Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26
INDIAN
How the Red Men are Behaving
in Texas-Big Tree Again
on the Rampage.


FORT RICHARDSON, JACKS =
BoRo), TEX, May II, 1874.
The inclosed report, obtained
through the kindness of Lieut.. Orle.
man, speaks for itself. You may
deem it of sufficient interest to pub.
lish. Thousands of your readers
have, probably, no idea of what is
transpiring on the frontier of Texas,
or how uncertain is the life of either
the settler or traveller. Of course the
soldiers are supposed to be always
their own protection:
FORT RICHARDSON, TEXAS,
May 8, 1874.
To the Post Adjutant, Fort Richard
son, Texas:
SIR:-In compliance with the re-
quest of the commanding officer of
of the post, l have the honor to sub
NIT the following report:
left Fl. Sill, 1. T., on the 3dinst.
en- route for this post, via Camp Au-
CUR, to receive a lot of cavalry horses
for the Tenth Cavalry. On my ar
rival at West Cache creek, l found
three hundred 5000 warriors en-
camped on the south bank of the
river. / had a talk with their prin-
cipal chiefs, Big Spotted Horse and
Indian Frank, and was Informed by
them that their Iarty consisted Oh
one hundred and sixty Q6O) Paw
nees, and one hundred and forty
04O) Wichitas. They were well
armed with improved firearms,
well mounted, and claimed to be out
on a buffalo hunt, with verbal au-
thority from their agent. They de-
manded ratiOns and ammunition
from me, which 1 refused them.
They further stated that they would
start for Red river next day 1.-THE
4th inst.). l told them there were
no buffalo any where in that part
of the country and advised them to
return to their reservations, but they
remarked they wanted to see the
country anyhow. The fact that they
had no squaws or children with
them, and no pack animals,
and that they were far east of the
buffalo region, aroused a suspicion
in my mind that they were on a
raiding expedition into Texas.
On my arrival at Augur, on
the 5th inst, l acquainted the COM
.anding officer of that camp with
the above facts. He informed me
that a small party of Indians had
fired into his camp on the night
previous, killing one cavalry horse
on the picket line. That he at once
ordered out a detachment in pur-
suit; that they had chased the In
1ians out some distance without
able to Overtaks them, though
hey succeeded in capturing one
pony, several blankets, etc.
On my departure from Fort Sill
he commanding officer of that post
desired me to make the following
'epOrt to the commanding officer Of
his post:
/. That Lone Wolf, a. Kiowa
chief, had left the reservation on or
bout the LIST inst, with from forty
4O) to fifty (50) warriors, to remove
he remains and avenge the death
# his son, killed last December in
fight with Lieutenant Hudson, 4th
Javalry.
2. That a large party of Conan
hes had left their reservation and
zone along the eastern border of the
taxed plains to attack the Tonkowa
indians at Fort Griffin, Texas. That
hey claimed to have taken enough
warriors along to fight the troops at
iriffin, in case they should interfere
With them. They stated that they
we're going to avenge themselves on
he TOnkOwas for the death of the
killed in Colonel Buell's
ight last winter, in which a small
of TOnkowas took part,
/ would further state that the In
lians on the Fort Sill reservation
anne into that post a few days be-
ore l left to draw their annuity
,Oods and rations. There were
ully three thousand $1,000 Indians,
Camanches, KiOwas and Apaches),
nd their behavior at the post dur
ng their short stay was very inso-
ent, and showed a bad disposition.
some of their young men strung
heir bows and pointed their arrows
t the sentinels.
All of the warriors were excellent
y armed, a great many of them
With new Henry rifles and carbine,
md their stock was i'm fine condi-
ion. Very respectfully, your
'bedient servant,
l.. H. ORI.EMAN,
Lieutenant 10th Cavalry.
A soldier of company ID, 18th In
belonging to my escort from
Fort Sill to Camp Augur, reported
o me that in looking through the
amps of the Pawnees and Wichit-
ls, on West Cache creek, OF the
of the Sd inst, he saw Big
Tree, of the Kiowas, sitting by one
# their camp fires, He assured me
lie was certain about his assertion,