The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-06-11
Letter From washington.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June Z, 1859.


sse,.. ~, Republican State Commstfss.
Letter From Washington. III,
WASHINGTON, D. c., June Z, 1859.
To the Editor of the Press, goi 1 i
INDIAN AFFAIRs--How THEY STAND ON THE |
fia imsi# FRONTIER. bi-l edf a0ia
II must not be supposed, from the accounts
now being received from Kansas, that any
thing like general Indian outbreak has oc-
CURED, or that all the warriors against whom |
Clusters column operated last winter, are |
now on the war-path. 7 have made minute
inquiries here, and am in possession of letters
from the frontier, which with knowledge ac-
quired by long residence there and contact
with the Indians themselves, enables me to
Judge of the extent of the troubles now pre-
vailing. -.;,.-fs.f a ..s,, ....f ~
1t will be observed that the present troubles
are confined within a comparatively flor In
dian war) small area, being in the vallies of
the Saline, Solomon and Republican rivers a
tract of country not more than hundred
miles North and South, and probably less
than thirty East and West. The savages are
without doubt the younger braves of the
DOG Soldier" band Of Cheyennes, with a
small body of others: Arapahoes, Kiowas,
and Sioux" The "Dog soldiers numbered
before the last campaign about 500 braves.
They lost about one-fifth last fall and winter,
and probably two-thirds of the remainder are
on the war path. These fellows are desper-
ate devils, who know mo law but violence.
They are well armed and mounted, exceed
ingly well qualified for their Cossack life, and
have among them few desperate whites and
halfbreeds, some of whom undoubtedly sery-
ed in the Rebel army. They have got within
the lines, have passed above the railroad, and
are thus enabled to sweep peculiarly expos
ed region, into which settlements have of late
been pushing with great rapidity and temer-
ity. A majority of the sufferers are, learn,
Scandinavian emigrants not long in the
country. The Secretary of War, as wen as
Commissioner Parker, is confident that these
outlaws will not escape the columns now
moving on them from five or six different di-
rections. In addition to the troops sent di-
rectly from posts in Kansas, forces are NOV
ing northward from Camp Supply to intercept
them, should they undertake to retreat by
| the Indian Territory. IA force Is moving ont
of New Mexico to cut them of that NAV and
nom sY.s ;..---a-,ie and Denver. movements
are making. AN these sese..-, .lst tments
II orders are obeyed, form part Of sreatcly-
Gle, through which the sdog soldiers" and their
allies, will find it difficult to escape. The
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inc the sunnlie. nro,, ;s.s ' ee.ay ~ iainlsn-
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in love with The taslr ass;s,,a5 y, -. aT,
Hoag thinks thar the oovarnmant r,,,s. ers4
free these marauders on their reservat;ons IL.
| fore they ftbe ouak ers, can he exnected "a
| 20 among them. II think ii will be found
that the Quakers cannot cope with this mat
ter. The army officers who have been as
signed are likely to be more eficient. They
will have strict orders, and are likely to obey
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