The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-10

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Hall county went republican for the
first time in its history.
DEPARTMENT OF rHE MISSOURI.
Matters I'm Our Region.
Chicago, Nov. 9.-Gen. Sheridan's
annual report concerning the military
division of the Missouri says: To gar
rison this entire district there are but
13, ,076 officers and men. Nearly all of
Sitting Bulls friends and adherents
have surrendered, and this nucleus for
mischief has been removed. The con-
dition of affairs in the department of
Dakota has been favorable during the
past year. The Northern Pacific rail-
road will in November open up the
Fort Keogh grazing and agricultural
lands to settlers. In the department of
the Platte no military event of any inn
portance has occurred. The posts Of
Sheridan and Hartsuff have been aband-
oned, having fulfilled the purposes for
which they were established. The post
of Fort Niobrara has been completed
and a new post has been located upon
the new Ute reservation, at the juno
tion Of the Duchesne and Green rivers,
in Utah. Although they have had
plenty of time the Uncompahgre Utes,
who were to move to this vicinity from
the department of the Missouri have
not yet arrived at the new agency ap-
pointed for them, on the east side Of
Green river, not far distant from the
new post above mentioned; nor have
the White River Utes yet reached the
Uintah reservation, the place the COM
missioners have selected for them as
their homes. Hopes are, however, en-
tertained that before the first of the
new year both the Uncompahgre and
White River Utes will reach their re-
spective destinations without serious
trouble. Still, some fears are enter
tanned that they may not go there, and
this impression has so firmly settled it
self in the mind of the commission,
that, at the request Of Commissioner
Russell, the general of the army has
directed the White River Utes to be
driven to the Uintah agency. am
afraid, however. that little can be done
toward carrying out this order before
spring, and hope that better results
will have been obtained before that
time. No one can form any idea, ex-
cept by personal examination, Of the
rough and broken country of the Gun
nison and White rivers, the old home
of the White River Utes, and 1 shall
hope for peaceful solution and settle
ment of this complication, without the
necessity for military operations.
The cattle, mining and agricultural
interests have greatly increased in this
department, especially in the territo-
ries of Utah, Wyoming, and in that
part Of Idaho belonging to it, along the
base of the Big Horn mountains. Espec-
tally west of Fort Mckinney. beautiful
farms have sprung up, fields Of wheat,
oats and barley, and hundreds of thous-
ands of cattle are now to be found ,
where, only two or three years ago, was
the land Of the Indians and the buffalo.
The department has been economi-
cally administered and the condition of
the service improved.
At its ensuing session congress will
be requested to make an appropriation
for the new post at the junction Of the
Duchesne and Green rivers.
In regard to the department Of the
Missouri he advised that, if possible.
the consent of the Mexican govern
ment be obtained for our troops to cross
and catch the small band of Victoria's
Apache freebooters, who have been in
adequately punished for their murders.
He recommends congressional action to
keep out intruders from Indian Terri.
tory, which heretofore has been accom-.
plished by military. The approaching
completion Of the Atchison road, and
the Atlantic u Pacific and Southern
Pacific, are having a great civiliziDl
effect, and has cheapened army service
in that section.
The report closes with commentator
and especial mention of some Of tht
officers and men.