, 1869-07-15
ROMANCE OF INDIAN LOYALTY,
Curious Charges by General Blunt
An Interesting Skory.

-ANAAA%AASS NE Au 040A ~ all As
Curious Charges BY General Blunt
An Interesting sxory.
coTtsPondeze< ~ tie csaetaaaa Commercial
II will not be forgotten ttst tho Creek, Choo-
rebels planned ther ncccas16n, md sent Ptkc TO
aseomplish Il Immediately aftcs secession began.
Tns Gnoctawa y ~ once !ein.d aud il 4 taes sns
Al ne bssile y son " creee s 1'Dsi I..aaSs ssss
1edsiacy I'D IL T d seven ~ 1estnents from on > fss
civilized nations IN thclr amy. The Cstclk and
Shsrokees divided at once, most Of The fai, blood
matter OF record that Albert Pike, acting through
The rcbcl lnn1An leadc11, eaT1y ia the summer Of
Plain 1ndans-those aatne tribes that have Of lats
yeata been at war With Us Through the fnnaenee
Of orothlo-ho-le-o-!o. The Greek Cnict who from
The very outset resisted the rebel ennrts, these
schemes wcsn defeated In luna Of July o. 1851,
= great council Of delegates from MI the leading
RoeIJ aouata,na, @ WI held q. point W1saia d t6e @
This council, rrbel agents endeayoned to nake
o-lo1 influence prevented TITS, and he returned
home 10 take up nz1ns aionce for the Union
The Unlon t1oops stationed At Forth sunh, IN.
der Captain StuEEls, at Forts AEouckIe, Cobb, and
1now General Eulcry 1ad tne cavalry command
Goo il. Thomas, 81 sinoe sa maize ,a@ou: @ ny splendid
},clled 70 Withdraw 70 prevent capture. s2 ~ me
kuceumbcd- TIC Greek King, then over - yesss
or age, ret one OF the finest fooktng men ever
draNn iescsneT. Two severe ensassments against
lie rebel Greeks and ChoctaWa, lei " t1e t~ioa.
San White and Douglas y. .oopefa H. Deserving
ger thr toya! Indians were badlJfdeiea:ed II was
u. January February Of l6sa aua they 1etrcated
1ur over onc hundred uilts luio kansas, leaving
1hrir dead scattered along the rood side. At the
request u General Hunter. your correspondent
at@ong othesr, vtIted them n thc!t camps IN
t<,ukhezn KANSAS, and wrote to tho press about
1hrE condition nna sui1eE1nEA which were very
Srtat-
IL Of two regiments as :" "lndiun Home Guards"
The drst was composed wholly Of Greeks, except
Il eprlnknpg Of coIored men The second was
loIe companies and some Greeks and ChlcIasaTg
There we're probably IN nli, twenty-five or thirty
< lhoctaWa That nauon went IS body, heartily
lato the rebellion. 1t IVES not until about August
lcGI, that d movement so1thFnrt vas MADE. The
1Ld,au resttu ants formed pat ot the command
IRON the rebels They had been dragoontd INTO
.Ler service il viii not be forgotten, however,
1Lut ;uDg before thai, the coniedera.es had them
atnLio, tu III large uu1pUer8. At tie battle OF Pea
1s.dGt, Albert Pike commanded dlrts.o1 OF In
tl-a1ls-si1 OF seven Regiments. This was IN
,lasrE, lads, sl1 weeks OF TWO months before our
War Department authorized the musteE-in CT the
w., Fl lDd1lns.
TIE loyal brigade thus formed did active ser
a,ce In eli That Lighting and duty demanded, from
1Lat time until thelr muster ont In My, 1863
LEY assisted In Lie Western Arkansaz ca,n;raign,
.Li fon- liz NJ Sc7tonia, and o:ne1 points in
sae GfoVe o1a rS51 Hsyns eas
3,c.,ey sEnnSn, .he eap,are q For snlu. Il 90
ls ea,e o eof sof wna5 h.sso55 upasr @
lips, Is that Of contnnors s:rasg.c and ughting.
lur eighteen mouths they held tnc nos: adrance
On The AEkuIsas, and at the ratne tlme held open
i supply line Of over Two hundred n:!cs. thus en-.
1ns .nd ~ ,aVin ttI. sccnc. ~ hou,i1itn. ~ ~
,he s1utn Of naas Ths Tca!a record SnoHs
- ~ nn ~ 1saq aqx Ksneas tsI Tno. any o1s!
,ls ,,ost Of ~ s;a:s ystIeat nsas; , ent shs
Gz o e'sae IT. neGsass ehsy
Soldiers; The sevenfy-nlath. Eghtyesnlrd, and
cn Go,osd Troun1 Iuu VIZ !, Gs1I ~
srnl7ors of these faithful and trarc organization.
~; @ ssn n s aSts seR Nth se9ss9 sesay By e Ssps Pc
iii ,luea i' '''e1 ~''@'' "''N' 's >1N'
csne,e, n,n,, ,c,,, s nosE ';eot, m, tho n,c ,no
s".s.. essasdt y he ! nsae5stsnds r, % $ 4 EEst AZ
a Tnel hs n IL ss b a Sss .e a @
lhai John Y: W5lsnh formerly q laltana rs
Tic confidence rcposca" Il lin. iboin u tne De-
terds to tell OF "rghts advent al Fort Gibson, IN
lst1, just as the Indians were mustered out, and
Claiming to have "been Designated by the Iute-
ri And War Departments TO arrange for lhe set
rvcrt ~ fcinI dua;j r. nv nonn,lan
y, i,ene o' @ s.nlns -, ot II ouunues' %
teak 1e5, lGnslon1 ana property useo u tne gov.
crl1ntul " he succeeded u getting large NUMBER
.: ,hese claims PLACED In lls handa He also rep
1tscntGd nlllEeu nj the lime a9 Oeln9 member
ii, or In some Why connected with, the law hrn
nf browning. Ewing Co He (Wright) opened
s.u office Fort Gibson, left son ia cA:Ge, and
returned 10 Washington
WAsnSo1oS. u. c..
nErAHThESTnr nr TIE lNIIHIor
u s,o,,o, s.,,<,,,,n, ,tt,s nstoost - 'e"-
s1r i.ve tic honor Is Fr~1uss, thu. you will su.
11 action t1 ati c.iIns u IIdI1ns bounty hack
ia, End u al ktnls, Afsns account ot sAsir
nt1:A,y rrr.sts1n tEs orcI7,n o. tLe arlny II re
Nrihnft' tneii HUM aH ~ !ne 3n1ss II M
j,rt Iar r. II indt.n aW .e eHt hPpo'N III LII
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T7us document was se1t Ill over the Terrttory.
ana aided 10 iecp up the lea tt1at he vas etnnoT
.+nY crcuE,vtIv fn coilrrf 1hn,s cfafr,a Hts 1snf
3 circular, uccuupanylns it, Of which tic follow.
'ns = AL Ga W1su1saros. u, &, Hovcu,,, 15s
S5u Ia rustuaucr Il 1hr sb,so stisf ata asfroTed