The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-21
GEN. P0PE'S REPORT
The Ccnd ton at the Present Time
Of Things in the Department
Of the N ssouri.
More Troops Needed TO Effsc!usIly
Preserve the Peace, or all the
Red. Must be Oisa.med.
G y. PRES REPORT.


Brigad er-o-u- al rop-, command ny the
Depart sent OF the Missouri, with Ia, d, quar-
ters at Fort I1.svenu orrh, hA. made his an
nual report TO the General of the Army. That
part relating tn the condiIion and treatment
al interest; he says:
In general Ili. r- "a De-s peace with the
Indians since my ,~I report .
The Indians around i 'rIs sill anu Reno III
the Indian 1rrTIIoIy have b-eu srn'EaI'N
quleI though they have had n hard TIM.
have So frequently pori tue condition oI
thes- tribes, the Arrapabo-s. cheyenne, III
Owas and ConIanrIIe thai It sem, uuHeca->.
sary 10 repeat ii III ia This report / think
there Is constant iIK-iiii'od of iheir break kiiIg
away fIOm the r'-sers stIOn III bo y, boi Tor
war, but ior Iooi. UnI.Ss large QUANTITIES oi
supplies are kept on hard 20 pro. Idc against
such "A contingent }, theie Will certainly be
suffering. i do not regard a. jGd ciOus the
r, nova OF tie kIOw and Com .Dcn- agency
from the vicinity uf Font SI'l. IL tn. pl III OF
removal is caril'd oui, VIII be''>>iIsi- an
abandonment of the ~aicn over The Indians
by the troops oE n removal - ih,. troops Io
the agency, wb'h ~I IiInrotNe re govern
ment in large ,Np.nr.., which believe un-
necessary. Itol.e that good r.->s.i,s Will f'l-
low this eNpen>Iv anu unn.c ssaIy change,
but don't believe 1t
GEN. PoPE'S PAPER
was written VIII the Cney enDes were on
their raid uorIn b- one th.y we're Captured
He reports that the Out break VA, caU>. Il Toy
He IrS Omrn-Ids The con>pilda-
ton Of the Ute az. LcI,s and tn esLanl
ment of a centr 1 agency Ia some accessible
Locality. H sug St. t.I- valley OF the west
fork OF the Chaut .,Hd SavrIi riN.r>. Cen
Pope reviews. IN detail ia. distui Dances that
have occurred ON he Mexican DoI,ier M IA
Lincoln county, Nv M-KIro, the latter of
which have rec, nIIy b-- u SUPPRESSED under |
a Proclamation fTum the president. II. con |
meDts upon the Iact> ilI L under the clause IN |
the last army bull lite tIoup- which might /
have Dr-ytf. led Of 10 New NJ, i
co disturbances were .Ow"rl's -, snd thus |
many lives were lost and much prop Ierty de- |
stroy cd.
GEN. POPE SAYS
his force is so small hat AZ Is dangerous TO
send of any part al II In FitrsuIi oi lauIan>
snd line only way he sets &" keep peace ON
he frontier Is e tITcy 10 diss.Iin anu dis
mount The lDdians. H. says:
al they aic left with tAe means 10 go TO
war, il the "g-loni. ~ >imp'y sleep
Jn a volcano Tn -. therefore. ample, and
above ali regular, Su p"II-> oI food be |
guaranteed to The l,dlans, am cCm PEELED |
II Justice TO The government and the frontier
etIIers II ask that IN Te troops toe sent To the
tgenci-s in the Indian TeIIli"Ty, and that
u least two OF the pO,is III western Kansas
DC largely reinforced by ctvai y ! hayraI>o
O ask that any la lans s-nj IRON north
nto this department be di>arm,d and dis
mounted before being sent here, - tl'at they
an he placed In he same condition as the
indians with whom they sre TO live"
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT PAPERS
re transmitted, those bearing upon the re-
-nt outbreak OF the Chey .nnes being of
pecial interest. Msj. ]. X. Mizener, OF the
IN cavalry, commanding at Fort Reno, sub | ,
ATS "A statement OF the quantity and qualify
{ the supplies furnished the Indians at the
heyeuue Agency. with the amount they are {
nIitled TO under their treaty for tie current /
ca r, showing very large deficiency. The ,
arem-nt H. rs follows:
Total number Of Indisns, five thousand and [
fty-four.
DETAILED STATEMENT