New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-21
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
SURRENDER OF HOSTILE SIOUX:

RETURN or 1.s0O INDIANS FROM CANADIAN TERRI
ToRY-OTHrRs EXPECTED 10 AgRyE-HOw
THEY WILL BE TREATED.
WAsHINGTON, Aug. 0.-Adiutant~GeDeral
i.uggles. at Paul MINI, has forwarded f7om Fort
Keogh, Mont. TO General \. IT, Terry, commanding tns
Department OF DAKOTA. the following Telegram from
Colonel Niles. dated yesterday:
Ecit hundred and thirty hostile si0ux have
derod at his pnst am Informed that 1c0D more are
ti.a siGe o. tlo Missouri tncn way To- s'..rcnaer
. aer- NAV follow. l. my opinion they should al ia
-ed under military surN eDance AZ ths Iost Tor the
pIeseAf. Toe REMAINDER are north u TIC Missouri
ana des loyI ts ,r,en-. 1.d ,art i,c'l, n.i In
dinn Inspector Pollock sEed FOR troop. request
authority 10 place me available tOrce OF tas district IN
tie vicinity OF Rouud Butte. near lo Missouri. rber
pr .eucr would iavo 81 some eCsct For Lat pur-
pos" request mat tAe tw0 infantry companies AT Glen
Dive Win transportation be relieved.
II has .0Ug becn anticipated By TIE War Department
That the Sioux and other hostile Incians who took
refuge IN Canadian trrtory from the pursuit OF tie
United states troop, would later return 20
tAs side Of the border Tie wholesale surrender there
fore OF hitherto unsuDmIssve Indians which II now
taking place AZ Fort Kcog Montana. Is not pected,
and the policy Of tie Government with reference
thereto decided upon ong before the Indians began
70 make their appearance az the Poplar Creek Agency
Orders were sent 10 the department ccmmlEGr 20 per-
nit the return of al Indians who were willing % sur
render uneonI uouay and submit Ae mseiyes aud their
property 20 the dspoalIiOn OF this Government. The
KeoGl come, therefore, prisoners " They
will be promptly d sarmed and disnGGntei, their
and ponies Will be sold. aud the proceeds
will be turned into provisions for their temporary
subsistence 1t is the intention OF the War De-
partmcnt TO hold these Indians for the present
under guard at the military posts along the border.
maintaisn- item tar possible IN the manner
above Indicated Eventually they Will be turned over
10 the Interior Department and transported 10 some
pout nor yet determined upon The west SIDE OF The
they Will be placed q reservation and Kept there by
Of restraint be round necessary. Tho
War Department does understand thnt the lsO0 OF
more Indians who have surrendered. their
way to surrender, Fort Keogh have any other than
merely nominal connection with sitting Bal. Thew
went north az the iime he did. but never
been To extent under his per-Onal control,
and tho movements and intentions Of tDat chief
REGARDED by the D. partment with indifer-
II he chooses TO aud surrender.
We'll and good; IL not he must stay the
Canadian side or he line. The General OF the
Arms does not think that sitting Bu exercises. or has
c<rrcl-cd, any important Influence over TIE lndlans
who coming back. No danger wnaieycr i8 an
tc;paed rom taeir dnDearanco IN such large numbers
20 Agency The troops ia the vicinity fully aDlS
u check any hosti.- movement which might TAXI
place; and the GsOrlerly conduct reported n Colonel
Miles,. Gi-Datc 10 ried by the Var Department as
TIE natural lgwiessncss and turbulence or saviges
coming large numbers but WITHOUT hostile rten-