New-York tribune., 1867-09-14
THE INDIAN VAR.
TIE HOSTILE INDIANS REFUSE TO MEET THE
COMMISSIONERS.

TIE HOSTILE INDIANS REFUSE TO MEET TIE
COMMISSIONERS.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 13.-An Omaha dispatch of
lat ught says that Gen sherman received this evening
telegram fom The Commander at Fort Laramie stating
that the hostile Indians viii not come in to meet the Com.
m.s-oucIs 40 hat point a the time expected They VIII
scud in 0 l-ien 10 the proposition ~ be made by
the C0mms 0utr. they fear some trick VIII be sprung
upon hou and suspect bad faith If they are satisfied
that the Commissioners acting In good faith, then the
hostile chiefs viii come IN aud hold council In the full
moon of November next Under this aspect OF affairs,
The Commissioners will hold meeting IN the morning to
settle upon what course 70 lirsne o,
tho 18th. and expect 20 start for the North Platte on the
18th there 10 meet Spotted Ia who promises To bring
n the principal members OF his band
FAVORABLE REPORT FROM TIE KAw INDIANS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-The Agent of the
Kaw lndans Kansas under date Of Sept II, reports
that great majority Of the Indians have been absent
most oi the time hunting, visiting. and trading and
buslly engaged gathering ancr oiABSrisy IhHY 'hld
their efforts this year. The tribe is at present
quite prosperous condition; the general health is
somewhat improving, ana altogether In much better cir
cumsiauccs than when the Agent last reported.
MOVEMENTS OF TIE pEACE COMMISSIONERS.
Fios or sgsa.. c.rsgylgt
foRT sUiGY. Dakota Territory, Aug. 81, 1867.
Tie steamer ST. John, with the Commission
ON board, arrived here last evening from points above
on the river where the land examined with view
10 the selection Of reservations for the Indians
Tins most s Iu process Of construction not yet COM
rtod e designed for four companies garrsoned by
detachment # Tie 21d Infantry, U. s. A.. commanded
lac Col stanley formerly MajOrGon. Volunteers 1t is
located ron an cmucnce considerable that will not
even attempt 10 guess its altitude Il commands an ex-
teusye view Of the surrounding country is entirely out
of the reach Of water except by the slow and aborous
process n drawing 10 from the iVer lne or Two dls
iaut giving almost constant employment 10 man aha
ts,st IT. two or three miles sOme who have walked 10
r.lc tbe estimate ~ 10 distance much hgher from the
steamboat landing aud j. m inc depf@InSns @ n uuei te
& a.. rQl III
whose headquarters are at 80. Paul, Minnesota.
Here 70 Gnd. os general thing the men and officers
li disposed toward the Iudiaus-in striking contrast
WITH those we met 40 Fort Lcayenwolh don't seem TO
De So much prejudice and passion here az elsewhere on
mem w. ~ @ ittrr allie 10 understand their charac-
actor dspositlo nnd mode Of life. also their capacity
for The Indian Is not lhe natural enemy OF
Tie white man. neither ia the white man the atnral
sucmy of the Indian They naturally friends, which
is prOn by the fact that AL who nave nave Deen among
M Indians WHO have had the most to do with them,
5, "a citizens or soldiers, are their champions,
and eloquent their defense and severe IN their
OF the outrage pracced upon them Dy those
Tbn a' ~ distance aud have the purchase Of their
goods and those who happen 10 trtSeI tiVnsm V aoi @
often sboot tIt m in mere pastime Occasionally an OH
ccr like Ch,ingon and 0lmstead, IN yolatoh OF every
iti~ov one of our oldest officers, who for long life
has canpamod IL IN the Indian country nghune lhus @ %
In Florida In the Black Hawk ana slo9x vars ~ Que .,
The strongest friends Of the Indians ana one OF inc most
earnest in urging upon the GoyernGns tue enns psnS
tcabllity and necessity OF using ., gEety nSanS s
possible to cze them often J continuing dndts OTims from
lis own Personal means 10 snls o'Jevt snims nn
eIeuce of the Sioux, Of whom they IN couneii SPOKE
to-day the brave who o Gey met met him for
The first lime twelve years ago since that time tey &
as sGSd 20 Gc@ d GG fhsS S3s
doY having been kept with religious eaie, tne ihdns d
expressing peculiar be1Ssa SSa OF ot the conmon to ask the
Great Father at Washington TO give them good counsel
help ns% 10 SscSMS cGT S aHd that their
iSnay Ss sSTd SEd papooS might longer be cold and hun
yc Tdn InS pSnt they did know onehaf as much
onchTd az much the white man they were , pOUT O
EiS Asss Ase TSsf IN 5SyS,, how 5SSS hey
SAY Ti 6 pHd ESdIa and H plant liant Sn THnt
pows and then can raise enough 10 Keep s our reS
ihe nine tribes Lower Brules Lower Yaneonqls
Two Ketes Blaclee Mnueconloux unepepaS H the
ncI,ecpteIen women and ehildren-eeo9 & zen ccnc St
BON Of the cmpsS9n stated the S geference to their
a19ge' fRS Shes al GshST and ns @en
s5s s S Ss' fS9 @ SGRSS hsaS s
toYnt 2 Se VSSSevepSt River to move upon It, and do
ESSt Sath they St a g and T1pS 'pSP 5S
rpey depehay9 nents work cattle and seed Also pro
S1Hs sucith to keep them untl tey wor "a learn
crop T1Sy MI IN fntpIfe upon the soil instead OF the
1SSeo GSw 6S I They had sc a and thes
FOR yea on, to break up the ground and plant Now IL
land could S broken @ and gather heap
deIsu, ,or Themselves apd families as we as Ior oIheI
ndah AZ accents S SpgSssRGpE sni 'aG
as 90 occnmulae PROPERTY and hoard up wmic
iot ov suffering for t. They say the Great smrit
them 10 take OF the po0r-and 10 De pO9I
th them they baye not enough TO MAKE & tnei9 Wen en-
wi II one mem6ef of tfpe suffer they az '"Se Ike @n ~
Hne their last warhoise If necessary 10y me R@rRSSS
X. itsissdng the hungry tribe, or Dana ~ slhb{
q IeTus nussr which chief presdes as father Nhen
sSts are ade 10 them, as general ,hS mem
pShs Of corrse-a is equally divided Among 'no A'''
hers of the band -, T., o ,,ueoishod hnIdipg AT the
Fort The weather, for this season. WI" 'e'' WV
be Commssion go from here to the Crow Sreek afy
there 10 hold e0upcil with the ianA'onS'Vu' 0''
uNToG9el stanley, Colonel U. !. Al L. N Command .