The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-31
THE INDIAN HOsTILEs.
lChicago Inter- Ocean, 15th.1

| EChicago Inter-Ocear, 15th.1
The movements OF troops on the front
ier seem to hint that unless the gentle
untutored lord of the plains and noun
tains isn't bit cautious there'll bt
some fun and fire this summer. Tha,
hostility that has become personified
So as to rend Sitting Bull doesn't exis,
as it did two years ago, but there's nc
doubt that very general restlessness
prevails in the lodges of hearty Hbuck''
and promising young thieves who
want to rise to the rank of wearing an
eagle-plume. One of the causes of this
uneasiness comes every year when
things go as they should, and when
it arrives it is usually called spring,
! and that means plenty of good grass
and some game. The preparations
made for heading Off the untamed
show that the military authorities
mean business, and the Ishmaelite of
the plains had better stand from under
or he'll get hurt. 1t is understood that
there are three different columns to
take the field, one in addition to those
already mentioned in the Inter- Ocean.
The third command will be provided
by General Terry, commanding the
Department of Dakota. The other two
are to be under the command of Gen.
Bradley of the Ninth infantry, and
Gen. Merritt, OF the Fifth infantry,
respectively. The troops in General
Terry's department will move to the
neighborhood of Bare Butte, which
is not far from the Big Cheyenne, a
little north of east of the Black Hills.
Gen. Bradley's command is ordered
to proceed to the Little Missouri river
to point about one hundred miles
north of the Black Hills, while Gen.
Merritt with his forces will cover the
territory west of the new diggins of
Dakota and Wyoming Territories. To
complete the defensive work, General
Miles will remain at his post, Fort
Keogh, on the Yellowstone, and if the
hostiles succeed in crossing to the south
bank of that stream they will have a
lively time of it. 1t will be noticed
that Gen. Crook has provided fully for
the protection of the new settlements
In his department., and that General
Terry has also been deligent to look
after the interests of those in Dakota.
Gen. Bradley's command rendezvous
at Fort Laramie, May 25, and will
consist of the following troops: Com
panies A, b, F, X and ID, of the Third
cavalry, the latter troops being at Fort
Sanders also Companies b, G, HI and
Townsend will command the infantry,
and will be accompanied by Mai. A.
S. Burt, who, as usual, takes an active
part in the coming campaign. Major
:. A. Storrow, Surgeon, and Assistant
Surgeon G. v. Pettys are ordered to
report to Gen. Bradley as the medical
staff. All the signs point to a warm
season for the hostiles if they cross the
Yellowstone. To stay where they are
across the line looks good deal like
starvation, for there's little or no game
up in the British possessions aud to
come south is to stand the best chances
of being s'corraled." The disaffected
Indians at the agencies are keeping
the tsgrapevine telegraph" open be-
tween them and the hostile camp, and
runners are constantly carrying the
latest news sfromAmericky to the lodges
Of the Uncpapa. Sitting Bull will
never be good, handsome Indian un-
til he climbs tree-that's the way
they bury 'em out in the Northwest.