, 1877-01-27
Where He Is, and His Comfortable
Situation.
Result OF the Past Years Operations
Against Tie sayages.
Total Failure Of the Army to Accomplish
It Object,

,nsles from Fort Peck, NJ. T. They scare
sent eittfng-Dutl as prosperous au1 hap
py as bclticose. 1ndfnn could
wisl, to he. Hc had about 1c6 lodges Of bis
people with him, and about 400 Of these were
his faithful eoldtcrs. The half-brccis from tho
British Possessions werc supplying hln with
ammunition IN abundance. Cart-ioads Of cart
ridges, powder, and balls Ind reached his camp.
Moreover, he had been rendered by them sl,are
OF the!r country. This kind offer Sitting. g.Bult
Is at present under no necessity Of accepting, u
he Is
COMFORTABLY SITUATED WHERE HE IL
lie is In the midst Of vast herds OF buiYaio,
Inns nil tue arms aud ammunition he needs, ami
does not fear The United States troops 'in tho
least, as he can always get out OF their wayif
they puah htm hard, which they tayo not W.
done. Arcport sent to the press sotne wccla
men Of the Fifth UnLtcd States Infantry, had
driven SlttIng-Du1l into tic Bad Lands i,
laughed ut By all who know tho facts. ST.
tlnx-Bull does net wish to fight unncces.
ea otcpses to to ressI pnsea i a1a s fn e g.s e;
and thus far, It must bc confessed, hc chas fourht
successfully, It Is known TINT, In tho affair
with Lieut.. Baldwin, there was
NO F1uHflN0 WORTHY or TnH NAME.
The Lieutenant prudcntly Withdrew Ills forccs
wien StttIng-Dull took up the position no had
selected, after getting hts women, children, and
property, r. a safo place. i hornbasttc dts.
Commanding Generals, Colonels, aud eycu Lieu
tenants, could put nm cul to the Sioux var anl
annihiatc S!tt}ng.Bull, We would now ilaye
peace. aud tho rcdoubtablc Sioux chteftain and
tlrcly." as the Irtsl,1nan would say, long ngo.
Since ucn Sherman reported Sitting Hull ~
"tying before aftos, md as certain 10 be killed,
sta s or syss asvSe to t IT, pFtsA fosssssan
on the .Yellowstonc, to. rest; while
s!tting,Dal fas ,,S iaereasc1 ems his rsn'na,t q
milton and all other requisites for carrying On
war Us heretofore. He il now tn the same corr
dltion rs another distinguished rebel by tho
nano Of DaTfs, who some years ago set UP to bc
south side ol tho United staics. Mr.. Dusls
wanted nothing In this wide world but 10 10
"lrt alone" Tint Ia
ALL THAT sirrixa-nuLL WANTS.
Tie clatuis lurge strip Of country IN the north
ern purt Of the United States, md all l,c wants
IL for the President Of tho United Sttcs to
draw OF tho troops mud let him ntonc. lie will
see that ITO other whtto people intru1o on l,ls
domain.
Gen. Sherman remarks incidentally in Ills last
annual report that, In September lust, q few
hostIlcs cana into tho Agencies, wlrrr they
we're treated in thv @ Usual way. l DO not
that Ia the substanee of them. Well, from In
lutry an,ung tho military men at the post here,
/ lcArN that more hostllca have been induced 10
eonu Into tho Agencies by the. Agents and local
expeditions in the field, Including TINT Ut CO...
NJ A. Miles. The officers here tell me that,
notwithstanding tho otlcfal raports Of Col.
man, that 400 Or Zoo lodges had surrendered to
Miles. aud would report themselves at Cheyenne
River Agency on Or before Dcc+ =,
NOR Moitn TrAN>FoRrr-osn LODGES
and and 1 not more tan S perso,,s rs % IN I,1.nc;s. as
women, and children. ucll. Sherman told tho
Secretary Of War, In Ills report, that probably
2,000 PERSONS had surrendered TO Col Miles;
and he predicted or declared The war virtually
cpicI. Col. Miles has said lilo same thing IN !
letter 10 Sherman, which Inns bccn published
IN tho newspapers. All these. tl'e
promises md reports ylcid net result Of about
lave surrendered ut CheYcnnc-Rlvcr Agency.
The Agents aNu logal commanders huyu ccr-
taly reduced the hostile forces u,ore than that
number BY inducing tlen, to cone IN and sur
rclder themselves, their arnta and horses, t.,
tho military authorities. l learn, upon III
qury l,cse. Tint about forty warriors have sur.
rendered. here, nt this Agency, to the coln-
man.tng officer, Ucr. Carll.l. 1llcn as to their
being treated ~ usual vt tho Agenrics,-wl,ish
remark sccins IN BIZ sLccF 0f dcn. Shermu,,-
does he uot know that tho Agencies were until
recently
FHDEn MttITAHf E0HTn0Lf
And, In fact, SO fur Us the hostilcs are con.
ecr7led, they arc stIl1 under military cpntrul.
They werc required to gfvo up tllcIr nFIna and
horses to tho military commander. They wrsc
kept under guard for several mouths, aud fed
~ prisoners.of-war., Then, rs they eceamc Il
burden, aud could not llave bccn forced to
leave nsnln for the hostile cansps, they were re-
lrascA ou parole.
It viii be seen that the slou1-Inlian question
STANDS Tl1UA:
Tha Iudtans lave Lost about 100 warriors
killed ip battle during the lust year. About $50
inoso warriors havc surrendered themselves Ut
the several Agencies. The llostiles than can
go lcsa than they Ind when they de-
stfoycd Gen. Clusters command IN Tho o5sh
OF fJuuc, 1o76. Tue greatest danngc the indians
have sustained u ut thu Agencies. especially
At st,nding Rosk Agency, wlcre they have hecl,
d'saFncd aud dtsnounted, nul thus rendered
harmless. have taken some painB to ascertain
low luany horses have been taken from tho ~.
.lians here, ar,d learn TINT net less than ~
ers, hay9 been taken, AID put whero they will
never bo used by hostllcs ngaiu. THIS proccss
plsARMlAu AND p1shousrIAu
! las been carried On all winter. Whenever
gun is heard Of, It Is scut for by tho conl1nanl'
Ing officer, md mounted men are kept con-
stantiy scouting over the country for hundrr!s
n,as-tlny Lieut.. ktsllngbury returned from az
expedition to tho south anu southwest, anu
brought in lne herd oi seyeuty.Aye ponies.
| THIS young officer has nlado himself thu terror
Of tic Indians. They say: ut " no use 70
Ito to thu whita inan auY longer; hs IL
| too smart for us: We cannot hide o1r popIes-
he flnds thcn tn sonla waY.n Notwithstanding
| this constant irritation of the Indians by hunt
ing up and aeIlng t.lcir, gnns aul horses, ~
collision has occurred Ut this Agency, or near 1t.
between troops mud Indians rhes9 Indians at
least are conquered, although am told tlat, AZ
/ lato as September last, they were as turbulent
I'M,
| ncitato followers OF SlttIng-6ull.
| What the Government intends to to next
spring toxasds u renewal Ut tho War Is nucs-
| ton that caunot b. answered here; us1 ! iinl
thut neither tho military oi1iseEs nor tho 1nan
| Agent tan Five nc any information On thls
point. It Is certain, however, that tho opera-
lions Of the afmy during the last year
TOTALLY FAILED 10 ACCOMPLISH THEIR Oh
| acct.
Well, 1t IL good school for the army. Let
theui .ry 1t again, aud let the authorities "
Washington put officers in command who VIII
| try to klIl aud capture hostile lulians win
powder and bullets Instead Of prlnters' lux. u
tho carly part Of the c1rii war, I have heard #
said, many d man waa ,nadc Bigudter-tieneral
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