Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-26
WASHINGTON.
Points from the Report OF Gen. sherman to
the secretary of Warden. sheridan Gives
His Views on the Causes of the Indian
Troubles.
GEN. sHERMAN's REPORT.

GEN. sHERMAN's REPORT.
| WAsHINaToN, Nov 9.-Gen Sher.
mans annual report to the Secretary
of War shows the total number of en-
listed men in the army on October Is
to have been 26,4il. 1t estimates
that this number will probably be re
duced through natural causes by the
LIST OF January, 1873, to $4,000 as al
lowed by law Ii reports the made
quacy of 50 small an army for the de-
n3nds OF so large an area of territory
az it has to be scattered over, involv-
| ing the necessity of Withdrawing
| troops from one department to another
| "a long distance away. 1t compliments
highly the efficiency of Gen. Sheridan
and his subordinate officers in main
| tanning comparative peace IN the In
dian country, and says that the reports
OF the commanding officers demon
strate that the small army of the
United States, called peace estab
ilShment, is the hardest worked body
Of men in this or any other country.
The discipline aud behavior of other
officers and men have worthy of all
praise, and whether employed on the
extreme and distant frontier, or in aid
inc the civil officers in the execution
of civil processes, have been model
formation and all good men.
In regard TO the removal of his
headquarters to st. Louis, he says: q
am prepared to execute the duties that
may devolye on me by proper author
lty. Here | am central located,
and, should occasion arise, can
personally proceed to any point
on this continent where my services
are needed"
LIEUT.. GE SHERIDAN,
in his annual report, touches slightly
on Gen Clusters Black Hills expedi-
ton, which pronounces it a successful
reconnaissance. The country of the
Black Hills was found to be much bet
ter than was expected, with plenty Of
God timber and considerable good
soil at high attitudes and an abundant
supply OF good water and grass.
Some gold was found near Harney's
Peak, but of its abundance there is at
present no reliable information. Stuff
Gent time could not be given the ex
petition so that Col Custer could
prospect and determine its quantity
Gen Sheridan again recommends the
establishment of large military post
in the Black Hills country.
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
Gen. Sheridan respectfully differs
with Gen Pope as to the chief causes
Of these Indian troubles, and attributes
it to the immunity with which the In
dians have been treated in all their
raids into Texas for the past three
years. Their reservations have furn-
lshed them supplies with which to
make raids, and sheltered them from
pursuit when they returned with their
scaps and plumber No man of close
observation, 1t seems to me, can travel
across the great plains from Nebraska
and Wyoming to Texas, and see es
tablished ranches with their hundreds
of thousands of head of cattl :, sheep
and horses, together with the families
of owners, and reasonably think these
people, so much exposed and having
snch valuable interests, are DESTROYS
Of provoking an Indian war There
was time, possibly when the popu
latlon of the Indian frontier may have
been DESTROYS of Indian troubles, but
that has passed long ago.