New-York tribune., 1870-04-30

since the arrival OF this con and" Gen Hancocs .ays
that he had learned of'h murders at Lookout Station
before he determined on he Destruction That" he
says, eve considered war Unfortunately after per-
al inspection he could ascertain what oi tho
villages belonged 10 the Eeytnnes and what 10 tho
-OuK and the 18th April, 1867, he wrote 10 Gen
Sherman II have the honor DmfcrU you that gtierT
destroyed the Sioux and q yenrc village this morning
What property could not be Jurned, such tools, Be-
carried Off" 10 consisb Of 40 lodges Of Sioux and
"By burning it," says CO Hancock, on the l7th. "vo
gill certainly inaugurate war That might otherwise
have been avoided iOn IN 18th he says: It a cheap
victory to burn this camp He explained his reasons
for the act 10 Col Wynko0 but admits that he failed 10
convince him Of it's propr ~ THUS in my opinion"
says the latter genten; has another war been
brought on" On the dl Of tho burning there a
conflict between the Chey and troops at Cimarroa
Crossing, I'm which six IN ans were killed. In a subse
qment interview with "a nta, chief Of the Kiowas
Gen Hancock by some lake alleged the CmaTron az
fair as cause for the Ges, iction of the villages ".
war against the Cheyenne and Sioux" the General
ne first heard OF the oc, lrrence at CimaTon ct
whole matter" says Col. 'ynkoop, sis horrible IN ti
extreme"
CONFERENCES WITH THE CHIEFS
After this event, Gen. Hancock held conferences Win
mporta nt chiefs among whom was kicking Bird, Who
still laid all outrages the account Of the Chcyennes
satanta another chief OF the KiOgas whose has
been lady mentioned and Little Raven. Of the Arsps
noes. Black Kettle, Cheyenne chief, endeayored un
successfully TO appoint an interview. He was then in
Texas unable 10 make the journey before the
grass grown In the light OF subsequent events the
twO latter names are interesting On the 1th of May
Gen Hancock started 10 return 10 Fort Lcayenworth
leaving orders with Gen. Smith TO maze an expedition
against the Sioux and Cheyennes.
81 think" Gen Hancock said before leaving, that o
strong military post should be established at the Wichita
Mountains, the North Fork OF the Canadian Por
haps this was bis legacy to his successor Cen sheridan
Wichita" Ia yariously spelt "washita," and even
been general orders to shoot Cheyennes The Superin-
tendent of Indian affairs declared that sit would have
far better for the int rest OF all concerned had he
Gen Hancock never entered the Indian country" On
the 26hOf June the eth OF July and the 18th OF August
there were encounters between troops and indians In
July Is announced that me kiowas are in open HOSTILE
ties In October rambling Cheyennes burned Chalk
Bluff Station Most Of these occurrence are attributed
10 Cheyennes but officer at last Acknowledges sub
seduent discovery that tie offenders Kowas. But
treaties OF peace, concluded by the Peace Commission
with the various tribes, ere announced In the Fall
Col WynkoOp, writing In November ~ the next year.
recounts crcumstar that in ls4 he ordered
to cODgre gate 5c friendly Cheyennes together
under the protection OF the United states the result
being tie ChiyingtOn massacre at sand Creek that his
presence with Gen. Hancock, at Pawnee Forks, had
nearly cost h his life from The suspicious thereby en-
gendered against him among the Indians That now ho
l. ordered 10 assemble the Indians OF bis agency atFort
Cobb tie Washi'a, ana ai simultaneously ne learns
that five diereI cOlumnSOf troops are In the field whose
objective point Is the ashta Riyer; and moreover,
who will not hesitate 10 murder their enemies, the In.
dans OF Plains without much regard to the rules Of
war. Other agents similarly instructed Later
was reported that beat, hafbreed forewarned the
Kiowas that this Fort Cobb business was only trap TO
get them gethe& & %hG sy T9aa 6a9 Ge aae
and some lives lost on the Solomon and saline RVers
Kansas, in August, 1863 the evidence seems 70 show ~
Cbeyennes on the 18th Of October Gen Sheridan pre-
pared to take the field and, as he expressed II,
"sETTLE THE QUESTION
before the Winter over" The Chiefs the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs in Washington says agreed TO deliver
up for trial the ringeaders and only wanted time enough
to have done it. But on the 26th OF November Gen.
Custer commanding the cavalry OF Gen. Sheridan, struck
the trail about 100 Ind the point where the
Texas Boundary crosses the Canadian River. On tho
below the freezing po and there were II inches OF
snow on the ground ~, 1T, -. ,..