The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-11-23
Annual Report or lieutenant General
,-r..- Sheridan. .,..

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In his recent annual report to the General
Of the Army Lieutensnt- General Sheridan
speaks at length concerning military affaira
In his command. After reoapitulatin9 the
composition OF his command and stating it,
disposition, the Lieuteuant- General says:
Although the Department OF Dakota has
by far the largest number Of Indians from
whom hostile acts might be expected, these
have been At peace, during the past year,
and seem TO have made some Advancement
In labor and In the cultivation Of the soil,
at the different agencies. The exceedinRiy
annoYing condition Of having . small body
Of our hostile Indians, with Sitting Bull,
Just across the boundary line, In British
Columbia, has been removed. by the sur.
rspder Of this head man. Nearly all Of the
Indians who clustered around him have
come over. either with him or In advance OF
him, and have submitted TO the authority OF
The Government So long as this body Of
Indians remained across the line. they
formed nucleus with whom all dissatisfied
or disaffectsd ones nc tho agencies, could
take refuge. For this reason supported
General Terry in his efforts to get Sfttins
Bull back, and / think the results viii b.
satisfactory. Although sitting Bun was NOT
much OF . warrior, and had no prestige
among Indiana on that account, still he was
stubborn In his resistAnce 70 the Govern
msnt reservation system.o and naturally had
many adherents among the disaffsctsd. His
original offense was his refusal 10 70 70 the
reservation OF his tffbeAthe Uucapapas-a,
Standing Rock; he wanted to live wild Hs
wss not q chief In that tribe, but was tbs
leader OF . small band Of about sixty lodgea
who held with him the Same feelings OF bft.
Ter opposition toward being civilized. Hsl
Wa In the outskirts Of the 6ght with Gus.
tsf. but not eonspicuous, and shortly after
ward struck cut with. his small band foi
bntish Columbia, being subsequently fol-
lowed, from necessity, BY oSher bands Of
Sioux. havH een In newspapers long 90.
counts and narratives purporting TO be de-.
scriptions Of the Custer battle. a. related b.
Siting Bull, which have, in my opinion,
but litfle truth In them, and historians are
cautioned against receiving them ~ correct.
Tia Northern Cheyennes and the Ogallals
Sioux-the former under two or three %
their principal chiefs, and the latter, under
Crazy Horse, as their leaders-did the fight
ing at the battle of the I.ttls Horn. whsD
Custer fell.'' ,-,'5.-,-s, - ---...., =.
Rsferring 70 the Departments ef the
Platte and the Missouri, he says that ss a.
though they have had plenty OF time, tbs
Uneompahgrs Utes, who were to move to
thh Vicinity from the Department Of the
Missouri, have not yet arrived at the new
agency appointed for them. on the east side
Of Green River, not far distant from ths
new post above mentioned; nor have the
White River Utes yet reached the Uintah
reservation-the place the Commissioners
have selected for them as their future home.
Hopes are, however, entertained that, be-
fore the frst Of the new year, both the Un-
eompahgre and the White River Utes viii
reach their respective destinations with
out serious trouble. Still. soma fears
are entertained that they may not
60 there, and this impression has so firmly
settled itself In the mind of the Commission
thst, af the request OF sOommlssfoner Rus
sci. the General Of the army has directed
that the White River Utes be driven to the
Uintah agency. am afraid, however, that
lttie can be done toward carrying ont this
order before spring, aud viii hope that bet
ter results Will have obtained before that
time. No one can form any idea, excepting
by personal s<aminatIon, of the rough ana
broken country Of the Gunnison and whits
riven--the old home Of the White River
Utss-and shall hope for peaceful solu-
tion and settlement of this complication
without necessity for military operations. %
"In the Department Of the Missouri, small
raIding parties Of Apache Indians-the rem
nant Of victoria's band. joined BY . few
young men from the Msscalero reservation.
In all not to exceed sixty in number-caused
widespread alarm and serious loss Of hu-
man life In Southern New Mexico last win
ter. The band came In from Mexico, south
Of Fort Cummings, and, after making q raid
Of extraordinary boldness, recrossed into
Mexico near their point Of entrance. They
killed . number Of people, and, am
sorry to say, received but little pun
ishment In return. This same band
re-entered Southern New Mexico in July
and raided the same region of country, kill
ing Lieutenant g. W. Smith, 9th cavalry,
and several people, and again escaping into
Mexico without serious loss so far as / have
been able to learn from any official data re-
ceived at these headquarters- i would ad-
wise that, II possible, the consent of the
Mexican Government be obtained for our
troops to crcas and catch this small band of
freebooter. or at least to break down the
confidence, with which the boundary line in
spires them, In their ability to escape pun.
lshment-'' ..-...-
In regard to the Indian Territory General
Sheridan says: al, earnestly recommend
Congressional action to keep out in
truders from Indian Territory. Had
Il not been for the military, the
territory of Oklahoma would have now
been covered with settlements. The in
ruders have been kept out BY companies Of
troops marching from east to west and back
again, on the south side Of the line between
Indian Territory and the State of Kansas,
while the intruders marched to and fro, 10
Kansas, on the north side Of the same line.
The question, as understand it, Is this /:
Congress bought certain lands from
Indians belonging to Indian Nation, for
the purpose of colonizing other bands
II Indians upon these lands. After
soms hostile Indians had been settled on
portions Of these lands, some Of the mem
oers Of Congress and Senators of adjacent
States, becoming alarmed at the assembling
Of these Indians in Indian Territory, secured
the passage Of an act prohibiting the re-
noval Of certain outside Indians TO Indian
Territory. Then the people, styled the
"intruders." set up the claim that what
was left Of this purchase, which Is now
named Oklahoma. was subject to the same
conditions Of settlement as any other public
domain, and they still persist in their pur-
pose Of obtaining possession OF It. there
lore earnestly recommend some Con-
ressional action which will settle this
question and release the military from the
complications involved by this oklahoms
rouble."
Eighteen men. composing Gov.
rnment surveying party. have just re
nrned 70 Portland, Oregon, from {
ummer's campaign. They began op.
,rations in Canyon, Grant County, and
Taversed an area of s150 miles. They
urva ad faurfaan lauyps pshins in the