Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-24
The troublesome Redskins.

WHAT THE CHBYRNNKs, KIowAs AND CO.
MANcHEs ARB DOING IN THE SOUTHWEST
THE sAyAGEs GETTING MORE DEFIANT.
Reports received at army head Quarters rela-
tive to affairs in the Indian country, agree as to
the threatening condition Of affairs. Even
many of those Indians supposed to be friendly
to the government have assumed an insolent
bearing and an independence Of speech that in
dicates great confidence in the ability of the
hostile tribes to cope successfully with United
the most trusted interpreters in the Indian
country contains about the same inform alton as
IL reported from all quarters:
Cheyenne ard Arrdpdhoe Indian 4geney,(
July Goth. :
Lieut.. NJ. NJ Ndson-Sir: / wish to report to
you, for the Information of the government,
some facts that have come to my knowledge in
regard 70 the movements of the hostile Indians
OF the Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comauche tribes.
A party of friendly Cheyennes reached this
place on Tuesday last, having come direct from
the hostile camps. These Cheyennes were five
days hard riding reaching this place, and report
the camps of the hostiles to be about two hun
dred and twenty-five miles little south of west
of this place, and near the breaks OF the staked
plains. They report that the Cheyenne raiders
were all at camp when they left, bat did not
know how long it would be before they made
another raid, as they expected troops would be
sent against them, and they kept a constant
lookout, ana intended to make warm work for
the troops whenever they met them; they report
large raidiDg parties OF kiowas and Comancnes
out now, but look for their return soon.
Big Bow, Kiowa chief, returned from o sue
cessful raid in Texas few days before they left
the camps with two hundred head Of horses and
mules, and reported that many more died on the
way from being over driven and the weather
being so hot. Thirty lodges OF Comanches are
on their way into the Wabash, and wish to be
friendly. Soon after leaving the camps to come
to this place they met eighty lodges of Kiowss
on their way to join the hostile camps OF Chey-
enDes ahd Comsnches The Kiowas told them
that many more of the Kiowss from the camps
near Fort Sill were raidiDg in Texas, but on
their return they would move out with their
lodges and join the hostiles. These Kiowss
boosted to the Cheyennes that they had killed
man near Fort Sill and thrown his body into the
water "a few hours before they did this they
had drawn their rations from the agent) and
went direct from there and killed this man.
These Cheyennes say that the Kiowas made the
first outbreak this season, and that Lone Wolf
when he went to Texas after hi. sons remains,
Horse then made the next raid, and since
that the three tribes have all taken an
active part In all the outrages committed.
The Cheyennes up TO the time this psrty left the
killed. A party of Chsyennes returned from
Colorado a short time ago with seventy he al of
men on the raid, the Cheyennes also killed the
four white men north of this place and burned
the wagons, but they say the Ossges packed of
all the property with which the wagons were
loaded. From all can learn there are about
eight hundred fighting men among the COM
biDed tribes of Cbeyennes, Kiowas, and Co
manches, who are on the war-path and mean
business. There may be more than this but
there is fully that number, and they are more
determined than they have ever been before.
This is what they say Themselves.
The above facts have come to my knowledge
from Indians who are deemed reliable and
believe they have stated the facts IN the csse,
and believing the government should be put in
possession OF all facts relating to the bOstle5
their movements, i respectfully submit the
foregoing. PHILIP MoCUsKER.
The above report is endorsed and forwarded
by Lieutenant Colonel Davidson, Of the 10Th
cavalry, commanding Fort Sill. An investiga-
ton OF the massacre of Chippewa half breeds
which recently took place at Saint Joe, Dakota
Territory, fixes the outrage upon Bulls Ghosts
band of Cut Head Sioux. General Terry has
ordered the commanding officer at Fort Rice to
send a cavalry force to demand the custody of
the Indians engaged in this outrage, and also
the restoration of the horses stolen at the time.
He orders that the force sent shall be large
enough to enforce this demand.