The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-17
THE CHEYENNE MASSACRE.
UNITED STATES TROOPS ORDERED TO
CONTINUE IIfE PURSUIT.
Thirty.two Bucks, sqaaws, aud ChIIdreu
""'ong the Dead-Five Soldiers unly KtIied
-Indinna Escnptng-schurz ResponsIbIe.

an,onE the Dend-Ftve soldter. o,tv Killed
-tndi"ns EscRping-schurz Responsible.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lG.- An officer of the
nrmv who has had long experience with the
| Indians OF the Northwest says that in his judg-
mont there is serious danger Of tho Chcycnnes.
now in the Indian Territory. breaking away
in the spring and making their way across
Kansas ana Nebraska to the Northwest hunting
grounds. The Chcycnncs he says. arc the
finest Indians. physically. now alive. The
men nro brave strong. and desperate fight
ers; the women arc chastc. an anomaly
among the Indians OF the plains. The
Cheyenne warriors did the most Of the
lighting in the late Sioux war and ut
the massacre OF Custer 1t was the Cheyenne
bucks tina, played the most havoc. Tho Chey-
cnnc warriors in the Indian Territory are dos-
porntc. They say they cannot and will not stay
there. II is death anyhow. and they might as
well be Killed lighting in the field rs die like
dogs IN their imprisonment. for that is all Il is.
| There are about 1000 Cheyenne bucks. who are
| determined to break away. There are only two
| courses to pursue with thcm-thcy must
| either be disarmed. and all their ponies
| taken away. aud a sufficiently strong force
| placcd about them. or else they must be- taken
/ back to the Northwest and allowed TO affiliate
| with tho Sioux. II the latter course is pursued.
| II will bo less difficult and less expensive to
maintain control of them than II they are re-
| tanned in the Indian Territory. The plan Of
the officer above referred to is to gather all tho
! Sioux and Ch"y"nncs in tho Northwest and
| draw n Gordon Of troops ubout them and let the
| rc~pons hluv fot their management be turned
/ over to the military
Tho Indian Commission appointed 10y the
on ia. question Of ,rln.frrring M" In,l.one ~
/ the War Department. II is thought however.
! th,t % majority oi the Commits on viii favor No
| transfer of tho : ouN anil Chrvrnncs to iLo
| military. In regard to IN" Chcy.nnrs confined
| az Fort Robinson Dr. NJ, Giilirudiy who has
! boon AFRO ntri Indian Accent ~ thr nd Clnnj
| Arrn y Vfe. Irwin who Inns r.-ilti.sI s1va fl,,t
| whrn ihn TnlIrns were informed lint thcv
! wOu'l boo taken o. LcaNsnWorth fhey said t.ry
/ would die FIRST. Tim the Officers ,n command
~ 20 frroz' an siarvr thrm into auhfi .ss..n
upon them. Tho spuaWs ana children wore
frr'l ng ami the ON IRIS ofJrrd Ia i"tihnm 70 10
! ~ go. Tho squuws wouid NOT leave th.ir bucks
! Thrv snii thry prD'orrcd t. die With them.
| lowed the 0,rht ma The sul,.cn ''~ bi,d,v
! results
Font RoBiNsoN. Neh.. Jan. 15.-Thorn hus
the pnst ten or twelve hnuis. Tho G.r'ny los.
/ tiles entrrnchrd themselves ON mound or tine
| white Clay. loied the troop- aud NJ night
compel tr"'m I, snh ii-i or keen ,hem
| the troops next camr IN with Tho d..
| rerate band the lntfnr had taken uos.o.-
| sion ~ natural mounds of ur,f.,iion On fi.
| 1ianlouri rt,r-'iit ,,si.rloT r,tir,it,. a. ~,
! Robinson to-day Con. Cro.k s.nf t,..iiiy.- ar.
drr- that the plrsuf ~ tho Ch,,,Urrr- h., CON
| tiu.I and CImranv Cutf ,,y-., ...,,-
naudins lrii for tho front TO. morrow COM
many II cant Wa4.aii- c.mnnulinr will yo
| forward ION forces ana under tl, command ~
! tho last named ofil or mo- pursuit viii h.. r.-
! sunl,st The tfoots ,viil l. suut,lieI with -tN
! diw. rntions. "''' '''''N WIZ" 9'N
The capiiv"s say lint. while thoy had mo-
| hnnd ia planning the ,.-ruu. they arr vet Oh
~ sod T. refuru,ft q, the hnfpd sGufharu
| reservation. Here hey cluin they wrrr tod
! when Surr.udor.ng THY could ranlnfu uui
! hero their p.rrits mr., hurled and tLrir
children were born Thus FAR no order. hai
! h",u received for their r,n'Oyai. Aside from
the efforts Of the mil It.rv made ON tho niyLf ~
! tho e-,austir 10 restrain the Iu,tiuns Ia
Cooke nnd Dick Deer were most prnfniurut
one scalp is reported. au = tho credit NJ thai IL
given t. tho ,.ifiynn." Five soldier have boen
/ Killed or have died from their wounds and
eight were wounded. ThirtN-two Indians Of
which twenty two were bucks and the re-
mRinder women and children have been killed
and twenty--iN were buried IN on@ common
grave II l. believed that about nny Indians
Including Dull Knife. have escaped. Wild Hog
O,d Crow and one other savage arc IN irons I'M
tho rf1inf ono milo from Forf Habir4Du TIN.
maIr ~, demonstration other than lon the in
diligence IA nu exhibition II grief over tl,,.r
-niu r,.'at.tr-.
IL IL believed among army On 'crs hero that
management prevails Iu RESTRAINING. tur Sioux
from mn Indulgence 100 WAT l9g,n' thuu Na~
hill.tt.t boo tie ciItur'. ~ tho l".aun.- there
'nu ho np f, If,' predictions u- GOO fIo result Tic
Sioux -iy th"N can fr,tI tI,.C 'iryruu.- " the.
! Government cannot. Ilry ,VntnI -.riuti Them
Yves rather tlau -re thor relatives -taryr. IL
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