Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-18
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, January Is Gen. Sher-
man hssreeeived the following dispatch:
IN TIE Field. FORT CoBB,l
ISDIAF TERRITORY,
January !, l569.

IN TIE Field. FORT COBB,l
| 1SpLAE TERRITORY,
General:
The destruction o, the Comsnehe vii
| lsge by Col. Evans command, gave the
4 dnsi blow to the back bone Of the Indian
] rebellion. At y o'clock On the night CT
the Slst Of December, delegation of the
/ chiai men Of the Cheyeunes and Arrapa-
/ noes twsnty-one la number, arrived at
/ this place, on foot, their animals not
being able to bring them in. They said
they ruled the villages, and begged for
peace, and permission for their people TO
come in, asking no terms, but only for q
paper TO protect them from the opera
tious Of eur troops while en- route. They
report the tribes in mourning for their
losses, their people starving, their ponies
dying, their dogs all eaten up, and no
buffalo. We hsd forced them into the
oanons en- the eastern edge Of the Stsked
Plains, where there was no small game
or bunslo, and they are now in bad
Tx, and desire to surrender uncondition-
ally. l sceeded TO their terms, and will
punish them justly, and L can scarcely
make an error in any punishment
awarded. for all have blood upon
tleir hands. Yesterday we received
few papers-the first for a month-and
l see l. alleged by the Indian agents that
Black Kettles band we're on their reseT-
walton at the time they were attacked.
This is fGlsehoOd, for their reservation
extends but thirty miles up the Washits
from Fort C0bb, and the battle took
place $50 miles mp that stream from
here. IL Is 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
commenced the war, and I can give !
tnelr names. Some of Black Kettles (
Young men were cut depredatiug at /
Fort Dodge, when the village was .
wiped out, mules taken from the (
trains, mail Elstter carried off and the 4
carriers murdered, and photographs (
stolen from the scenes OF outrage on the 1
Solomon and Daline rivers, in Kansas,
were found IN the captured camp; and,
II addition, l have their own illustrated
history, found in their cAptureS camp,
showing the different fights or murders
this tribe were engaged in, the trains
attacked, and the parties attacked about
Fort Wallace, and the women, citizens
and soldiers killed, and il is at the SER
vice OF any one desiring information on
the sntj jeet. It should be known, also,
that l invited Black Kettle and his fam
~ 10 come 10, through the ArrapahOe
Chief Little Raven, in my interview
with that Chief at Fort Dodge, Saptem-
Der last, and they did cot come.
Yours respectfully, P. II. SHERIDAN,
NaIcT General Commanding
An Omaha dispatch says It is reported
hat number of Indians, recently en-
gagged in the war in Colorado and Kan
iss, have reached the Powder River
country, where council was held by
srge number Of chiefs. The object OF
he council was unknown. The Indians
Eere quiet at Fort Fillmore, and also
Along the Upper Missouri.
4 Denver dispatch says party hes
from the nursuit of the Indians
n the Cache La PJudIe valley, having
ucceeded in reospturing one hundred
lOrses, and killing one Indian.
In the woman suffrage Con-
Iention to-day large delegation of
sties were appointed 20 visit JEFF
ersOn City to lay before the Leg.
stature the subject Of female suffrage,
With the view OF obtaining an amend
nent to the Constitution striking out the
7Ord " male" They also amended their
wn Constitution by striking out the
7ord " female" aud q nUmbsr of gentle
cen Joined the Association. Letters of
Encouragement from various parties
7ere received.