, 1876-04-10
The War with tho siouz---Indian
Arrogance Fod by Govern
mental Weakness.
Gen. Crooks Expedition Comparative
Failure, and the Reasons
Therefor.

~ IN fajjnwQtnnA. In Rlnuk tn
MOUNTAINS. " s.', ~ 49, .n.,,au,,r. ~, .,o
DO opehea 70 occup"ton a"u , n'st.o'l ~ tr
whites. This county, alneo LILO troatS OF !oo7
with tho Sioux, hats boon known az uncedeu ln-
o.au .ro o"n Isnup, .n,arn n,i,os -
A'oVo' e4"u.. .- .u .,,r o,,,-,od,.
It Is regioh ~oll "asofod' oo'nG cou1seo ~
MANT CONSIDERABLE N1vEno,
vth thoir tributaries. Tho principal OF thoBo
49, ,ba Eortl, Plata nfycr. thu boadyatcrs of
~ ~ ,,a'xyn,o n,vo-, tt,o tn, fotta ~
tha H'oDrAEa "uu "n''o inso,' .H' VIZ n","n ~
the Cho5onno TINT one'fcio TIC ''laek-itlils' t1e
LoadwaterB Of tho Little Missouri, tho Powder
nysr, Tongue River, nnd tho Big Horn,
.ns n,nv emnl1or t4butar,os Of tlo
Nisn na'9 o,aa s. s..s.t,, no..ia,, =, tno u"rN
lellowstoho' lhe elo"No1 po' '.o' ~ 'ao o"'-
face Of this roglon Ia Fass nhdu'aslnR plaln,-
4. anne points, however, broken md mountain
~ ,s,,,,o tvo cona,aerab,o outtyinr RANGES Of
oas 80 w." ntern,.,,,.--,,,o NJ, ti,rn ronan ,n,,
Tue Isocay mo"u'a'nlo n's ,a az. ..a
tue Black ntIs--ato entirely included within It's
boundaries. It is country made up Of lofty
.uooea rnonutatns extensive grassy plains,
iuHs.n .,.,,s..n I'D ,,arss d;u,n,1 lid fnnda
poaa'"u' 'An'ss A"u r, "'' 4,s~a.s". ..a ,ass
sandy and assa'uo "aatee' III o'nefohs 'oc''''
TIE suEuEnY
...,.u., ,non,,o xor,o,y and ,,,o orca.o.t AZ.
Wseoua' 1n"u .''.. 49,. ,,a,.,'.,t"s I'D a.o,,,1
treuea. Among sAo MOUNTAINS ano afouho
~ sa.as-S 49, ~ ~ tho wideat and most n,cturoaouo
.s..s.,o. All ~ t,o y,,inv, AMI uart:a
enafaesee Ana ~ suo sa s,.', ana rss ~,
1hero aPrlnKs anu atGehlua Rpo"nt1' tne hcoheFy
IL lovely anA romantic; whilo out upon tile nka-
line MINUS OF In the Lad Lnpls tlle deepest hlld
n.,st milan ctoom alwnvs ,,seraita.
n'11s hs,s ~, IT,. ,,,.,,r,adoo ~ ,;.,,;-,1 ,,,,
ta 1acn e s'0 ~ ,or ~, r Horn
Kyor, Laa been tho fayorite haunt Of tho Sioux.
NORTH OF that The Ctona laye their reservation,
,nd TIM m, ttcnlar recinu thcy now orcupy las
sia,ra hr",, consi1ercu liz them an tho p1ust de-
s;,shts nortion al tiloi, ttou,atn.
ny thr nroris.nnn Of Tia trna,y Of 1863, ll1e
c,, rar,snn ~ lila country ina hcnn n r,,.i,,n
ss,icl nuainnt vl,.tD mon. Tho luIinuy lIayo
,icnys S,,nt, anxious 10 Nec,, wl.ttp mcn out Of
eh.roc 4.uI of e
THE PEACE policy
Of dealing with tlou, hnyo BEEN cdd=lly m xous
th,t 1''t ~ tsiaintnsra,"d cros so,i IN ncrrIm.,
.ao, ia hnattiaa hat orn 1it,ntMi n,rnr niiea
sx., from tnn nhss,rr Of wblto man. Accord
liz 10 tbo ,roport Of tic Commission appulnt-
ID I,st roar IN 1ncotiatn for tia nufcLnso OF tho
Dlack fills. tbn ao.eajjcd Ioaco Policy, attor
IN n1nnr,mnntni trin] sff cjght voprA. hns bccn
found to bo 4 fuiluro: and, tloy might laye
truthfnllv sa'Io1' n ftn,1d too.
II IL now unGucstiouably t1,o Bo:tled purposo
of t,.o 11o,erunsnt TO niace ttcro iuJaas 1,1,o:,
limited reservations uter sl,o hIlssouri River,
ian. Csoot haa cone ai,out oeuot.a,,nr with tao
Ti1d lnditns nf ti,c Nortt. Ia Il jinbin 70 solyo
liz yoxcd problem in Ioss than njncty dayu more.
IL fact thcro has never boon any prohlon, 10 this
Indian hnnincea cxcert rottinr- Tin +n.nnrnroont
Df InJ,au sirnira unt OF tbe handn OF 4 ling.
xho. fortiaoi bo41nd rcuro Co1n1ntaAioners,
Wlite.crayated contjenlen. ami ali Borta OF uol,.
limental tom -fonIory, hhyc fieeced both tho In
dIans nnd tho UoyoInmcnt. nnd boon guilty of
srsrutArioN AND y1,Aups'
moro extanaiyn a,,i f1arrapt than nyer bo{oro
uivrracud nny branch Of tho Government. but
Il Is to bo hnne,i thnt tbis w,ohoansna haa come
10 an and And in cntn Tim nraYant f,onpreas
trapsfcra Tho u,auageuopt OF iu1jau aIIairg 10
tno War nnnnrtmont ns II ia alnoak cortain "a
d. tho conntry Of Which, 1 nm atcakinr vii not
Be ,lkoiT ever 10 be troubled by ,ta preseut ia.
hsbtants any more,
rho untural roaourcoa Of this vast rcnion OF
which ain suoakna arc
ouAzlso, MlN1So, AND AGRICULTURE,
Thcao interests aro likely to bo Important in
tic order ,vhtrh ilavo mentioned them.
The groat gold belt OF Northern Wyoming hns