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His Memoirs

/
- Man proposes and God dsposes" There are
but few important events in the affairs of men
| brought about by their own choice Although
| frequently urged by friends to write my me-
molrs, had determined never to do so, nor to
write anything for publication. At the age of
nearly 62 received an injury from fall which
/ confined me closely TO the house, while it did
not apparently affect my general health. This
! made study pleasant pastime. Shortly after
| the rascality OF a business partner developed
itself by the announcement of failure. This
/ was followed soon after by the universal depres
| sion of all securities, which seemed TO threaten
/ the extinction of good part my income, still
retained, and for which l am indebted TO the
! kindly act of friends. At this juncture the ed
itor OF the Century Magazine asked me to write a
! few articles for him. consented for the money
| it gave me, for at that moment l was living on
! borrowed money The work found congenial.
and determined to continue it. The event is an
! important one for me, for good or evil. ! hope
| for the former.
| III preparing these volumes for the public.
| have entered upon the task with a sincere de-
sire to avoid doing injustice to any one. whether
| on the National or Confederate side, other than
! the unavoidable injustice of not making men
| ton often where special mention is due. There
must be many errors of omission i'll tGiS work,
because the subs ct is tco large to be treated Of
i'll two volumes III such u way as to do justice
to all officers and men engaged. There were
| thousands of instances during the rebellion of
| individual, company, regimentai and brigade
| deeds of heroisn which deserve especial men-
ton and are not here alluded 10 The troops
engaged in them will have to look to detailed re-
| ports of their individual commanders fur the
! fall history OF these deeds
The first volume, as well as a portion of the
second, was written before had any reason to
| suppose was in a critical condition of health
| Later | was reduced almost TO the point of DEATH
and it became impossible for me to attend to
anything for weeks have, however reganed
| somewhat OF my strength, and am able often to
| devote as many hours day as persons should
! devote to such work. / would have more
hope of satisfying the expectations of the public
| If could have allowed myself more time. l
| have used my best efforts with the aid of my
| eldest son, l.. ID. Grant assisted by his brothers,
| to verify the records Of every statement given.
| The comments are my own, and show how
saw the matters treated of, whether others saw
| them in the same light or not.
With these remarks / present these volumes
to the public, asking no favor, but hoping that
| they will meet the approval of the reader.
Mt. McGregor, \. y, 1885 L. s. GRANT.
Condition of General Grant.
MOUNT McGREGoR, July 7th.-General
| Grant took food three times last night, but
about ) o'clock this morning wrote for DR..
Douglas that it was growing distasteful
| The physician appeared interested, and the
! sick man FASTENED to explain that the food
was not less palatable, but he believed he
was taking more noUriShment than he
could assimilate, whereupon The nurse was
| instructed 10 decrease the quantities given
| Ec CDhSldnt dltcilIalHcc tTeHcrdt OrdnJ mas
| been receiving from DR.. Douglas and the
nurse under his direction has, without
doubt, prolonged the life of the patient.
In order TO subdue or ailay the Generals
pain, so that he may be comfortable it
| seems necessary that personal attendance
| should be given about once in three hours.
| To-day makes the third week of the pa
| TENTS life on the mountain, and it is I'M
| dOubtedly true that without almost CON
slant attendance the pains of the disease
would have more than mastered any inn
! provement that has resulted from the
change, and as time progresses close care
will be more than ever needed.
The Iudian Situation.
WASHINGTON, July 7th-A dispatch was
| received at the office of the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs to-day from Inspector
| Armstrong, reporting that some of the
! CheyenneS have broken away from the
reservation and gone into the Panhandle,
OF Texas. Secretary Lamar sent the dis
patch TO the President.
TROOPS ORDERED TO THE FRONT.
WASHINGTON, July 7th-A dispatch was
received at the Interior Department day
| from the Indian Agent at Fort Reno, Indian
Territory, asking that more troops be sent
to that post, TO be in readiness should the
Cheyenne Indians 20 on the warpa;h. The
| dispatch was referred to the Secretary of
| War. who directed General Augtlr, at Fort
LeavenwOrth, to send all his available
troops to the Territory without delay.
THE sAyAGEs ON THE wARPATH IN KANSAS
WICHITA ks. July 7th-A special dis
patch to the Daay Eagle. dated Kingman
| City. Kansas, dated P NJ to-day, says q.
B. Wilson, living three and half miles
east of LaWndale. and whose character is
vouched for by the President of the Bank
of kingman, arrived at that place this
afternoon and says man was killed nine
miles west Of Lawndale last night, by
band of Indians. a twelve-year- old son OF
| the murdered man, who escaped and came
| into Lawndale, brought the first news of
| his fathers death. The boy passed four
wagon loads of women and children fleeing
| in the direction of kngman, at which
| point the excitement is very great. The
men are aiming and getting ready to pro-
| coed to Lawndale tonight.
! A later dispatch says three families have
| Just arrived from settlement beyond.
They report that riders are passing rapidly
| through the country, warning settlers that
| THE Indians ale moving swiftly north and
| burning everything before them The
| Government has been notified by tele-
graph.
| THE ABOVE CONFIRMED.
TOPEKA, July 7th.-This city is consider
| ably aroused this evening by the reported
reception Of kilograms announcing the arri-
val Of Cheyenne Indians in the counties of
| Pratt and Comanche, and that the maraud-
ers were doing great damage to life and
property. At p. NJ. Governor Martin re-
ceived the following from Colonel Quiff. of
! Santa Fc: The day operator at Wichita
says that an outbreak was reported in the
southern part of Pratt county to-day
Several were killed, and the balance of the
| people driven oil. The stock was all driven
| out One man came into Pratt to-day, who
says he is the only one left in his family.
the balance being killed; but the operator
does not know how many were killed"
/ All possible eXertions are beir.g made by
! the Governor to protect the citizens of the
State from outrages by the Indians
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA WANT
| WASHINGTON, June 7th-Ex- Delegate 6.
| H. Ouray of Arizona. to-day filed with the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs a letter
upon the general subject of Indian troubles
in that Territory. He says, in part 1t
is but natural that the people of a COM
munity who have been so fearfully out
ragged in the past by savage tribes of Indi-
ans, in loss of life and property, as have
the people of Arizona, should become
restless and disconnected under q govern
mental policy which permits the dreadful
and barbarous foe to be maintained in their
midst, armed and equipped in such a man
ner as to render them capable of dealing
death and destruction upon innocent and
unoifendins citizens whenever their savage
instincts may lead them to do
so. The people of Arizona are restless
and disconnected under this state of things,
and appeal to the Government to relieve
their fears by disarming the Indians on
the reservations in that Territory, especially
those occupying the White Mountain In
dian reservation at and near the San Carlos
Agency. The people Of Arizona ask the
President to issue an order requiring all
arms to be taken from Indians occupying
reservations in the Territory. and earnestly
request your cooperation in the premises
Mr.. Ouray says that the only true solution
of the Indian problem is to be found in
their removal from Arizona and their set
tlement in Indian Territory, and concludes
his letter as follows: The people of the
Territory ask President Cleveland to recon-
mend in his message to Congress the re-
moval OF the Indians as above suggested,
and hope the Department, recognizing the
justice of the move, will heartily indorse
it."
The President and the Utah Commission.
WASHINGTON, July Th-The President