The New York herald., 1878-10-13
THE CHEYENNE RENEGADES.
WHY THEY LEFT THEIR AGENcY-A BAND OF
IRRECoNCILABLEs WHO DErEsT WORK.

WHY THEY LEFT THEIR AaENcY-A BAND OF
IRREcoNCILABLEs WHO DErEsT WORK.
WAsHISGroN, Oct. IL, 1873.
The Indian Bureau is to-day In receipt OF letter
from Friend John D. Miles. agent for tho Cheyennes
AMI Arratanoos, in winch. under dato OF September
80 he gives an interesting official explanation OF the
departure Of the marauding Cheyenncs from his
agency. He says that about the 5th OF September In
formation was given by the Southern Cheyennes and
Arrapahoes that hey were missing some OF their
best horses and that the thieves were
among certain bald OF Northern Cheyennes, under
the leadership Of Dull knife. Little Wolf, Wild
Hog and Old Crow Subsequent Information was
the effect that three young men OF this party had
already gone north and that others were preparing 10
follow. With the view OF asceraining the truth or
fasy OF these statements an enrolment OF all the
male adsss OF the Northern Cheycnnes was ordered.
s.rhis order !" says Agent Miles, "was promptly
obeyed by all ths Northern Cheyennes who have
affiliated with tho southern Cheyennes, but was
stoutiy resisted by the Dull Kniie party. Every
effort made to assure them OF our good
intentions and to induce compliance with the
order; but, although a very largo majority Of
the band (incuding the women) would gladly
have submitted and remained a. the agency.
to resist effort compulsory count, they began
The work of intrsnching IN tho sand hiis near their
abandoned, and on the night OF September they
quietly packed tier ponies and struck norh leaving
their IOugeB StauuIus.
PURSUIT.
An account is then given oil Tho pursuit by tho SOL
diers from For. Reno, Of the unsuccessful engage
entions by The Indians.
rhe report continue s:-"According TO the best tn
formation We have 0esn abe TO get, the number OF
those who have lett does not exceed tnree hundred
nifty persons OF whom about ninety are men,
and the balance women and children coming all
under ieurieea years as children
HATRED OF WORK.
Urhey did not would ailia ate with tho South.
Ghavs nd hay ya
SONS expressed their dissatisfaction with The country
a, tho agency, and VITA almost everything con:
nected with tho department regulations aud
Of OF" mo agency .iools'' ior working aud
ther preferences 10 20 back North, whero they could
have greater liberty. In addition TO these general
grievances and others relative to things which they
ciaIm promised them as part OF the consideration
in obtaining their consent to come 10 this country,
will say that tho full list OF rations named In their
treaty OF 1876 has not been furnished them and yet
they have less than three pounds
bsei per ration. and in addi.en have received such
other ratiops as were in and issued TO other
Of two or three weekly issues gn Mayl
when the items Of sus" and ,,o.n,,,s ooass .
with the department circulars Of March Is and April
Is, 1875 requiring labor in lieu OF ratons. Aside
the ssues this agency The issues nave been made
carefully aud promptly as set forth In the regulations
when 'ns .spp's' nsvs Ssen S.y y, sse s saa
ton, excepting from the Northern Cheyennes, who
LETT they have had no real cause Tor complaint on
this score On this point l would respectfully refer
10 General John McNoil, Inspector, and Lieutenant
II. Sweeney, Fourth cavalry, the latter having wit
messed tho deliveries Of beet each week. ''StandinG
Elk" Living Bear" and other leading chiefs OF
the Northern Cheysnnss have on all occasions
with tho Southern Chsycnnes and Arrapahoes,
have invariably expressed their dsapprooaton OF the
course taken by the s,ampedins Cneyennes they
have counted them s.band OF thicving rascAls,
who were only anxious TO get back among those OF
their own stripeb
stated at the Department with reference TO the
fore going that tho lew hundred Indians who stsm-
peded were OF a community OF 5.000 all OF whom ex
cept themselves contonted.
DEPREDATIoNs IN THE BLACK HILLS.
DEADwooD, d. T., Oct. L. 1878.
About one hundred and twenty-five Indians made
their appearance In Red Water Valley, thirty miles
IRON here this morning. and burned several stacks