, 1876-10-21

Ing sixty, near Glcntiiye.
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GEN. CItook's COMMAND.
apeeadI e9r4esponatnee q 1ss Ir.oaae
o1ar ..' n'o a.o,eS Gs 49, ~. ,o1a W.
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~ s ."o ava .., ~ it,t,a ~ @ sus
,' ..A.'' 's"s"-N . .".3al, s,,N3. ~ 80 ~
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~ sl,'e -. "ss %, 49,. -. w.. ~.
soen, .,o .toet 4' ~. wv s -. o"' ~
IL, .ht'i therc 10 notn'"s l'lt out INC
ouncc Of nutriment to the ton KNOW oi some
horses in the command that arc actually In n
Nm Relic Fourcl,e aftcr TINT torr1blo march from
Tho @ Mcort @ R,yur ,fown M of corrso. thc @ weakcr
the stock become, the longer 1t 's going to re-
ouIro to put them In proper shape to take tho
Gc1d again. As they now are, II would be
,,,s,c r. linn n attamnt m acttre comna,rn
with this command, unless each Ecglmont was
supplied With
REMouxF THROUGHOUT.
strangc to say, cycn a horse Inns limit to It's
endurance ano We nave about reached that
poht III ours as LOT l'lo men, lucy 6ho" that
elasticity OF spirits for which the avcraGo SOL
iter Is distinguished, and arc now In aB good
condition, as far Us their health and morale
ato eohceFheo' w o''e eo"'o m'aa. i"e'f
morale has never been shaken. They have M
aoidlbg faith In themselves md h their fmme-
ae'on WIN = 'aeu s'a.l 10 ."oe ~" ~ is'o.uAo
anu sum burtes' anu taat 1s saJlhg Gil tnat eau
DO said on TINT subject
And now another point connected With this
s.o1 ~! 'ss1 ss5 10y s ~ ~ ''
a"u a'1''os. s'o ecnscisse' ,tss'. Lous " nee,
tain clnss Of newspapers that the regular"
army Is not lit to fight Indians; aud that class
nlcnts aro Just the fellows to give the redskIns
II ra,it,h han,ilfnr. From soma ycars' obscrya.
ton Of boti classes, / AM FREQ to
saw TINT the ordinary soldier to b.
found in tho ranlts OF our army
If lar superior fur Indian service to tho average
class Of irontier-c'tizcns. Tho material Of Tie
"rcgulars" !" compares fayorably with that to hc
fout1i in any volunteer regiment during Tic
War, aud It Is worked Into shape for use n tho
field by drill and tl1sepllnc-a drill bY the yay
witch enables US to meet tho Indiana in tic
must advantageous manner. Even supposlp0
that any considerable number Of warlikc border.
crs could DC induced to 80 1orth md tight the
plInvn and aud "rcstlcssncss under restraint"
wilIcl, have been spoken Of rs though they woso
qualities worthy ot pss!.e ,,a would an render them
instead Of IN assistance, % tho battle-acld.
The ChivIngtou massacre at saud Creek shuuld
in Itself nreycut tue movement to employ vol
untccfs from receiving tho i,,dorsc,ncnt of tho
decent people ot tho country, Tho capture Of
tie O. iissipI!ne 10 tic q army. % Gen. Crook haI
promIscl these pcoplo tLetr lives il they catne
out a,lfi surrendered: they did 80, and, although
tllruo dead men and thirteen wounded attcsted
restcd tlie proprioty OF murtlcring the 1,risotl-
ara. Whit would have been their fato il Crook
syoluntcers," Instead Of the Well-disciplined
00Ps t. saa a. cres Is a that is nasasa
to answer that QUESTION in full. 4
nation pretending to he Christian nation can
not afford to iave It's atms stained by such cruel
butchcTtes, Even though tho foe VIC 11ght are
b,rbarousIy cruel, It will not, cannot, Justify Il.
iu being i,arbnrously cruel nlso.
And l,ow unotter point: It seems to have be-
come the iaHit tn tiis East to speak Of Custcr's
fHSs'1 t ett HIT et tho Little
4 M1sNoNER,
A massacre fl tho p,1ttinr to death bv violenco
Of INV to1silerabla ,utnbcr Of unrcsistinr intif.
yiiuats. C,lstcr led lis gallant troops info Tho
ar.2 'timc nvnIn in ths noet. hut thjs la.t
lime even ihe rndtike cni,rara disn1aveJ
i,v him and Gis sol.lIere conId MT
niuck victory from amch a yastlys
s,,ncrioy ft,rcu 6f tho enemy. To ard his ntsn
tiiei iiIrl1tinrs brayniy Ia fhe InatsMtjad iikn
i,ravn snitiicrs. and worc not xaaisaer1J. hit
tiitr.1 Il, action. Tia met tbe fata I'LL anv ns
soldnrs similarly sItunted viii receive In @ waT
In tn % %yannuishs.i u is thu nniv ,,att1e.roi,e
Ami i,erc iet II In soIi. in Mi tr;,th ami In nj
rn,,.Inr lint. il Slttlnr Buii or Eraxy Horse 1,e
slnnIl ever he ramrft under thc sn11e 1ffsatl.
vantanc M thev cnt,fsht CMater. tllesa rhie1tona
an.i t}isir foil6wnrs viii nnst certninY tiie ths
.l""th "von ~ i'm ia.t armc.l xarrinr' @'s '"'
Thr Ritutx haye M ns,ssnancrs fn stontl hv
tl,ntT an,} t-ivo ~ fla nI,hijr +hrfr ufs,ys
raason why We shnmla mt IN iii
foi-nnsa ,,;vS tt",n ora,Iit fo- thn Ut,+nns t,.t