The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19
HUNGRY FOR HOME.
That is Why the Cheyennes Left The
Agency in the Indian Ter.
ritory ard Struck On: for
the NorIh.
no Bioodshed Anticipated - The
Troops Expected to Inter-
cept and Send Them
Back Soon.
OFF FOR THE FSONr.


Three companies of The 23d L. S. Infan-
try, 4. +. and H., numbering eighty-tive
men, under the command OF Major Dallas,
left yesterday morning at $50 o'clock fol
| Fort Wallace, Kansas, TO assist in the inter
ception Of number of Northern Cheyennes
who left their reservation In the Indian
Territory on the night Of the 9th or early
in the morning of the 10th inst, for their
old reservation in the north country, leaving
their tepees standing. They number some
three or four hundred souls, all told, among
which are
NOT MORE THAN NINETY WARRIORS,
and although they are as we'll armed az
Indians usually are, still no trouble Is an
ticip.ted from them, as from all that can
be learned their intentions in leaving their
reservation was not to 60 upon the warpath,
bat simply 20 get back upon their old res
eryation in the north. When they were
taken from their old reservation, about
year ago,
THEY WERE NOT DIsARMED,
but were allowed to retain their weapons.
They have been living at the Southern
CHEYENNE and Arapahoe Agency, but have
been extremely dissatisfied and eager to get
back to the north. A ZINES representative
called upon Gen. Pope, at Fort leaven-
worth, Yesterday morning, to get additional
facts in regard to
THE yAGRANT CHEYENNES,
but nothing new had b.yn learned at the
headquarters of the Department The Cen
eral did not consid, r that the present freak
of the red men would result in anything Sc
rious. as there were but about ninety war
riors among them, and being encumbered
with their families, We're not In fighting
trim. II. thought it might be possible
that they would, and might kill few cat
tie for subsistence, bU! further than that he
had no fears.
THE ROUTE TAKEN By THEM
he thought would be up ;the Cimmsron
river, in which case they would be headed |
of BY the troops stationed at the various
posts in that region, and even if they did |
succeed in crossir the Arkansas river and
the Santa Fe railroad without interception
they would certainly be turned back before
they could
CROSS THE KANSAS PACIFIC,
or at any rate when they got as far north as
that road. He an icipated that they would
cross the Kansas Pacific about Monument
Station, between Forts Hays and Wallace,
the scene of Lieutenant Henley's fight with
hem some time ago. The reason the three
of the 23rd Infantry, which left
Fort Leayenwo.th yesterday morning, were
.ent 10 Fort Wallace WAS in order that they
,ould be distributed along the line OF the
ansas Pacific road and by cooperating
with troops sent from Forts Hays aud Wal
ace
PREVENT THE REDS
rom crossing tina, line OF railway. The
ROOFS sent from the Fort yesterday morn
ng were all mounted, taking their horses
With them from the post, The companies
sere commanded by Captains Haskell, Elk
idge and Coppinger. Gen. Davis, COM
handing the 33rd, was seen, but knew
nothing OF a late nature, Ii isnot expected
hat the troop sent cat from the post here
ril be gone long.