The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-29

DANGER OF AN OUTBREAK AT THE HOT SPRINGS
AoENcx-oFFIcERs AUTHORIZED TO BUY
rooD-rHE .cHIRAcAHuA APAcHEs ON THE
wARPArH-HosTILE ATTITUDE OF THE SIOUX.
WASHINGTON, April %, 1876.
A telegram to tho Indian onlce from tho Hot Springs
agency dated April % says the Indians there
peaccaby disposed but watchful OF the military The
agent says-Thcy will quiet II fed and il not
fed by he civil authores) tho military must take
them in hand and fear trouble
The Department telegraphed to the agent that moth
ing could be done until Congress appropriated money
This done In tho Deficiency bill which passed
yesterday and last night the Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs telcgraphcd to the officers Of the Bureau at the
Hot Springs agency buy up the full limit Of the
law for Immediate necessities and telegraph at
70 this city the estimates for further supplies.
cxSsUs OF THE KDIASs
letter from Agent Hastings, at tho Red Cloud
agency informs the Department that he has completed
tho Of the Indians under his charge and finds
tho number as follows:-sioux, 1884; Chcyonncs
2,l73; Arrapahocs, 1870 Total, l3,o27
The following telegram from Tucson, Arizona, re-
ceived some days ago at the Office in this city, and
signed by John R. Harris and Governor A. +. X. SAT-
ford gives an account OF the recent troubles the
Chiracahua Agency
About April the Chiracahua Apaches. led by Tiou-
zuva revolted in body, except tho OF old Cochz
and low followers. They proceeded to Sulphur
Springs. twontysix miles west OF Chracahua agency,
and killed Mcssrs Rogers and Spence, station
keepers They then went to the San Pedro
among the ranches Of Messrs. Brown, Lewis and
0'Bren They shot LOWS dead at his work and stole
four horses They wounded Brown while IN hts aeld,
and found next day by settcrS The Indians then
struck south Tor the mountains. On tho sih inst
Licutenans Henley with forty men Of the Sixth cav
arv with Agent Jefiries aud two citizens and iouE In
dams,
STARTED IN PURSUIT.
They found the Indians strongly posted In the San
Jose Mountains fifteen miles north of tho Sonora line.
The Indians could not be seen while they kept up
retreated without loss aud returned to Bowie.
The Indians were evidently well armed
and well supplied with ammunition and provisions, d
they took mono from the houses they raided.
THE SETTLERS WARNED.
Tho settlers have all been warned and have come In
Under the orders of General Kautz nil the available
troops at Camp Lowell have marched to Crttenden TO
operate thence.
Agent Chew at San Carlos tclcgraphed Governor
Stafford on tho 14th inst that he could leave immedi-
aiely upon orders with 800 San Carlos Apache sol.
ders for the front.
lc,tor from Bowie, dated April 10, says tho
rcbelious Indians all back the reservations and
all but ten drawing rations.
The situation Of affairs at the reservation Is severely
commented upon and the writer says these Indians
should be at removed placed under such police
regulations Will protect our citizens and prevent
raids and murders In Sonora
AMONG
telegram from Agent Hastings announces his ar.
rival at Cheyenne on tho 18th inst three days from
tho Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies All quiet
there when he left No freight had then been moved
to the agency. The agent had made arrangements to
ship flour and corn 10 arrive at the agency May
O. Two hundred and 1fty pounds Of supplies were
landed to-day in Cheyenne for tho Indians The con-
tractor teegaphs to the department asking to be fur
uished with military escort from Fort Laramie 10
Rcd Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies. He says that
both the mail and all travel discontinued and that
the road is very dangerous.
ING THEM TO BECOME HOSTILE.