Idaho semi-weekly world., 1878-08-06
HAYEs's FRONTIER MANAGEMENT.
IN Y Slln. i

red man. aid him with all tnaJlS pnyS-
cally requisite, and advance him NOR
Ally and intellectually. In all cases
we want te see that settlers have suf-
licient forces to protect them
The grievances out Of which the
Bannock war has grown were official
u reported to Mr. Hayes and his Cab
met nearly a year ago, and had exist
ed long before. The reservation
agents gave an account of the starva-
tion, while the newspapers of ldahe
and Montana soon after added charges
Of Encouragement and fraud. The
Lemhi Bannocks quilted their reser-
vation last winter, and some of the
settlers began building stockades in
anticipation of war. Yet nothing was
done by Mr.. Schurz's department to
satisfy or relieve the Indians, and
nothing was done by Mr.. McCrary's
department to get readyto fight them.
This is what Mr. Hayes calls protect
ing the settlers, while aiding the red
man physically, morally and intellect
ually. At the outbreak of hostilities,
the only forts near the scene were
Hall and Ellis. At Fort Ellis there
were four companies of the Second
Cavalry and one of the Seventh Infant
"; at Fort Hall there was only one
company of the Fourteenth Infantry,
the latter being the sole Immediately
available force. "Our line of travel"
said Delegate Martin Maginnis Of
Montana last May, in speech to Con-
gress, crosses another Indian rcserva-
ton where the Indians have been all
winter upon the point of rising, con-
fronted only by one small compan1 Of
Infantry at Fort Hail."
Yet at that time, and up to the first
bloodshed, there were in forts of the
Atlantic seaboard States forty-fve
companies Of artillery and seven Of in
fantry; in Louisiana, Arkansas and
Alabama, ten companies of infantry;
in Michigan, eight companies of III
fantry; in New York, two companies;
in Minnesota, one company; In Ken
lucky and Tennessee, three compa-
MES. This makes a total of seventy
six companies entirely out Of the In
dian region, and SO far away as to be
Of no assistance until war should |
have ragged for weeks or months.
There were also in Kansas thirteen
companies of infantry; in Nebraska,
three Of cavalry and two of infantry;
in California, almost wholly or the
seaboard, seven companies of artillery,
two Of cavalry AID seven of infantry
-thirty-four more companies, some Of
which have since made their appear
ance on the scene Of hostilities. In
Texas there were forty-three compa-
nies Of infantry, thirty companies Of
cavalry, and four of artillery-seven-
ty-seven in all, helping to carry out
Hayes's benevolent purpose Of aiding
Mexico, physically, morally, and intel
Tectually, and protecting international
law.
Last year Gen. Sherman took trip
across the continent, and, when he
came to the scenes of the present war,
! e reported many of the tribes of Eas-
tern Oregon and western Idaho to he
"agitated by the recent Nez Perce
outbreak. The Nez Perces, located
east Of Walla WalIa, made every eff
fort to draw in the Spokanes, Ceur
d'Alenes and Flatheads, but they were
not ready" Some Of the Oregon In
dians seem to have got ready this
year, but the troops did not In Ida
no dissatisfied Indians have for months
been preparing for war, and the same
is true Of Oregon AID Washington
Territory; yet the Hayes officials at