians be-
tween the Arkansas and Platte, unless by
authority higher than the military.
AS 1t is one of the most difficult matters in the
world to distinguish Sioux or Cheyennes from
Kiowas, Camanches, or Arrapahoes, the latter
tribes will be, compelled to remain south of the
Arkansas, unless they wish to 6ght Cheyennes
who do not wish to fight will go south of the
Arkansas, where a great portion of that tribe
now are, and have beer during the winter.
The military operations will be continued
during the summer and war of determination
carried on.--N Y. Tribune.