The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-09-26
THE INDIANS.
A Letter From Col. w. n. Lewis,
Commander at Fort Dodge,
Kan, to Gen. Pope.

Kan, to Gen. Pope.
Tue following letter, written by Col. "
III. Lewis, 18th infantry, commanding pos
at Fort Dodge, Kan, TO Gen. PoPs, ha
been transmitted by him 10 Gen. Sheri
dau,
while Capt. Iemphill's company wa
here, Mr.. Amos Chapman, interpreter Il
Camp Supply, informed Inc that he was a
the Cheyenne agency not long before III,
escape OF the Northern Cheyennes. liz
saws that at that time the Indians at III,
| agency were suffering for the want Of sufii
| Gent food That he knows this both from
| his own observation and from what wa
| told him by the Indians, and that they
were driven to eat fiesh taken from horse,
that had died from disease or natural caus
Is. His opinion is that the escape of thess
Indians was for the purpose Of reaching
some place where they could get sufficient
food to subsist themselves and families up
on. In his opinion there will be larger
outbreak by the coming spring, unless some
thing is done to improve their condition at
the agency"
Gen. Pope makes this endorsement on
the letter OF Col. Lewis: Il bave SO often
invited attention TO the condition OF affairs
at the Cheyenne agency, and the great
danger OF an outbreak resulting from it,
that consider it unnecessary TO make any
remarks on paper"
Gen. Pope has telegraphed Gen. Sheri-
dan that such disposition has been made
of his troops in his command as to insure
the capture Of the Northern Cheyennes
who recently escaped from the Indian
Territory.
Gen. Crooks contribution to military
headquarters at Chicago, day before yester
day. consisted of the following dispatch
to Gen. Sheridan: "The mmanding Off
Ger at Camp Brown, Wyoming, telegraphs
under date of the 18th inst; 4 carrier has
Just arrived from Lieut.. Bishop, who re-
march on one Of the tributaries of Snake
river, about fifty miles northwest of Tosatu
pass and south vest Of Yellowstone lake.
One Indian was killed, and five squws, a
boy and girl, aud eleven head of horses
captured. The captured Indians report
that there are HO hostile Indians in the
party, and that they lsf; the Boise Ban
nocks some time ago, The latter being now
in the mountains near Camas Prairie.
Lieut.. Bishop will re;u.n TO Camp Brown
by the 2lst inst.
PREPARING FOR BUSINESS.
The receipt of information at Omaha,
the headquarters OF the Department of the
Platte, that Capt. Rendlebrock has been
checked near Fort Dodge by Cheyennes,
with the loss of several killed and wounded,
and the absence of farther news satisfies ex-
perienced officers at that point that the
Cheyennes have passed the Kansas Pacific
and mast be encountered within two or
three days on the Union Pacific, probably
within fifty miles Of Sydney. Crook has
Col 1hornburg, in charge OF
the rendezvous at Sydney, TO Use additional
precautions. Horses are being brought
from Fort McPherson, on which infantry
men, OF which a large majority Of the force
is composed, will be mounted. Gen. Brad
ley's command has been brought to Camp
one hundred miles north of the
and held in readiness there
for any emergency. Gen. Merritt's
cavalry has been ordered TO move south
along the Big Horn mountains 10 a position
near Fort Mckinney, in case the Cheyennes
succeed in passing the Union Pacific, which
the officers believe they will do by scatter
ins. Thornburg pursues and Bradley and
Merritt close in at the front. Thornburg
has numeIOus scouts ont, and a special
train fired up, and his command und, r
arms ready 10 move at moments notic.
There is good evidence that the cheyenne
number about ighI hundred instead OF the
smaller number first reported, and are ma
king sood:prosress. 1t Is believed there that
il tie Indians are entraPped IL will be by
Bradley or Merritt, and after 4 hard fight.
The Chereunes are the finest huI semen in
AlUsrica, and ride horse as If 4 part OF ii,
and load and fire with the precision Of a
foot soldier. General Crook Joined his
;Jm m aud at Sidney Friday last lie is ac-
by Webb Hayes, son Of the Pres
id. Dt
rhe following letter from Fort Dodge
gives the latest particulars regarding the
'iGu alton there:
Capt. lIemph:ll and Lieut.. Leiper, with
company |, 4rh cavalry, who engaged the
Indians on Wednesday, have returned. |
They corroborate the first account OF the |
light, and say Ih-t the Indians were irwin |
,ible and were fearless in the extreme The |
soldiers We're surrounded, and the Indians |
charged repeatedly. The troops started |
,gain in pursuit, and say they will have a
isht before they return. Lieut.. Leiper eY-
presses the bell, that they can and will esp |
ure them.
Maj. HInkle and party ofeighteen cattle |
nen returned Friday night, and reported
party of one hundred aud fifty Indians on
sand creek canon, forty miles from there. |
they were veil fortified among the rocks. |
md had almost four hundred head OF stolen |
horses. The Indians were very defiant, and |
waved their blankets TO induce an attack |
Maj Hinkle counted twenty. three camp
ire-, and says they were too many for them.
II is reported that Nicholas Culb-rt.on's
ght is surrounded on the Cimmaron.
The adjutant-geueral of Kansas will ar
i've this morning with arms for the use OF
ettlers. The excitement still is very great.
party will leave this morning 10 cooper
tie with the soldiers.
sToCKMEN KILLED.
A carrier from Crooked creek, twenty
light miles from there, brings news that
,oole Blossom, and King, sheep ranchers,
gere murdered by the Indians Friday.
They were found in their camp horribly
Duiiiated.
One hundred stand OF arms have been dis
ributed to the citizens.
PERSONaI