The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-09
WAR DEPARTMENT.
XAsUINGTON. ID. g.. Julys. ls1G.

WAR DEpARTMrSr.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., july 8, 1870.
10 epihie YOU II answer the enclosed re.ell-
submit the following brief stcmon. Of .acts
a. exhibited by the records OF ,hi- De par .ment.
Ihe SIOUX OF DaLota nation OF lulian- eu-
bgncing various tribes. faG.to1si lnnktonais,
BrIes, Ogaiaiaa. Msnneco iious, sous Arcs,
iNo ketIles, a.. have long been hnown
of tits tontin NJ. Th-y haze fol cent e., becn
pus he'd we-tward by the advsncn. tilI ~ '!vlh-
.a,..n. ~, n io'e, =. smsh, .leali was
made wIth then b. sp.ci~I cVini ssi' u "a iisi
b. Con-re-s, whereby f1r oertsln peyiI.nt %
stipul'tiOns they agreed TO surrender thor
o. the Miss .uii river and north oi the iltt,e'
70 live at peace with their ne'shhfrs,
boune t5fet ts SsTseN ,as Missouri 70 river ts,'y
NeOr4sAa, west - the l6+th nef. .uiNn, hLd
nlrth hy to ptt parallel Of la,i,uds, territory
as large 81 the state OF hiChig,n. The terms
OF this treaty have been iberally perfoTnued ON
the par ol the United States, and has also
bean c9Nulsl With ty the great ln'ss Of the
sioux Ind'ins. some Of these Indians huv eS-r,
have meyer reeu29!2od the ","des tor Z " M.
treaty uui nave ,Iwsys treated II vim con-
temp; have continued to rove al pieasure, ~
tackin scattered settlements In Nehrisha Wy
omipg. Montana, and Dacota, stealing horses
and cattle, ana numbering peaceful inhabitants
On the OH Of November. 1875, United States
Inspector Il. q. Watkins made all elaborate re-
pOrt to the commissioner OF Indian Anairs, In
Ihave the honor IL addrees you In relation TO the
a'utude and condition n certain wId anl hostile
came uDd,r my observation during my recen!
iSSr iIISasa their eou1.5S 59d nv what Gov
sS s8nHen. 'C !Cssra TSsm ssisf SUING SSii.
% sS9I or hs4dTss OF lee: NOE but less ani.@aOle
hostile Ias's Indian tSsSpy ,as eenr
era YSn snS bowler de- Ser ys vsY na mnss
va var on the Nosdam' eros veeIres. Xaeksse..
As.lr abmes BlaGktest Piefans. creess, ana other
trsl position they strike 10 the east north aud west
tribes as well as ffonItr settlers and lucEtss While
hunters eIngrants VINO are not In sufficient force 10
resist them.
After describing at great length their charac-
ter and supposed number, given ata few hun
dred, he says:
Tn true policy IN my Judgment Is TO send troops
against tSsu N wlate hS SOONER ihs bri.er sni Whip
team INTO -nhts~ftoa
fney ricay ner, punishment for their incessant
armed.
The force estimated as necessary to whip
This communication was submitted by the
Commissioners of Indian Affairs, the Hon. Ed
ward r. Smith, to the Hon, Secretary Of the In
terror, u. Chandler, VINO in turn submitted 1t to
the Secretary Of War, Gen. BeikBap, for bis con-
sideratlon and action.
In sub bsequent communication OF the becre-
tary OF tho Interior OF Dec. g. 1875, to tho Seere-
tary OF War occurs this language;
e. hs eo9ST t. 'PH sS anr n
sad Indian (sittns Bu and others outside teir resr
taon) that they must remove 70 the IeservAtion bB.
fore Tn Sst cay OF JsDuary 1879 that they neaieu
ed or refused 50 TO move that they viii be reported 20
the Wa Department As hostile ihhia 10 AMI that MIN
tATy force will be sent to compel them TO obey the
der VI N. Indian Onicer
On tho lst day OF February the Secretary Of
the Interior further notified the Secretary OF
War: The time giycn him (sitting BulD In
which to return TO al agency having expired,
and advlces received at the Indian once being
to the effect that Sitting Bull stiil refuses 10
comply with the directions of ia Comnis-
soner, the said indians are hereby tur,. az over
to the War department for such action on 'oe
tine circumstances"
Daring all the stages OF this correspond d ence
the General OF the army and his subordinate
commanders were duly notified, and were max
ing preparations for 81 fixing blow at tneso
hostile sdvages, an enterprise OF almost unsur-
mountable difficulty In country where
in winter the thermometer often falls TO
W degrees below zero, and when IL IS