The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-27
BANDS OF BLOOD!
BANDS QF ELOUu!
Which the Indians in the North and
Northwest Have Resolved
Themselves Into.
An Interview With General Crook
Regarding the Causes OF the
Present Outbreak.
Spotted Tails Band and All of the
Northern Sioux Getting Ready
to Go on the War-path.
From Sunday Mornings Daily.l


There seems TO be no doubt but that old
Spotted Tall has gone upon the war-path, lie
against the whites. The best Of Information
says tina. arrangements have been made with
all branches OF the Sioux Tor an outbreak X
against the whites, which is confirmed by ad-
vices from Red Cloud Agency. The Indians
are well armed, having a large SUI pply of arms
and ammunition on hand. Great uneasiness
s. felt, e. spotted Tail is feared on account OF
his well-knOwn hostility against the whit. $.
An INTERVIEW WITH GEN. CROOK.
4 reporter o: the Omaha Herald had the
following interview with Gen. Crook on the
recent phase OF the Indian question, recently:
KepOrter-What Indians are engaged IN
this late uprising:
Gen. CTOok-The BannOcks, Piutes and
some Of the ShoshODss.
R-What caused II?
Gen. Cit IS genera! complaint of a want
OF supplies.
R-why have no: the supplies been fur
nishcd?
Gcn. C.-I don't know. The agents say the
appropriations have been exhausted
RI saw il stated that Scme OF the supplies
have been lying ai some point out there all
winter. ana had not been distributed. Is
that fact?
Gen. C.-I saw the same statement and 1t
is doubtless true, although do not know.
R.-These Indians have hithefto been
friendly. have they not:
Gen. C-Yes, believe so.
R-It is rather hard that men and officers
should have 10 be sent out there 10 be Killed
caused by tnieving agents
Gen C-That Is not the hardest thing. A
harder thing is To be forced 10 Kill the lndi-
ans when they are clearly in the right.
R-The bill to turn the indians over to the
War Department has been killed.
Gen. C-Yes, / believe so.
RI understand that the army officers were
not ia favor Of ii. What was the reason Of
Gen. Cit would entail a great deal of work
and a vast responsibility for which they
sr..,, and there very few
pie who like TO Work Tor nothing, Out oil pure
patriotism.
R-Tnere Is mach serious apprehension IN
regard 10 trouble with the Indians.
Gen. C-There are good grounds for IL. As
long as the muZz!e-loading guns Were in use
We had the advshtae- OF theml ana twenty
men could whip hundred, but since the
bFe,ch- leaders came into use II Is entirely
different; these they can load on horseback,
and now they are "A match ior any man In
regard TO the Bannocks, / Was up there last
spring and found them in a desperate condi-
ton. / telegraphed, and the agent tele.
graphcd for supplies, but word came that no
appropriation had been made. They have
never been half supplied. The agent had sent
them of for a year, 10 enable them To pick up
something TO 1--we on, bat there j. nothing
for them in that country. The buffalo are all
gone and an Indian can't catch enough jack
rabbits to subsiSt himself and family, and
then there isn't enough jack-rabbits TO catch.
What are they 10 do? starvation is staring
them in the face, and II they want much
longer they VIII not be able 10 fight. They
understand the situation, and fully appreci-
ate what is before them.
RI was told the other day that the en-
croachments upon the camp as prairies was
the cause of the trouble.
Gen Csc IL is. Those prairies are their
last sourse of subsistence. They are covered
with water from April to June or July, and
there Is "A sort OF root which grows in them
under the water which is very much like a
sweet potato. \ squow can gather several
bushels day OF them Then dig hole
and build fire in II. After IL is thoroughly
heated the roots are put in and baked, and
when they are taken Outthey are very sweet
and nice. This root is their main source Of
food supply.
RI don't see what the whites want with
such swamp Us that.
Gen. C-I suppose IL would be splendid
place TO fatteu nogS. 1 do not wonder, and
Won VIII not either, that when these savage
Indians see Their wives and children StaIy-
ing, and their last source of supplies cut of, |
that they go 10 war. And then We are sent
ont there 10 Kill them. IL Is an outrage.
R.-WCuld it not be good thing 10 adopt |
some means 10 bE.ng these laCls DetO.e the |
people: |
Gen. Glow can II De done? You and / |
Know these iacts, bat II We lei. IL To the peo- |
pie back cast, then theS- incn on the frontier, |
who have an iaiere-t ia .ling- remaining Is |
they are, come and tell il differently, and |
they have very inslnt.aiiug ways about |
them
E.-It seems 70 me that IL won Z b. cheaper |
to treat the Indians justly.
Gen. e OF course II would be cheaper. All /
the tribes tell the same story. They are sur
rounded on all sides, the game l. destroyed |
Dc driven away they are left TO starYc, and
there remains bat one thing for them 10 do /
fight while they can. some people seem TO
think the Indians do not understand these
things, but they do and fully appreciate the
circumstances n which they are placed. Oar
ol the Indians i an outrage.