Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-07-30
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
Col. ID. J.. Dyer Resigns-Capt. Jesse
M. Lee Takes Charge.


of national importance have transpircd with
this Agency as a center, which are now under
discussion by the press from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. We have but the space for n
brief note ofwhat transpircd: GEN Sheridan
arrived and made hasty survey of the stua.
ton, The Washington press dispatches state
that he then notified the President that the
cattlemen were at the bottom of the Indian
trouble here, that there could be no periSa
nent settlement Of the difficulty until the cat
1emen were expelled from tie. reservation
and recommended that they be notified to
leave the reservation within 30 days Gen.
Sheridan also recommended that this Agency
be turned over temporarily to the war de.
partment, that Col. Dyer, who was making
commendable progress be transferred to
somc other Agency or position, and that
Capt~Jesse NJ. Lee, an army officer of abili-
ty and experience with Indians be placed in
charge. These recommendations were adopt.
ed by President Cleveland, who issued the
following proclamation:
On the 23rd the President Issued the following
proclamation directing cattlemen In the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe reservation in the indian territory
to remove their cattle within forty days: BY the
President of the United States Of America proc
lamation:
and Arapahoe reservation In the Indian territory
is occupied by persons other than Indians who
claim the right TO keep and Craze cattle thereon
by agreement made with the Indians for whose
special possession and occupancy said lands have
been reserved by the government Of the United
States, or under other pretexts and licenses,
WHEREAS, All such agreements and licenses, are
deemed void and of no effect and persons so occu-
pying said lands with cattle are considered unlGW-
fully upon the domain OF the United States so re.
served as aforesaid, and
WHEREAS, The claim of such persons under
said leases and licenses and their unauthorized
presence on the reservation has caused complaint
and discomfort on the part OF tho Indians located
thereon, and is likely to cause outbreak, there
fore !, Grover Cleveland, president OF the United
States do hereby order and direct that all persons
ether than Indians who are now uDon any part of
said reservation dc within Forty DAYS from the
date OF this proclamation depart and entirely re-
main therefrom with their cattle and other prop
erty. IL witness whereof have hereuntO set my
hand and caused the seel Of the United States to
be affixed. Done at the city Of Washington on
the 23rd day Of July 1885
GROVER CLEVELAND,
PIe.ldent
This proclamation fell ike thunderbolt
who have three or four hundred thousand
head Of cattle worth millions OF dollars in
the pastures and they are now busy trying to
obtain n hearing at w asbingtOn and an eX-
tension OF time. The matter is onsidcred
of so much Importance to the cattle industry
of the United States that the boards of trade
Of several OF our largest western cities h0vc
united in the protest against forciblc rcmov-
a..
Col. Dyer, Immediately after the arrival Ci
Gen. Sheridan, and finding that he was not TO
Oc sustained, resigned. OF course this was
the only step open TO an honUra'JtU tU man, who
had been working like he has over since his
arrival to secure the complete control OF the
Indians placed in his charge. 1t is q surprise
as well rs qualification to Coll Dyer's friends
at the progress made ut this Agency by his
unsupported energy. The fenced fields, with
their splendid stand of corn, The stacks Of
wheat, oats and millet tho pastures, or
chards, windmills, wells, in fact improve.
ments everywhere are noticeable among
Doth the Indian camps and the Agency
buildings. 1t seems ri after All this earnest
work, that Agent Dyer should fall from want
Of support just at the moment that his hard
work and struggle TO obtain discipline was
success. The troops for which he had been
calling so long were here, the Indians, in i1ll
knowledge of an overwhelming force i'm near
reserve, were quiet ana tractable apditneed-
ed but strong determined Will 10 divide the
sndians into peacoable workers and unuly
'ag; nlinals the laGer O. b- nrnthcd tho