The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS


Chicago, 9,-General Sheridan's an.
n9ai report concerning the military div.
islon OF the Missouri, says to garrison
tnIs entire district there are about IA. O7e
omeers and men. Nearly all of Sitting
BULBS friends and adherents have snrs
rendered and this nucleus for miscbie.
oeen removed, the condition of affairs
IN the department of Dakota has been
favorable the past year. The North
ern Pacific will, in November open un
Fort keogh for grazing and agricultural
lands to settlers. In the department of
tue Flatte no event of military import
ance has occurred. The posts of Sheri-
dan and Hartsuf have been abandoned.
having fulfilled the purposes for which
they we're established. The post of St.
Niobrsra has been completed and q new
pest been located upon the new Ute res
erYatlon at the junction of the Dushesue
and Green rivers in Utah. Although
they have had plenty of time the
Uncompaghre Utes who were TO
move 10 this vicinity from the DEPART
ment or the Missouri have not yet arrived
at the new agency appointed for them,
on the East side of Green River, not far
distant from the new post above men.
TONED, nor have the White River Utes
reached Ulntah reservation which the
peace commissioners have selected for
them as their future home. Hopes are,
however, entertained that before the
hrst of the low year both the Uncom-
pahgres and White River Utes will
reach thelr respective destinations with
out serious trouble; still, some fears are
entertained that they may not 90 Their,
and this impression has so firmly settled
Itself in the mind of the commission that
at the request ofCommissioner Russel,the
general of the srmy has directed that
White River Utes be driven to Uintah
Agency. l am afraid, however, that but
little can be doae towards carrying out
the order before spring, and will hope
better results will have been obtained be-
fore then. No one can form any idea,
excepting by personal examination, of
the rough and broken country of Gunpi-
son and White Rivers, the old home of
the White River Utes, and I shall hope
for peaceful solution and settlement of
this complication without the necessity
for military operations.
The cattle, mining and agricultural
interests have greatly increased in this
department, especially in the territories
of Utah and Wyoming, and in that part
Of Idaho belonging to it. All along the
base of the Big Horn Mountains, espe-
cislly west OF Fort Mckinney, beau
tiful farms have sprung up, fields
of wheat, oats and barley, and
hundreds of thousands of cattle
are now to be found where only
two or three years ago was the land of
indians and the buffalo. The depart
ment has been economically admins
tered and the condition of the service i'm
proved At its ensuing session Congress
will be asked for an appropriation for the
new post 1t the Junction of the Duchesne
and Green Rivers.
In regard to the Department of Mis-.
touri, he advises that Il possible the con-
sent of the Mexican government be OBJ
tanned for CIR troops to cross and catch
a small band of Victorio's Apache free
hooters who have been inadequately
punished for their murders. Ho recon-
nends congressional action 10 keep out
from Indian Territory, which |
has heretofore been aecompiis he'd by the |
military. The approaching completion
Of the Atchison road, the Atlantic and
Pacific, and Southern Pacific will have q |
great ciVilizing effect and cheaper The
army service in that section. The report
closes with commentator and especial
mention of some Of the officers and men.