, 1876-08-18
Some Considerations Touching
the Indian Question by
Con. DriSbin.
Sitting Dnll Modern Mithradates In
6agaoity aud Valor.
Reorganization Of Con. TorrJ's Command
-..Its Proseut Composition.
4 General Indian Uprising On the Colorado
River In Lower California
ON THE WAH-PATH.
dES. TERRY Mor1No 10 JOIN CROOK.

Aug. 8.-At an chrly Eonr this morninX aan.
Tcrry's coii1n7n broke easnp oil tile east bauk OF
the Yellowstone, and took up tho Inns Of march
south dong the Rosebud. AZ the world
knawe. Gea. Tcsry's object Is to make tstnc-
tnrc With tser. Crook Tor 1uint offensive opera
tto'sa agAtnst the hostile Sioux Nothing has
been heard from Crook far tTolvt lays, and
whether he Is at The camp oil Goose CrcOls,
wlIcra he was at that Information, nr tn swift
pursuit oi tic Sioux, we do not know. It n
dchatahle question according to tue best knoWh
edge OF scouts whether tile 1nalans arc In front
Of Crook. Already two slight engagements
haze been had with saaas numheEtng aEer 40
on the fc'uwatonc " fowrlcr River. which
Strengthens the opinion al the more intelligent
Grow AMI REQ ecottts With Terry that ttc Indlans
under Sitting nnil arc Us apt TO be found
on tho Powder aud Tongue Rivers ss
farther eouta in the Dig Ham Mountains.
II We could only hear from Crooh, this
Vcxed question might bo solved. as II Is, NC
may hare long anil tedious inareh, aud may
n1tss the host'lcs nftcF Ill. The r'lntny Of h,s-
man nature cont'n''es TO crop o,'t- fcatcr'ay
gentleman told me that ILLS spring ne ceuatcd
over luo hea-tarcf cares onts'oe ol certain
Alssourt-h'7ef lndlan-Aeency, "hhh had
broftEht over from alatIEopa repeating rtflea
anu h1ea ammunition TO tfaoe TO inc sioux.
And to-day Gcu John tibbun sends MI Of
tsctal letter TO ono T. c. Power, trader ut Fort
Benton, On tho sano subject. A messenger
ts,tnes t. Gen. Gihbon With positive Information
that Power has lately received 10000 rounds
Of fixed ammunition, aud that It is being sent to
the interior Of Montana, evidently for sale sr
barter to hosta'oa- Gtn Hlbbon notifies Powor
that II he dlspoaes OF one round to m 1ndlan hc
does SO
At rHE pBHtL OF ms L1pE.
Gen. Terry informs me that on three occasions
since be has commanded the Depart
mens OF nakota he has recommended to
che War Office tho d!aarmlng Of ali
indians Of brccch.loading guns and fixed
ammunition. 1t Is m admirab'n sns-
gcstion, ana II carried out would etfcetually
stop hoatilltlcs. lndona, says Gen. TORY,
have lost tic cunning OF the bow and arrow, n
and need guns for huHtlng purposes, but n
'nuzzlc-loatcr Is as noryicoab1c tn killing gane
Oh brcccl'-loader. nad Sitting Bulls band
hcen armed with mnxzle-loaders the disaster to
Custcr nil tho Seventh CaralrY never could
have hopponcd. To this opinion Gen. BFtsb'n
adds nuother-that OF taking their pon!es away
from them; aisnount y hostile Sioux and he rs
worthless as q warrior. Upon this Indian quce-
ton laVe obtainea the following
VALUABLE roiNTs PROM GEN. JAMES T. MIS-
HIN,
now Win icrry rs Major Of the Second Cavalry:
zinc hoVcrnmcnt o1 sise un'tcd stntes," sald
uen. hrlshin, "causc'a this sioux naf."
Howl asRca.
H." For q long series OIL ycarH tha uovcrnr
mcnt mas pursued policy toward our Indians
that could not % productive Of anything else
than tFoife'e ana war. Ihe tFcaty systein 9s
!ares' ana as posh'eioua us anything could bo,
Either the Indiana are part VI tho people Of
tho United statcs, or they arc not. think
that every person who lives within tho bound
aries OF tho United States Is au tnl,pl,ttapt. sub-
,ert To TIM luwa. and n,l nrrsons NJ,
o,rro ra.,rns,,,o ~ 81" r,,.',.,, 49, pv We
a!lAe teSpo',s'o'c 10 t.|e uo'efomeat fes IN
tic face o tlits sclf-ev'dent fact, VIZ havo for
long time treated tho Indian tribes US though
they were foreign nations to whou We wcre
,'an,, ~ ,,r,,, ,r.,,S r,,1h,, r" "a 1,,,, ~'e
'oa'a W oE.A''t .'ca'5 ''snss' ane lohf, not 10
b'!y htnplIlty. ot sl'cls ptopos1tion must be up
| parcnt to every ona who will takc the trouble
| 10 think oil ths subject How can wo rightly
rcenyn,,, mi trcot with scrn.,, ,,,,r,r. ,gf.,t
sosisA1 ~. t4ea' "''u nepas'-s p'Mcts "'thln