The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-10


PREPARATORY TO HIS MovEMENr-INpIANs
SHORT OF PROVISIONS AND EATING THEIR
Doas-rHK PRAIRIEs F1RED-A MscREDITxD
RuMoR OF THRRYs DKFEAT.
CHICAGO August 0, 1876.
A special despatch to the Tribune from the Big
Horn expedition on Goose Creek via Fort Fctterman,
says-"General Merritt with his force joined General
Crook yesterday and they ready aggressive
action. This united column has 100 lighting mon.
THE ORGANIZATION.
s'Under the new organization General Merritt ranks
as chief OF cavalry, ana Colonel Chambers the
mandcr OF the infantry Tho entire column. with tho
pack train, will move at once toward Tongue Rivor
with its 800 pack mules $780, 900 rounds Of ammunition,
2s 900 ralions and no forage This lighter march.
ing condition. The men and horses in the finest
possible trim The scouting parties have discovered
large, fresh trail of Sioux leading toward Lower
Tongue and Powder rivers.
sAvAoEs FOOD.
at Is believed the arc In nced Of vctuas rs
picked Of dogs found around thcr camps
They have fred prarics TO the pasturace and
render the cavalry useless General Terry has not
been heard from for month. He is believed to have
nearly 2 900 men. General Crook madc n speech to
his yesterday representing the necessity OF each
doing his bost"
WILD RuMoR.
special to tho Tribune from 8. Paul. says: "a wild
report gained to-day that Terry had Sitting
Bull and been worsted 1t could not b, traced to any
reliable source but shows that the opinion ID genera
that the Indians have a superior force"
RKponrID REvERsEs TO OUR FORCES IN
YouNDKD-yBARs THAT THE INDIANS ARE
ABOUT TO sCArrER-CRoOK AND TERRY IN
SUPPORTING DIsrANC1-aENEBAL SHERMAN
CONFIDENT.
WARRINGTON, August Q, 1875
The General of the Army says to- night that tho
rumors in regard 10 General Crook or Terry having
met with being in any difficulty
tirciy unfounded. He has received
pEsrArcH PROM CROOK,
dated tho 4th inst giving Information and details Of
his proposed movements against Sitting Bull, and
his hostile bands but when it is doomed advisa-
bo to mako public at this time.
INDIAN BREAKUP ANTICIPATED.
General Crook reports, however, that tho Indians
have moved from tho Big Horn 10 tho Rose
bud mountains and he is AFRAID that they
going TO scatter He believes that they are out Of
game and are pushed for subsistence. 10 is cndcavor
ing and hopes to keep them together but there in
dications that they are dividing up into small bands
Hc striking distance Of General Terry, and
their columns be brought together at any time
when IL IL deemed necessary General sherman says
that they are not hfty miles apart.
NOTHING UNAVOIDABLE TERRY.
Nothing has received from General Terry which
is Of less hopeful and promising character than
the news which has come to baud nj army head
quarters from General Crook Tho latter reports that
he has 900 nghting under him in good condition
for action IL Is believed that he will DO we'll able
handle the hostile Sioux when no meets them. Cen
era sherman does not look for anything of discour
aging nature either column, but quite confident
that good accounts will be had OF them when thcr
movements have been carried ou,.
GENERAL sHERMANs OPPOSITION TO THE PRO-
POSED ARMIsrIcE WITH THE HosTrLKs-No
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR ADJUDIcATING
WITH THE ISDIANs-vIEws OF THE INDIAN
DEPARTMENT.
wAsursGToS, August q, 1876.
The proposition to have the army agree 10
tice OF eight months with the hostile Sioux has
ceived no cement at the War Interior de-
portments The following Is the text OF reply from
The General OF the Army To Hon J. q Smith, Commits
s,opcr OF Indian Affairs. who forwarded tho proposition
of the agency Indians, received from Indian Agent
Bingham
LKrrEn FROM GENERAL SHERMAN.
Your despatch OF August was shown to the Secre-
tary OF War IN my absence would not TOR moment
entertain the idea OF an armstice 1t IL not asked by
the nostiIes but BY agency Indians, against whom
there is no war II they tod plainly that dis
tincton be made between sitting Bulls band and
those outside the reservation they Will succeed in get
ting runners TO their friends to draw thcm on, but
military operations cannot be checked ior ths qucs-
ton. W. 7. SHERMAN, General
no APPROPRIATIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS
Great dissatisfaction Is felt that Congress has gwen
neither Secretary Of the Interior nor the Commits
soncr OF Indian Affairs authority to adudicate matters
with tho Indians before tho next Congress- in case the
hostcs should become subducd and become willing TO
agree on terms for peace. NO appropriations have
been made enable the department TO meet the cx-
penscs which might be incurred In taking the necessary
steps To this end.
VIEWS INDIAN DEPARTMENT
The Indian Department officials are DESTROYS that
Sitting Bull and his followers shall DO well whipped be-
fore they shall be aoVd to propose any terms ior
thor future peaceful management and control Com.
missioner smith has taken broad and practical views OF
the settlement tho Ind question, and Is giving his
attention to careful study OF all ITS complications,
and he ~ determined that the power OF the national
government shall bc felt by the Indian MS web ms tho
white peoplc OF the country. Hts peace policy more
In accord with the War Department that has obtained
IN the views = line Of action adopted BY his preds
ccssorR