Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-26
INDIAN WAR.
Extensive Arrangements ITO Protect
VanderbfIt,s Interests.

VanderbfIt's Interests.
ST. Paul, Aug. pa military eXpe-
dition is now fitting out at st. Paul which
will have the double object of escorting
the Engineers Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad while making the final location
of the line through Western Dakota and
Eastern Montana, and of depressing any
hostile demonstration of the Sioux Indi-
ans in the Yellow Stone Valley. The
expedition will consist of seven compa-
MES of infantry, 420 men, four Gatlin
guns, % mounted Indian scouts, % men,
bers of the Northern Pacific Engineer
Corps and 20 teamsters and Government
employees, making a total of about 700
men. The troops will be commanded by
Gen. Whistler, and the engineering party
will be in charge of Gen. L. T. Rosser,
formerly of Confederate cavalry fame,
now Chief Engineer of the Dakota Di-
vision of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
The expedition will leave Fort Rice, on
the upper Missouri, September 6, and be
absent from that point sixty or seventy
days. 8.
vincent COIyar on the War Trail.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The Acting
Secretary of the Interior to-day received
via Santa Fe the following dispatch from
Vincent Colyar, dated Fl Craig, N. M,
Aug 90:
| arrived this morning and expect to
leave for Camp Apache on Tuesday. A
party Of Apaches arrived yesterday at
+ Canada AlsmOss Courlyin, six days from
Cochesis. The band report him in Sinora
Mountains. His band had been scattered
and six killed by Mexican scouts, the
Mexican government offering large
bounty for Apache scalps. Cachesis is
killing his horses for food. The Apsches
here are in lamentstion.
The story is given for what it ia worth.
The following also received, dated Can
ada Alamaza, Aug. %: arrived here
yesterday and found nearly all the Indi-
ans scattered from fear of an stack
threatened by the miners at Rio Mnelius,
New Mexico. hope to gather them in
few days. Soldiers are here and Kio-
wa Indians at Fort Sill on the 10Th
brought in thirty eight mules and one
horse, which, with two retained at
former delivery, make up the forty -one
killed or driven off by Satanic and party
some time ago, and for which demand
had been made upon the Kiowss. The
mules were of good quality and accepted by
the agent. Tatam then had a
talk with the Indians aud told them
the Eagle Head, Fast Bear and Big
Bow, chiefs who accompanied Satanic.
His raid would not be recognized as
N,hiefs, but they would not be arrested
unless il was ordered 10 be done from
Washington, and provided the Kiowas
made no more raids, in which cass these
chiefs and any others who engaged in
raids would be arrested and tried by civil
law. No chief hereafter engaged in a
raid would be recognized as chief, but
Kicking Bird and PAGER would be called
upon to nominate their successors, who,
if approved by the agent, would then be
recognized as chiefs. He assured them
the whites desired to live at peace with
the Indians, and pointed out the advanta-
ges the latter would derive from being at
peace.
Kicking Bird in behalf of the Kiowas said
we want to cease Taiding on white peO-
ple and hereafter follow the example of
Csddoe Indians who long have been on
the white mans road. As evidence of
our good intentions we have brought in
the mules as required of US. And now we
want you to write strong appeal to the
officers at Washington for the release of
Santants and Big Tree who have we
think now suffered enough, and then ev-
erthing will be right.
The Latest
San FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.-Cspt. Brown,
of the L. S. A, sends message from
Los Flores TO Los Angeles that he must
have larger force, or the Indian war
will be inevitable.