The New York herald., 1879-01-02

pushed forward trail leading to the village % 81 m Sssy M
aeked and destroyed on the morning the 7h, finding
sssps %ss''GSs T
G1'ysp"ss al oneSs .na af tho 'Hs Indians
Every evidence found 70 prove the indians TO pe n e
nnS that the proceeds Of their raids upon
been taken into & those Snd "pps
urgently recommend Of the Indians
Ss fSs Gi' ba IS .ss@s'ss ON side H the he
r at s a " Fyh s nss re
during absence from wagon trains Showed every
Sss Si W
% s by ssss % h
the cavalry to r"oEa A. oRcs tor ,senPsra,
Subsequently, this telegram Conversation with
him. which resulted in the following Telegram from me be-
80 CnlcAoo April TO- 1877.
have despatch Of YESTERDAY. think the indians
SO Z; s. ss s a sn as
mount them. Then it will be necessary for the Indian
Ss % % ns% %s
him short time and recommend that he be allowed
indians are very aSssrsaS but the indian Bureau
%a S s p Ssss the but a
en announce 'e wG Isaa
n. s a QUESTION or or TRADE TRAD =, a.. ,.a.ns and
on m s' mn Na% sSs @ h
change Of front occur this If the Indians went to
poSaS ss in
NIT s be- gf the Ss of S al the o
from the towns Of Sidney Cheyenne and other places would
sS Their % @ s
the "%
erecting Of quarters and the profitable trade resulting from
many items Of minor detail which made tho removal dis
aSsa to Ss% the
nse for camps, Robinson and =, Sheridan and Forts
% aisI%"'sy AMI and military
there left but dissatls
faction among the Indians This was sacseesaly scsom
it. Ts p @ sdst to ss a s ns ds ssy
that tie indian Bureau had anything with it, and
utterly Issnm any intention of M eesns nd G the . acSn %
himself In my report only expressed At what
inadeaaacy Of our military force, that should
With other eicsrs call attention to like
IN THE INTERESTS or HUMANITY an a..
attention Of the General Of the Army that portion of
Lieutenant Lees report which plainly shows that the g
show different resnI! from ts supplies received and
Of the Of indian Affairs and the report
Major Miner at the Southern CHEYENNE a,, Agency
In conclusion, desire to say that n my annual report
" Of indian and best Of
and development the frontier Of the lives Of officers
my command The Indian, armed, he il and in his
to meet him. and as he takes no prisoners Il bold
attack him with an inferior force in view OF the dis
others. "'' 'p'
The following are tne W
cation We here the clerical force to furnish the
in . but a. copies e IN the M to sS
Indian Bureau The War Department has also all the
sst s"d ~hs% Ssss%Ssd Will iap iSnt sspss
St mass '"f Of recerd. ' such selesra%s and
mpo2 S exs"anr s 10 sss Ssss.r a s f we es
date the fire our reeord which can be sent
outbreak sometimes tho of the Indian Bureau
and sometimes for humanitys sake.
The briefs 1o are % n s WIN BE by
General Gibbons and General John E. smiths reports on
sas S same if'y H. s%a
GENERAL sHERIDAN's DATA.
of the Army furnished copy of First
Lieutenant Lee Ninth infantry and recently agent for the
tracts from reports of officers and others relative to
report Of First lieutenant Lee, which i dated
Now as rs at Tail pro
the time military officer detailed as agent
he had dim in.ssd the @ Of the indian, every
possible prejudice against the military but that when the
ese wns speedily apparent Iiontsnsn Foot who pre-
sSss ss civil the supplies
.sn0, the %,"Sg to 'ns sea "s S ssn
Indians, his ars oncaI WAS 70 take and he
ds sn U%nS s Lee
@ ny
of each year but they did not arrive until mdwnter thus
case ieaenani Lee then gives history of ie McJann
sd se ss ns
for very large portion Of the transportation for
1877.
Lee minuely the McCann and Davis frauds,
shows the methods of inspection states the deficiencies
that occurred of them he reported the
the Indian Bureau and that hnay he received
telegram from the Acting Com,nssioncr SAYING We
trust McCann longer Leo then shows how
the method of doing business IN the Indian Buresn
the the dark to the quantity of supplies
for delivery the and
that he could only get this Information by
With the military at Omaha lie good, bad and
beef cattle had been received the agency by
and that the military took charge the
weight suddenly dropped $50 pounds to $40 pounds
head gross Tie then the greatest difficulty
has contend with is the system of doing business The
the the contractors and owing to the
eguarity Of supplying the agency often compelled TO
supplies that the requirements of the
lie then proceeds to show that In oppo
ston 10 his recommendation the beef contractor,
To taking of the herds, has succeeded
in obtaining n supplemental contract at Washington
ali the beef by the middle of December iS77
the Missouri River and the agent To slaughter and
freeze Lee that he had facilities for
the bcef that II the winter happened to he
one il would he total loss and finally authorized to
hold the herd during the winter lie then prcee DIS 20
the of and shows that while the
head do his best the corrptons that
have occurred will again. aud
only he rcmeued by u - like