New-York tribune., 1874-07-21
TIE INDIAN POSSIBILITIES.

DETAILS OF TIE ATTACK on THE sHosBoNE AND
BAyNOCK CAMP--THE INDIANS SEVERELY PUN
ISHED.
WASHINGTON, July 20-The Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs has received report from Agent James
Irwin OF the shoshoue ard Bannock Agency giving the
particulars OF attack the Indian camp by Capt
BOles, with Company J., 81 Cavalry on july q an ac-
count Of which has already been teeGdphed by Gen.
sheridan 10 the War Department. Agent IRWIN says:
This is doubt the worst punishment they ever re-
ceived, but they have brought upon themselves ahn
richly deserve IT, 1t is hard 10 tell what may follow If
they can get sufficient rrtniorremeht5 they may go
fully suggest that in the interest OF humanity ami civil
zlon these Indians be compelled to 10 and live on
their reservation.
OPINIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE QUAKER INDIAN
CoMMIssIoN-THE RECENT TROUBLES CAUSED
by THE RoBBERIEs or THE BUFFALO HUNTERS
AND WHISKY SELLERS.
ST. LOUIS, Jolly 20.-Messrs. Hobbs OF lndi-
ana Earl Of Massachusetts Taber of NewYOrk, Rhodes
Of Philadelphia and Johnson OF Cincinnati members OF
the Quaker Commission which has control OF the Indian
policy and who recently have been to Lawrence, Kan,
to examine into the conduct OF their agent j. d. Miles,
arrived here yesterday their way home. They say
that from to $50 Cheyennes, Arapahoes, and few
Comanches constitute all the Indians now on the war
path In the Southwest and belonging wholly 10 Wild
tribes The late disturbances and crueties have grown
out Of the fact that while buiiO hunters and whisky
and. after making the Indians drunk have stolen ther
ponies and escaped and have otherwise violated tHe
treaty stpulatons with these Indlaus. The chiefs Oi
these tribes have patiently endured these Onrcpeated
and unredressed wrongs; bat some Of their ambitious
young men, stung by the tardiness OF redress, nave
taken the punishment OF these people into their own
hands, and have shown much cruelty and coiBnltted
return. The Commissioners say thar san
tahta and Big Tree. who long confined IN tho
Texas Pentenary are true 10 their promises and 9an-
tain peaceable course in good faith.
ATTACK on A CoRPoRALs GUARD NEAR FORT FEr-
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The following dis
patch received this morning at the Headquarters
CHICAGO. July ls.
COL W. D. wHIPPLE: A small detachment, consisting
OF corporal and six men while Gnardlng haylng
party Fort Fetterman, attacked by about IS
p. II. SHERIDAN. rieut.General.
COL. MILES OF THE FIFTH INFANTRY REQUESTS RE-
ENFORcE,IENTs FOR HIS REGIMENT.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Col. Nelson A. Miles
of the 9TH Infantry. stationed at Fort Leavenworth
Kansas has addressed letter TO the AdutantGeneral
OF the Army requesting that recruits be assigned TO s
regiment that shall have less than 5i5 enlisted
men, He says, with the exception Of three companies
on duty at headquarters, the companies Of the
regiment the plains. exposed to the usual
hardshps Of frontier service and five companies are de-
tached from thet post and Oh % H be ue
company should be great as possible ana the max
imum of 40 men per company conempaled ~ INC i re-
organization Of the army by the new Army D Woui
leave company very inc fiicent for the duty which
would be actually expected of 1t on the frontier.
INDICATIONS POINTING TO a GENERAL INDIAN WAR.
OMAHA, Neb., July 2O.-No further iniorma-
ton has been received from the Indians. The military
authorities the alert. Prominent officers and ex-
perienced fronersmen, express the opinion that Tho
late raid into Fort Steele indicates what Western people
call general Indian war Since the establishment OF
Fort Steele, Indians lave heen known TO be IN lts
vicinity. and miners north OF Rawlings Springs were
considered safe, that being country seldom visited "
| Indians.
OPINIONS OF ARMY OFFICERS REGARDING THE STU
| ATIoN-THE PUNISHMENT OF THE INDIANS HIN
DERED BY THE PEACE POLICY.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-BishOp Hare will
soon proceed the Red Cloud and Spotted Tai Agencies
to resume his investigation of the affairs Of those quar-
ters The permanent garrsOnlng OF the agencies VIII
depend upon the character of his report There Is no
Information at the War Department showing combined
hostile the part of the Indians II Is sad
by prominent army officers that the present raids are
the usual Summer diversions not more numerous or
widespread than heretofore at this season of the year
The difficulty complained offs the failure generally to
discover depredators, whose movements extra
ordinarily quick and in unexpected directions, where
troops not within ready call for assistance There -
no doubt that many OF the Indians have left their reser
vaons 10 commit outrages on the whites VINE others
have never been on reservations Tue military author-
tiles anxious to punish all Indian wrongdOers but
they lind themselves checked somewhat by the peace
norv The heads of the War and Interior Depart nents
Will soon have a conference the subject Of Indian
affairs and WILL 1t is thought come TO an understanding
which will insure harmonious action concerning the
present outbreaks
PARTY OF SCOUTS AVOID AN ENCOUNTER.
GALVESTON, Texas, July 20.-A special dis.
patch from Austin says official details have been
ceiyed OF Major Joness fight with the Indians near
JacksonbOro'. AdjutantGen. steele has received ad
vices that on the 9th rs Indians attacked small party
OF scouts belonging 10 Capts steyens's AMI lckerds
commands The scouts greatly outnunOerei
that they avoided the encounter.
A PARTY OF ARAPAHOEs DEFEATED-LARGR NUMBrR3
OF CAMANCHEs on THE wAR-PATH-A GENERAL
UPRISING PREDICTED.
CHICAGO, July 20.-A telegram has been re.
ceived at General sherdans headquarters from Lieu'
Olmstead, IN Wyoming Territory under date OF July I6
announcing the defeat VI the ArdpIboes by Csp'.
Bates Twenty-Five Indians killed by actual
count, while the loss of the troops
small. Information has been received from Fort Sill to
the effect that large numbers OF ComIDches the
war-pah, aud have had several bloody engage m'nts
with United states soldiers. Old Indian traders predict
a general uprising The blrbarit!cs Oi the Indians
unresraned, and great alarm Is felt IN the whole
Indian TeIIitory.i