The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-11-21
ARMY REPORTS.
&c ;. Crooks Report.

= Brfp.1csen. George Crook, commanding the
Department of the Platte, has sent his annu-
al report to the General of the Army. lie re-
views the troubles with the Sioux
engaged in mutiny year ago last summer
Also the remOyai Of the Bed Cloud and Spot
tep TAI sllssS - f. 4lss Ssfn ~ t the
lateness Of the season." ne says, this march
Xas attended with much suffering, and the
-faii S.ft Is II vac source OF great dfssatfs-
faction to the people of these tribes" The
capuire ofYtnsRez Perees last fall is also full
ly described. In regard to the condition OF
affairs among the Shoshone and Bannock
Indians, who were recently in revolt, Gen
al visited this agency In March and April
last The apportlOnInentl OF rations tor tins
agency was rIdiculously inadequate. The
Indians complained that three days out OF
the seven they had nothing to eat, and the
agent informed meithat ths allowance, had
never been sufficient. L at once telegraphed
the state of affairs to the department., and
urged that something be done immediately
tolreIacdy it. 1t was'a matter of surprise to-
10 one acquainted with the facts that some
Of thesejIndians should soon after break out
into hostilities. The great wonder is that
{ 50 MANY of them have remained so long on
their reservations. With the Bannocks and
g iOshOnes our Indian policy has resolved
itself into q Cue ton OF war path or siarVa-
ton, and being human, many of item Will
always choose the former alternative, in
I v hich death shall at least be glorious They
can not hunt for subsistence, and the influx
OF Immigration Is each day adding to the cor
don OF settlements around them; and If for
any purpose they leave their reservation, II
is only the merest accident in the world that
they can avoid conflict OF some kind with
the whites, The savages know nothing ana
can be made to understand nothing OF such
things as the failure of an appropriation, or
tie Cumbersome and dilatory complications
OF administrative red tape.' They-pn!y know
that we have promised faithfully to feed and
elotbe them and teach them TO earn heir own
living; and they Insist upon our living up to
tie contract, or they will, If driven to the
war-patb, wreak their vengeance upon the
unprotected ranchmen and miners around
them. They, too, are dissatisfied that while
tlEeUhave been tor wears oar steadlast friends
and allies, tie Sioux, so lately our bitter enc
mics ,ahaYe twice the amount Ot SUI plies that
is provided for them"
+ Gen. Crook eDmnients upon the condition
OF the force under his command. lie says
thatthef6rce Is IN good condition, but he
complains that it is inadequate to the de-
inisnd made nponit, and Insufficient for the
protection the frontier.
llt IN regard TO the removal of the Sioux, of
the Red Cloud and spotted Tail agencies,
Gen. Urook says DIG ,fNlti II ia'-t
The Indians seemed .distrpstiul OF the
promise made them by the President, and
feared they would not be carried ont in good
faith. y Afteri many assurances that they
would be carried out they consented TO the
removal Upon my arrival at the agencies,
7 oct. II, found part OF the Indian supplies
/ exhausted, and the remainder would be so at
the end OF the month. also found tnat the
transportation provided by the Indian De-
pas tnent for tue removal of the Indians
could not possibly reach them in time.
phcrefore,, prompt action was necessary.
With the consent of higher authority as
sisted the Indians by scraping together all oi
the ARMY transportation within reach, i'm
4 prUvisiug many g ans of broken down cav
airy horses. BY much effort, many oil the In
dians going on foot, and by their consenting
TO subsist on beef during the march, was
|, uaIly a0le to get them Off. Had been re-
quired to send any additional troops with
ihem, 1t would have been impossible Tor the
move to have been made in time"