The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-13
The Great American Trav.
eler among the Indians.
He makes one of his Intelli.
gent and Eloquent Speeches
Mackenzie Reports a Big
Indian Raid in Texas.
SoldiersG Going South to help
Carpet-Baggers.
The Perils Of Mining.
Four Men Killed at LaSal1e
Other Items of News.

| lNlIA, i. LIZ wv H. l. u6 ITCStuCut
of the United States, in company with ex-
Secretary Borie, General Harney and 9th
ers, arrived here this evening. Hundreds
of the Cherokee Indians turned out to see
the Great Father" Colonel Boudinot
was selected to address the President,
which he did as follows: @
| "MR. PRESIDENT: 1t is with great
pleasure that in behalf Of the people Of
this place / welcome YOU and your distin-
guished companions to the Indian Terri
tory. Never before has our territory been
honored by visit from President of the
United States. In Indian parlance you
are called the Great Father, but we of
the Cherokee nation, who have for more
than generation abandoned the manners
and customs of savage life aud adopted in
their stead the principles of your civiliza-
ton. delight to address you by that title,
so simple, yet so grand, by which you are
known and honored throughout the civil
ICED world.
"Mr. President, you have crossed the
Threshold of the Indian Territory to a
country larger in area than the six New
England states, and unsurpassed in natur
al wealth by any section of country Of
equal extent. In your journey to-day you
will pass 24O miles through portions of the
four principal civilized Indian nations-the
Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw
-numb mbering, in the aggregate, some So
900 souls, Of whom about 10000 are ne
groes and whites. Whatever difference of
opinion there may be among the Indians
OF this territory respecting questions OF
public policy concerning them, am sure
all unite in the conviction that you, Mr.
President, are the true and steadfast friend
of the Indians, and will exercise your great
influence on all suitable occasions to pro-
tect our interests, and encourage and sus-
tain us in our efforts to secure all the rights
and privileges to which our advanced civil
ization entities us. The recommendations
which you have made to congress, in your
annual message, with regard to this terri
tory, | believe, are cordially indorsed by a
large proportion Of the intelligent part of
our people.
wishing you safe and pleasant jour
ney, and trusting that you will see evil
dences of that high degree Of enlighten
ment which the Indians of these nations
claim to possess, again bid you vel
come"
Three hearty cheers were then given to
the President, when he replied as follows:
1T affords me great pleasure to visit
your beautiful country-a country which l
have never seen before, though l. have
been far on all sides of it. 1t is rich in
soil, and of surprising beauty. Without
saving anything at this time about the pol
lev which | think should be adopted with
regard to this Territory. will say that l
am pleased with such evidences Of ad.
vancement among you, and hope you will
be encouraged in cultivating the soil of so
rich and magnificent country"
HUMBOLDT, Kan, Oct 12.-President
was enthusiastically cheered as he passed
through here this evening.
CADDo, l. T., Oct l2.-The Choctaw
nation, with large number of citizens,
met the Presidents party to day and gave
him hearty welcome. The President re-
piled, expressing great interest in the fu
ture Of the nation. The party 60 to Leav-
enworth by various lines and thence to
Springfield and Chicago.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IA dispatch
from Darlington, l. L., of Oct. 5. says
twenty-four lodges of Kiowas under
Satanta, surrendered to Gen. Neill. Sa-
tanta and Big Tree will be held in close
confinement as hotages until further or
ders.
New YORK, Oct. ia dispatch from
Fort Worth, Texas, says Gen. Mackenzie,
after repelling two attacks by the Indians
on the Goth and 9th of September, marched
all night on the 9th, and surprised at the
sunrise following, FIVE camps Of Cheyennes
and their allies, situated in canyon Citro
Blanco, on Jute Greek, near the fork of
Red River. The troops destroyed over
100 lodges and their outfit, and captured
,424 horses and mules, of which l,04S
were at once killed The bodies of four
Indians were brought in. Our loss was
one soldier slightly wounded. Gen. Mac
kenzie is in pursuit with thirty days supply. |
LA CROSSE, Wis, Oct l2-The steam
er Belle Of La Crosse passed here this
morning, bound for New Orleans, with |
four companies of the 7th United States |
cavalry on board.
LA SALE, ILL.,, Oct 10.-A mass of
rock thirty feet square and ten inches thick
fell from the roof of one of the mining |
rooms at the Utica Cement Works, this af- |
ternoon, crushing to death Martin HartZ, |
John Keoche aud August Hoffman, and
breaking one Of August Fritz legs and Sc:
verely wounding his scalp. The roof had
been tested in the forenoon, and was pro
nounced perfectly safe
LA SALE, ILL.,, Oct 12.-August Fritz, |
the young man who had leg broken and |
received other injuries by the falling of
huge mass Of rock from the roof OF one OF
the mining rooms at the Utica Cement
works. on Saturday afternoon, at which |
time three others were killed, has since
died of his injuries.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill Oct, 12-M. John
Lindley, an old and wealthy gentleman of
this city, was thrown from dray and in-
stantly killed to-day.
BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, Oct l0.-A horri- |
bic murder occurred at Ellsworth, near
this city. at an early hour this morning
Several parties consisting of two brothers,
named John and Patrick Roatch, Byron
Dunlap aud TheodoreWilcox. met at well,