The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-29
Wards or THE NATION.
How n Few Thousands OF Them are Faring
just Now.

From ne st. Loms Republican. March %.
Major John ID. Miles, the resident Indian
agent Of the Cheyenne and Arepahoe agencies
arrived here yesterday. and reported that most
Of tho Cheyennos and Atapaboes have been out
on buffalo hunts since last October. They have
their sluaws and children with them, and are
c,mpcd with their lodges on the borders OF the
Great Staked l,ins. about 2OO miles west VI the
agency Powder. Face. the head chief, Left
Hand, md the chief Little Raven OF tho Arnpa-
hocs, aud whiriwind. head chief, and Little
kohe of the Cheycnnes. are out with the hunt
ing party. The Indians had PERMISSION from
tue superintendent Of Indian Affairs at Wash
ington t. 20 out on the hunt. Each tribe las
ussi-nsd 60 1t one conpany. Of United states
cavalry. with commissioned officer, to watch
tho Indi sus and prevent them from going on
raids Major Miles also has an assistant with
out On the hunt number 800.
Before Major Miles left the agency he received
an order from the bureau at Washington requir-
ing the Indians to return to the agency from
'heir hunt. This order was made, IT Is under
stood at the request OF Gen. Pope, IN command
or That iuilitlr ny department, on the ground that
IA active hustilitics have been commenced
against the northern sioux, II T. feared that the
latter Will send emissaries among the Cheyenres
and ArapahOe., and spread dissatisfaction
t4rhed condition. mole from the superviston
OF the agency. Thore are, besides. several bands
OF northern ArapahOcs aud Cheyennos arriving
on the sioux reservation, and the influence OF
these rcnegades upon their southern friends Is
feared by the authorities
A few years ago strong effort was made by
IL
Commissioners, and Col. Rob ri Campbell Of -.
Louis. Ina colleague, to persuade these north
era Cheyennes and Aranhoesto JOIN Their south
ern ticthten ia the lndt territory, lhey
were threatened with heing deprived of their
nnnulties, unless they did so, but they remained
deaf to sl threats or persuasion. md sill remain
IA the Red Cloud reservation. Tho Indians ON
the Stakcd plains are expected to return IN from
the hunt about the first OF April They have
been very unsuccessful in their hunt, and are
reported to be In nearly starving condition,
being forced to subsist on wild turkeys prairie
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their buffalo meat Is nearly consumed They are
poorly mounted. and two-ihirds Of their ponies
hgvc persisted ht distcmpcr resembling tho
epilootic. IheY were allowed scarcely any
ammunition, and had to rely on tho how and
arrow t. Nil buffalo, which weapon, to
b. success tul. requires an excellent mount
--as the Indians do their shooting ON horseback.
In tntntr hunting EXPEDITIONS thcy were usually
better armcd ana mountec ana were not re-
strained 10y the presence of iroopt. The buffalo
are yer. scarce, aud II 10 evident that in very
few year, this noble brute OF the great plains
will entirely disappear. Instead OF being met
~ Groves II from nftvto n hundred thousand,
they were found this winter only I'm few scat
tcrrd herds numbering two hundred and ATTY or
three hunorcd. Two or three years ago the buf-
faio appeared In vast herds within few miles
OF the a-Cucv, and were slaughtered by the In
CLANS In any quantity. On one occnson there
was a STAMPEDE Of bun Ines, and In their flight
| the hali-blinded brutcs ran hendlOng through
the agency sawmill, turning neither to the right
nor lett The buraloes kept on running, 80 did
| the -lwmill.
The lnGinns. IN returning to the sgencv, will
have to pass over n barren region 49, miles la
N1dth. witch was entirely burned over last flll,
anu GA which there was not green thing on
live animal tor food 10 lie ~, nd In this emer-
rency, trfors leaving the agency, Major Miles
1 despatched a courier 10 the hunting grounds,
tn.oruling the indians that one weeks rations
would pc immediately forwarded to them, to
! feed them whiio crossing this barren de eft
| Many are on foot. including women and chill
| drcn, and the weather recently has ocen severe.
| Tho CHEYENNE aud Arapaho' uggncy Is lOcat d
! lbj mics from Ntcni IA, Kun, tho erminus 81 a
| branch OF the Atchison. TppeLa and Santa FG
| Klilroad, whicn /. the shipping point to the
| agency, wi ch Is 80 mites dl.t mt. IL Is also
| seNcnty-ive miles north Of Fort SiI
| The reservation Of the two tribes mentioned
IL as large ma the state OF Ind, M. IL extends
IRON the state line Of kai sas to the main Cana
| dian river on tho south, ana between the pSth
| and lOJtr merdiin east aud west, having a
| len-th II IN miles. There re so acres under
cultivation Il tue agency, producing corn and
| oats There were sixty peach trees In bloom
| hut the fruit las probably hcen killed bv frost
| The agency l. located on the north forK Of the
| Canadian. nd Is about ten miles south Of the
| projected route Of the Atlantic and pacinjMtall-
| road. The ire number OF Chcyennes arn1[hr..
p4ho,s l. 3,i17. Jack Evans, the Fort sill post
! trader. has ueen assigned tho post leadership a.
| Major MILES, agency.