The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-23


indian Asssssinations7of6ciaf DoRs
ments Ia Cold Bicoded Masss
crevThe Most Atrocious Whole
ssfsl Murder on FssoFda.
Washington, Maseh8.rN appear
zfnom Official aocunIeuts1sehteto; tn
house Of Representative toAday,T tina
on the Isl, OF October faas Ifent;n;G Zen
Sheridan wrote to Ait Zen Town
send as follows otf,q. $ s:7s y
1--WE have shad- 1twodfeSw fs6ops' Il
Moiftana on ACCOUNT OF sexpita,i6p o
Refreshments, to efable Us TO do "htuc
against these LndpR, HqpraAaerg blu
the FEesihaents narkShoSE filing up
and l think.itmpuld be the best plan
t8EtTussosISSss Sf4hs Ei 'ass:
ihnles,gg o and a ss4iE'
them About the 15th Of JANUARY
1 they1 viii be very helpless IRfd i
where they live IS not tootIfar from
Fort Shaw or Fort Ellis, We might
he able to! give them a good. .hnrd
blow. which VIII make peace; ardesira
6le-ohject, instead of simply keeping
1.-THE troops oahthe defensive. while
not stopping the marAutfers, we must
occasionally strike them wHefsit hurts,
and if the genera Eshieff thinks well
of this IEwiH try and steal a. small
force onstbese tribesifrom Fort Shaw
eraFort Ellis during thewfnier!:s They
number obout ] 500. men, Women. and
children. all told =, ,,i0-mnra.
Adjutant General Townsend re-
R5Arrihs3ie3S aurT Naturalization
of the: 2ist ,ult., relatiye tor the depre-
dati0ns 4fthe PieaaR Indians iii Mon
tala, l have to inform YOU that. your
proposed action, as stateH therein, for
the puhishmeht OF these -harauders
has been approved BY the general of
the army.l HI TAHW :.
/. .rThesresult ofthe4expedition-a against
the Indians is tirrs officially slated in
4. communication TO Gem Sully dated
II eiena,3 MOTT. Feb. q; -Sg'l
Of: the 17gkilissd,% IS were. men; Of
these l5.onlybHere suohs M are called
by them young or lighting niRel.-
Thesepwere between the ages OF Il
and 81; the remaining Is were be-
tween the ages of SO and 20; 8 of the
latter between 80 and 20. Ninety
were women, the remaining SO were
children, none of-them aged Il years,
and mapT of them iif, their mothers
arms Out of 215 Indians, belong
ing TO RedeJf6snkeamp only AZ sur
vived. Among them are 8 young
men wh9 sehpel during the attack.
and 5 w1resaraS knnting The lives
of Is wdiWtn, aud 10 children, none of
them moneiha 9tbree years OF ages.
and the 4naj6rty OF them much youfN
ger, sameof Whom were wounded,
were sEafed BY fhscsoldiers. Red
HornllmseIEeaS K1led At the time
of The atfatk this emp was sufftrirg
severely w7tt5Small-pox, having mad
among them for two months; the
average of deaths among them having
been six daily. The remnant Of the
Piegan Indinns, with The Exception
of one band upon hfarihgtTf the an
n~ilila, isiT Of QRed1 Horns band, and
fearing they might lie ,caEed upon
n similar: fate, broke up Aien1
and fed, It is i!npossdhte as
TO arr.yessat q Just. IoHcldsion as
to the real feeling Thr punishment
received at the 4hartas of the sol
Hers Inns icert:linly spread terror
Them. Still it il harliy to he
that they will be satisfied
the revenge that al Indian
naturally Graves. - ~ -. %.
Cen. Sully, iu.a letter dated Aug
;, says: 3" 80 - 2is
Iihtend to do all r can to arrest
iome of the ,~citizensof Montana who,
,bout ten days aga, committed the
murder of n harmless old
nan, and a hoy, about "A years old,
it Fort Benton. They we,e Piegan<,
! part of the Black feet nation. These
~Yere,shnt in broad. daylight,
n.the streets ot the town. / think |
.In arrest tire murie-ers, but doub
cry much if Ecancopvict the IL in any
s,uri. Nothing cln be done to insure
until there is fierce strong
to clear out the .rOnghs, and
vhisky-seilers in,'this country. ill$ut
Sifl do all I can with the limited
means III. my powerto prevent a war,
n any serious difficulties between the
whites. dIntiians. al
$50 INDIAN TREATIES. 10