The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-18

EoltVts luNlukuuCtts
In your editorial this morning, "How
the Rebellion Was Put Down." embody.
ing the statistical table showing the mum.
Der Of troops furnished by the different
States and the per cent as to proportions,
you say:
"When the roll call Is made up 1t up.
pears that the Indian territory exceeds all
the rest Of the Union In the ratio Of Union
troops TO the total population. The hg-
ures are so startling as TO prompt inquiry
OF possible error; for nearly one.half Of
the entire number Is too large share OF
any people TO 20 10 war. Either all OF
the Indian tribes are included, or else the
aggregate Of troops Is multiplied by ten
perhaps"
AS TO the number oitroops furnished by
tho Indian Territory you are probably cor.
rect In saying "the aggregate OF the troops
are multiplied by ten" The writer served
in the same army with these men through
the whole Of their service, and from per-
sonal knowledge can state that the whole
number OF troops raised in that Territory
was their regiment Of mounted infantry,
the First commanded by Col. s. II. Wat
ties, Of Michigan, the Secondly Col. John
Richie, OF Kansas, lone Of "old John
Browns men" in Kansas in 1866, the
Third by Col. Vim. Phillips, OF Kansas, a
member OF the last Congress from that
State and In ante beltlm times, one OF the
staff writers on the New York Tribune"
The first regiment was composed Of
eight companies OF Creeks and two OF Sem.
inoles, all full bloods. The second and
third were OF Cherokees, full bloods and
half breeds, together with q few white men
who had settled on the lands Of these In
dams adopted their mode OF life, and
were, in fact, part Of them.
In addition to those have named there
were probably four or five companies Of
men from the Cherokee nation serving in
Kansas regiments. The second and
sixth Kansas cavalry, and think the fifth
have each one or more companies Of In.
dams, but the total number OF men iur.
nished by the Territory was not at the
outside to exceed 8, 500 instead OF 81, 600 as
state j in your table.
ese.Indians are not oil the "untutored
savage" class, but are 10 all intents and
purposes civilized, living as do our own
farmers and ranchmen on the frontier,
devoted principally 10 agricultural and
stock raising, large minority OF them be.
ing well educated.
Early In 1862 there was an expert.
ment made in enlisting the wilder Indians
Of the frontier, and full regiment OF 900
naked, painted, shayed.headed Osages
were brought from their reservation and
music ed into the service with full COM
plement Of officers, the field and staff OFF,
GERS being white men, and the line officers
being the principal and subordinate chiefs
Of the tribe, headed by old Chetopah, their
head chief, 4 could give the English
translation OF his name, but fear you
wouldn't publish it,, an oCtogenarian but
determined to go with his "young mems.
The regular uniform was issued to them
but never having worn anything OF the
kind grand "poW.wow" wascalled, which
resulted in their giving TO the squaws the
entire uniform except the gray knit
drawers, which they utilized by cutting of
the legs and using the remainder for
bresct-ctOutS, and thus aCcoutered went
with the other troops under Col. VIM.
Wier, Of Kansas, into the Indian Terri.
tory TO drive out the rebel Indians under
Albert Pike and Stand-waite, o rebel
Cherokee. The morning after the first en-
gagement, in which artillery was used,
not an Usage was 10 be found in camp but
old Chetopah, who was too sick to go with
them, but accounted for their absence by
saying, "my young mems no like EN-,
white man fight EN-, heap secesh too
many, and 20 way of hunt buffalo, come
back some time maybe so ma lido know"
Yours, ARMY OF THE FRONTIER.