Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-02
THE INDIANS.
SUPPL ltMeNTAl REPORT OF GENERAL
SHERIDAN,
IN Answer 10 Secretary SehurI, Furnishing
Specifications In support Of the
Charge Of hsmHOassmoo,
OF Indian Affairs,

WAsuINUruS, January letter n
The following Ia thu substance oi u sup
ploneutal report 70 thu annual report
at 1t, Gcn sheridan ior iSis, with
reference Co Indian nilalrr, and In ~
spouse to the request al Secretary
schura that specifications bc furnished
in support oi the statement made hy
Sheridan Ia his annual report
llI,,auARrEw MurAn DIV 40
Missouri, CnrAoo, Dee 29, 1873, !
Ip G,ptrdi ". q, S,ormGu, hu,hHyiom
GISERAI.--lH consequence ul u law
suit Ia tho United STATES Cirult Court
la tho city oi New Notk, NaH Uum.
pcllcd lu 20 tn that city shortly after
the r,vVipl ot the communication lroln
the lion. Secretary W Tho Interior ut
November 10th, lSia, Endorsed hy you
NoNrmhcr Mh aud forwarded tu me.
lu this communication the Secretary
took exception a. certain Oonclnliuns
arrived ai. aud stated la my report ul
this Nrar. The General quotes
thu conclusion mentioned, and
aiN! The object hal
in Wow IN my annual report was lo
SHOW that Indian Mars Camo lrum ~"
causes, (Sou roport. bat that white the
hrsi war could not be- Moidod hy. the
Government, the second WaH clearly
within it, runlrol, aud rusullcd from the
bad management ul Indian affairs, |
madr nu rhargus against the honorable
Secretary oi the Interior madu no
charges against any one, nud ! dositcd
aimply tn u,ll the atloullon at my Nis
puriur officers a. the causes that pru-
duccd diwuntunt Hnd outbreak, and
that the inadruuncy ul uur military ~.
suited n the uaasllcro ui ulllCUrH, Sul
tiors aud clliaons, and the hurrlhlo
anl uncomfortable harharlics pcrpc.
trnlcd uu Wumcu und children, aud Il"
state my sclicl that Those disasters
might have boon uyuldod hy mcltcr ur.
ganimtinu, more Cumplctc system aud
nlurr Integrity IN the agents rmployrd.
The SECRETARY ul the Interior raw ~ lu
take this up and hy dircnueuuouslN
saving that hal mnlO chatgvH ~ lu
CuIWplluus Ul every agency ln ihr
limilg ui this military division chnl
lrngcs mo lur larls tu prIyr u clArgr hc
hn, himself put into my muilth, lllH
nlrrrucrs are not warranted lay the
huguuuu ui the report, hut IA support
ui what | did cay WSpwt
FULLY suhnit the data accompany
iug lhls supplementary rp"rl, Ihc
question ul Justice uud righi tu the IN
dian n past aud cannot ho recalled, We
have occupied his Cuuntnos, taken
away irum him his lorlly dumain, dee
trnycd his hcrla ul game, pcnncd hlm
ulpuu rpAryntiunS nnd rcdnCcd him Ia
pu,ruy lor humanity sake then
let Us give hlm enough io cat, AMI the
integrity at ihr agents "Ncr hlln
tu show huW runalduIMo tie
honorable Secretary ut the Interior WAS
in his iirat aud second letters W NuNcm-
huI lGlh and NuNrmhcr rlh, rVspoc
IN,iy, II IN only necessary ior me to
call altuntiun m the t,oncM Ol the
\my lu the mrt that since lNi, have
carefully rciaucd lhC copies ul the IN
dmu reports counting I" mN uillcc, hflrlH
ul which nru herewith nylnscd, aud II
was uu this information that mN report
was madc, surely the Secretary at the
mlrrur rauuut impuir the unlrnllll.
nvss lo lhr officers making these reports.
They we're uu the ground generally ~
nIl,ial inspectors iur the Indian l'uvnu
ur suno official capacity Hnd are among
thee beat IA the service, mnat ni them
pvrmuRllV known tu the 'iuhcihl ol
thr ArmN, aud many ol lhom iu
the country, MN object WaH 4"
nll uIlruliun To- aud II possihlc
prr,vui ralAuitiys occurring iu the
irnuIiur settler iuuilicrIH and mcu at the
army, aud tu reduce the unnecessary cN
lvuNs brought upon ~, The report "l
| lieut. Ice, giving au exact exposition at
Indian management Ut the Nputlcd Tail
\prury. Wua uhtaiucd since the dRlc ui
my annual report, but the facts
a.. related we're we'll known to ne,
n iuu | Was instrumental tn Hunlo eN
lrul IA the detection ui the Met anu
fraud liis report Is .uhmiltrd llrst, iur
thr rraauu that II tgiNcr u ialr aud c"u-
prrhcusiNo tdca ul the Indian manage.
urut, aud hcllvNc may hv assumed ~
a iMr rNplauUituu ul What has occurred
Al many ul the other agvu,lrz, aud
Nhi,h has produced the hunger aud
dlsruutrul dcs,rIhrd la the acrumpan,
nv hrris In lhls connection ! also
c,ll attention lu hricls ul Currvspuu
lunrr from Lieutenant buuAhcrlN Um
tive tu the attempt to iurrc "u
him siucc hc has hcru acting ~ agent at
Crow trcck cmpluNcs at u m,d charac
tor. aud ul tho lnosc aud criminal man
nrr IN Whidh Indian goods were
,hppcd Without bills ol ladlng ur VA.
yu,rs This II tue al-n lor The ClW'
yrnuc und lirIlr Agencies ou the Mis-
Yruu riNvr a. veil ~ Grow trcl,
Nhrtc the agent, Dr l.iNugloon, has
rrrcuth hrru Indicted un ahuul one
hundred and tWoui, tour chargvs, nud
a. many more that we're thrown uut
under thc statute ul limitation Ihu at
tvuIiuu at the ,,cneml ui the Auul h
rNprrs,h called iu thr rrporls on stand.
mg Ru,k Agency, under the manng,
mrut ui Agents Hurkc and Hughes
Thou luok al lhr Maudans, Arickarrcs.
Orus,cutrcs. \ssiuahulucs, Pigeons au,l