New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-13

Governor Davis Consents to the Release.
of Santanta and Big Tree-Reiease Of
Price. the Herald Correspondent-The
Commissioners to the kickapOOs-FrOua
Fort Sill.
WASHINGTON. June Ex-Governor Davis,
of Texas, telegraphs that ho will send
Santanta and Big Tree, the two Kiowa
chiefs, to Fort Sill. to be released, in accord.
ance with the request of Secretary Delano.
but he hopes that the Indians will be held
by the military, until after he can make an
official visit to Washington. which will be
in a very few days.
! The State Department has advices Of the
release of the Herald correspondent. Price.
at Havana.
Messrs Henry NJ. Atkinson and Thomas
G. Williams, the special commissioners sent
to Mexico to endeavor to effect the return
of the kickapOO Indians to their reserva.
tiOns in the United States, report to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under date
of Saltlllo. Mexico. May 10 last, that they
had an interview with Governor Cespedes.
of the city named; that thAy'r were
cordially received, and, at their re.
quest he has appointed a commissioner
to accompany them to Santa Rosa with in
structons that he will see that no obstacles
are thrown in the way of the success of the
mission, which instructions are accOmpan.
led by a recommendation to the Indians
that if they think they can better their con.
dtiOns he advises them to go to the United
States. The Governor further delivered to
them an order calling on all officials and
citizens to assist them. The commissions
ers say that they have telegraphed the
American minister, at The City Of! Mexico.
to have instructions sent to the Governor
from the proper authorities Of their Mex
lean republic to assist us.
They were to leave ON the twentieth for
M y L..
Nueva Leon, to secure his cooperation, and
were to go from there direct to Santa Rosa.
The Interior Department is in receipt of
a copy of letter from Captain G. K. San.
dersOn, of the Eleventh Infantry COIN mand.
ing at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. ad.
dressed to the Acting Assistant Adiu.
tant General of the Department OF Tex as,
May B, in which he says: IL am. Of the
opinion that both the kiOwas and Ca.
manches are still on their proper reserva.
tions, and can hear of no marauding par.
ties having gone out"
The promised release of Santanta and Big
Tree may be the prime move of their peace.
full status. But as it is reported che gen.
eral government hesitates to carry oct the
| promised release of these men by the TWEEN.
| tieth OF May. that being the time set!
think the kiowas will probably be heard
| from. 1t is certainly a mistaken policy to
make such promise and not keep 10. They
| anxiously look forward to their release. and
I have good reason to expectit. Ii the prom.
lse is not kept l doubt if they will keep
| their promise of continued good behavior.
The State Department is III receipt of in
formation from our consul at Havana, that
l.. A. Price, an American citizen, who was
under arrest for the supposed violation OF
| public order, was today released.
| An official copy of the journal of the fourth
annual session of the general council of the
Indian Territory, recently held at ok
mulgee3 has been received at the Board
| of Indian Commissioners in this city.
Among the proceedings was tire adop-
| ton of a resolution proposing that a
communication be submitted to the Kiowas,
| Cheyennes and other tribes of the plains,
cOngratulating them upon their friendly re-
| latiOns with the people of the United States
| and with other Indian tribes, reassuring them
OF the continued friendship of their broth
| ers of the cOnfederated tribes of the Indian
Territory and the necessity of abstainng
from all acts of hostility toward each other
and the people Of the United States, and of
the determination of the general counil to
intercede for the early liberation Of their
chiefs, Santanta and Big Tree.
The latter clause of the resolution is
based on a preamble stating the strict
| observance and exercise of good faith is
Indispensable to the perpetuity of peace
and good will between nations as well as
individuals. and that certain conditions
having been fully complied with by the
Kiowa Indians, the government should
redeem the promise made to them, con-
templating the early pardon and liberation
| Ot their chikfS