, 1876-09-22

thas 70 one connected with tbs army hid lott :.
1o|o9 7hn, q h,,S. a eonss9usntiy they crs not
f1eaf trails, and they had been pool,.poohed a.
old; md, when he reported bodies Of tho ene.
ny, no tro93s could hc got ready until I'll hope
ot oni sHsssstul ,,t pursnt had faded AWAY This
ups OF tho hotcd scout, who seemed unttrinr
anu outspoken In his dcnnncation Of tho entiro
n's!ness ~ We're hts stories uncorroboratcd,
By, or atttihut'ng them to excess or Vin,lIcliye.
ness consequent Upon some real or imaginary
aHEont; but, unfortunately, they are fully cor
;lrmcd ny the Indian scouts employed, ,-troFa,
tale: that. they found "m,lch Sioux" Often.
aud that there waa no fighting.
Many aFe outspoken ii the op'nlon that ons
Of tho eauscs of tic tailure has been
INTBXPERANCk;
and there are circumstances which 10 TO rtyo
color, u ngt CONTINUATION, to this, outslds Of
direct evidence. I should like to rim over tho
, fre1ght-s ~ ot the Nerthe.n rae!ac Railroad,
tsen Sst hppsG o bo5 %'k "a a ihs ~ 9,a se
ssolo thls sun'nc. hy a. c. Leighton, Toat-
Trader At Busord; whiting d Co, FostTfratlcrs
T Lincoln: and BY the Conm!.sary and Meiical
nyn ce DO On MT t.. believe ass
Fought stores Of this description among their
:a'dss ;a4 Ts! ss! I e. y line 'g9x xs ::
of ops sosa ss ts'aTsa hyanti h9y p Ito s51
2 tatcrs employ, told me that, In one evening,
he =, ID opened, III The officers department of
.t,,el'rade5's ,l tent, 1871 bottles Of s'ct besides
s.;y %i;;iiy a''l vine. 30 that unfortunately, tho
ssanai only, but that Of direct character Is
not Whiting.
,;as f oe.ea fos SO recently that T. nay be to
army ny ilspcrxed, he commented Ills march
hufthWal, and, On the 9th or 10th, ho
crossed be Missouri at a .,oIut thrcu miles
spse suSoS M f 70 to; wsFf y ~ teTs ST. + ~ Agency
M t'ls ,,r was vnusht u l'uforl on the evening Of
Inc lltt 0l"ltans, whose stnry wis, thlt 5000
~astl1ss ,osscd,@ti!e coiutIln s,efng> three
mfs long ti'at Sitting Hull la.l no hostile in
| Agcncy,-ld toll All ctnployo Ut the Trailer
There LINT was on lis way to British Aft.or-
.ca, ana tha Il be vas untnolcstcl, he wonld
Tie steamer ohm II. Chamberlain extra boat
ans', on tt morning OF the 18th, Gen.
Terry. aec9mluicd by his staff and ono conf
the river to hui Sir. hill. Surprising tie lat-
ter crossed oIthe 11sh, It WoulI take the j.
| "Ctambers high is ll9t q fast boat-.at least
! two days torcacAyo]f Point. which wpull bring
Gem Terry at therossing three days atter the In
lfans llaa passcd ana then wI,at could he hope
to do, i he founpho patty, with ono company
Of soldiers, wilcn had accomplished nothing
With 90 army nf Or 4,ooos !n alt probability,
tlc Genefsi M VIII re,anuitre the CRUISING plaee.
visit Fort Pcrls. a1'lreturu. 4
Something Ut tho
RESULTS, lMMEn&TE AND PROSPECTIVE,
Of this campaign, l vi venture to Indicate. In
doing 60, 10 nut nun to discrss the Indian
| problem. Nor will Isfcr to tie false position
in which this hum!l!ahg rampulgn may place
us, rs nation, before he eyes Of European Of
the probable results l,ef and tlle ELECTS Il viii
haye e upon whvc res!dtts, good 1naians, and
PRIMARILY, and most i1tncdIatc1y, the effect
will be felt this winter atsycry indian Agency
oil tho Missouri River. Thse Agencies n1e, all
! OF them, at the present nnmcnt nearly dcsti.
tHtc OF supplies, On aeSountof the tardiness OF
| Congress III making tho necessary appropria-
has Just been let to Messrs. Eiiler & Charles;
but such ts tho demand 10, tpnuage On tho
| river, owing to tho Yellowstone busincss that
Agencies before Jaek Eros. lays hlA ernbargo on
| river traffic. What is the rrsu.t! Undoubted-
lya dtscontentsd crowl ut every Agency. The
Victory Of tho Sioux will masc eur. Indian. OF
eary at every Agency, more mouths to feed.
Hungry lndtans do not remain "gool F" very
long. Who is to sul1era OF eoursc, thu
white ,nan;, liz Las lis little settlement.
wooa-clopper's hut. liz los ii. winters
supply, his cow or his mulu; and these the hun
gry Indian t'kocB ftr' aud gets, tou often will.
the scalp Of the owner. Hence this campaign
| will, III oil probability, drive out, this coming
winter, tbs few white scttlcFs who Rfe now On
| tile river.
And next season! There's the rub. When
the grass, grows next spring, mnny brave man
| will tread On that which Will cover him ere thu
snow flies. Tho Victory Df tho Sioux will bc tho
winter tl,emr Of The Indian, mud by next spring
those cnrs which wero dcaf to the appeals Of st-
ting Bulls eruisfarice at the t't1crcut Agencies
md In Canada Will bc as quick to respond to d
sinflat appeal Rs before they were sluggish. Al
really how they regret being absent from tho
great fight on tir bl. Horn; nnd how lnurl, glory
does s'lch yictury--anpunts|lcd, unsedermct
as II was-proIn!sc; Ny opinion is, tlut, il thls
campaign lms cost millions, the next will cost
Of distinguished Indlan.nghtes, now resi-
dent Of st. Paul, are true: "lt will take fifty
millions u bring Sitting Bull In" Faltl he. And
ngusu II hundreds uf lives Ilave Lceu sacrificed
this Aunlines. thousands will tIe next. The tlu-
initiation Of lS5G must md will lie wiped out In
1871, but tile cost III blood aud treasure WILL be
| prnpottsonntcly heavier.
| On thr next campaign will depend the ques-
tfun wlIcthcs this II to be Il white mans country,
| or belbny exclusively tu. tic Indians fur q
turn. Tint It should bclong to the latter
permanently. ii Nh atsurI proposition. But ona
thing Is certa!n, thc punishment inflicted IN tho
retl man next teasun must hc III such c'Iar-
nCter as to secure the wllite man hts home aud
property In peace, Or Que pf two lluMllstions
| will cnsur: thu rcd man will bs monarch, or tho
white settlers, ignoring anli setting defiance to
t!c army ot the United States, Will wipe outthe
ln!llaM ii. tler o,sh way; aud WI, as q nation,
will l!ayc TO look on a,tl submit. With what
eqlanimity VIZ may. to sucl III cvtdcncc Of tho
impotence 0f our army. J. u. J..
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