The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-08

REPOkT OF GGN. POPE.
The lnsssans-rhe New rssiey-Ratsa~.
! WAsHINGroN, Nov. 25.-The report of
Zen. Pope, which will accompany that of
ten. Sherman, is dated at the Headquarters
of the Department of the Missouri, Fort
! Leavenworth, Kansas. Oct. 81, 1870, and
I states that he assumed command MAY 8,
1870.
INDIAN RAIDS.
I lie del...is at considerable length the
I era, raid OF the Indians ON working parties
ON the Kansas Pacific Railroad and else
where, and On settlers in his department.
/ He speaks in severe terms oi the gross care
lessntss OF the working parties along the
railroad, and attributes the raids to the fact
that they were often distributed along forty
miles OF road, withou, arms or preparation
Of any kind. lie says their defenseless con-
dition, and the utter neglect of every pre-
caution which the past experience should
have taught them WIS essential TO their
safety, offered an irresistible temptation To
the Indians lie thinks it hardly necessary
tn >.iy To the Division Commander that 4
large part oi these Indian raids and murders
is due To the extreme recklessness and disre
gard of common sense and everyday ex-
perience en- the part of the whites. Ii Is not
possible to correct these things. nor can II be
expected that trcols will be found at all
times, and At every point OF this vast from
tier. where irresponsible and reckless white
people choose 10 appeal He Tears that the
troubles with the Apsches in New Mexico
are likely to continue, and he doubts, from
the character OF these Indians, whether they
can BE- brought To- live upon a reservation at
all, unless, indeed, they be furnished with
everything they covet.
THE NEW INDIAN POLICY.
The report refers at some length Ia the re-
lations between the army and the Indian
Bureau. aud saws the relations between the
army and the Indian agents were established
bv the Government, and that 50 long as both
parties literally observe them there need lie
no conflict or controversy. Ii may he safely
doubted, however, he saws, whether such
relation L. hast Tor such Indians a. the Ara
paho,s. Jhcyennes, kiowas and Comanches.
The country assigned To these Indians ~
reservations Is -. Immense extent ami quite
unsettled The reservation of the hiowar
and Comanchcs l. very near the frontier set
Elements Ut Texas, upon which these Indians
have been accustomed Ia dcprcdate Tor years.
The military authorities, have M jurisdiction
whatever within the reservation, are power
for hostile movements, UT To arrest
such movement until the parties con
cerncd have passed beyond the limits ct
the reservation. In other words, the Indians
, ON th,-, reservations may hold council after
!. council. d,visiny means and determining
plans Tor RAIDS upon the settlement north and
| south, aud NAV accumulate everything need
, uI Tor th.nI and NAV march oil from their
eucanpm,nt ON hostile expeditions, and yet
ill.,. military authorities AT hand IN the neigh
borhood ully possessed Of all the facts, and
I knowing well the active persons concerned m
orriuizing tn. RAID, can neither arrest these
persons nor ia any manner Interfere with the
expedition until It shall have passed beyond
. the limits ct the reservation. Having IN this
/ manner prepared everything tOr the raid,
and having the choice OF any oi the nunier-
, OTIS exposed points OF the settlements north
; and south to attack, their first move must BIZ
Successful, and OCCASION severe injury To the
places and people attacked. IL is only then
, That troop. can bc used, and then generally
, too late to accomplish ANYTHING except fruit
less pursuits In very .iIany Gases such ex-
: petitions could be wholly prevented by ar
resting Tor the time the active persons
|, engaged in getting them up, or by
I, seizing AMI keeping Tor while the
ponies OF the tribe or tribes Concerned III
. / seems to me that StIch obvious and peaceful
!. means of entirely frustrating hostile expedi-
:. tinns uf lH.liIns, attended with such dtstruc-
!, tinn and such namclc-s horrors, ought to bs
!. in the power OF the military Ia Use At pres
:. ent the military forces c.in do nothing until
after ho-tilities begin, and then ii is generally
n too late to do much good. merely present
:, this statement Of the case without urging any
II Il O. 81 .ss.fr AZ
:, not even bc emphasized. | believe it proper
: To se, forth in some detail the position ri ths
. military authorities in relation to these In
~ dian reservations u all derre,lations com
:, miIt,d by Indians are charged Ia want o
= PROPER action, or OF the ineiffiency OF TIN
military. anil the commanders of militar,
posis in or near any of these reservations
= are invariably held responsible b,
: public opinion Tor the conduct Of tn
:. Indians, over whom th,y have NO Jurissiic
: lion nor control whatever. pom beinl
"A closely pursued, the Indians retreat to then
reservations, where the military clnno
Il touch them. | regret To notice that thu
!, feeling has tecn manifested by the military
authorities pi IcXdS-ni course IN ignorance
of these facts | could wish that the Wa
Department would publish some genera
orders setting forth fully the exact relation
,i between the military aIgth"rItie> and the In
= diam and their agcat, IN order that militar.
ie commanders, at beast, Iiight be spared ms
~ apprehension and unjust censures from tn
,e members Of their own arm eli the pIbi
lr service.
D. THE RAID, MADE BY THE KiowAs AM
!. CoMANCHEs.
,e Under present treaties all the ConIanchs''
IT, kinwas, CHEYENNE and ArapahOe- are boun'
n To live upon reservations laid out for them IL
,e the southern part at the department -th'
y Chcyenncs and Arapahoes along the water
il ul the Canadian, and thu klowa- and Go
ii manchtS between the Canadian and Ee'
r Rivers. - hong ~ the Indians remain III
10 on the-c reservations, they are ~"Iel.
y, under the jurisdiction ui the IntefiO
IL Department.. When they :" beyond
n ii hrcpm,- the duty ct the mill
D., tiry to cuEPei their reiurn. The Arapa
.r hoe, have, almost IL a man, been peaceiII
II during this wear; III. CheycHn,-, a. body
l. have I believe, al-o been peaceful. HI
Il ki,vas have been altogether the wort lndi
4 ans We have had tu deal with. ! think
h. almo-t certain that nearly sill, ii not quit
10 all. of the ,leyrr,lIiinn- aad murder com
r. mitIed -orth oI the Arkansas River, since Ma
,e /, are to b.. charged To- this tribe. They N
T. now, ~ they have t.cu lor twenty-five year
,c past, the most iaithe~s, cruel aud untr,i-t
n worthy ot all the Indians oi the plans. Tn
IT. Conianche, have jpln,d them, however, II
n. thu. depreciation committed IN Texas, whici
l. these Indians eau never be- made 10 under
II stand l. embraced "a any treaty with IN
r settlements. Ia danger from the they
Of ennes and Ar1plhoe, are the settlement
T. OF Western and Southwestern Kansas
L. along the Arkansas River, the Hams,
10 Pacific Railroad, the Saline, solomon, am
in Republican Eiycrs. Tine eastern settlement
II oil Coloraip and Nsw Mexico may also be sli
p to he expose, To- thss.. Indians, though no
" - much The If.-, occupying large par
A. Of Calur.idp anil Northern New Mexico, hav
- always been peaceful, and unless moleste'
d, and wronscd, are Likely 10 remain 50. Niue
nj thu. same thing NAV now be said Of the Nava
~ loes. The Apache, occupying all Souther
nj Ne. Mexico, on both sides of the Ri
Grandc, a. also Arizpna, are the mo.
,siualid, cowarlly and thieving Indians,
know ON the frontier They are divided int
numerou. small bands, recognize genera
IL authority, and most Of their warlike opera
- ton consist IN the murder Of AN unprotecte
nj hertler or two, and the theft OF their herds q
r. sheep. Very small, unarme'i or eareles
L yar;ies Of travellers are, no doubt, IN som
a. danger in the country occupied by thes
lI Indian-
Il The complexion OF the kan-as facii'
"a Railroad 10 Denver Is referred 10 ~ being o
Ne great service and economy to the Govern
z ment. anil -iieiy to Immigrants Ten. Pop
Eivor- the concentration Of troops in large
H. bodie, and breaking up Of many small po-ts
nj a. bsjug more economical and beneficial
r lie prop.,-,- IN New Mexico alone, wher
:. there ar. ten pasi-, To- reduce the number L
~ G,ur He recommends that the large an,
m vahrhi. reservation at Hiarker, now sur
To- rounded by -etilements, be sold, and, il pos
to .ible, the proceeds applied to building quar-
~ ter for ii, garrison at Hays. Il contain
N IO.si1 acres, and Is worth - per acre.
/. The Euru,igrafi0n COmSeaesOa az Insoi
annapolis.
= Prom The New York Herali.
There does not appear TO be much re-Iil
from tn immigration Convention which ha
been in -,s-i,.n at indianapolis for some tim.
past Ia fact il looks very ike dead fail
= ure. There i very little in its proceeding
;, to give il a higher tone than a mere poliiica
and railroad machine. This il 10 be regret
! ted, because the subject Is really one Of grea
moment. good deal might have beer
done at this gathering OF men from all quar-
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