The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-09

also his message Of July 80, lT9S, NOM
mating Washington 20 be Lieutenant
| General and Ommander-in-chief Of
| the armies Of the United States. IL
was at this time that our infant Re
public was threatened with serious
| European complications, and Wash
ington had consented to come from
his retirement at Mount Vernon and
respond 10 the call Of his country. A
document Of very rare character Is q
confidential communication sent to
the Senate by the House Of repre- sent
atiyes, 1873, through two Of its mem
bers especially appointed for that puT-
| pose, Mr.. Nicholson and Mr.. Bayard,
and which contained e copy OF 3 bill
passed by the House with closed doors
/ providing for the conduct Of negOtia-
lions with France and Spain looking
10 the purchase Of the "Island Of New
Orleans''an the provinces Of East
and West Florida.
LEAVENwoRTH, July 6.-An inter
i view has been obtained with Roman
NOse, the renegade Sioux who has cast
his lot with the Cheyennes, and has
apparently devoted his energies TO
making trouble. He possesses cOnsid-
/ erable following among the Chey-
ennes and has led several raids on cat
tie companies which have leased graz
ing from the Cheyennes and Arapa-
hoes. His complaints are chiefly
| against thecattle companies which, he
asserts, have fenced In much Of the
best hunting land, forcing the Indians
10 trap over the plains In search Of
game. BE claims the payments made
| by the cattle companies to the Chey-
ennes and ArapahOes are not fairly
divided and that the cattle turned over
70 the Indians are branded and denote
their owners and are gObbled by the
bigger chiefs TO the exclusion OF the
lesser ones. He believes before long
there will be 3 general Indian war and
the Indians might - well die fighting
as TO be driven out and hemmed in and
starved by white men. The war he
said with Chenennes aud ArHpahOes
and then the COmAnches. Apaches,
KiOwas and other tribes will Join them
and fight even to the determination.
"DO cowboys trouble you much 4" he
was asked. "Yes, "he answered, "they
have rifles and revOlvers and whisky
and shoot the Indians when they get
drunk, but Indian Agent Dyer tells
US the great father at Washington
wants us to give up our guns and plOw
and plant and raise cattle. When we
do that the cowboys and other white
men will kill Us and take away our
property, for we will have no way to
defend ourselves and the soldiers will
not help US"
Wichita, Kas., July "A special
dispatch TO the daily Eagle, dated
Kingman City Kas., p. m, says, J.
r. Wilson, living three and One-nalf |
miles east Of Lawndale, Pratt county,
and whose character is vOuehed for |
by the President Of the Bank Of |
Kingman, arrived at this place this |
afternoon, and says that a man was |
killed nine miles west OF Lawndale /
last night by q band Of Indians. A |
son of the murdered man about twelve |
years Of age came into Lawndale and |
brought the first news OF his fathers |
death. The boy further stated that /
he passed tour wagon loads of women |
and children fleeing i'm the direction /
of KingmAn, at which latter point /
the excitement was very great. The /
men are arming and getting ready To /
proceed TO LawndAle tonight.
The news Of the above reached
KingmAn about 4:30 this evening. a
later special TO the EdQle says that
families have Just arrived from the
settlements beyond and that they re-
port that riders are passing through
the country warning the settlers that
the Indians are moving swiftly North
and burning every thing before them.
The special further says that the Gov
ernOr had been notified by telegraph.
No special was received to-day from
the territory, but the Eagle, which
paper has perfect arrangement for
news, touching every movement
made by the indians, was inclined to
think that the Cheyennes could not
have reached Pratt county without
q general alarm, even though the
worst had occurred at the agency OF
at CantOnment.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-General
Sheridan has not fully recovered from
the results Of the accident sustained
on the Pacific coast two months since
by the overturning OF n carriage i'm
which ne and Mrs. Sheridan were
riding. The injury sustained was not
seriOus-at least he did not 80 regard
it-and he continued in the daily |
performance Of his duty as il nothing
had happened. The injury consisted
i'm the breaking of one of the small
bones of the right leg below the knee
but of this fact Mr.. Sheridan was not
aware until the lapse Of several days
after returning 10 Washington. Find
ing that his leg was getting no better,
he sent for an army surgeon, who
upon examination informed his pa
tient that bone was brUken and that
he would be required 10 remain I'm
bed for at least a week. I" ! cant do I
{ That" said the General, "even TO
save q leg. Can you not adopt SOME
other method 30 l can get around as
usual ," YES" replied the surgeon, !
81 can make a mold Of plaster of Paris I
and from that have q kind Of jacket
made, which will enable you To move
about und attend 10 your duties, pro-
vided you exercise great care. Sheri-
dan assented to this, and the surgeon
encased his damaged leg In coating d
Df plaster Of paris, which, after "A day =
Or two became as hard as stone, and
had to be removed with the aid nf y
small chisel. From this plaster mold {
4 Jacket was made, which fits the leg a
aud can be frightened by means OF =,
aoIng similar 10 the lacing OF "A lady's
corset. The Lieutenant General still q
" ears this jacket although his leg is y
BOW almost fully restored 10 strength n
and he walks without the limp which =
gas so noticeable prior 10 the surgical
This accident" ," said the
General to your correspondent, was
singular thing. Nothing Of the
lind ever happened 10 me before. ] %
iuve been with hnrses all my life, ,Rnd
iever before had runaway, aud 20
lever sustained any injury or acei- q
lent Of any kind. Indeed, never al
pent q day In bed from sickness, 4,
lever had my skin broken. and was ;,
lever hit by = bullet, although III
hink some bullets may have tonne N
Iretty close TO me. suppose, after N
assing through all sorts Of daugers,I
hall some day step ON an orange or :,
anana peel and toPple over for u
OOd." 81
THE Topeka Commonwealth claims OF
bat the News company which con &C
rolls the Kansas Pacific railroad, re- ., -
Uses to let the train boys sell Kansas m
apeFs. Arrangements have been dl
,ada 20 have the D,f,,r,1frfI sftn11fb sold | III