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WASHINGTON, May la
General John Fbpe:
The most energetic measures possIblc should be
dians that male the attack on inc railroad on tie
Sandy. No Indian should be allowed respite be-
tween the railroada Y. T. sHkRx.s,
The following ia from General Sheridan:
HELENA, " T., Aoy II, 1870.
Ce7tTol E. D. TotrnseHd, i. a. G..
Tne following despatch haa Just been recelvsd.
and Is forEatde1 Tor the Information OF the Gen
eral In Chief:
DENVER, Col, May Is,
The citizens Of Colorado ana officers Of the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad feel SO strongly the Inpor-
tance OF meeting this Indian atsack By general
pursuit and punishment, In order to avoid the c.
lamty OF ~ attack upon our settlements, AMI OF
the delay In the construction OF the road and
scattering Of tho lahoEers, that earnestly hope
the savsgcs and n addition that you wili anthor-
fze General William Palmer, who Is here, to raise
battalion OF volunteer cavalry 70 aid Ia the pro-
lection Of the country between Denver and Kit
carEon. The force so taIsed can start mmedi-
atciF and more rapidly by obtaining subsistence
from the constructive camp Of the Kansas Paclnc
sent, VIII you do this :
JoHs EVANS, GEO. D. PERRY,
4. s. ELBEr, ROBERT F. CARR,
HEADQUARTERS Army Z. S.
General r Il. Sheridan:
Your DISPATCHES are received OF course, the
Sandy should bc pursued to the death Citlzens
organized as volunteers mar engage in the pur-
suit IN their own Interest," bus should not pass
more than one march north Of the Onion Pacific
Road unless tR close pursuit OF tho actu1t murder
err. No Indians can now DO between the tno
railroads; md the sooner they ase Gea1sd out the
Camp Supply the Indiana. on being captured,
turned ont 70 be white men tn disguise such men
are as bad y not worse. than the Indians, aud are
Clouds Sioux can be 50 far south as Big Sandy;
but, II 50, not one should be spared II found Ia
y. y. SHERIDAN. General.
Yearly Meeting Of Ertends-In<crexs-
Ing Report Concerning tho Progress
~ the Work Among lhe Western
Tribes.
Hpss Ae Sas York TINES, May 81
Yesterday stt.snoo1. u 4oeloc1, private
meeting Of tho Ptie1fs in attendance at 6he
house, to Hatsn to the repoe4 Of ths Executive
Committee on the Indians undar tAsir charge.
The meeting house Was filed with 1n4o md
women. After General Grant had oapntuded
10 TT the experiment Of allowing the Qaakaza |
L iss' aaa ai I'D ss g. R Js
Icy, leading Quaker, aa the General Agent Of |
The government the Friends connected with !
The various yearly meetings took holl Of the |
uatteE in earnest, determined to make the e1-
auy. known, was giren exclusive charge q the
Indian tribes Of Northern Nebtaska, and the |
Friends belonging to the yearly meetings u Of
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Ohio,
Indians, and Geuesce took upon
themselves to aid III. Janney in his good work !
by supplying agents, clothing, medicine, mon
Stunning the burden Of one or more tribes. |
The tribe assigned 10 the New York yearly |
meeting WAS the Tinnebagos, numbering
about 800 souls. Philadelphia took charge
Of about 700; Ohio about 400; Indiana aud
0enesee about !, 200 each The report made
% TIE meeting yestesday related mainly to what
il contained great deal Of interesting infor~
nation with regard to all the tribes fhxt are
now being treated by the Quakers. The report
"ss read to the meeting BY NJ. I'm. H. Macey,
\ member of the Executive Committee,
yazious meetinga OF the Committee |
that have been held during tho past !
year. One Of the first acts OF the Friends il |
heir Indian management, it appears, was 10 !
ssne circulats to all their agents forbiddins !
hem to receive any Pecuniary profit on their
transactions with the 1nt1iAns, and also forbid |
ling them to charge the government with any
. constructive expenses for travel, whether
he same might be customary aud legal or not |
They wete only to charge their actual disbu1se-
nents foE travelling, and were to depend On
heir salary alone, as agents, for support
Executive Committee Of the New York meet
ng have held Hessions as often IS once a
month during the year, and have kept them
'elves constantly advised Of the. wants
II the Winnebagoes, in the shape
I've y si0t1n ha Tssane ass prop @9asy s sappe
from voluntary contributions among them
selves. Since last November they have sent
% their agents among the Winnebagoes ], 1,215
garments for men, women and children, near
y hundred pairs OF nhoez, - many caps, =
arge amount Of cloth, with thread, needles,
himbles, etc; an abundant supply Of utedi-
lines, books and stationery for the Indian
schools, and s831 in cash-the whole without
voluntary contributions among tho Frienis
connected with tho New York yearly meetiR-
It the last meeting Of tho committee, held no
aGtl, OF the present month, = Communication
Sas received from Nj. Janney giving gep.1al
summary OF tho progress made ance
tis appointment in treating the NebAska
Indians on the Quaker plan. The
More than 800 acres Of land we're broker and
tilled laat sexson by Indian labor Of the Vinne-
ba8oes alone; . Touring mill Is about
teing erected among them; the schools
a1e in aouzishing condition, and \ 14ge por-
ion Of the saEages have fot8aken taeir evil
Ind women. He recommended that tie Indian
AGENTS ahould be men Of families, ftr he says
lat the presence OF pious md refined women
Fho will go among the Ind1an cabiB and in
sttuct the sqnawa in their domestic duticu and
work has proved, By far. tho most
ahectusl means Of ciyilizing the 1Etlsn tribes.
There IRE, he says, $50 families in he Winnie
1871 children under Is, l85 single men, and 100
sirrth Women