, 1874-08-28
Five Columns Of Troops In tho Fi0l1,
Numbering Nearly 1900
Men,
0uGagcs by tho Redsklns-.-Ths Various
Hostile Tribes,
Letter from Col. Miles Expedition

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MOST COMPLETE or CHARACTER
and fertile Of rcaulta evor undertaken by tho
! War Department, which, for once, ia unfottarod
IN ita dealings with tile uavagcB.
Tie causes Of tho ontbronk aro sufficiently
vcll-kuown to most renders IN = goneral way.
Late Il, June, tho Chyeunoa, Comancnea and
Ktouas, held their annual groat medicino-feaat,
which was no exception to tho gonoral ru1o Of
Indian gatherings In 80 fur rs concerned tho
discussion Of tho question to be or not to
be nt peace with tho whites. In tic sprlng a
young brayos faucios lightly turn to thoughts
Of acairs. The tnklng Of q acalp ID tho
equivalent OF tho putting on Of tho toga thrills.
In any case there Is tho thirst tor blood,
even if nothing special have occurred
TO enkfnd1e the forocitv Of tho rodskin. II hts
tribe havo been punished severely, ho Is sore and
thtang for revenge; II they have escapod
ciastisemont, they are nil the moro confident.
And tho Indian generally escapes. 11o needs
neither bnggago Dor forage train; hs ia not III
cuuaborod with non-combatants; ho has ample
time to mature his p1hns; hc strikes his blow
whore it is laast expected, and, whon he Is hotly
pursned, he croases tho line into his rcscrration
and is safe.
Tiers are, Of course, honorable exceptions,
but these arc few indeed, and, rs gcuoral rule.
4 very tr1tling opportunity sufficos to make tho
bad Iudiau, Not that tho Indian is not without
~.
FREQUENT GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT,
both general and special. Apart IRON TIM fact
that the whole Indian policy itself Ia fraud,
comes the fact that oven this erroneous policy ia
not faithfully administered. Tho Indian IN plum
dercd everywhere without relrcgs. Tho traders
smugglo whisky among them, mud deal
out vile chemical compound Ut tho
rato ~ >a7o u,,,on -nolta mr. non;oa
,''' W Wv e"no", 1s''D ,:,s ,s.1. r1
belhg tue currency. 4no 1na'ah nses u1oe1
mRgnifed system of Protection, that compels
him to buy In tho dearest a,d soll in tho cheap
cst markct Tbon t,,e nutra,o.],untors. osnocial-
~ ,;,,a 49, .,;,ro.a ,oro,, ~ Ia nus,,na
y st"ee tno iA"us"" 'I''tonu' ooR"'' ~ W "Ao"o"
"es1 haVo oeen Bill ap"hdaas eouteo VI a''nS
ance. When tho country Is A''ou with organized
companira OF luuto,b, armed with tito best
@voanona nronnra>,e. nnt1 Bfnyinr TIM h;aon m n
1a;.,a.~ .,,a ,,ot e., a,ort ~ ~ .,+;efx ,oco.o;
onn'uaoo' A.o wv ~, 'fe ~ ~ $3.50 .. asssls'
"; whom tho meat uoes hot pay 1of tsahapofsa-
tion, and train after train OF hldcs comes IN TO
cyory etatiot,,-it is not to 10 wondered at That
1mrraIo bocomo scarce and sly, and TINT tho In
H.. .xo a,.,,,roJ ,,d ,Iurmot Mr. ara t,,o
o1hla wv ".''o5su a'a "'"1Aoa' i,ot NV ln1
huntera At an n1ec ABOUT 1osafalns ueates anu
rc6ervAeion-linea, aud tLor negligence IL thls
respect ib another foftilo so1lrco OF trouble.
With these special and general causes at work,
an lpdian outbreaE. always possible, was this
yea1 rendered very probnb'o.
and, when tho "Conaneho medieine-nsn," who
had boen preachinng war Of discrimination
againas the whites, began to yomt ball cartridge,
Adiylno betlcst was accepted ~ further incoit-
tlye 70 seti9n Inc movements as OF teoops ~ In tho
tera this sunl1ner, were quoted as proot that the
whites we're making roaay to crush then. slug
gcating resA'sation or, rathot. anticipatlon De-
cause the notthora and southern tribes maintain
cd as they are by Distance ana apparently WITH
out any community Of nltefasts.
While the old men "efo hoidhe council, the
young mcp-e'ther from wantonness, or, more
probably, WITH yiew TO commit the trioos irre-
trieyably to Warllko po!lcy-BIlpped away, aud,
dividing tnto small parties, connlartoa the out
1agos Of July ~, having as their Held Of opera-
tiocB the who!s frontier along the Canadian , ard
Cinarfon AtVera out TO Nc" Mo1tco anu Colo
dents; suffice it to BAY TINT, fearing punishment,
tho saEases Ut once contemplated nnd pushed TO-
wards the stakea plalns. whero they haFo been
N counetl' anu, somo Bay hive arrived At q wat"
II To o punish them thoroughly for thcgo and past
oAenses, -
FIVE coLusfSs.
conTcrging on the paiH asa common centre,
have hotn Piacea III Tue aesa: Ours 10 lcd by
Col: Nelson a; Mlaes, alla CONSISTS OF eight COM
ranies Of IL the 4, sixth Cavalry under A1a)s. Comp
ton and Bidale, four companies Of tho Fifth In
fant!y, aud t"onty Delaware scouts, with two
Gat'ing Euns and one Iairots. Tho second col"
nmn iu composed Of four companies Of the
Eighth Cay9s'y, maroh'nS from Fort Union, n.
A., undof NAL. tT!co, Ihfeo eo,t1taana take tue
fold from the IeSan side co!. Mchsazie.
Fourth Cavalry, moves from Fort Conoao wlth
eight companies q cavalry and toof OF infantry
Col, Buell. from Grlln, WITH si1 9, Gompanies>-
two Of infantry; and COL j. y. davidson
FROM Fort sllt, With tell conapshles,-two
Of infantry = Altogether aa1 We shaA probably
have neay4y 4,ovo men N the ae.a. Al! ls
in expected: and hoped, TINT 70 shall press tho
Kavaeea before Us from AL sides, and Involve
them n not whence there ID NO escape.
The infantry. are to guarl the tralns, while
Tho cavalry wili sweep the eounssy ca every sade
striking every hostl!o band IL meets. ,,,,,;o.,
10 facilttate operat1oua, tue paaoefnl !nasane
hayo peen orderod into camp o. the east o. caene nl
Creek, Whero thoy are conapelloa 20 alsWoF Iot f.
call daily, ea1oeuaEda polne bHon t1'eu!' tht
troops, are empowered TO pursue the lnalans
npon their reservations, and to9sG without sa1e 1
gnaTds Will bo conaueren pau Ahnians. aAe
columns united arc aa strong aa al tue tr9es
that sro out,-posalbly shade atronGer..-amts u