The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-04-29
THE INDIAN OUTBREAK.

Loss of the Troops Greater than at First
Reported-New Indian De vice-How Gen.
Neil was Deceived. . r..-
[Leavenworth Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
1t transpires now that the revolt of
Indian prisoners at Cheyenne Agency,
1. T., was more general and determined
than at first reported in official tele-
grams. Gen. Neil informed the COM
manding officer of the Department that
the Indians, upon their surrender,
turned over their firearms to the govern
ment authorities; but his, information on
this point seems to have been at fault.
The crafty redskins evidently outwitted
the General by burying their best guns
in the sand, and handing over to the
the soldiers only their, old and unser-
viceable muskets. Moreover, the Indian
rush to the sand-hills was not simply an
impulsive stampede, but rather the pre-
else execution of preconcerted plot to
abandon the Agency, unearth their
weapons, and go on the war-path.
For some time the Cheyennes have
suspected that the government intended
to deal out fearful retribution for the
massacre of the Germain family, and
consequently witnessed with apprehen-
sion every attempt to identify the i'm
mediate perpetrators or ringleaders of
that crime. Whenever an Indian was
put in irons, or singled out from the
main body of his fellows as an object of
special supervision, mutterings of dis
content were heard from his compan-
ions. The signal for the revolt was
rri,,o, 1,,bop tha covo oae cow ono of THAR
warriors shot down for attempting to
escape from the guards, who were in the
act of putting him in irons. Three
shots in quick succession from the camp
of the hostile Cheyennes told the In
dians to break away from their captors.
The movement was simultaneous
throughout the camp. There was no
demoralization or confusion. They
were not fugitives fleeing from
real or imagined peril, for
they did not scatter here
and there over the plains, each one seek
ing to make sure of his own escape.
They assembled with the least possible
delay at their chosen rendezvous, occu-
pying position and giving battle with
every advantage of location in their IA
vor. The troops, believing that the In
dians were unarmed, charged recklessly
through the deep sand; but, instead Of
meeting defenseless foe, fell under the
range Of deadly rifles. Three times the
soldiers charged. and three times they
were repulsed. The official report of the
battle says the consisting of fon
companies of the Sixth Cavalry, undel
command of Gen. Neil in person-los
six seriously and ten slightly wounded
Private letters from the Agency say tina
the loss was much greater than that. I
is known that the troops were badl,
whipped, although they fought bravel!
and against great odds.
A sad blunder has been committed
but, at this time, it is difficult to fix tn
responsibility where it rightly belongs
The loss of the gallant soldiers who fel
in the charge, deplorable as it may be
is not the worst feature of the blundel
3 The Indians have gone on the war-pat
= again, and there is danger that all th
; good results of last years campaign III
: der Gen. Miles have been lost by on
j stupid bltinder in managing the prison
ers. ~
1t is-weH known that Congress mad
an appropriation of 100000 to subsii
q the Indian prisoners at Fort Leavel
q worth. The appropriation was secure
by the immediate request of the Pres
.. dent, who had listened to the counsels
~ Gems. Sherman, Sheridan, and Pop
l. and consented to change of policy
r the extent of transferring the hostile L
e dians to the care of the military author
e ties. After the money was appropriate,
.. Secretary Delano ordered the transfer
o the Indians to their respective agencie
reserving for military control only tho
d, who had been identified as the murde
:. ers of the German family. The $500
# 600 voted. to feed and clothe the prise
-, ers at Fort Leavenworth has been e
y pended in the purchase of beef at Il
i' frontier agencies, where supplies acc
mulated during all the months of Is
III year that the warriors were absent I
u the war-path.
nv FRENCH smugglers are proverbially t
~ sharpest of mortals. A new game W
y - recently discovered on the Swiss 'front.'
, that was very clever. The smuggle
" got on the cars at Geneva with tn
ne valises filled with cigars and their pock,
" stuffed with dirty linen. As soon as
re-. train started they would rip open
as cushidhs, and, extracting the hair W
lie, which they were filed, put cigars in
place, and then fill the valises with
a dirty linen. After passing the bounds
lie they would repack the valises with
ial cigars.
Is A CAT belonging TO Mr.. Ben Dyke,
he Paris, Ky, some time since fell in Il
he with rooster, and followed him arou
ie- for about year. She is now engae
is in sitting on nest of hens eggs. A |
had abandoned her nest, and tie cat