New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-24
DEFENDING TIE PEOPLE OF BUFFALO, wYo
NOT UNDULY ALARMED By THE INDIAN TROUBLE
BUT ANXIOUS To PREVENT DISASTER

BUT ANXIOUS To PREVENT DISASTER.
TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. In your article on the Indian difficulty in your
Issue Of November - there are some errors ana
should Ike 10 make fair and truthlnl statement VI
hc matter as It appears settlers in this part OF tue
United states.
In the first place. for months the people III
,i, rcton have known Of the Indian superstition CO"
crnin- the coming 81 the Messiah, what they cNP4 "u
If him and many matters about which Eastern people
have had no irformati0n our Army om'er9-
men A. General BrsGn and General Guy '. Henry
nav, kept the officer in command OF the "ep'ronc".
advised Of these matters and General Miles has heP'
himself fully advised in regard To what tho Indians nave
,.u dn,ur he has had a friendly Indian or Scout III
every camp in hi department. lie has Ina detective
IN every agency to keep himself Ihiorh'1 an" "'
every counc.lnrc his section hc has had some one
who hn, kept him advised in regard 10 WIFI "'
talked about and what Wa, the probable outcome VI
each movement BY the Indians and also OF ea'h oi INV
different actions and treaties Of the Government.
HIVE 49,. ever had any generals who did tEa sort ol
ni,. bcforc, - II General Miles has Prc'dei'a'
hce- in nj, bonnet let raise whole h!Vc oi '''''
and see # wc cannot get them into some oil our o'"'
general louncts. .,,
rur,l, Vyo. is a live town in the centre o' tn'
new. state We live $50 mile, from a l'"!'o''' 80
eh1,houc and Arapahoc accncic' aud Ie'c'''u'"
y,.l,kle are $50 mile to the southwest at ''' '-'
j.
r,, ,r,,r AGENCY il, 100 miles north At Fort 'u''''
,,o .iouy or Pine Ridge agency /, l@O Wile' '''..
e,t tn, CHEYENNE or Rosebud agency i aOp"' i'V
milo. cast aud little north; III" h"pp nun
Grounds Of the Big Horn Mountains hN' I" c's'' '
distant the scene OF the Custer massacre ''NS ~
north and the Sighting grounds Il the s'''"'''
Crook from GO to 100 miles east.
within tho last thirty days We knew Of NeVef' ''''
hand, of Indian, being In the Nix Horn Ea'in th' "t''
m ,,,r,l,r ~ the county, but assured that th'y
--. friendly sho-houc Indians. who were ONT hhhuhs'
although We cannot learn that any were ont %" p''
We know Of q tow. -ay five or SIN III wv" "'
.r,up, who have been up 20 the crow agency }" Wv
north but we are assured f their being on u"' ~.
,,, horse. We know ot several bands Of sioux tn''
have been on the Bad Lands between the lE anu T'"
r,vdcr Rivers. a good hunting ground where "ene'tl
r,,p had b, fight -uu are assured That IL is an
i,,, a. II IL, onlv Young Man Afraid II his Horse WHO
B., am, with MS numerous family, hunting al'Ho"N"
u,.y acknowledge IL - be- the TACT Ut III - ""'
without A pass and did not come INTO thc agent !"
got his beef ration at the last issuing day WHY 'h'"u
b., r,, to get beef 81, he killed al he wanted to
~, an nc range beef which belonged to the settlers
a. all the Indian, do II they want meat anu arc AWAY
from the agency -, -
lama MASSACHUSETTS man who served In the Army
In the War aud came 10 the eastern part OF california
and tine western part II Nevada at the time 81 inc
,roulle with the putes and Modes from so I"
I thc, went East a-an with my family ma rehah'o
until l--o: 80 / am not % border ruiian.' am
professional man with family, 30 don't want lho'hh
reservation, To- f..-" my cattle on. but do "ahi
utice for the white and protection for his i'nuy
In tim, ~ trouble. our city. rs We can H. Is TWO
mile from Fort Mckinney one Of tl" pleaNnu'r't oil
frontier posts. recently under command oi '"l"'I INV
| y Henry l-utu this outbreak there was ON: com
many ~ ,hc qth Cavllr, and company OF infantry
,,,,e,t ~ ,'y,iry f., th, front 10 autlcpat" any
| f,f "a 100 miles square WIN Out