The New York herald., 1874-10-31

I one or both OF those places In a spirit OF reveng
or re etaiaton at their being checkmated by David
sons initial and the subsequent effective ana drv
ing movements ofAthe columns Of Mckenzie
Miles and Buell., Which seemed to have COM
across their pathway, no matter which way thel
would 60. Apropos of Buell., who has been pur
suing the even tenor OF his way with lndustriou III
vigilance, he reports by courier that no Is pursu-
ing large force OF mannuvring Indians and ha
destroyed some lew. Of their lodges, and that hi
scouts had an engagement, killing at least one
Indian. But the air Is full OF these fractional ex
ploits and as they do not amount to much In tneil
results no particular note Is MADE OF them. sui
nce 1t to say that Miles and Buell. are at work
this side OF the Red River and giving good ac-
counts OF themselves by a kind OF iortuitous CO.
operation ana concentration, SO much needed q,
the start. Meantime Mckenzie Is honestly aud
arduously pressing his way upon the Staked
Plains to the headwaters OF the Red River and
may-nndng tae enemy falling back be ore him
come IN TINS way and put In his wedge which, with
Davidson going over his old route up 10 Fort
COBB on the Washira, thence to Mcclellan Creek,
the oweetwater aud the North FORK, Will give the
Indian
NO GOOD PLACE TO 60
without being clenched between the iron teeth OF
the war-dogs who arc after him General David.
son has been instructed also TO divide MS column
up into three or lour small deach ments aud send
them here and there IN various dlrecti1ns conform
tie divide between the North FORK and the Wash
ita, section OF country almost every man Ia his
command knows perfectly well now. Buell. Aas
been supplied with forty days. ratlons, when lett
here under escort Of a detachment OF Captain
Choisy's company and TWENTY-FIVE head OF cattle
lnder charge OF captain Dodee's company, yester
DAY morning, ana which wlli be ansported by the
freightlng train OF W. {. Graham contractor. 1t
was necessary, however, before they could be OBJ
tanned, that they should be seized by military
authority and peremptory taken charge OF by
nj oh n nj Z
military necessity at TINS time.
letter from Davldson's camp, last night, re-
The capture OF twenty mules from the Inulans, and
the reception OF overtures rom MahSay, one
ol the most desperate and intractabe OF the hostile
Indian cnies, together With his band OF followers.
GENERAL SHERIDAN ON THE WAR.
In pleasant conversation with General Sheri.
dan to-day, he expressed the opinion tnat from
present Indications, comparing what we have
heard from Mckenzie and Miles with what we
Prce,s Eighth United states cavairy's gallant and
destructive movements, the Indian war IS vlrtu.
any over, and that IL has reached state OF col
lapse. He lurther says that everything has been
done about as ne wanted. and that All the move.
meuts nave been part OF the plan Of campaign
lie was satisfied tnat when Mckenzie was felt IN
their rear. after tney had struck Davldson's or
Miles, columns, the Indians would feel somewhat
stage red and al to believe that as heretofore,
wnen they mad met a iorce, everything IN their
rear was yet left TO them, and all they would have
TO do would be to go farther West Then the fami.
lies, stock and camps or villages come IN Jeopardy.
aud as the ndian il coward and VIII not fight,
he gives up and Will crawl ior mercy. General
sheridan Is confident that hosoities on the part
oil the Indians viii pe overin thirty days. aud alter
thus as soon they are surrendered as prisoners,
ne has programme !or tner punishment which
is, as matter OF discrefon, reserved Tor the
present but which Will serve as lesson.
THE PERMANENT DISARMAMENT
and the taking away 81 all the lndi ans war ponies,
for winch larrer w be possibly substituted other
stock such as farm cattle and horses, to the care
Of which they Will have to direct their attention
In future, Will probably be part OF this pro-
pramme.
THE CAPTURED INDIANS
from the Cheyenne Agency yet remain In durance
at the ice house under guard and their leaders,
Santanta, Woman's Heart Bird Medicine ana Big
Tree. with few others in irons, hand and oot
at the guard house. Doubtless. before the month
Is ont, at east 250 surrendered. Ho,tlles may
have been received at this post.
Davidson, on the Washla, expects 70 have work
before long. 10 Is understood that General Nell,
at the Cheyenne agency, has given orders that the
hostile Cheyennes reported 'beating ln' by Miles,
be not received az the agency, and, possibly,
fight may be gotten out OF them and some atone
ment made ior the bloody and unequalied butch
cries OF when most OF them have been guilty, the
horrld details OF which make the biool ran cuid
ald are in tue recollection OF many persons in this
country But about 100 men are now lett TO guard
ttls post, and apprehensons are felt IN some quar-
ters lest ADVANTAGE be taken OF l. by the indians
The Quartermaster's office having been set on fire
gwen reasonable ground for fear and, indeed so
much property and the lives 0i deienceless peopla
should not ne lett with so little projection; but al
the troops are needed for the feld and TINS Is the
requirement OF the hour
Abuses and Failure Of the Indian
Polfcy-Ths Indians Provoked TO Arms
by swindling and Hunger-Poor and
insufficient Food and Lying Com
tractors-The Means OF Reform.
FORT SILL, l. T., Oct. "a, 1874.
Since my return from the Washita, while nave
been awaiting General Sherdan's return from his
shooting excursion up to Cacne Creek prior 10
in, in ha 6al hos
been eliminating thick and fast in the indian line.
and threaten ming doom seems to bes ttling around
him on all sides in his silly and puny attempts to
make war against the white man. The red hand
Is before him, and he seems to know 1t and
tremble. Every despatch now coming IN from the
field is but confirmation OF the other that the In
dams are flying in confusion and precipitate haste
to find u safe retreat The reports received from
Mackenzie. Miles, Davidson, and Buell. confirm
this. The savage cannot go into the reservations
except with some atonement made and as the
unconditional prisoner OF war. All he has win be
taken rom him-arms, ammunition, horses, and
all the other implements OF war-only tnat being
LETT him which is absolutely necessary to the sus-
tenance of lie. Just an nour ago
THE LATEST VICTORY ACHIEVED
IS reported by detachment of Davldson's column
on Elk Greek in command OF MAJOR Scho1eld. The
nine warriors and all their families and outfit
belonging to the Noconee, Kiowa and Yamperca
Comancne tribes, with from 1850 to 900 ponies.
Their arms were taken from them and, with all
their property contraband OF war, destroyed. The
bucks are held, closely guarded prisoners. by
our Washita Indian scouts, until instructions shall
have been received from General Davidson, who
has gone up the Washlta with the main body oil
his column, q courier having been despatched 10
him. Big Red Food the Noconee desperado with
whom we had the fight at the washita, and also q
son OF Tabinanica, are said TO be among the more
important of the prisoners The total capture o
all the hostile Indians out on the plains may be
expected TO follow now IN rapid succession, as the
bands may pe met one after another Those cap.
tured by Major Schoheid's forces were surprised
and attacked by some OF the scouts and the
advance guard; but they Immediately noisted the
white flag and surrendered at the first charge.
Hence 1t may saieiy be said that there VIII be