Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-08-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence Of Courier.
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JULY 10th, 1870.
People must have something to talk
about, and just now we are happy In the
possession Of two most prolific thcmrs-
politics and the Indian war. As regards
the lilst, every section, ray, almost every
petty locality, has its peculiar views in
reference thereto. But the other presents
the same phase throughout the country.
It is much to be deplore1, but we have
certainly entered upon long and terrible
war. The Seminole wsr cost many, many
millions Of dollars and thousands of pre-
cious lives and resulted in the acquisition
of vast area Of swamp lard that has new
er paid for the outlay in acquiring it. And
this Sioux affair originated ia the same
manner and will produce the same result:
only this time we..shall acquire large e.
tent of mountain lani wronefully ken
from the Sioux to offset the swamps uus
nghteously taken from the Seminol~s.
There was one thing, however, " gaiaed
IN the Seminole war that We caa hardly
think Of accepting in this. We may take
their lands, but We will hardly steal the
name of the conquered chief. The chief
who was so treacherously trapped by Gen.
Jessup had very pretty and fair sound
ing name, Osceo!a, and with that peculiar
proclivity of our people for euphonious
appellations, numberless fond mammas.
called their children, without regard to
sex, ''Osceola.'' Steamboats, and stage
coaches.were known. by it, and even viii
lagos were proud to be known by it. Miss
Osceola Jones or Miss Osceola Smith NAV
do very well, but Miss Sitting Bull Smith
or Sitting Bull Jones will hardly answer.
A Bismarck, Dakota, dispatch of the
18th says Sherman add Sheridan certainly
under estimated the strength of the In.
dians. SittingIBull's band, before it was
Joined by Crazy Horse, numbered one
thousand eight hundred lodges containing
over six Thousand fighting men, and Crazy
Horse has proved himself strong enough
to defeat Crook in every engagement with
out the aid of Sitting Bull.
Colonel Burke, Agent at Standing Rock.
who certainly is well informed and not
disposed to exaggerate their strength, es-
TN 1T the fighting force of the Sioux ut
ten thousa, d, and 1t should be remember.
ed that women and children are not ele-
ments of weakness. for every nine Year
old boy will handle gun, stone mal1et or
bow to better advantage than majority
of recruits handle their muskcts. Squaws
do the camp drudgery and are ready for
the battle If their services are needed.
kilograms received here state that the In.
dians are moving on Medicine Bow, sta
ton on the Union Pacific railroad, almost
due south of Fort Fe,terman, it is sup
posed for the purpose Of capturing or de.
stroying the supplies which have been
stored there recently in great quantities,
there beng. among other things, . large
quantity of ammunition.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
yesterday directed +. Ii. Danfort, Agent
at the White River Agency. to allow all
the Ute Indians who wish to do so to join
Gen. Crook, allowing them to leave the
reservation for ats.purpose.
The condition of Gen. Clusters widow
continues to be alarming. During divine
service at her house on Sunday she tainted
and remained unconscious for nearly IN
hour. Another poor Carlotta affair Is sp.
pretended.
The committee of conference on tho
clause in the sundry appro-
priation bill met yesterday TO adjust theft
thereon, that being the only
point on which the conferees have failed
to agree. They adjourned till this morn
ing without coming to any agreement.
The probabilities are that some kind OF
settlement will be reached to-day.
SAXON.