The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-13
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TO the istsrveoea Of the military power Of this tsr
tory-which. ID. becoming and more jealo Of
and hostile TO enterprises Undertaken By civa foss
the purpose Of developing the Of the WesA
and establishing permanent settlements In dos Tabls
ocaluesare It's people indebted for the supprcs sio,
at least for the present. Of expedition that b. fan
would have openednp region, OF country rich gola
silver, ooppr lead coal andpinc and poured thu
Dakota food OF wealth strong enough induce ina
very brssf space Of time sufficient immigration To- raae
it TO prosperous and powerful State In the opinion
those hAst qualified TO judge OF the situation Air
this expediion, by is moral effect alone. would baxe
also sesdAy accomplished towards restoring geel
feeling among tho hostile tribes o. Indians. and
vincng Thorn o. tho resalts will sooner o. iaAsr
attend proracted offensive demoustrations than can
possibly pc eacAsd by tho present pacy OF tho govern
mentG ~pursasdtor the nsxt ton years.
In view Of tho great advantages would accrrsto
this region byron n smith. q YanfsOa orsaaizsa N
expndten Tor tho purpose OF elEeoting setomsnt th
s s n the Black as bringing to lisnt Their
and laying eAs the confluence Of tho forks Of Big
Cheyenne the foundation OF = large and prosp sseus
city II was ALSO his iuentton, by carrying cvilixa,
tion into the very heart os the Indian oountsy,
to induce the dsansaAsd tribes to- accept It, and-rs
SUCCESS to tho expedoa military escort th0nght
necessary. This ana other aid was furnished b. the.
taxing, anap ores By General Grant 70 tho com,
Aander Of the military department Of DAKOTA dpecttn
han 70 furnish tho occurred escort provided sp!o,ens
men. tried by soxvic1 In the late the fronte
were ready 70 start at the appointed time, June 2 and
rythmg foretold success, whom letter from General
Sherman 10 Genoi Terry broke up the expedition, sons
back 10 their houses tho mon who had asssnhisda Z
those their way 70 this point from coming farthsr
THIS ctter officially instucs General FERRY forbid for
and all who 80 Z sps o. tho Ss
the unted States viii not protect them Tue REFUSAL
20 on Is based. os,ensb,y. upon the facs tnSs the
country In and around the Black Hills IL. conceded
Indian territory, ana he therefore argsss. that To-
penetrate this region would he unprecedented inva-
siop and productive Of great wrong 70 the TRIBES that i'm
habit IL Quite recently sho General in speaking Of Tho
that they be vndctvely pursued to the oxtsrmb
nation Of men, and children. This opinion. whes
taken with the advanced CONCERNING tbs Black Hbus
expedition is rather nexplcabe especially whom it. is
considered that the result Of the undertaking would be
ehor to assist the proposed plan Of exeruinstion or
greatly aid the more humane of forcing Tho
indians to cease hosttcs and accept civilization. Hc
also either 70 forge. ignore tho truth that All Of
mineral territories have been occupied Developed
and organized Indian lands Even Montana wa set
tod after the had especially stipulated tina.
territory situated should DO held BY the Indas or
ell time" He appears, likewise to b oblvious TO ths
HiIs BY an appropriation for the Big CAeyenns wagon
road and 10 the fact that all gfeat th0ros ghes
srocted, or less through conceded Indian ter
riory.
In regard 10 the hostile Indians ia tbs neg iborhcod
OF Forts Suy and Randall the foliowing umssauc,
will show how thoroughly aroused thsv are. and how
firmly decided upon the policy Of breaking on all friend
ly communications with the whites Father Deschmidt
the noted pioneer missionary. has lived amopg the
Indians for many years, and they have been accus.
toned to heed his counses cnd listen 70 his advice
heretofore In the troublssome time they have
welcomed his presence among :hem and ps moro re-
lance upon bis opinions tnan upou what cy were wont
to yield to their Oldest and wsest chefs Quite recently
Father De-chmidt Informed ahe Indians Of tho
Missouri that he was again coming TO VISIT thsm for tho
rnurrt A0ffn Ancin her h<.xf
also FOE the purpose Of bringing the word OF the Lord
Jesus Christ To this message tho Inaens replied
OF him and his gospel OF peace and tnat ~ he tho
word Of the Lord Jssls Christ know when they wore veil
the Missouri nver The spirit rasnifested by
the Indians towards. the government Is one
of such feelings duo to se policy pzrsued regard
to them ana to the inactivity, they term ~ tho
oowardcc displayed ippuDshnx. 'aiher in nos pun
have wonderful fasuiiy OF looking at shnxs no, "a
they really are but they would have them and thus
far has been impossible to convince them OF the power
OF the governments they heartily despse and Of tho
fact that the whits population fnuch more equal
70 Their own; When their w'a.- men, sont east for
and the facilities the paio faces for presenting
vigorous WAR; return aud tell Of the wonders they have
soen, and that the Great Father ut Washington has an
army moro numerous than tso leaves on their forest
and big guns into which the iarpost brave can
that they have been dupsd by tricks tho whites so
we'll undersa nd the practice a. and that they there
lore entirety 0Ithy OF cB1ft Inc consequences
that their poor truth toing ENJOYS dsgraced
their oi5a heads cut or In the approved style u
civilized politics.
Tho opinion their representatives have been De-
ceived and that Uncle Sam docs not amount To much
after ALL strengthened aud fortified by the fact tha
whoever their parties prowl around tho so-csuSd
froriier forts stampede and run on stock, thoy I'd
Randall and scalp any luckIess soldier settler n ~
MOOT, they o these big guna and nothing Of
this immense army, save . few frightened compgies
behind miserable stockadcs, who acknowledge ,boir
hsplcssness by calling upon tho friendly Yanktyas 70
their assistance FROM thu n argued nat n
the United States government IL powerful fas IL Is
represented be II would at throw Vac field
q sufficient forco 70 crush theuA But does not ana
allows depredatons TO be committed VI IA the Ut
mpunity the conclusion reached Is that the
Father Washington, with his countless hostr pretty
much OF Q hufnbug, and thst 10 would be difnouit
task FOR party OF dosrmined braves capture him in
his very stronghold In the prcsens cond OF AFFAIRS
then, thcre s but course for the government 70
psrsue, and thai 10 10 cease its drsss parade
style Of nghtng Indians, stop ~ sod Of holiday 4
excursions amoug them, and throw into their coan-
try Sufficient force either TO conquer convinos
them OF the fact that win be useless 10 longer con-
offensive demonstrations. Espec ally with the In
dams Is hard and dangerous policy 30 Introduce into
tho principles OF pesoe; and That seems A.
evitable, the soonsr the thundsrtglt 10 forged and
hurled the better viii II Be.