The New York herald., 1874-08-24
THE SIOUX COOLING DOWN.

IdE S1UUA CUUAANO OVWN.
OMAHA, August 20. 1874
Captain Jorden, who came down from Red Cloud
Agency to Omaha on visit to his family reports
the Red Cloud Indians quiet and thoroughly sub
dued in spirit. he says the Indians now are only
apprehensive lest they be caught between the
forces OF General Ord and General Custer and
crushed. Custer was reported In the Black Hills,
about 100 miles north OF fort Laramie, and thd
Indians very fearful lest he should turn east
and come down upon them. Their apprehensiona
we're greatly Increased few days ago by the aps
pearance OF q courier from Custer bearing des-
patches to the commanding of1icer at Fort Lara
me. They at once surmised that they contained
plans for q general attack on them and wera
very restless and unhappy until assured that
Custer would 90 back to the Missouri without
visiting Laramie.
SAD DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE INDIANS.
General Ord had sent company OF the Third
United States ca valry, under command OF Lieuten<
ant Lawson. to find new road from sidney, on
the Union Pacific Railroad, to milestone Agency
and when the Indians heard Of these troops IN
their rear they became greatly excited, mstakina
Lawson's advance Tor Custer. They promptly pres
pared to resist the cavarymen, and at one time
had Lawson surrounded; but he soon convinced
them that he was not Custer bent on bloody
war, but only q peaceable party hunting new
covery was most agreeable to the Indians, who
thought they were in for . sound drubbing, which
soTsen soss al ca%e ao back back from wnetstoae to SID
ney with Lawsons command, and says the road
much better and smoother than by the old road. ,
The old route Is set down as ioliows:-From Cney-
RED iV coud miles, rom Rea Cloud to
Whetstone, fO-ty miles; total, ZIG mlles-whie
the whole sCa m Sm % e and
100 miles OF rail transportation Will be saved be-
sides.
1t must be remembered that Red Cloud Is where
Red Clouds bands Of Ogalala Sioux live and Whet-
stone is where spotted Tails bands of Brule souY
souls and the Brules number some 5000.
tine sioux but sSere are vast unde
different names-the POnca, Yancton, Sissetons
Ssn1s e Ssss
some 30,0 900 to $1,000 souls and can muster 6,009
abe.bodied warriors. At times Red Clouds banda
10000 people and again decrease to 5000. It is
fair to estimate that his influence extends over
These Red cloud Indians boasted no white sol--
but when they murdered Lieutenant Robinson,
last spring, and General Ord ordered the troops to-
Territory the Indians took themselves ofrin hurry
and nom the hills watched the long lines OF cav
airy, infantry and wagons wind over their coun,
try. AS they saw miles OF horses, wagons, soldiers
on foot and on horseback, marching down upon
their villages they became alarmed and hastencd
storm they had raised. But the storm would not
down at their bidding, and the grim Old warrior,
ware Of what he was doing, and who in reply had
peen toia 10 ms own own o.. once at Laramie ~ tho
dared, now sent word to Red Cloud to
CONE ON AND FIGHT.
The CHIEF did not come. however, put skulked
away and waited for the troops to return to Lar.
amie But the troops did not return to Laramie,
and instead sent for sixty days' rations and made
nAnt oV1n nln IN
dians were amazed and too late saw the folly Of
their course In bringing armed men into their
q e BACK TO
with his soldiers, and they would behave and
GENERAL however rsmaeed 0l IN ns cam
turned deaf ear to all their entreaties. lie had
pleaded with them Tor two years to behave and not
mad mad no '' one but themselves to i blame 'Ior ior
his presence IN their country: Red Cloud
emily the soldiers would go away; out when
they saw the soldiers begin to fell trees and lay
nere i've and are going 1oS ana
occupy our country" Red Cloud reused HIM
self and began to hint at vast bands from the
soldiers but in the midst OF his brag he suddenly
heard, not OF Indians coming to his assistance
The willy chief had sent out one OF his subor-
dnates 0stensibly to hunt but no doubt TO arouse
Custer's men caught and killed while mis- followers
ned back to Red Cloud. One Indian had boasted
tn0t II any soldiers came INTO
THE INDIAN CAMP
or inside the agency stockade they would be killed.
and forthwith the soldiers not only went into the
Indian camp but to the st0ckade, hunting Tor tho
Indian who had made the threat, and intending to-
arrest him and carry him to the guard house.
Every Indian vigorously denied that he ever heidi
such dsrespectlul and lnsub0rd1nate Languages
toward the United States or their representatives.
An escaped murderer from Cheyenne, notorlS
Gus criminal, had taken refuge In Red COuQ'0
camp and Red Cloud had refused to give HIM
up The Governor OF wyoming had again and
again demanded the surrender Of this man
and appealed to the military authorities to assist
in securing him; but Red Cloud would not delivert
him. No sooner, however, had the soldiers camel
than Lteutenants Ray Eighth Infantry and Graves
ford CThird cavaly) learned Of the whereaboutat
OF the man, and, with only three soldiers to-
took the murderer. He endeavored to escape by
jumping over . blum, but the soldiers promptly
SHOT THE VILLAIN DOWN.
and then, loading MIN into an ambulance, carried
him back all bleeding TO their camp. At one time
the Indians put charges into their guns ana
crowded about the ambulance, but the soldiers
stood nrm and dehed them, and an
old chief advised the warrtors to retire and nos
hurt the soldiers. 1t was q brave act, and the
Territory oil wyoming recognized 1t BY paying q
reward OF $500 for the apprehansion OF the crimi-
Everything now indicates that the Northerg
Sioux do not desire war SO much ns they
dld, and II Peace Commissioners and me ~
who know nothing about the Indian charsc-l
Ter can be kept out little while, and the Incians
be left to the management OF our officers Oh tno'
q m fhowx xuil I'm o,svht