The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-04

Der u Commerce to-day adopted reSolE-
lions depIoring the decline OF American
Shipping and suggest ting, as a remedy,
the establishment Of a bureau OF com
merce under the control Of the Secretary
ot the Treasury. The HarbOr Improve
mems Committee was asked to incOr-
,araJe in their report to the government
an appeal calling its attention 70 the
uresent indefensible state Of the haTbOr
Of EeW York, and that the government
ne asked to take immediate steps look
ing to its being put in proper state OF
defense.
sCHoFIELD AND THE REDS.
WASHINGTON, D cember 2.-MajoT-
General SchofeId, commanding the
Division Of Missouri, says in his annual
reoort: The Indians are well mounted
having several ponies to each man. well
armed and abundantly supplied with
ammunition. Being trained from child
hood. they are excellent hOrsemen and
eZnert marksmen, equal in these re-
spects to the best regular troops
In the world. 1t is mani
testify impossible to permanently
overcome and hold in subsection
such bodies OF savageS by the show OF
any force far inferior 10 them in num-
bers. If the information of threat
ened outbreak Of any tribe is obtained
in time. it may be prevented by a
rapid concentration Of troops by rail.
This has been done in several instances
as IN that of the CheyenneS last sum-
mer, but if two or three tribes become
L Satfected at the same time, or any
A,1- 4 L.
absence OF troops, as they frequently do
10 manifest their latent hostility,
it may be impossible to prevent
4 general uprising which must result
N vast destruction of life and
DrOnerty. Considerable progress
mas doubtless been made toward the
civilization Of some of the tribes, but
-heir savage nature has not yet been
greatly changed, and their love of war
: nos vet diminished, while the tempta-
lions to engage in hOstilities and OPP
oortunities to iniure have been vastly
increased. The reservations are now
surrounded Ev great herds of horses
and cattle, and By vast fields of wheat
and corn aud by thousands of
defenceless settlers. When lapse of
few years has dulIed the reco' lections
0f past punishment only Slight pro-
TecatiOn viii be needed to induce young
warriors to yield to such a tempting OPP
pOrtunitY to satiate their native thirst
Tor blood and plumber and their brutal
lust. A great majority of the frontier
population are strangers to the earlier
aistory of the Indian country. They
nave settled there since the Indians
we're located upon the reservations.
Relying upon the government for pro-
,clOus Of any danger, while in the
simple truth they are liable, at
any moment, to experience all
he horrors of savage warfare.
The number of Indians on this
division reported by the Interior De
2artment are about 175 600; of these
about So, 900 are rated as peaceable, the
remaining 1900 b ing more or less
1nciVilized and warlike. The warriors
number at least 1000, equal to the en-
Sire strength Of the United States army
Or tWo-thirds more than the whole
number of troops serving in this divi
sion. The question to be now consid
cred IS whether the vast increase of in
cerests Of life and property involved
does not now demand that such
military measures be adopted as will
surely prevent in the future any whole
sale destruction of life and property by
the unciYilized tribes Of the country. I
beg leave to submit that in this country
Of 30, 100000 of people, $1,000 men woald
De small army to be retained with the
sole reference to possible foreign wars,
eut when the country has the constant
daily use for nine-tenths of that force
70 protect its citizen and their property,
70 prevent the destruction by savage
tribes in their midst. it is extremely I'M
wise to limit the army to its present
at, Myth
GENERAL CEooK' s REPORT.
Bdgadier-General crook, command
ING the dep rtment of Arizona, in his
annual report. describes at considerable
-e2gth the circumstances which attend
ca the outbreak of ChiricahuAs under
,ueronlmo, Mangus, and other chiefs
ast SPRING and declares substantially
eHat the want Of harmony between the
agents and the Interior Department
INC tne military makes such outbreaks
possible. He says that upon re-
turning TO the department of Ari-
toHa IN 1882, he found the Apaches
huddIed about the agency; there was
no land for them to cultivate. The
Indians complained of this. aud the
agent. Mr. Wilcox, acknowledged the
justice OF the complaint. but said he
was acting IN strict compliance with his
orders in keeping them there. He said,
however, that if General Crook would
take the whole Responsibility of their
management he (Wilcox) would make
no ob,'se5lon TO their removal to other
i y, within the reservation. The
Chlricahuas were then out, and it was
agreea on all hands that il was
the best to bring in all that
could not be killed. This whole
matter, writes General Crook. - was
July understood before started for
SIERRA Madre. Imagine my sur
PRISE when l reached the border. on
my return from Sierra Madre, with
portion OF the Chiricahuas captives. TO
1 I9n that the agent had telegraphed to
Washington protesting against their
being brought on the reservation. -.