The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-02
THE INDIANS.

General Crock Inauguratimx Active Cam
paigu Against tho Hostile Tribes in Ari
zonn.
ST. LOUIS. August I, 1871.
A letter from Arizona July 90. says that General
Crook assumed command Of the Arizona Depart
ment on the 4th Of July. He at once fastened OF
to the Territory and at all points the way awaited
himself Of the accessible information furnished By
contractors The result ia that before reaching
Tucson, on the 10th OF July, he issued orders for
concentration Of certain troops or cavalry there for
an extended campaign, also fer the Indian tribes to
be brought in for consultation. Aside from
much incidental labor since his arrival ne has
been concentrating his EFFORT In perfecting Or
ganized force to take the field against the hostile
Indians. In pursuance or this object number OF
dian scouting party Of nifty men aud five guides
have reported to General Crook and the scout started
IN advance on the evening Of July 49, The torce ex.
Crook, personally, IN command.
General Crook has been in the mountains for
some days, but as nothing has been heard from him
up to the 22d there is mucn concern here ln the
town for his safety This accounts for the attack upon
the trains near Trueson, details OF which sent you
last night
Bold Attempt to stampede the Stack Mt Fort
Rice-Scouts Fired Upon Under the Walls
Of tho Fort-Tribes Concentrated Around
Fort Supply.
WASHINGTON, August I, 1871.
Major General Hancock, commanding the Depart
ment Of the Dakota, enclosing a report from L. H.
Sanger, captain commanding a: Fort Rice In that
Territory, IN which the latter says
About halEpast seven O'Clock In the morning OF
the 2sd of July squad OF Indians made dash from
the hills, about thousand yards distant from
the post and approaching the fort they passed near
the scouts quarters, driving away SIX OF the Rec
scouts horses and firing upon the Rees They con-
tinued on to the government herd Of horses, mules
ana cattle and intercepted II, passing within 100
yards OF the western side of the stOckade. Owing,
however, to the exertions OF young Sioux scout
and the animals not stampedlng. the herd was
headed toward the corral and saved, with the excep
taking away. Tne troops turned out very promptly
and there was some firing A mounted
s Sr for am es
turned. The Indians were divided into three par
ties, and numbered from ixty to seventy IN the
creek south OF the post, and they intended cross
ing were prevented by few men who were In
U III ala pe nn@ nm Tca
men In charge OF the nerd. The interpreters and In
dams at tins post say that the parties who made the
River Agency. There Is mounted detail OF
twenty-five enlisted men that can turn out at o
ISer a,tsck the d parv Id aos sse
too large viii hunt them down. In this connec-
ton should like to state that the Indians are well
armed aud there are so many ut the agencies not
Tar from here that they might turn out very large
force The country, too. Is so well adapted to their
mO0e OF warfare anu permits OI Lne1T COnCeallnR
their full strength that wish 10 act prudenty ia
operating against them.
Lieutenant Colonel J. W. DAVIS, commanding Mt
Camp supply, Indian Territory, under date Of July
IA, says
The Arapahoe nation, except small Dand under
Big Mouth are encamped within twenty-five miles
OF this post, OH the North Fork OF the Canadian.
The Cheyennes with tile Apaches OF the Plains are
encamped fourteen miles above me, on Wolf Creek.
The KiOwas, together with 100 lodges OF COmanches,
are enCampe0 about one hundred miles south OF
me. on the tributaries Of the Washita. shall en-
deavor to keep the Cheyennes and ArrapahOes from
contact with the Kiowas rs well as can with the
small force at my disposal.
Lieutenant General sheridan endorses this letter
as follOws:-
The Indians named within have always had such
a contempt for the cowardly Kiowas that It viii not
be hard to maintain non-intercourse between them.