Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-30

Now. therefore, I, Grover Cleveland. Presi-
dent OF the United States, do hereby order
dams, who are now upon any part of said
reservation, do, within forty days from the
date Of this proclamation, depart and entire
y remove therefrom with their cattle.
horses and other property.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington. on the ed
day Of July. 1885, and the year of the inde-
pendence of the United States the enc hum
dred and tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND, President.
I. F. BAYARD. Secretary of State.
EXPLANATIONS.
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 re-
moval Of the cattlemen from that reserva-
ton the following Geographic correspond
ence has been furnished for publication:
July 16 Inspector Armstrong recommended
the reorganization Of the entire manage
ment Of the agency and the eiectment Of
white men not properly on the reservation.
On the Goth the Inspector said that he had
held council with the Indians, who asked
to have the leases revoked, as they were in
fluenced to make them by former agent.
On the 22nd he said that he had completed
the count of the ArapahOes and Cheyennes,
which showed that there were 3,377 In
dams, and later on in the same day he said
that the Arapahoes numbered 300, or over
1000 less than had been drawing rations.
A similar state of affairs was shown to
have existed among the Cheyennes. This
proves" said Inspector Armstrong, that
the Government has been issuing rations to
much larger number than has really ex-
listed. 1t is the first count ever made where
each one was required to show up"
GENERAL SHERIDANs SUGGESTIONS.
On July IS General Sheridan telegraphed
the President as follows: II have found at
the Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe
agency a very complicated condition of af-
fairs, which will eventually result in an
outbreak il not settled at an early day. The
origin of the evil is in the leasing of the
lands of the reservation, and the dissatis-
faction principally exists among the Chey-
ennes The reservation is mostly fenced
in by wire, and about 300, 900 head Of cattle
are now upon it. This number will of
course be largely increased. 1t is not for
me to determine as to the legality of these
leases, but they have produced an irri-
tation which can only be allayed by
either making war on the Indians
and whipping them into a state of sub
lection and discipline or temporarily trans
ferring them to the control of the military
until the vexed questions can be settled and
confidence restored. and then returning
them to the Interior Department l ur-
gently recommend this latter proposition.
The present agent is powerless to maintain
good order and might be transferred to
some other place. Should the President be
pleased to adopt this view there will then
b but one authority over Indians, and that
sufficiently strong to enforce respect and
compliance with the policy of the Govern
ment know this measure would produce
q feeling of security in the settlements Dor
dering on the Indian Territory, now in
condition of great alarm. 1 suggest Cap
tain jesse NJ. Lee, Ninth United States in
fantry, as an officer suited by experience to
act as agent am authorized to say that
General Miles and Commissioner Arm
strong fully concur with me in this plan"
THE PRESIDENTS INQUIRY.
To this telegram the President replied
July 81: =.
Lieutenant General p. H. Sherfdan:
The cattle leases are void and the Govern
ment has an undOubted right to remove the
cattlemen and their herds from the reserva-
ton and the Indians may be assured OF the
determination to protect their rights What
is your Judgment as to the necessity of the
immediate removal OF the cattlemen as q
solution Of the difficulty? Please remain ut
Fort Reno until the question is decided.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The following response was made by
General Sheridan yesterday:
To the President: Replying to your telegram
is my judgment that the cattlemen and their
cattle should be removed from the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Reservation within period
OF forty days. This viii give all the time
Necessary to care for their interests, cOnsid-
ering the fact that no quarantine or prOhib-
itory laws hold against their cattle in Kansas
or Colorado. If the cattle be removed by
that time-and 1t can be readily dOne-and
transfer to the military be made.
the reservation can be cleared OF all un-
authorized persons, the Indians quieted and
which will establish confidence onth south
western frontier of Kansas. / will remain
as requested. P. H. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
The correspondence closes with the fol-
lowing dispatch sent by the President
to General Sheridan: "YOur dispatch
has been received. have sent desigDa-
ton to act as agent to Captain Lee in place
of Dyer, the agent, and notified him by tele-
graph. 1 will take further steps in accord
ance with your suggestions at once"