, 1874-07-21
THE INDIANS.
Particulars Of Tho Engagement on tho
Canadian River.
Defeat Of the Arapahoos with @ Loss
Of 26 Killed.
Gen, Sherman's Views of Re-
cent Indian News.
Agent Miles Recaied---The Mission OF
Gen. Shanks.

Agent Miles Recalled no MISSION OF
Gen. Shanks.
nocent Encounters with tho SnvnEcE.
Tho following dispatches woro received at
Con. Bhorldan's headquarters, IN tha city, yes-
terday:
THE FIGHT ON THE CANADIAN n1vEn-TnA1N
BURNED pY cHEYENnEs
HEADQUARTERS Posr or TohT StL1,(
Indian Territory, July 2, 1874.
r. The A''ta1a"t~Ad'"ta"t-t'e"eFa1 Department q
sn Following up ny 1sttef faans Ct This fco,1 ao
OF MoBsrs. Jones and stil|wel'. interpreter and
scout respectively ut thiH post. Mr.. Jonos re-
EortB TINT, about ton or twolve days ago, nt
!" Tho Adobo Wallis" on tho Canadlnn River,
" of Indians, consisting of Choyonncs and Co.
msnchoa, aud numbering perhaps 200 or 250 wnr-
riols attacked tho now scttlomeut at that placc
and thnt tho sottlera-about thirty IN nunbor--.,
arnod. succeeded IN nuccesHfnlly defending
thonBolYeB against tho Indians, killing sovon
ComauchoB aud four ChoyonneB. Tho Indians
themselves admit TINT = latge number Of thelr
pcoplo wore wounded, and they feae & ,'iHa; E1Gat
three wliito mon.
From information siuco acquired. Mr. Jones
Thinks there Ia little doubt but tho 1ndians havo
again returned and ronewod tho attack Oh +" Tho
Wallis"
Mr. stillwell reports that on tho 9Th inst, a
report was brought into tho Cheyenne Agency
by csttie~rncn, to the OBJECT TINT, ut skoletou
Crcek, about 80 m,leH above tho Agency, on tho
road to Wichita, Kai,., q tran Of about twenty
wagons Ind beon attacked, and tho whole train
burned, and four of tho train-mEn killed md
burned by party Of 1ndi iaus supposed to consist
chiefly Of Cheyennes aud few Comancleh and
Kiow3B. It is believed also that some Osagos
,,f4 4t>n ~ fr1rf1 M uA2ya
TINT This WAS tho only communication received
at tho Cheyenne Agency from tho upper country
for week previous, although tho usual mail
service on this line runs threo times week.
From oil accounts there seems to bc Etent
alarm IN tho uppor country untl 40 soon as
Capl. Carpenter return from tho Drazos. shall
cA III sou,o Of tho troops from Camp Augur 70
meet this state Of affairs. Very respectfully,
s04s sssasn sstxf n osy eansans
THE DEFEAT or TIE A1tApAloEs.
CAMP srAMnAuan, Wyo. Ter, July 10. 1874.
dss{skGsif-A djutnnt-GeHsra{, UHlahH:
Capt. Bate6 met tho Arapahoos, and whipped
thou sounlly, captured $50 ponies, and killed %
Indians that he counted. Lost two soldiers and
two ShoBhoones killed, mud th1oo wounded. Lieut..
Young Inns hcst,-wonnd In thigh,-patnfMl, but
hut loft again on tho 18TH to strike party ro-
ported IN tho vicinity. Capt. Gordon lott this
post With his company, ycstcrday to bo in stril-
Ing distance in case Capt. Batos peots asH'bt'
aHce. J. a. OLISTED,
Lieutenant Thirteenth 1ntantry, Commanding Post.
Con. Sh herman on Rntiian 4 Affnira-llia-
si0M Of Gen. Sts;lni1s.
SPECIAL D.spateh to Tho Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20.-0on. Sherman,
Ia conyos8ation to-day, refused to make public
bis views regarding tho present s'tuation Of at
fairs on tho frontier. and definitely stated TINT,
whonoyor his name appoared attached to any e1-
preHsion Of opinion regarding tho administration
OF tho Indian troubles, it was wholly untrue and
unauthorized. He would not, under any cir
cumstanccs, give his opinion for publication. for
such thing would involve study Of the whole
matter, which would tnko m ontire month. One
great trouble VAS that, when such matters worc
published, it was done in such manner aa to
puzzle any render to understand whore the III
dim fights occurred, and showed great igno-
rance Of tho geography of the country.
lIo stated that tho body Of troops
which had tho rocent fight In Northern
Texas wore not under tho command OF United
States officers, but wore an organization Of act
tiers calling themselves "11ange1s," WHO hai
bauded together to defond themselves; however,
they might possibly bo acting under the author
ity OF the State officials. lie said the Indian
problem
COULD NOT DE SATISFACTORILY SETTLED
uNIll tua WuUlG lllHLtGT HA PA1UGu uuuat tub
troll Of the War Department, aud that would not
be 1ono white there were 10 many appointments
to be made. II the troops had tLe proper Au-
thority to follow the marauding Indians on thoir
reservation and Bummari!y punish tlon, Il would
SO fur towards que!ing thcso annual outbreaks.
He was nBkod "if Custor's command would bc
recalled from the B!aok Hills expedition In ease
general outbreak along tho frontier occurred r
uo replied TINT 1t would not. Hc would not say
what would DO bis course in caHo OF auch m out
| break.
Indian Agent 11tlos, who recently asked that
| troops bo Bont to punish tho Indians upon hi6
reservation in indian Torrito1y, has been
| promptly requested to topder his resignation.
| ue haH not as set been heard from IN reply.
COY. JOHN r. C. BHAHKs,
Of Indiana, formerly Chairman, aud atlA an &C.
rive monbor, Of tho House Committee on 1u-
dim Affairs, Inns given tho sub)ec OF tho admin
istration Of that branch Of tue dovo,nment his
| strict ocouomy. 70 attain this laat year ho TO-
| ceiyod IN appointment III Special Agent from
| tho Interior Department, with mileage and a
special allowance Of 90 per day. for ozponHes,
and visited several Indian tribeB in Colorado and
Utah. Within few days he las received . like
appointment for this summer, with sufficient
allowance to cover al e1pousos, and will spout!
tho hot soaeon in tue Rocky Mountains. lie Will
receive no mileage, however, that perqnislte.
having boon cut of by the legislation Of tho lust
| aesaion OF CougresB
Tho Quaker s1de OF tho Indian Ques-
| ton.
ST. LOUIS, July 20.-Alossrs. Hobbs, Of tn
diana Earle, Of AlaAsaohuFottB; Tabor, Of New
York Rhodes Of philadelphln, aud Johuaon,
| of Cincinnati, mombers OF tho Quaker Commits
sion, which Inns tho control OF tho Indian policy,
and who lave recently been to ,La"ronoa, ran
to examine tho conduct OF their agent, J. u
Thoy aay that from leo to 100 Choyonnes and
ArapaloeB, and few ComancheB, constitute al