Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-02-19
Ehe Indian War Again.

ASi'rt ASIRN Cl tsOuDtt WIFI TIE l0tIlH0
begins 10 cast is sh ,doA inrwar.' info t. e
spring ana summer. This time i; is o.
t'nsi'iy about thr Black Hills; tor, not
uIh>'ah.ii z General Casters stringent
oraro 10 nc cor trary. The gold Sc. ker,
have iaIen possession Of thr land ws,rre.
"f Custer tod tn I'm in glowing t. rm.
tha, the gold was -Ool. aud the indians
who have never been pleased will, tn. in
va>ion Of that ttrritorv, are bccomlny
most oi>y il th,ir thr. at. a. spring ar-
pro .ctes. Wuhin til. p Isl month three
90 les Of roops have been sent into the
Bla k Halls 10 di>lo'Ige The pnachiue
mi er>, but il is clearly much !. .si tor
n trnops 10 60 after tn miners than t.
a ch aud bring them out .gain. AMI
accordingly the Inlia'.s will not lack a
prctxt for going on hun. OF their own
after ii, geld hun'ess. There is nam
festiy roSprct OF lively times in Gus
ter's Fl dorado between troops gOid-hunt
ers and Indians, each set II hti tht
Others and sil three fl htny one annthr
l. dians scalpiDg troops aud e id-,untrrs
gold hunters scslpng Iniians an 1 doIg-
ing troops or Shooting ;Lem on thu sly +.
troops scouting an skirM,shin arOund
generally without tking anything in
particular ont Of til. muIdlc-wi,at fine
sport all this wi be for the trian gular
parties engaged in 1t!
But the aft .r has really serious side
10 il; for the squlhble about the Black
Hills seems to be rely Ink in a very
long chain OF anticipated troubl.s. The
Indians Al Sp ttei Tai Agency. who are
loudest In their threats and protests anent
the Black Hills, ar in such close and
regular c"mmunicat On with the Indians
along the Platte River aud with the hos
tile Lothrrn bands rs to cause the most
serious apprehension to settlers that a
combined movement of all these savayes
is inten.ied.
Dispatches of the same date (23l inst J
from as remote from each o.h.r as BIS
marcK. D K. and Omita, Neb., tell the
sane story OF spprehenleL general war
with the Indians all along the line, from
tie tar North to che far south. It Is clear
trcm thu Sc drsp .tch's that he Indians
are resrive under the impo>itions OF the
Indian Bureaus swindlng agents. and
,mpudrntiy aggressive oy long immunity
from firm tr. atmrnt and just punishment.
Tor crimrs. NDw that the wors, results
have come It If the practice of treating
theft, Mur'i-r and the like when COM
mi;tei bv In iians IS the pecca.lil,0s o.
wayward chi, 'rth. reverend Indian Com
missioner Smith has ut last received 4 raw
OF liz upo tn" subject which might
have been more ben fetal il it hat founn
its way into his mind little earlier. Last
he sent = communication to the.
5 crrta,y OF h. Interior setting tOrtl, th..
tact that muir er is common. increasing
crime on the Indian reservations, because
there Is no statute for Furnishing murder
ers or other criminals there, AMI asking
the Secretary's aid Ia securing the passag.
OF such a STA ute. There can be no Ques-
tion AS to the necessity OF such legislation
as the reverend Commissioner TOW asks,
but ev. u il il is hai 1T o zee, 1t will har ~
come III time To av-rt the disasters which
his past toliics have proyOkei.-(N. Y.
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