The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-14

RESERVATION Wherc tney now are.
one store at our agency, aud the %
them cost us a great deal We wan a. res
traders. The goods for the stores and my annuity
goods are ali hauled together. This does not
please me at all, and want to have them hauled
FARMING OPERATIONS.
Reports to the indian once give the fact that
the winnebagoes win SOW 1000 bushels of seed
wheat, and that the Shoshones and Bannocks will
go into farming operations largely in the spring.
SIOUX WAR INEVITABLE.
The following Geographic correspondence has
also taken place.
NEW YORK. Feb. II, 1874.
General W. T. SHERMAN Washington, ID. CT
The trouble with the Sioux, which for some time
be beyond any peaceable solution. In addition to
the killing OF Lieutenant Robinson and Corporal
Coleman, the chief clerk at the Red Cloud Agency
has been killed. The Agent OF Spotted Tail Agency
reports that large parties OF hostile Indians IRON
General Ord has saw" ont scomt,se narties 90 warn
the ranchmen and to then return to the railroad
! WIN 60 home tomorrow to superintend any
action that may be necessary.
p. ii. SHERIDAN, Lieutenant General.
AN OCCASION FOR THE INFLcTIoN OF SEVERE PUN
IsHMENT.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON Feb. ~, 1874.
General p. II. SHERIDAN, commanding Military d.
vision OF the Missouri, Filth Avenue Hotel, New
Despatch of this morning received. Under call
OF the Interior Department OF to-day, sent to your
headquarters at chicago. you Will be justified IN
collecting the most effective force possible.
even { you draw cavalry from Fort Riley
Red Cloud Agency. striking every party OF
Indians that opposes. Every Indian who has ma
manded and held as accomnces in the u murder H Of
Lieutenant Robinson. Their ponies must be very
poor now, and the game must be scarce, so the oc
casion to give the Sioux lesson long merited
seems to me favorable. My own opinion is that
the Sioux should never again have an agency away
". t. SHERMAN, General.
TEE PROSPECT DARKENING.
Additional particulars received at army head
quarters indicate the growing seriousness OF the
Sioux outbreak. The Indians on the war path are
the same who visited Washington with Red Cloud
two years ago. The headquarters of this band Is
on the White River, Dakota, and the re-
cent murders were perpetrated west OF
Fort Laramie, at the sawmi near Laramie
Peak, or about 200 miles away from the reservation
set apart for the occupation of the marauding
band. The accounts from the frontiers show that
the region threatened extends along the line Of
the railroad from the forks of the Platte, in West
ern Nebraska, to the Black Hills in Wyoming, q
distance OF about $50 miles. Unless promptly sup
pressed it is feared that the contagion Of may
spread throughout this numerous and warlike
tribe. The country exposed to attack is very ex-
tensive and the available force entirely inadequate
to efrectually cover the vast region.
STRENGTH OF THE LOCAL MILITARY FORCE.
The latest returns show the condition OF the
garrisons within striking distance to be as fol-
lows:-
Fort Laramie, wyoming Territory, companies
A. b, and K, Fourteenth infantry, 18l men, and
companies and X, Second cavalry, 12S men.
Colonel John Il. Smith commanding.
SECOND ana E. rad cayary iss
Lieutenant Colonel Bradley, Ninth infantry, COM
Fort v. A. Russell, wyoming Territory. compan-
les A, Fourteenth infantry, and and K, Eighth
infantry, l62 men. and d, G, II and L, Third cav
airy 2ss men. Colonel J. II. King, Ninth infantry,
commanding.
Fort FeIterman. wyoming Territory, companies
and G. Fourteenth infantry 2e men and
ward, Fourteenth infantry, commanding.
:, Fort MCPHERSON. Nebraska. companies B,
Colonel ]. I. Reynolds, Third cavalry, commanding
Sidney Barracks, Nebraska, companies !, Four
aenn csy anT Major z DudeV
Third cavalry commanding.
The total shows an aggregate force Of LOIS cav
airy and 679 infantry for garrison and campaign.
INDIAN AGENTS SUPPLYING ARMS TO THE REDS.
Colonel John E. Smith, commanding at Fort
Laramie, has telegraphed to headquarters that the
agents OF the Interior Department were supplying
arms and ammunition to the Sioux, and that he
had sent out company to intercept the train and
bring 1t back.
Latest News from Omaha-Prepnration
for = Military Movement Into the
Sioux Country.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 10, 1874.
The reported attack on the Wood party At Fort
Tetterman on Wednesday proves to be false.
Preparations are being made with all possible
despatch for the movement Of troops into the
Sioux country, and pos is are to be established at
Whltestone and Red Cloud agencies. This is au.
thentic. The force will be large enough to hold
their ground and protect the agencies.
The weather for military movements is favorable
at present.
Requtsition by Governor Campbell, OF
Wyoming, for Arms and ANN u N ition
for the Settlers-No Reliable Informs.
tion at Cheyenne.
CHEYENNE, Wyoming Territory Feb. 10, 1873.
No reliable information has been received to-day
in regard to the Indian troubles.
Governor Campbell made a requisirion on the
War Department for the quota OF arms due this
Territory, ana to-day received a telegram that
arms and ammunition will be forwarded immedi-
ately from Leavenworth arsenal for the use OF
citizens, should it become necessary for them to
protect themselves against the Indians
THE CHANGERS CONVENTION.
A Rupture with the Grange In Boston,
Mass.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 13, 1874.
In the National Grange yesterday the Committee
on Constitution and Bylaws completed its report
but as the amendments to the constitution will
have to be ratified by two-thirds OF the State
oranges before they are effective they are not
given for publication. Che committee, however,
made a supplemental report, which was adopted,
containing number OF bylaws, and among them
the following Past masters are masters who
have been duly elected and installed, and who
have served out the terms for which
they were elected. Vacancies may be filled
at any regular meeting OF the Grange. Subordinate
oranges may be consolidated in the mode and upon
such terms as may be prescribed by the State
oranges. The Master OF the National Grange shall
be eT oDfcio member Of the Executive Committee.