New-York tribune., 1878-11-07
WASHINGTON.
. THE REPORT OF GENERAL CROOK.
WHY THE BANHAcKs WE'RE DRIVEN TO wAR-THf


WHY THE BANNACKs WIRE DRIVEN TO Wharf.-The
SIOUX AND NFZ PERCRs.
InY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBGNE.l
WASHINGTON Nov, -Brigadier-General George
Crook commanding the Department of the Platte,
has sent his annual report TO the General OF the
Army. He reviews the. troubles with the, Sioux
and tho killing of Crazy Horse, who en-
gagged in mutiny a year ago last summer.
Also the removal of the Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail agencies to the Missouri IN the month
Of November 1877. lowing to the lateness OF
the season." he says, "this march was attended
with much suffering, and the removal itself was a
source of great dissatisfaction to tho people OF these
tribes" The capture OF the Nez Perces last ran IL
also fully described In regard TO the condition OF
affairs among the ShOshOne and Bannack Indians,
who were recently in revolt. General Crook says:
visited this agency in March and April last 80,
The apportiOument of ratiOns for the Supply OF ths
agency was rdicuOusly inadequate. The Indians COM
planned that three days out OF the seven hey had no
ing to eat and the agent informed Inc that the allow,
ance been suiiiclent at once teiegr;pnei
the state Of affairs TO the ID parment. and urged that
something no done immediately to remedy 1t. IL was
OF surprise to no one acquninted WIN the acs
that some Of these Indians should soon after breas ou
into hostilties The great wonder Is that so many OF
them have remained long on their reservations WIN
the pann.cI.. and Soshones our Indian policy has re-
solved itself into question or war path or Starvation
and being human many OF them WIZ always cn@O-e the
fornr alternative in which death shall at least De gO-
rou They cannot hunt for subsistence and the inhuE
nt imtograiion If each day adding 10 the gordon Of
settlements arOund them and If for any purpose they
leave their reservation, IL n only the nerest accht III
the world that they can avoid conhlct OF OF
some kind with the whites The saYagc5 know
nothing ard can be made 10 understand nothing
of such tnings as the "ialuie oil an arp!opri.
alton" the cumbersOnean dlatory complications of
administrative red tape" They only KNOW tnat We have
promised faithfully feed and cOtne them and teach
them t. earn their living; and they insist upon our
living up 10 the contract, or they WILL drlHrn 10 th
war-pah wrcak their vengeance upon tho unprotected
rauchmcn and miners around them They too, are dis
satisfied whi0 ncy nave been FOR years our stead
'ast friends and allies The Sioux, lately our bitter
enemies have twice the amount OF supplies hat Is pro-
yded for them.
General Crook comments upon the condition OF
tue force under his command. He says that the
force is in good condition. but no complains that it
il inadequate to tho demands made upon 1t, and in
sufficient for the protection of the frontier.
Ia regard TO the removal of the Sioux, of the Red
Cloud aud Spotted Tail agencies General Crook
says:
Tho Indians seemed dlstrustful Of the promises made
Item by the President and feared that they would not
that they would DO carried ont they consented TO the
removal Upon arrival at the agencies, OctO Der II,
found part Of rho Indian supplies exhausted, ana TIE
remainder would be so at the end or the month albn
Indian Department for the removal OF the indians
could not possibly rcaeh thOin IN time
Therefore, prompt action was necessary ~ the CON
sent OF higher authority assisted the Indians Dy
reach imprOysIug many teams Or broken down eaNafy
horaes. By much cffOIt, many OF the indians gong
on foot and by their CODscniug 10 subt ON nteI dt
iug the march, finally able To get them on liau
II would have been impossible for the move to nave
Ia.