Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-17
.sT. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, January l6-Gen. SheF-
nan has received the following dispatch
IL Il FIELD, FORT CoBB,1
INDIAN TERRITORY, |
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ISDIAN TERRITORY,
General
The destruction OF the Comanche vii
lage by Col. Evans command, gave the
dnai kloY to the backbone Of the Indian
rebellion At Il o'cteak on the night OIL
the 31st OF December, a delegation Of the
chief men Of the Cheyennes and Arrapa-
hoes, tgenty-one in number, arrived at
this place, on foot, their animals not
being able to bring them ia. They said
they ruled the villages, and begged for
peace, and permission for their people TO
come In, asking no terms, but only for 8
paper TO protect them from the opera
tions Of our troops while en- route. They
report the tribes in mourning for their
losses, their people starving, their ponies
dying, their dogs Gil eaten up, and no
buffalo. We had forced them into the
canons en- the eastern edge Of the Staked
Plains, where there was no small game
or buffalo, and they are now in a bad
fix, and desire to surrender unconditiOn-
ally. I acceded to their terms, and will
punish them justly, and 1 can scarcely
make en- error in any punishment
AWARDED. for all have blood upon
their hand Yesterday we received
q few paper the first for a month-and
/ see l. s1=ged by the Indian agents THAI
Black Kettles band were on their reser-
walton et the time they were attacked.
This is a ~feIsehOod, for thelF reservation
extends but thirty miles up the Wsshita
from Fort Cobb, and the battle took
place $50 mites up that stream from
here. II il also alleged that the band
were friendly. No one could make such
an assertion who had any regard for the
truth. The young men of this band
| o-vo m anaaE Ftn urn gnA II aaa Give
their names. Some of Black Kettles
young man We're out d~epredatiug at
Fort D5dga, when the village was
wiped out. mules taken from the
trains, mail matter carried of and the
carriers murdered, and photographs
stolen from the scenes Of outrage on the
Solomon and DAline rivers, in Kansas,
were found in the captured camp; anu,
in addition, / have their own illustrated
history, found in their captured camp,
showing the different fzhls or murders
this tribe were engaged in, the trains
attacked, gnd the parties attacked about
Fort Wallace, aud the women, citizens
and soldiers killed, aud it is at the ser
vice of any one desiring Information OF
the 81! oct. II should be known, also,
that 1 invited Black Kettle and his fam
ily to come In, through the ArrapahOe
] 1AAIAg LAbNAT AFAhUHf "a EA1 4ALCLhAGW
with that Chief at Fort Dodge, Saptem-
her last, and they did not come.
Yours respectfully, p. n. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
An Omsha dispatch says il is reported
that a number OF Indians, recently Gu
gagged in the war in Colorado and Kan
sas, have reached the Powder River
country, where a council was held by =
large number OF chiefs. The Object Of
the council was unknown. The Indians
were quiet at Fort Fillmore, aud also
along the Upper Missouri.
AD5nver dispatch says s party has
returned from the pursuit of tbs Indians
in the Cache La E0ndre valley, having
succeeded In recspturing one hundred
horses, and killing one Indian.
In the woman suffrage Con-
ventiOn to-day 3 large delegation Of
ladies' w=ra GrpOinted to visit Jef-
ferson CITY ID lay before the Leg.
i~siature ibe subject OF female suffrage,
with the vie OF obtaining en- amend
ment TO the Constitution STRIKING out the
word " mGIr.r They also amended their
own Constitution by striking out the
word = female" ana y number of gentle.
men Joined the Association. Letters OF
encours cement from various parties
were received,