New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-28
END OF A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN.

END OF A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN.
RED CLOUD AND SPOTTED TAii~rHEiR hSSioNs-
LETTER FROM RID CIOuD-wIIAr TO Do WITH
THE RED MAN-PREsIDENT HAYES INDIAN
POLICY.
lFRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rhibuNhj
RED CLOUD AGENCY, Neb, April l9.-Wlthin
the past weeks the closing events oil the SIOUX war
in the department Of the Platte have crowded rapidly
one upon the other. The Spring season Is usually Io
lowed NV Indian raids and state Of war along thiS
frontier Bul this spring, just as the grass Is beginning
to afford subsistence for their ponies. the WhOe ooop vi
Sioux aud hOsties coming in t. surrender s of
about 10 months since active operations were nhccr
taken in this department by Gen Crook LOT
the subugatOn OF these Indians. Many pfedcV"
that the war would be long, bloody, and eS-
pensvc and that the experience which the commanding
General had brought with him from the facihc coast III
conducting Indian would fail lin herc were was
more powerful, warlike, and savage zoe 10 cohc"'
with But here as In other departments Cen Crooks
plan of conducting war and dcaling with Indians has
poyed that he fully comprchendcd Indian character aud
tactics and his plans have not failed him. One great
secret tins lies in the fact that the hds
were kOt allowed rest EOr given time to hunt ana
recupcrate
The agencies I'm this department the principal Oh
struction to successful prosecution Of the war From
tsese the hosles secured recruits. supplies, ana inlOr
nation Comprehcnding this fully the efforts OF the tic
partment commander directed 10 the securing OF
the control OF these TO the military. Wien tins was ac
complained the Of were ut once cut on from
the enemy and that date their Generalization be-
gan The country which the bosties lived Is growing
poorer in game every year. and has been and Is entirely
insufficient for their support when deprived OF supplies
obtained from the agencies. These cut cf 1t became
que-tio of very brief time "a to their capitulaton
Crazy Horse with whose band the was begun Il
year ago the way INTO this agenos with all ms
people, and with his surrender tine war is practically
ended and entirely ended far this department is
concerned There doabt but he has been the lead
Ing man among tie hosilcs and that his influence has
been greater tan that Of any other chief More than
g GOO people who have fought with HIM against TIE
whites Lave already surrendered; the Cheyennes, who
furnished him Of his best fighting strength will he
in here tomorrow the day after His allies have grad
ualy melted away, dsintccrated, and surrci-
dered until now, convinced of his inability
to maintain himself longer, he succumbs 10
the inevitable Some OF his men arrived here last night
and report hat the whole band IS coming IN, are On this
side the Belle FouIche. and will he here III eight or
nine days. Meantime Red Cloud, with about 20 war
riUrs has gone out to meet him. carrying OH umaiuIn
which has already been accepted. He sends back
courier with letter to Lieut. W. p. Clarke in charge OF
scouts mere, of which tic following is a verbatim copy
A PERL 18th 1877
Sir Nv Dear have met some indiana on road aud
thare say the indians bear lodge creek on 10th
arril and thought let yOu know IT,
And thnk viii let YOU n0w :ter after get to the
camp the youno man with this letter he have
been 10 the camp before lis lame is blown of
RED CLOUD.
Red Cloud is anxious 10 rcnsate himself IN tie good
opinion of the authorities. Up TO the time that Gen.
Mackenzie rounded up, disnountod and disarmed his
band last October he had been active syupathizer
with the hostiles For time he remained snen and
disaeccd Spotted Tail made chief Of all tie Sioux,
and the glory OF Red Cloud seemed 10 have departed for
But at tie last enlistment Of Indian soldiers here,
which u.adr well for az ncy government AZ for
service in the field against hosti!cs Red Cloud for
ward, desired 10 enlist, and accepted He
tested sincerity OF purpose which commanded respect
for and belief in lis professions. and whether his motive
was TO ttasi himself III the good will of his
own people of the Goverum mt is imm1terial He
selected to 20 the mission to Crazy Horse, and
the letter above is not interesting being prOba
by the first appearing In PRINT from him, than
showing his Zeal and good will in the performance OF his
duty.
The Indians here all oppose removal TO the Indian
Territory to the Missouri River, and until they
all disarmed, disinountod, and thoroughly aecus-
toned to the order OF things, 1t would hardly
to be good ocy TO remove them. Removal to the MIS-
River could hardly be permanent decision of the
question: for IL would not be long before their presence
there would nc deemed obstructive to the interests Of the
whites. The country on Tongue River and the Rosebud
would in many respects ClGll the conditions required
for permanent home and reservation The wood
and grass there good and plentiful. The lands along
these strc susceptible OF cultivation. Supplies
could he shipped mp the Missouri ard Yellowstone at
reasonable rates. Tic country is sufficiently remote
from the BIC Horn and Black Hills mining regions be
out OF the way Of tine immigration going into these
localities. Altogether II is probable that many Of the
conditions desirable Tor the support Of these people could
be fodUd there any otDcr available locality ia the
Territories. And besides al this, IL is which
the Indians know have lived IN centuries aud like
President Hayes cOncdtOry policy has reached even
the northern wiis. Indians coming in from Crazy
Horses camp report thar at council h m there recently
that chef OF tlC for his surrender and
coming into this agency the fact that he had heard that
there Was "a new Great Father who "A good
and would lT0blIy 90 for the Indians than any
who hHd prrca dcd INN. At Spotted Tail Agency the
Episcopal Mission under Alr Cleveland il doing good
WORK among the Indians But ii will nc long before their
belief III the evil splits and the efficacy Of making
medicine" ne eIadicatcd hllfDrecd III the agency
recently i'll of fever The agency PHI sician at
tended ili sc Time Without the apparent Success de-
sired He therefore sent for his IadIn friends nd medi
cine men Ih'y came stripped themselves, entered the
lodge, and preceded t. exercise the evil supposed
possess the patent with frighu howls and ncinta
Ons. III "a they dashed unt Of The ieIce, mounted
their horses ahd rode Ike WLriwmd up the valley OF
Beaver Creek INTO Tie foot hs, pursuing the imaginary
demon hch dscing from lie effects of their "medi
cine" The patient immediately recovered.
Some o tcsc Indians become warmly attached 10 the
officers, nldt amt IcCcik condolences, ash kBUty
questions aud cyincc great desire 30 know something
about the world. An ArapaAuc named six Feathers has
taken liking 10 Gen Crook, and calls himself bis
brother lie is never happier than the Gen
TO Lieut.. Clarke AMI sdid IOu have from away
East aud have bcD lar West How islr do YOU have Id
20 before t" sky touches the grOund" lie also said lie
mad heard that far toward siluFihc there WIS "a great
one unOthcr land iu people. H. cOud hardly
be eyc TINS 10 &c true.
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