The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-24

Baxter Third cavalry j. Boxer. Ninth infantry. and
DIR. Petty. Among the wounded were Sergeant Reed
and Private Dubois, of Company II, Third cavalry
Tie troops return to their station at The In
dams killed included seventeen bucks, four women
and two children. OF the nine captured three were
not wounded. One of the wounded Cheyennes will
probably die.
WHAT GENERAL CROOK
General Crook says this termination to the affair
has been foreseen by army officials and was certain
from the day Of the outbreak and that the fate of
those remaining alive little better than those
killed. for, he says, the civil authorities
need nothing more against a than his
being an Indian and especially of band which
has committed murders. to hang him. He says that
the Indian policy all through the West has
changed. When treaties are violated and sup
plies fail the indian he must force the issue or
suffer still worse, and he will die gain his point
General Crook says there will be trouble with
Red Cloud or Spotted Tail unless there oc
ours violation of promises. and then
nothing can prevent terrible war, for
like the Cheyennes, the Sioux will fight to the death.
The General states he considers the officers and sol
ders have only done their duty since tho outbreak.
body of whites caught in intrenchments as the
Indians were would have been captured with loss
of only two three. but the Cheyenncs fought with
Indian desperation fully determined die in their
tracks.
A COURT OF INQUIRY onpEnED BY GENERAL CROOK.
The following special order has been issued from
Headquarters Department of the Platter
FORT OMAHA, Neb. Jan. 81, 1870.
Board of Officers, to consist of Major Andrew w.
Evans, Third cavalry; Captain John NJ. Hamilton,
Fifth cavalry. and First Lieutenant Walter s. Schuy
Ter, Fifth cavalry A.. d. c., will assemble at Fort
Robinson, Neb., on the 25th day OF January. 1879.
thereafter practicable. to examine into
and report the facts attending the arrest. conino
lisa aY1puf anura Of n nIIn
Der of Cheyenne Indians recently ut and in the vi
cnty of Fort Robinson, Neb.
CHARACTER or THE INVESTIGATION.
The Board will make q thorough investigation and
full report of all the facts. well of the
which led to them, so that the whole case may be
thoroughly and correctly understood. The Board
will also express an opinion as to Who IL any person in
the military service is to blame in the matter and will
Judgment necessary. The junior member will record
BY command Of Brigadier General Crook
Assistant Adjutant General.
CHICAGO, Ill.,, Jan. %, 1879.
despatch from General Crook, at Omaha, to
Lieutenant Sheridan. says-"The following has just
been received"--
CAMP EIGHT MILES NORTHEAST BLUFF /
STATION, Jan. o. 1S79-yia FORT RoBINsoN.)
General Crook Omaha:-
The affair with the Cheyennes took place yesterday.
at about half-past two p. NJ. at point ten miles
east of the telegraph line from Fort Robinson to
Hat Greek, and i've miles north of the stage
road. The Cheyennes fought with extraordinary
courage and fierceness. and refused all terms but
death. The officers and troops behaved with great
spirit. Those engaged were Captains VESSELS
and lawson Lieutenants Chase. Hardie and
G. W. Baxter, Of the Third cavalry; j. J.
Pettys. Among the wounded are Sergeant Reid and
Private Dubois, of Company II, Third cavalry The
eS four and two
children. Nine were captured. three Of whom were
not wounded One man Of the wounded will proba-
HOW THE SCARE WAS PRODUCED AT FORT ROB-
INsoN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHr-LIrTLE-BIG-
MAN SAID TO BE ON THE wARpArH.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
Fonr ROBINSON, JAM %, 1879.
The alarm produced here last night through the
alleged timidity of the commanding officer who acct
dentslly came into command has somewhat sub
sided Tho doubling of the guards and the general
spirit Of CONSERVATION which permeated everybody
was quite startling. Tho ied ladies' and children
OF the officers fsmaiSs wero gathered together
in the quarters Of the trnid lieutenant, and owing
to apprehensions said to have been aroused by him,
they werc kept awake all night. The post was
shrouded in darkness, not Q light being visi-
BILE in the quarters. The reported cause
of ell the tmidity is said to have
originated In the report, apparently credited here
that Little Big Man, Of tho Minneconjoux. now
among the tribe of Red Cloud at the Pine Ridge
Agency, has started out on the warpath, with
some Of the Ogalallas. to join the Sioux. This
has some appearance Of truth from the fact that
Little Big Man has for some time been restless and
Disseminated. partly account of not having been
called in tho councils at the agency, and partly
because his people all now among the legions Of
Sitting Bull.
INSULTING RED CLOUD.
Recently he twitted Red Cloud with this dsrespect
to him in the presence of your correspondent in
most vehement manner, to which the head political
exponent of the Sioux said nothing, but seemed to
quietly acquiesce q matter OF policy If Little Big
Man is now the warpath las he is said to have
killed more white men individually than any other
Indian among the Sioux sequel to the Cheyenne
affair of most serious character may be looked for
at an early day.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CHEYENNE AFFAIR BIZ
AN INHABITANr OF FORT ROBINSON.
CAMP ROBINSON. Neb.. Jan. Ia, 1870.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--
The telegram. purporting to be official, published
in your paper Of the 18th inst, relative to the killing
of defcnccless Indians at this post by the military
in charge is spccious and calculated to mislead
the public mind that 1t deserves few remarks. 1t
proposed to send all to Fort Leavenworth. Kan.