The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-25

Done at tho city of Washington, on
the 23d day OF July, ono thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five, and
the year OF the Independence of the
United States the one hundred and
tenth.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
7. F.BAYARD,
Secretary of State.
SOME GOOD REASONS,
In explanation Of the situation at
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency,
and of the reasons that Influenced the
President In Issuing his proclamation
directing the removal OF oattlemen
from that reservation, the following
Geographic correspondence has been
furnished for publication:
July lSth.-Inspector Armstrong
recommends the reorganization of the
entire management of tho agency and
the ejeotment OF all white mon not
properly on the reservation,
On the 20th the inspector saws he had
council with the Indians who ask to
have the leases revoked, RS they were
influenced to make them by former
agent.
On the 22d he says he had completed
tlAO COunb vi llO <AihDunO0b uIlu OUBY-
ennos, which showed that there were
3,S77 Indians, and later on the same
day he says the Arapahoes number
1900, or over 100 less than had been
drawing rations. A similar state OF
affairs Is shown to have existed among
the Cheyennes, This proves, says In
spector Armstrong, that the govern
mont has been issuing rations to u
much larger number than really ex-
listed. IL ia the first count ever made
whore each one was required to show
up.
On tho 18Th General sheridan telo.
graphed the President as follows:
have found at the southern Chey-
enne and ArlpRhoo agency q very
complicated condition OF affairs, which
will eventually result In IN outbreak
II not settled st en- carly day. The or
.tglEf~Qf evil ~ls IN, tho leasing of the
lands OF the reservation. The iissat-
istaetlon is principally among the
ChoyeRneg. The reservation Is
mostly fenced in by wire and about
1900 head Of cattle are ROW 1pon IL.
The number will, of course, DO largely
increased. 1t Is not for mo 10 dstor.
mine rs TO tho legality of
these leases, but they have
produced irritation which can
only be Sllayed by either making war
on the Indians and whipping Them
into state Of Hubjection and disci-
pline, or temporarily transferring
them TO the control Of tho military uu-
Ill the vexed question is settled and
confidence restored and thon return
ing them TO tho Interior Department.
L urgently recommend this latter
proposition. Tho present agent Is
powerless to maiAtain good order, and
might be transferred 10 some other
place should the President be- pleased
to adopt this view. There would then
DO but one authority over the Indians,
and that sufficiently strong to
enforce respect and compliance
with the policy Of the government.
know this measure would produce n
feeling OF security in the settlements
bordering on the Indian Territory, now
In condition of great alarm. / sug-
gest Captain Jesse NJ. Lee, Ninth
United States Infantry, as an officer
suited by experience TO act az agent. /
am authorized TO say that General
MileB aud Commissioner Arm strong
fully concur with mo in this plan.
THE PREsIDENT's REPLY.
To this telegram the President re-.
piled:
WAsmINGroN, July 2l-To Lieutenant.
General p. Il. sheridan:
Cattle leases void, and the govern
ment has tho undoubted right TO re-
move oattlomen and their herds from
the reservation,a and the Indians can be
assured OF the determination
TO protect their rights. What is your
Judgment AZ 10 the necessity OF the
Immediate removal of the cattlemen rs
q solutlonof the difficulty? Please 70.
main at Fort Reno until the question
IL determined.
Signed GROVER CLEVELAND.
Inc following response was made
by General Sheridan:
WHAT SHERIDAN SAID,
To the President:
Replying 70 your telegram OF the
2lst, have the honor TO state that II is
my Judgment that the cattlemen and
their cattle should be removed from
the Cheyenne and Arapahoo resOrva.
ton within period OF 10 days.
This will give them all the time neces-
sary to care for thor interests, con
siderlng tao fact that no quarantine or
prohibitory laws hold against their
cattle In Kansas or Colorado. IL the
cattle are removed by that time, and ~
can be readily done, and temporary
transfer TO the military Made, the
reservation can be cleared of all I'M
authorized persons, the Indians
quoted and disciplined and perman-
ent settlement made which will re
establish confidence on the Southwest
ern frontier OF Kansas. will remain
as requested.
ISignedl p. IL. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant. General.
THE RESULT REACHED.
The correspondence closes with the
following dispatch sent yesterday by
the President 10 General Sheridan
Your dispatch received. Have sent
designation TO act as agent TO Captain
Lee in place Of Dyer, agent, and uoti
fed him by telegraph. Will take fur.
Their steps In accordance with youl
suggestion At once.
The Cattlcmen Discussing tho ProoIam.
alton.
ST. Louis, July "a meeting of the
cattlomen leasing lands in tho Indian
Territory was held this morning nj the
rooms OF the National Cattle Growers
Association, 10 discuss the Presldont,s
proclamation, declaring the Arapnhoe
and Cheyenne l0ases void and
ordering all cattle removed from
this reservation within the next iC
days. Tho proclamation was warmly
discussed and another meeting win bs
held Tomorrow, whom committeeI
from Kansas City and st. Joe will b,
present and q course OF procoediugl