The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-24


stores are rapidly gong forward and a company
of Pawuee scouts under Major Frank North.
veteran Indian lighter. has been ordered to
Fort Russell, near Cheyenne. These Pawnees
from Grand Island and vicinity, have inherited
since 1910 or thereabOuts hatred or the sioux
which nothing can diminish or eradicate. Tnen
they and the Sioux were friends aud allies, but the
Sioux. with characteristic treachery and cuhhihg'
invited all the pawnee warriors to grand ieas''
and while their unsuspecting guests were naAins
merry. sent q detachment OF savages that SWEEP
over the land OF the Pawnees, butcherins Tue o'u
men. sauaws and children who alone were ieit III
the villages, and leaving the country Oh 'heir quon
dam allies
WASTE OF BLooDsbAKBD ASHES
Here arose the great PawneeSioux war OF 1871.
In which battles we're fought that lasted ior several
! DAYS, wherein were engaged on eacn size thous-
ands OF warriors. Since tnen the war hatchet
never has been buried between these tribes, and
! the pawnees now called into the field to serve
against the Sioux, are wild with JOY at the oppor-
,np,ty TO svenge themselves on their aAversaries
/ lot the massacre OF the Pawnee buffalo hunters
last summer by the Ogallalla and Brule bands.
horrible butchery recorded at the time In the cor
respondence of the HsRALD.
THE INDIAN LINE or OPERATIONS
is some 800 miles IN length, II we may Judge from
the simultaneous and sporadic outbreaks Of this
day week ago, running northwest and southeast
rom the vicinity OF Fort Laramie 10 the Republi-
can River and for some distance in the vicinity OF
Juesburg coinciding with the Union Pa
cl1c Railroad track Settlement here has chung
TO the railroad track and military posts.
and the ranchmen or adventurous farmers
VINO have pushed further into the wilderness have
opportunities for united defence. In the south
west OF TINS state mas Ens Ss Nd p e
pared for trouble. Arms and ammunition nave
been sent forward to Cheyenne lor those in Wy
Olning from Fort LeavenwOrth. But so Wildly
scattered are these ranches that 1t IL felt by the
military authorities that no adequate protection
can be extended to their residents This fact mas
TIE WHITE MANS PLAN OF OPERATIONS.
The railroad track Is to be neld, as matter OF
be maintained in their immediate vicinity 10 do
any more than this would require at least 10000
men, and it is essential that the Department OF Da-
koJa should not be drained OF Its lorces which must
awe the Northern Sioux, rendered more than
Pacinc Railroad and the Stanley Expedition.
Scouts have. therefore, been sent out to all outy-
drive in their horses and retire to the settlements.
! Texan cattle will not leave their range, even u mo
be lett to herd them, ana this raid Is for "halr
ANOTHER EXPEDITION
Conformity with this an expedition under Cen
erai John +. Smith is ~ leave Cheyenne immedi-
ately, by way of Forts Laramie and ketterman. for
the Big Horn country. That winter expedition
famous raid OF 1853 which, more than any
recent event in Indian warfare, has i'm:
the pressed the savages Matters in the vicinity OF
the agencies are such to warrant the belief that
there will be no opposition there. Red Cloud and
Spotted Tai continue loyal the formers band hav
ing mounted guard at the agency and protected
the property after Agent Appeton's murder. Both
chiefs stay at their agencies. with number OF
lodges and large number OF Cheyennes ana
Arrapahoes have also come ill.,
THE MINNEcONJoU
and other Northern Sioux, with the Cheyennes and
Arrapahoes that have for some time past roamed
over wyoming and are Intimately connected with
them by marriage, have all retreated In a north
westerly direction toward the Big Horn country.
Here some OF them have already been seen at
a HIS suao are T penty IN the
Big Horn, and an opportunity Is olered the
reDelous reds to send their women and children
up Powder River or towards the Yellowstone, Tor
safety, while the .'Ducks' take to the warpath.
The plan OF Generals sherman and Sheridan Is to
march straight on Red Cloud agency and towards
the Big Horn, striking every opposing band OF
Indians and selzlng as accessories TO the murders
OF last week all Indians that have been south OF the
may be prevented from consulting together, gath
erlng strength aud securing reiniorcements from
the Northern tribes preparatory to grand COM
blned descent In the spring.
A WINTER WAR
Is almost unprecedented in Indian history. Gener-
ally with the approach OF winter the savages come
to the agencies to .1oaf and invite their sOuls'
to grow on the Plains and their ponies can find
fodder wherever shey go tns9 they fake TO she
nock OF olackbirds. This year, however, the win
ter has been unusually mild and December and
fat, and the outbreak Is several months earlier
than had been anticipated by those to whom the
signs OF approachng trouble had been most patent
TIE PRECISE CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK
is not easy TO determine. The Cheyennes claim
that several of their horses had been stolen by
marauding whites, and one Of their chiefs sent in
q message TO Fort Laramie that unless they were
returned he would go over the river after them.
The Commandant hunted them up and returned
them, but not till troubles had begun. Other
charges had been made that between traders and
agents OF unusual rapacity the Indians had been
mad wi
fairly set in. These do not, on investlga-
tion. seem well founded. Reports a. head
been regularly delivered at the two agencies every
ten days ior the Sioux and that five tons day OF
other provisions have been forwarded from Chey-
enne. The resident agents report that the In
dams have been vely wasteful OF their beef, SO as
10 nave e nor s pnae sGe
and have in many cases thrown away Their -four,
sugar, &c In fine, rising had been resolved
upon, and the Indians were not particular as to
the nominal cause.
PURE CUssEDNEssn
is the unanimous verdict both OF army officers and
frontersmen, with whom the original sinfuiness Of
Indians IS as essential matter Of belief as the
total depravlty OF Indian agents. For several
years past the Sioux have been laying In an am
pie supply OF arms and ammunition Tor tins very
war, and their every act has shown that they
cared no longer for peaceful relations with the
whites. Last year they murdered number
OF white women on Wind River, plundered
resisted the survey of the Northern Pacific,
captured a section house on the Union Pacific at
tacheu clusters command anO, Wnlie Oh tuelr re-
servation, butchered the Pawnees-a series OF
outrages which testified to their willingness Tor
war. The Indians are content to stay at the
agencies and be led; not so the young warriors,
who thirst for battle and glory and scalps. The
women OF the Sioux are held responsible ior
much OF tue lawessness and restlessuess OF the
young braves, whom they taunt mercilessy with
efeminacy and lnexperience TIL they nave, in
scripture parlance,
sCALPS TO THEIR MINISTRY.
me old men, VINO nave visited tue East and seen
the power OF the white men recognize however
unwlllingly the ultimate nOpeessness OF general
conflict, and endeavor 10 dssuade the young men
from fighting. Not the young braves. The
sioux are the grdade nation OF the Indian world,
and join the sulen and stubborn egotisln OF the
Engllshman 70 the gasconade oil the Gauls
since immemoria days they have lorded
1t over all the other tribes and have
become convinced that they are 1nvincible
Their numbers tend to inspire this excessive self