Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-04
What He Thinks OF the Present Status
Of Affairs in the Black Hills, and
Of the Ability Of Terry and
Crook to Thrash
Them.
volunteers Not Wanted-Treaehery Of
the Half.Breeds - Movements OF
Troops Of UncOY.
ering the Southern
Territory.

IL tno IaIIoT k0pG GOgeLner, Out IN cas-
they separated the soldiers would b
compelled to do the same; and tina
there might be danger Of some of tn
detschments being overcome by Indian
In superior force concentrating agains
them. He then detailed the strength O
the army and the present situation o
the various regiments. In answer
to the inquiry whether troopl
reinforce the army in the Indian coun
try
General Sherman-I am compeIIed Il
answer that they cannot be spared, be-
cause those entrusted with the power
judge their presence there necessary
That decision ia to me sacred and final
and governs me.
Terry-You do not, however, say thai
| is your judgment?
General Sherman-It Is hardly right
to ask soldier for an opinion behind
bis duty. We ought not to form al
opinion.
Chairman-What is the strength OF
Crooks and Terry's commands?
General Sherman-I think they num-
Der twenty-five hundred men each.
WILLIAMSBURG you not impressed
with the idea that the Indians are break
ing up?
General Sherman-I think they are
scattering now. Crook and Terry are
both extremely careful, prudent men,
and will not attack the Indians until
they can give them tremendous whip
ping.
Volunteers Not Wanted.
New York Herald.1
WASHINGTON, July 21.-According to
the rolls of the war department the out
side number Of troops which the govern.
ment can place in the field to cope with
the Sioux will not exceed, all told. three
thousand men, irrespective of teamsters,
scouts and guides. 1t is felt that this
will not constitute sufficiently strong
force to meet the hCstiles, but with the
enlistment now about to be ordered by
direction Of congress there will bs added
enough recruits shortly to swell the lit
tie army to perhaps five thousand men;
that is, as soon as the companies are up
to the standard Oh one hundred men
each. Notwithstanding considerable ef-
fort and many offers On toe part OF rep.
resentatives from the Dordsr States and
Territories, in the line of furnishing vol.
unteeTs TO the government lOr the purpose
of raising force able to surely conquer
department have thus far steadily con-
tinued to set their faces against the pol.
icy Of doing anything toward accepting
volunteers. The difficulty which the
government had in the cases of unIimi.
ted claims made for fighting Indians by
Colorado and Montana, is cited and
brought up in resistance to the policy OF
employing volunteers. But the mot
serious objection which the war depart-
ment has against the acceptance of vol
unteers, Is that q divided responsibility
and authority is established which Is
likely to cause both great expense and
great confusion. Representatives from
the Territories say the best way to clean
o1t the Sioux is to organize, arm and
equip the frontiersmen and let them
take their own method, simply Offering
fifty dollars for every scalp taken. Mr..
W 1lshire, OF Arkansas, a member OF the
house committee on Indian affairs, con-
ours in this view, and Commissioner
smith Of the Indian bureau, says: "a
live white man is o. more Importance
than a live Indian" A proposition is
on foot to mulct the Sioux tribes with
the expenses Of the war, to be taken
from the annuities and moneys to be
paid them.
Treachery of Half Breeds
Friendly Indians, and especially half
breed Sioux, are not SO trustworthy that
the safety Of an army or an exC edition
can be allowed to depend upon them.
We have alresdy suggested this in the
Herald, and our dispatch from Bismarck
this morning touching the Custer mas.
sscre is confirmation of what we al
legged against the danger Of trusting In
dians. According to this story Custer
was not only betrayed into the hands of
the savages by half.breed guide, but
the Sioux were warned OF the attack
which followed the misrepresentation
Of the guide. II not true this narrative
is very:like what might have been true,
and it is corroborated by many circum-
stances which show that it is probable if
not true. At any rate, it is q warning
against trusting any one whose friend
ship for the whites is betrayal Of his
own people.
Movements of Troops.
st. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.l
HAYS CITY, KS, July 26.-The all
absorbing topic in this section of coun-
try is the Indian question, and all ap-
pear anxious to know whether the pres
ent unpleasantness will terminate favor
ably to the brave troops who have stood
the brunt of battle and those who are
hurrying forward to extricate Generals
Terry, Crook and Reno from the rather
severe dilemma in which the force of
has placed them. Within
the past week all the cavalry have de-
parted from Kansas, and to-day there is
not cavalryman in the State, and but
six small companies of the Nineteenth
infantry in the State west of Leaven.
worth. On the seventeenth instant,
E, Eighth cavalry, under
command OF Captain Price, left Fort
Hays for Cheyenne, w. t., where they
arrived on the nineteenth, and at once
took up their march for Fort Laramie.
Aiso, company 1, Fifth cavaly, under
command Of Captain A. B. Taylor, from
FCrt Garland, Colorado, and company
F, of the same regiment, Captain J. :.
Payne commanding, rom Fort Dodge,
and Captain Hamilton, with his 81 COM
psny, from Fort Wallace, all arrived at
aud are now hurrying for
ward to join General Merritt, who will,
as soon as reinforced with the troops,
consisting Of cavalry and infantry, now
on the way, move forward to join
General Crook. Captain Robert p. Will
son, of the Fifth cavalry, arrived here last
evening from Fort Laramie, and reports
affairs pretty lively up tnat way. The
captain has been In several engagements,
and has now been compelled to resign
on account Of ill-health, caused by ex.
posure and injuries received during the
campaign. He goes to Washington in
day or two, when he will settle his ac-
counts with the government and retire
to private life. His brother officers
deeply regret his departure, as his faith
ful services have made him mary IDS
in the army. The Indians ha e .,s. con.
fined their operations solely TO tas Black
HILLS count, hey are rowing at
large in ~ i sections oil