The New York Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1879, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HE THE CHEYENNE MASSACRE Findings of General Crook’s Court of Inquiry. where, and Colonel Carlton put his troops in camp around the thicket, hoping thereby to imspire tho Indians with conidence iu his sincerity; it they immediately threw up fortifications to correspond to the position of the troops, starting a war dance ant loudly declaring they would die right there rather than return South. During the br it Colonel Carl- ton, reinforced by cavalry and artillery from neigh- boring posts, arranged his forces so as to completely dominate the Indian camp. In the morning he gaye them his ultimatum that they must go to Camp Kob- inson, and the Indians, convinced of the hopelessners of their stand, and thus led to believe Colonel Carl ton’s assurances that he meant them no hari, but simply to keep them at Camp Robinson until the authorities in Washington should decide as their final destination, and hoping by a neany compliance with Colonel Carlton’s deman theygwould gain their desired end—namely, the per- mission to live at Red Cloud Ageacy instead of going south—consented to be removed to Camp Robinson, and wagons haying been brought up the women and chijdren, with their effects, were loaded into them, wife the men ot the tribe marched on foo; alon, side, That the Indians were still inclined to with- draw their consent to this move was evident from their reluctant manner, and the dact that when within a few milea of Camp Robinson one of the chiefs having delivered trom the tail of a wagon a fiery harangue the wurriors set up their war song and ereated considerable disturbance. fl AT CAMP ROLINSON, Arriving at Camp Robinson about ten P. M, the Indians—men, women and children, to the number of 149—were ushered into the barrack kari for” their reception, carrying with them their bag- gage, sentinels being placed within to watch then, aud Lieutenant Chase with his company being placed. in imme.liate charge of them, On the following morn- ing the chiefs were again called upon to deliver up any arms their people might have retained, and a fow ‘weapons were procured from them. It was deemed impracticable to separate the men from the women and children, 2s there was not at the post any builling except the weak barrack in which they were all put; and furthermoge, as the Indians in their frame of mind required delicate manage- ment to keop them quiet, it wonid have made them suspictons of an intended movement South to have separated them, At this time the commanding of- Heer desired to use all availabic troops to try and re- capture the other Chéyennes stil! at Jarge, and could hot spare enough meu. to guard the Indians unless: that duty be made easy by keeping them in good cise position. Several days after their continement 3 search was made of the baggage, and also of sag aa sons of the men and a few more weapons were taken trom them. ‘The Indians were now well fed and pro- vided for and seemed perfectly happy and contented, except for the constant dread of being sent back to the Indian Territory. DISLIKE OF INDIAN TERRITORY. On this point they showed anxiety to conyerse and continually endeavored to impress upoa the minds of the officers in chat of them the fuct that thoy much preferred death here to a return, 30 great seemed to be the dislike of the locality they had left. For their reluctance to going back there were evi- dently some reasons besides the fear of agne and COWPLETE HISTORY OP THE APPAIR The Escape from Fort Reno and the | Outrages Committed. . a rs OPERATIONS AT FORT ROBINSON, Desperate Valor of the Flee- ing Savages. NO MILITARY“OFFICER. ‘CENSURED. —-----———- {BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Wasurserox, March 10, 1879, Tho light of official investigation is at last let in upon the causes of and the circumstances attending the slaughter of the Cheyennes at Camp Robinson. It will be remembered that the Hrnarp undertook goon after the massacre the duty of learning Where jay the responsibility, if any, for such a wanton sacritice of life, an that its correspondent at Fort Robinson ascertained from some of the Indians, amon; them Wild Hog and Old Crow, some painfnl traths as to the Inxity of discipline whieh led to the wicked and bloody vindication of & system thus Proved’even more cruel than it was faulty, vicious and depraved. The l{'rnav’s inquiry was only pre- Mminary to, and may have been the prompter of, an vestigation conducted by a board of officers of the army, convened by order of General Crook, with in- | starvation. The young men wore well. awaro instructions ‘‘to examine into and report the facts | their ores in nore would ct i. oe " " t, yotten, and wi the precedent oo} e ‘attending the arrest, coniinement, disarmament, exile of Southern ans to Florid escape and recapture of a nuinber of Cheyenne Indians.” and the known Jaws of the white men as regards capital punishment before their eyes, they might well shrink from putting themselves within reach of the people of the southern country, Although Dull Kuife, Wild Hog and others of the old mon were resognized by the whites as the chivfa, they had im point of fact but littie authority, tho young men or Svtdiers controiling by force the whole, These young men were in the habit of gath- ering ip a little room which controlled the entrance to the ildivg, and theredhiding thoir conn- sel from the old men and women, upon whose dis- cretion they could not rely. POBSESKION OF ARMS, A boy of the tribe on onecccasion heard them refer to a number of guns which they bad concealed in the building, and the interpretor states that # squaw as- sorts that she knew of arms having been de- posited under the fieor, The cool headed old men endeavored in vain to have all the arms surrendered, but were too iar terrorized by the young bloods to give to the whites the knowledge they certainly inuet have had of the possession of these arms. The officer in command, knowing by experience the habits ludians have of secreting their arms in the country through which they march before surrender- ing, and believing that the search of the prison had beon thorough and that the Indians had been too closely watened to secrete anything as large as a car- bine, felt confident that they had no arms ex- copt the knives whieh they were allowed to keep for uso in cutting their food. The regulations of the prison were thet no visitor except the officer of the post should enter without a special permit, and then be examined for arms and ammunition, ‘These reygn- lations were enforced, and sentinels were kept in the building, so that any smuggling in of arms would seem to hava been impowsible. DIL RATHER THAN RETURN, When on the 3d of January, after having been kept in confinement ior seventy days without any at- tempt to escape, the Indians were notified by tain Wessels, who was then in comimand, thit had received orders to move them to the railway to be transported back to. the Iuaian Territory, they took one day tw consider and on the next their spokesman announced their unalterable determina. , tion to die rether than to return. Their GENERAL CRCOK'S INVESTIGATION. ‘The Board assembicd at Fort Robinson on January 95, and set itself to the task of taking an exhaus- tive amount of testimony, in pursuance of the ob- fect of its ercation, The Board consisted of Major Andrew W. Evans, Third cayalry; Captain John H. Hamilton, Fitth cavalry, and Virst Lieutenant Wal- ter S. Schuyler, Fifth cavalry, A. D. C. The order convening the Board directed the members to form ‘nd express an opinion as to who, if any person in the military service, was to blame in the matter, and to recommend what further action, if any, was neces- sary. Tho Board addressed itsclf more particularly to the examination of the Indian prisoners. Informa- tion was obtained from them with much difficulty, nd'it required the most careful and thorough ques- tioning to clicit facts. ‘The testimony taken makes 200 pages. There are in addition copies of the tele- graphic correspondence and other details of informa- tion, which it was intended ehould be sent to the Senate, but the documents are so yoluminons thut the clerical forco in the War Department did net eomplete their task in time. HISTORY OF THE OUTBREAK. ‘The Board, aftor due consideration of the evidence and personal inspection of the premises, sum up the history of the Cheyenne outbreak as follows :— } In the spring of 1877 the Cheyennes, to the num- ber of 1,000, surrendered at Camp Robinson. Soon after nearly all of theso, under tho Chief Standing Elk, being, as a rule, ignorant of the Indian Terri- tory ond its advantages or disadvantages as @ plage of residence, started from Camp Robmson for Fort Reno, Indian Territory, travelling under the es- eort of H. W. Lawton, Fourth cavairy, and | sincerity was #o ovident thet Captain Wes- his detachment of fifteen mon. They ar- | sels saw that @ desporate resistance was Fived at thelr agency about tho middle ot the | inevitable unless the | Indians could bo in: gummer. Hero they remained until about the mid- dle of September, 1878, Rendered desperate by hun- gor and ague contracted in a climate to which they were unaccustomed, imbued with the superstition that they were all to die if they remainod in that country, and tired also of a Territory which they could not regard.as their home, a Jarge number of thom—almost all who still hed horses to carry them away, many of their ponies having ied for the lack of yrass—took their families and started for the Red Cloud Agency in the North. Having journeyed ®@ short distance. they were overtaken by the small of minds, He therefore used the only argument loft him; he cut of their supplies, informing the depart- ment commander of the tuct. This mousure, prov- ing ae it did that the government was not disposed to back down on account of their defiance, made them quickly show how dosperatety atrong was their resolve to die rather than move, well under- standing as they did that whenever they should con- went to return south they would be well fed THE KIARVING PLOCESA, The ecntinels who had yp to this time been posted in the prison room were removed, as that room was no longera place which a white man could outer with sutety. Although the commanding oflicer used every day strong enireaties to induce the Indians to send ont their children that ho might feed them, body troops escent to appre- they persistently eden Saaetine: with sa) hend them, and a parley having been jerceness, upon involving even their ofxpris in the common ruin, When having been tour Ln called the man. Wild Hog, representing his people, | without food, except the small quantities of beat ectared to the commander of the forces that they | tallow and maize which they had saved uid not return and would continue . | Up. for an emergency, and fur two deys ig and would continue on thelr morth- | ‘Si cons water, with e pronpict of aoen being withaws ward march. According to the Indian account the troops brought on an engagement, in which the In- dians were not overcome, THR MARCH NorTHWaRD, From that time they marched steadily throngh Kansas and Nebracka, having several skirmishes fuel, the Indians still held o: The commanding officer believed their s:ubboraness was owing partly to the intlucnee of their chict Moy, and so cailed him out and placed him inirous, Hog would not come out alone, but was accompanied by Oid Crow, an Indian who had been employed as a scout with troops, Crow was ironed without trouble, but Hog ‘ sistance, with the troops sent to head then off and crossing ee a | in as ae ‘two great lines of railway. During thelr progress | knife aud stabbing a svldier. Ho had two through the settled country the old men and boys, | Ore Knives concealed | upon his person. Tite incident seemed to the Tndiens an indication that the wuthorities were about to resort to extreme measures. There was some disturbance at the prison door and only the presence of the guard prevented serious trouble. Tne door being again closed atonce commenced their preparation for an oul break, concealing by various excuses the real object with the women and childron, avoided 9s far as possible the habitations of ‘white mon and kept on in almost a direct line for Camp Robinson, ‘The warriors under Little Wolt scoured the country fn the flanks of the column, killlifg tarmors, ravish- ing and murdering women and children, robbing | Of their labors stom the women and children, s0- and burning houses, committing the mest horrible | fing the windows, they tore up the atrocities and bearing exh night to their women | floor and constrneted a rifle pit to enable il ehtildren the spoils of the whites, On reaching | the (rear guard to control the approaches the Union Pacific Railroad, finding ‘they were in | ftom the west, Tho post guardhouse being near the end of the building, they evidently thought that the guard would fire into the windows of that part when the outbreak should oceur, ‘Lhe officers aud soldiers wore aware of these preparations aud feared an im- immediate outbreak, and sq a large number of troops were kept during the afternoon under arms near the building. “During the afternoon aud eveming, both betore and alter the parade of the troops, Captain danger of being cut off by the troops, they split up into several parties, the majarity of the young mon following Little Wolf, who has not since becn appre- ended. THX SURRENDER, Almost half of the Indians, after an exhaustive Bight through the sand hills of Nebraska with the. at their heels, finally united under Wild Hog end Dall Knife, and on the 2d of October, 18% ot ‘exscls niwle two attempts to persurde Dull unexpectedly a detachment of two Coupatioe at he Knife to come out, but was unsuccessful, Third cavalry Mader Captain Johnson, and not being | Ode Indian, however, got out and surrendered, but Bible to dixcgver tho force of their antagonists in the | SOtber, who showed 4 disposition to do so, was Plinding show scorn, and being Miperpaced tne | Broventod by the youny men, who showed them- @ fit thicking also. that. they had gotten | Selves decidedly averse to letting the women and near. their’ objective. point they vould | Children of Hog and Crow be removed. ‘The com allowed to go and dwell there, surrendered, | ™&™ling officer, knowing the nature of India considered the excitement would be temporal and when in the evening the uproar ceased, thought that nothing would be likely to happen, Believing the prisoners to be disarmed, he had no idea that tiey could effect their escape through the strong lines of sentinels, evon althongh the windows were not barred, and kept afterdark no troops except the strengthened quard prepared for the pursuit, The meeting of the marching column of the Indians Was uvexpected by Captain Johuson, and as he hud Dus # small command and was ignoran’ of the forees g the Indians, the circumstances of the weather ‘ing in favor of the latter, he was averse to bring- Ae on the engagement for which they seemed to im as willing as not, and he therefore uyed every effort to induce them to assume a peaceful attitude, ultimately with suc Immediately turnin, PLAN OF THE INDIANS. pbout Captain Johnsou, followed by the Todians | _,Tho plan of she Indiaus seems to have beon vary who hi at numerous times expressed the sinple—-to make for the tall, steep binff to tho west desire to halt and camp, , reache nthe | Of the post and for those who were able to reach that evening of tHe” pam dag”! Hd "Utah Hen soll their lives as dearly as possible, About of the troops ét Cifiron Creek, near fi road ‘trom Camp Kobinson to Camp Sheridan, The ¢ommand- Ang oficer of the battalion, Major Carlton, being tem as, ebsent Captain Jobfinon assigned to the Tu- jane a camping place, and, lest they should give him the slip under cover of darkness, established 9 strong. guard about them. Karly on the following morni Captain Johnson, having posted troops to comman: the Ladian camp, rode into it and demanded of tho chiefs the horses ond arme of their demand wax complied with only after Yuch tronble, and ouly then on strong determi on shown Captein Johnson to accomplieh hiv end. It was med unadvisablo in the condition of mind the Indir then were to ke a thorough seeroh of the camp for arms, but ptain Johnson hadto content himself with such ts the lndieus reluctantly deposited at his foet. All bo Too . however, were procured and sent under to Camp Lobineon, distant about twenty-five That the disarmament had been only eee ut in regard int to a9 ‘clock the Indians, Judging the garrison to bo asleep, assembled the oid men bi women at the now cvident from the fact that the; to keep we hot fire upon from the first he = troops it, and furthermore that there were captured from them over fourteen stand of arms irrespective of those which gd got from the sentinels, and one of which was identified by » captive as having been carricd by one of the young men upon the trip from the south. THE OUIDNEAK, The head soldier, Little Finger Nails, gave tho signal by shooting dead the sentinel atthe south ‘wost corner, A volley was fired at the other six santi- nels, shooting down two of them, one at the west and one at the cast end. They also shotthe walof the es. who, hearing the crash of the windows as the jane poured ont ot the east and north exits, sprang out of the guard room, which was on the northwest corner. ‘Iwo others of the guard in this room were shot as they were getting out of the place. The Indians rushed for the bridge over the White diver, near the sawmill, their retreat being covered by the réar guard, not over a halt dozen in number, who, showing the most devoted heroism, met death thew. i) t to ali the officers conceen Gavte Opinion ony torther exsction' tn: that would Lave resulted in open hostilities which it was quost dewrable to prevent, TROURLE IN THE CAMP, On that evening Colone! Cariton, who had returned from Camp Sheriden, desired Captain Johnson to © the Indians dinectly t py Robi + in pertormance of thin duty, though the pori- their aliitede wes *a ., re. : ot pg he tio y ro in the rear of the mass of men, le to take a and children caused the death of many of troerhery, that it was .mpractical Hine : step. jng kept semtinets around the thie! rd took these latter, us shots fired at the roar eflect, of course, in the crowd beyond them, THR PURSUTT. At the first alarm the men of the company in the barracks, abont fifty yards seem re of tho prison, who bad been cautioned by thefr captain to be pre- pared for an emergency, turned out half di and, even in the contusion of a night fight, rail against the reat guard of the Indians, and, aiter the mien of that gnari were all killed, continued the pur- fy od the indins tor some distance my een 7 emer Woepaly mented eutapeny ir the com- niand of Captain Vroom, of the Third cavalry, having errived on the Held. which the Lndisns were en dart miped, to prevent thelr g the night, Colonel Cariton, on the 0 28th, packed up his wagons and prt readiness for » move, and then snm- jefe of the Indiens apd sent through people orders to at once go with bln to Camp Kebineon. The Tudians ob; y exenses, seeming to consider ae : deni ted, urging ig to Camp mito going . td to be sherid: thinking it allowed to go to jiven their chotee of |, withdrawn to the troops were recalled to the mounted and despatched to scour the ramners, * large body of the Indians hi scaled the bluff and eluded their pursuers, Some of the t1 were oc- eupied during that night and the ensuing day in col- lecting those who had secreted ves in the ravines and washes of the side hill and others who had dropped wounded on the way. During thin night ead she uext day he Indiana, in p ue many instances, gave proof of their desperation, One wounded warrior, lig Antelope, rather than be stabbed his wife and then himscif, and so died, Another when summoned to surrender shot his opponent dead, and, having killed his man, to | was himself killed. These and many other incidents show that the statements of the Indians were not brag and that they literaliy went out to die, On the morning of the 10th, when the bodies of the dead Tudians were being collected by the Post Adjutant for burial, it was found that more than a dozen of them had been scab and also that many of the dead Squaws, persons been indecently exposed. We have no evidence that soldiers took part jn this, al- though-due inquiry hag been made, ‘There is evi- donce that civilians were seen examining the dead, and taking therefrom blankets that had m placed over them by the officers and soldiers, and the infer- ence is that these men had not only robbed, but had comuitted these barbarities upon the dead, and tho evidence shows that one at least had boasted of hav- ing arrived in time to kill a sqnaw. THE SECOND DAY, On the day after the outbreak, the 10th of Jafuary, the Indians were diseovered, one sol@ier being killed, in strong position on a knoll about cightceu miles northwest of the post, The troops not being able to dislodge them, without too great loss of life, were ost, The coanmnandivg officer judging that the Indians could raake little progress izongh e secre until again lookdd for, On the 1th Captain Wessels went out and egain found them in the same place, but leaving them thero rettirned to the post. On the 12th the Indians were again discovered, one soldier being killed, strongly entrenched in a ravine. The com- manding officer of the detachment which encountered them surrounded their position and guarded them until on the following moruing, the Thirteenth regiments arrived. Captain Wessels, who was now incommand, attempted to shell the Indians out witn artillery, disposing of his forces 60 as to catch them shoult’ they attempt to emerge from thoir holes. The artillery fire Deing ineffectual and the troops being ‘recalled from the circuvallution the Indians escaped during the night and made their way, contrary to expectations, further into the rugged bluffs, On the next day Captain Wessels, finding his force out of bi ea the train which was to have brought them having been detained by accident on the road--ordered the troops to Camp Robinson, On the 15th a company was sent ont with rations for six days to look up the ‘trail and locate the Indiang anew, On the 16th Captain Wossels started with his company to rein- torce the first, FOUND AGATN. _ On the 17th the trail was resumed and the Indians, after one soldier was killed, tound to be advantage- onsly fortified upon # crag. A watch over this pluco was not kept that night, as it was deémed desirable that the Indians should move into less desirable ground, ‘hg command camped that night about five miles from the Indians, one company being xentto Biut¥ Station, eight miles distant, on the Fort Laramie and Black Hills road, with orders to gather up the horses known to be at large in that vicinity to prevent the Indians gaining possession of them. ‘Pho next day, the 18th, Captain Wessels, who had been joined by two companies from Fort Laramie, marched with is command to bluff. station, © findin, thero Major A. W. Evans, Third cavalry, who had arrived with orders to tuke command. On the 19th, after futormation had been received that the Indians hed crossed the stage roud, Captain Lawson was sent with his com- any to reconnoitre along the bluffs. He returned hat evening. On the 20th Captain Wessels was sent with two companies to search tor the Indian trail in the low ground, he being also joined that day by a company from Wort ‘Robinson, while Major vans, with the Laramie companies, followed as near us ible the crest of the line of biuils, ‘The latter ‘ound the Indians in a high point of rocks and exchanged’ shots with them, sending, at the same time, iessenger to Captain Wessels to intorm him of the condition 99 affairs. During the night the Indians left the binfts and again took the valley. On the ensuing day, the st, Captain Wessels, having now been joined by a tourth company, trom Robinson, found their trail and on the 23d came upop them at a tributary of Hot Creek, THE SLAUGHTER, After Sing a volley into the reconnoitcring party, ‘with fatal effect, the Indians ensconced themselves in a hole which they had prepared in the crest of the blutf bank of the creck, The troops having come u; and been placed in position to encircle this riflepit charged, and finally, atter the Indians had been called upon twice to surrender and refused, placed then hors du combat, Ot the thirty-two. Indians in the pit seventeen men, four women and two children ‘were killed; one man, one woman and one child mor- er wounded who thedthe nextday. That the women and children should bo killed, however much to he regretted, was simply unavoidable in the assault of this small hole. During the fight one squaw stabi and then herself. Althongh Captain Wessels’ of ited four companies, he one hun men engaged, as companies were from varions cuuses greatly juced, Tho Indians throughowt this rotruat seemed to fol- low the plan of moving by night over open groung, killing what beet they déncoun' and concealing themselves by day in some fastnosses of the rocky biufts, ambushing the trailing party cach time that the latter approached within short range of them, and in almost hoy case with fatal effect. The of the brura ‘(a running water) is everyw! separated from those of the Sout! Cheyenne and White Rivers bys ipregular line of cliffs whieh north of Fort Robinson has a decided turn to the west of north. That post is situated in a valley or large pocket of these cliffs, and the telegraph line and road thence to Bow- maus on Hot Creek crosses a portion of the cliff and then follows a general direction. The fight of the remuant of the Cheyennes,who were fiually subdued on the 22d of Junuary, was nearly parallel to the the telegraph road. Ou the 20th or Bane they finully left the cliffs in a direction ut right angle to them and toward the Sioux reservation, The scene of the last fight was some thirty-five or forty miles from Fort Robinson, CASUALTIES, Soldiers killed and since died of their wounds... Officers wounded (Captain H. W. Wesse's, Taird cavalry)....+...0++ Enlisted men wounded. captured and in confinenrent. Judians still unaccounted for, Total. ...... . tees ‘The majority ef the missing are women and chil- dren, aud uro Papposed to have died in the binffs. Of the prisoners there have beon sent to the Red Cloud Ageney fifty-eight. To Sidney, en route to the Indian Territory, twenty. . MOTIVES OF THE INDIANS. It is ditfeult to urrive at acorrect estimate of all the motives influenced the Choyennes in their des] cause wthout going beyond tho wiriet mite of this investigation or con- nidering tacts hot developed by it. Tho village of these Indians, numbering over a thousand souls, was destroyed by Genoral MeKenzic in the big Horn range in ttie fall of 1876, Left at an inclement season without ® tepee, they applied to their allirs, the Sioux, for shelter, and were refused, or wore at least to- ceived very coldly, Having no other coutre, they sur rendered at Gaurp Hobinson, aud weee pesaumieg.t0 6° to the Indian mg ag Yargely influenced thercto by Chiet standing » SUpponed to be a Southern Cheyenne. It is not known to the Board what assur. ances were given to them by the Reet otwhit romises, it ony, were broken. They were Rircived very coldly by the Southern In and they are very unanimous in their complaints ot their treatment the Southern Indians. It is easy to immagine they were quite justified in thelr flight—at lesst in their own minds. After their surrondor and inearcarceration at Fort Robin- son in October last itis understood that certain State authoritios in to make a demand upon the general government for the surrender to tueir tribunals o: the peepaieasets of certain outrages charged upon these 3s. That demand would be eminently properand right, but it could only refer to the guilty individuala.upon due identification. The punishment for these ucts of an cutire band, tribe or nation as a body was the province of the govern- ment and not properly to be del to avy infe- rior authority. [t is quite — le that identifi- ention of the guilty might have been impossible, but might it ‘hot as well have been attempted at Fort Msbinson as elsewhere? Could not tho State officers have gone to that place for the purpose? Apart from these ontrages, did the dignity of the government mire the forcible removal of theso people back the Indian ‘erritory? At any rate, prior to's full in ion into merits ot their complaina, it is poither rovince nor the intention of the Board to Spiny ooo But it is convinced thet the return of these [ndigne to the South could only have been ae complished by bloudshed, and it desires to point out the only course which it seems to could have CS that tawne, THE STARVATION POLICY. In view of the orders received, the only question left with the miftitery authorities at Port bineon ‘was what to be taken by would involve the leust ding of bibed ths recourse to measures of starvation bears snalogy to the ancient but now torture applied to the prisoner to compel not to startle the sapporters of m ' Bat whet military course contd have been de: ? It was evident to the Indians: thet they had no alternative but to convent to return; that violent outbreak of some sort must oceur shoul have been apparent to every one who considered the tomper of the Indians. Had it beon cable to securo barricades to actual exit from prison able that would = have im thomectves rather thet surrender, at = would attempt to on the night of Jennary seems to have been clearly indicated that day and ‘was even predicted, In view ot these cirenmatances it would seem that muflicient precautions were not taken. It was manifestly an error of judg- ment to felingtish the guard, or at least the watch over the Indians when discovered in their point ou Atlee tho” event. what might am ow 10 event ma or should have been done before it the Board finds it difiewit to condemn on aiticer who was otherwise joulous inthe discharge ef his duty, who seems to have acted upon the best of Jidgincnt, who afterward crowned his works 7 emma It must be*borne in mind that he sw the era to be without firearms, and that such ‘was not the fact is a state of things which ds to eclesr up. The respon- sibility for the continued possession of fire arms “by the iAORErs of conrse, to Ee ee ne “aherr "who wee in command, when t were captured. ‘To disarm them was the first and most matural idea, Yet the Board ia satisfied that its accomplishment was impracticable on Chadron Creek, After their ‘imprisonment at Fort Robinson, while they were apparently contented and and before the determination of the vernment was announced to them it is possible disarmament might have been effectually and thoroughly done, The officer who undertook it cer- tainly supposed that he was being successful in ‘his attempt, The Board is of opinion thut tho arms and ammunition used by the in their outbreak (except those capture: y them from tho troops were previously in their possession and had been introdyeed into and cone by them in the prison. H is possible that a very few might have been conveyed to them by vis- itors, but certainly “not all nor nearly ull. ‘With regard to his arms, the Indian is so adroit and punning that it is not surprising that he should haye eladed the vigilance of his 's, The urims were most probably taken apart necaled upon the persons of the squaws until a favorable oppor- tunity of hiding them under the floor of the room presented itself. Colonel Carlton, in his evidence, has given his reason why he deomgl it impracticable or unwise to convey the men rately trom the women and children. It hus oveurred to. the that the latter class might bave been simply placed in camp near by without creating their distrust and without recipitating an attempt to escape. This suggestion Is founded upon similar cases it have oceurred in Arizona and Texas, and at first view con:mends itself to the judgment. But this marked difference seins to exist, that in those cases tno Indjans seem to have. been thoroughly whipped, while here this was not only not so, but the ulti- mute escapo of the Bucks would have been greatly taciliteted by the absence of the eneum- brancos of flight, and it is doubtvul if this separation could have beon made without exciting the suspicions of the Indians and qhickening the final result. *CAPTALN WESSPLLS" ACTION. While the Board has felt its duty to be tocall the attention hat if decms errors of judgment com- mitted by Captain Wessells, it cannot overlook the fact that that officer was so fortunate as to sneceed to the policy inaugurated by his predecessor and superior in’ command, Major Carlton, and almost necessarily committed in advance to the pursuance of his system. Captain Wesseis found these Indians imprisoned in a certain fashion, and seems, if any- thing, to have added precantions to their security. was nutural and reasonable that he showld suppose that they had been really disarmed, The Board hes pointed ont certain errors it believes to have been committed, but beyond, that attaches no blame to any one in tho And in view of. all the circumstauces of this unfortunate business, of .the manifest act that collision with these Indians aad consequent loss of lite was unavoidable, of the evident do-ire of every one concerned toca:ry out theorders of tne gov ernment inv the most effective and yet most humane manner, and of the probability that no one cite of equal experience or judgment could have done any better, respectfully recommends thay no further action be taken, ‘The foregoing document, which is signed by the three officers of the Board, is indorsed by General Crook as tollows:— I havo nothing to add to tho findings of tho within’ Board, which are very complete, and which are approved, No action has been taken upon the report by the authorities at Washington. THE STATE CAPITAL, military. service, HEPBURN’S APPORTIONMENT BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE—PANSED TO A THIRD READING—CU‘- TING DOWN THE SALARY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Axbany, March 10, 1879, The only discussion of any particular interest to- night in the Assembly related to apportionmont. Mr. Hepburn’s bill was considerod in committee of the whole and ordered to a third reading. The usual hackneyed objections were advanced. Speaker Alvord alludod to the folly of wrangling on the subject, insisting thet the proper disposition to be made of the bill was to send it for consideration to a conference committees of both houses, The outlook for the passage of any appor- tionment measuro scams more and moro doubtful as the session progresses, The debate certainly tended to create this idea. Mr, Baker moved to take Orleans county. from the Twenty-ninth Senato district and place it in the Thirtioth district. My, Alvord thought it wouid be lost time to undertake to perfect this bill in this committee, and the sooner it was given fo a conference committes the better. It would have to go there finally. Mr. Hepburn thought the motion of Mr. Baker showet how little interest he took in districts other than his own. His motion makes tho Twenty-eighth district consist of Orloans alone, and he argued that that would eS Monroe a disproportiouate representa tion. . Baker called attention to the fact that Monroe, by this bill, was to have four Members of Assembly, instead of three as now, and yet she is to have attached to her the county of Orleans, whon sho now is represented in the Senate alone. He did not think the people of Orleans would like it. Thoy re- arded this bill as not only unfair, but unconstitu- ional. He agreed with tho gentleman from Onon- Gaga that this bill, it perfected at all, must be per- tected in a conferenee committee, He would, there- fore, vote against the amendment and all others, so that the bill should go to conference connnittec. Mr. Baker's motion to amend was negatiyed, Mr, Douglas moved to exchange the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards of Brooklyn, in the Taird Senatoriul district, for the Nineteenth ward, in the Fourth district, This, ho said, would give a better water front to’ the ‘Third district and alvo insure two democratic Senators. - Mr. Fish. did not know what ao water front had to do with an apportionment bill, Lhe motion was negatived. Mr, Brooks moved to strike ont the Fifth Senatorial district and then pointed out its zigzag boundaries. He said he believed this district was constituted with a view to give the dominatin, party in this bonse more than its just proportion of Senators in the city of New York, but he thonght it ‘was duty of this House to make an effort to perfect the bill before committing it to a conference com- mittee. As for his county of Richmond he almost felt like striking it ont entirely rather than to have it ropresented as proposed in this bill, He could not vote for any such organization, : COMMISSIONER OF JULOES, ‘The bill reloting to the Commixstoner of Jurors in New York wus ordercd to a third reading from the Committeo of the Whole. ‘The salary is made $4,000 per annum, instead of $15,000, us at presont.” The provision giv the appointment to the Chief Jue- tices of the Superior, Common Pleas and Marino courte was stricken out. The appointment will con- sequently be made by. the Mayor and Board of Alder- men, as ut present. ‘The law yoes into effect on May 1 next, when Commissioner Duniap’s term expires. ‘MISCELLANEOUS, ai, Tho remainder ot the business of the House may be summed up as follows:—Mr. Wells introduced w Dill amonding the ect granting to the United States ht of way in improv! River and Barcn Das vil Creek. ir. Husted introdu a bill to amend chaptor 451 of the Laws of 1874 in re- lation to State prisons. It increases the commutation to prisoners fer good behavior two months on each of the first two years, four sonths on each snececd- ing year to the fifth year, snd five months to each remaining your of the sontence. ‘The United Stutes Life Insurance Company of Yew York sent in ® report in answer to the resolution offered by Mr, Langbein relative to its action upon surrendered policies, in which it was alleged the com- pany had ongaged in what is ealied “twisting.” The company deny any wrongdoing. ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER (BY TEDrGnAPH TO THR wBRALD.) Puovinnnce, B. I., Mareh 10, 1879. George H. Brown was brought into conrt to-day town i 5 ry H : i cisions in his mrNet. reeovered from the ef. focts of lite words, although his life was despaired of for seversi Gaye. Inptaxarorts, March 10, 1879. ‘The State Contral Committe of the Prohibition RALD, TUESDAY, MARCH I, 1879.:-TRIPLE SHEET. ARCHBISHOP PURCELL. FIRST MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY TO AID THE VENERABLE PRELATE—A CATHEDRAL AND OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY ATTACHED BY BANKERS—FAVORADILE NEWS EXPECTED FROM NEW YORK. % [py TELEGRAPH To THE HENALD.] Cuvcrsvatt, March 10, 1879, The first move on the part of the Church since the Archbishop's assigument was made to-day. There are two vicera general of thia diocese, who wore appointed seyeral woeks since to take the places until then held by Father Edward Purcell and Rey, Otto Jair, The one represents the German churches, the other the English speaking congregations. These two met to-day and called a conferonce of all the clergy of the diocese, to be held at the Church of the Holy Trinity, German Catholic, to devise some means for raising money to pay off tho claims of the most needy creditors of the Archbishop. The plan of these vicars general is only "partially matured at this time, and, of course, will be subject to alteration by tho Diocesan Synod, But the main points are to have a committes appointed from among the laymen of the, Church, who shall rer ‘ceive all money sont-im by the Irish churches outside of the city and disburse it to thoso whose. necessitous circumstances will pet, permit them to wait. ‘Then it is proposed that each priest in the diocesc shall undertake ‘to raise moucy from his own congregation, commencing on Easter Sunday, and as rapidly as funds come in they shall bo put in the hands of this committee to bo used in wiping out the debt. These reverend gentio- men are in hopes by this means to xaise quite a large sum; enough to go a good way toward reliey- ing the wants of the poorer classes, who had their little “all” deposited with the Archbishop, anid some % moor are now actually suffering for the want it. ARCHBISHOP PURCELL Ti A $\) CONDITION, The Archbishop bas been at Clifton, for two days past and is said by those who have secn him to bein au most depressed condition of mind, He breaks out in sobs and tears whenever his misfortunes aro broached to him. His greatest concern seis to be the stigma that will come to, the Church because of his unfortunate mismanagement of affairs, Father Callahan, his private secretary, this afternoon s2id that thoy were expecting nows trom New York of tho conference between Cardinal..MeCloskey and the archbishops of Boston and Philatelphia, but had not heard anything yet, Ifo felt contident, spoaking for himself, that the Church in the East would respond crously to the archbishops’ appeil for aid, mt had nothing on which. to base that opinion oxcept the knowledge of the friendship they all Dore to the Archbishop and their Joye for the Church. Ie went out to Clifton this evening to gee the ArolDIAR OD, and it is now promised that he will return with him fo the city to-morrow, This has been promised, however, before, and there is, to say the icast, some uncertainty about its being ful- Aled this time. i BANKERS, APPEALING TO LAW, As MEAS Sti ested inthe Hnranp despatches a day or two ago, the banks who had claims ‘against tho Archbishop show a determination to test the validity of tho assignment and also to raise the question of the liability of the Church operas. for the paymibos of his debt. The Jeiferson National Bank of Steuben- ville entered suit against him in the Superior Court of Cinciunati for acl of $3,500 last Friday, To-day Mr. Thompson, attorney for that institution, made affidavit in attachment and had certain property not included in the assignment attached under tho laws of the State. Tho affidavit sets forth that on Maren 4 John B. Purcell was greatly insolvent, and that on the next day he conveyed to his brother, Edward Purcell, without any consideration, a number of pieces of real estate of the value of $160,000 and more, and that he has thus conveyed a portion of his estate with the-intent to defraud his creditors, ‘he plaintiff further asks that other por- tions of his property which were not conveyed be attached and held for the payment of this claim. ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY ATTACHED. Upon this the Court issued an order of attachment, and this evening a deputy shoriff levied uportive plone of real estate, including tho Cathedral and the rehbishop’s residence. The description and valua- tion of this property follows. First, the Cathedral property, southwest corner of Plum and Eighth stroets, with the Archbiehop’s residence, appraised gt $200,000, Second, the Church of St, Patrick, northeast corner of Third and Mill streets ised at $45,350. Third and fourth, two dw ‘Third street, near John, appraised at $6,500, Firth, a dwelling house on Park stroot, near Brooks’ alley, fasetia the Archbishop some years ago ia rr. Coleman, which tho grantor reserved the right to occupy during his lite, atter which it became the roperty of the Archbishop, appraised, sud- st to these conditions, at $2,000, Nono of this property, was included in tha deed of the Arch- bishop to Father Edward or the assignment of tho latter, and it isthe ick of many lawyers that the attrchment will stand. Tho amount of the ap- raisemont is over $250,000, and there is no doubt Phat many of tho other. claimants will take legal measuros to attach their claims with these of the Steubenyille Bank. ‘Two new suits wero entered in the courts to-day inst the grolhahops one by Eveline Love for $1,275, the other by Kate Swobig for $600. ARCHBISHOP ‘weOD, eOF PHILADELPHIA, THINKS THE DEBTS MIGHT BE MADE GOOD IN NEW YORK--WHAT CARDINAL M'CLOSKEY HAS CON- CEDED. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) PHILapenpnta, March 10, 1879. ‘There is such @ widespread interest in the unfor tunate financial troubles of Archbishop Purcell that I fog) justified in making public part of an interest- ing conversation which I had this evening with Arch- bishop Wood, of this diocese, The Archbishop feels koonly the weight of the trouble which has fallen upon his brother, and ho shook his head sadly in speaking of it. “f haye known tho venerable and saintly Archbishop,” said he, “since 1836, when he baptised me. Ho afterward confirmed me in his chureb, I was three years a student in the Cathodral at Cincin- nati, and four years pastor of St. Patrick's Church there, ly acqnaintance and friend- ship for the good Archbishop has therefore extended back almost — to time when be first went to Cincinnati in 1833, He has many friends in the East, aud we all deeply sympathize with him. I know nothing of hig troubles except whut I have real. If the reports are trae the amount of money involyed is about $3,500,000, ‘There is the most sincere sympathy for the untortunate Arch- bishop, for the difteulties have not been caused, you know, by emhezzlement, but by mismanagement.” “What,” I asked, “do you think will be done to make good the losses?” The Archbishop shook his head mournfully and repiied:—"Iam afraid they are irremediable, Tho sum 48 @ very, very large one. In New York the money might be raised, in Philadelphia it wonld stagger us, butin Cincinnati, which without tho resources of either the one or the other, I do not see be done.” What,” Laxked, “waa decided upon at the confer- enee with the Cardinal last week?’ (Of the Arch- bishop ® answer to this lam permitted to quote tho 0 low: ae «, pishop PurceN sont a request asking permis- gion to gend 4 priest on to 11 ‘collections. Per- waleaion, wee siren (2 poe pronbishen, Pedi . not know whether the plans Rit he porte ve I am afraid that Dotore. un comes it will be found the matter is irremediable.”” Archbishop Wood expressef the opinion that the trusts of the. nature of Cardinal reoll’s ought not to be, although he said it is not & new ag the Church has always per- mitted it. Tho Jews, in their temples, re- ectyed and cired for the savings of the widows and orphans, The Archbishop icels that ono of the worst consequences that will follow the Cincinnati troubles will be the lack of confidence that it will in- epire and the runs that it may cause on ceclesiastical aay! banks. Apropos of titis subject, it may bo stated on the very highost authority that the finan- clalaffairs and trusts of this archdiocese ate in the most satisfactory condition. It has been Archbishop Wood's polity to reduce the church debts, and the clint against all the occlosiastical proparty of tho Natholic Geurah in this district do not exceed hye or cent of the aggregate value, CONTRIBUTIONS RECKIVED, Tho following contributions toward discharging Archbishop Purcell’s Habilities have been received at the Hrnarp office;—Ohild of the Church, $5; Ellon Malloy, $5; © Methodist, $25, AN OLD BUIT DECIDED, (BY TELRonapH To THE HERALD.) Newront, R. [., March 10, 1879, An important caso, which has ongagod tho atten- tion of the courts for many yoars, was decided to- day, It was @ bill in equity fled by Simon H. Greene versus Calob F, Harris for the redemption of es mortgage, On May 19, 1866, Greene gave Harris o mortgage on his Clyde Print Works to secure the payment of a note for §40,000, payable on demand, and any other future indebtedness, Greene and Horris continued to do business with each other, Greene -pearg, Ramee for Harris, and Harris from time to time making advances of monoy tilldanuary 1, 1863, when Greene offered to pay him $75,000 in full In 1868 Harris advertised Groeno’s property tor alo under the mortgage, whereupon Riecone filed this bill for a sottlement. Harris claimed there was due December 31, 1467, 8144,007 15. About ® your ago it was the the matter to Snbseq: States District Co the United tho State of Maine, wae substituted for 4 who died in 187%, ‘The raforees havo decided that Grecne owed Harris on the meciaree oe both the note and thd thet the moe shgatd ‘ve on the —— ot that uaa, with six per cent sifmplo JUDGE RIVES’ ACTION.” p sh awed | AN APPLICATION TO THE SUPREME COUT TO RI~ DELIVER THE PRISONERS TO THE STATE AU- THORITIES—CURIOUS INTERFERENCE OF A FEDERAL JUDGE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LAW, Wasnrxcrow, March 10, 1879, An interesting and in some respects anomalous case, involving the powers and jurisdiction of federal courts in the Southern States, came before the Supreme Court of the United States to-day ‘upon an application from the Governor of Virginia for a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Rives, of the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of that State, to redelivar to the Stato authorities two crim- inals whom he had taken out of their custody for 0 in his own court, ‘Tho case is briefly as fol- ws Burwell and Lee Reynolds (colored), of Patrick county, Va., wore indicted jointly in November, 1877, in Patrick county for the murder of one A. C. Skel- ton. After several trials the case of Burwell Reynolds resulted ina hung jury, and that of Leo. Reynolds, his brothar, in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, Burwell’s case was continued w the next term. Leo was sentenced to cightcen wet iu the Penitentiary, and both prisoners were re- mandod temporarily to the County Jail. On the 15th of Novenibe aultstign in the ‘of November, 18% filed in the United states Cirouit. sea ave: District of Virginia prayin for’ ¥énioval. ot cases to that court. Judge Rives, before whom the tition came, believing, to use his own words, “that the petitioners had been denied such a trial as is se, oured to them by the laws of the State by competent jurors without distinction of race or color,” grauted. the application and the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus cum causa to the Morshal of the district, commanaing him to take the bodies of the prisoners into his custody and hold them subject to the orders of the federal court. Upon this state of tacts the General Assombly of the State p ‘La joint resulution directi the Governor to institute mandamus proceedings in the United States Supreme Court to recover possession of the prisoners and prevent their retrial in the United States Court. The petition of the Governor ‘was presonted to this Court to-day by the State At+ torney General. It sets forth the facts as above stated, declares that Judge Rives has transcended: the jurisdiction of his Court in takiug or withhold. ing the prisoners from the proper custody of the Soninion waaay ian tr undertaken the exercise of powors not vi in him or Wjs court by any law of the Uiited States. vi oe PRAYER OF THE PETITIONERS. It therefore prays that snid Rives be required to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued commanding him to redeliver the prisoners to the jailer of Patrick county, to be dealé with according to tho laws of the said Commonwealth. It is under stood that Judge Rives based his action in grantin the petition for a removal of the cases to the fedex’ court npon the ground that none of the jurors in the Statecourts wore of the prisoners’ raco, and that they did not therofore, have an impartialtrial, Thoquea tion of federal jurisdiction raised here by tho pe- tition is interesting and important. APOLLINARIS WATER. | Wasutnatos, March 10, 1879. Assistant Secretary French has written the follow- ing letter, giving the results of his investigation into the condition of Apollinaris water imported into the United States :— Treasury DEPARTMENT, OFFIcK OF THE SECRETARY, } Wasutnarton, D. C., Feb. 21, 1879, Messrs. Freperick Dx Baax & Co., No. 41 Warren , street, New York:— GENTLEMEN—The department is in receipt of yout? letter of the 18th inst., inquiring the results ot the investigation, requested by you last spring, into the condition of Apollinaris waters imported into the United States, with reference to the question whethck such watersare natural mineral wators, entitled to exemption from duty, or are, as had been frequently claimed, substantially artificial mineral waters, sub- ject to the duty provided by the statute in such casos, In conformity with your request, the Secretary of Stato was asked to cause a thorough inquicy to be made into the matter by our ConsuPat Corogne, and copies of documents on file in this department which contained statements reflecting upon the manner in which such Apollinaris waters, were prepared for shipment to the United States were furnished to the Consul. A very voluminous report upon the subject has been received, with accompanying documents from scientists and others, who have made tho mattor s study and who have inspected the spring. The Consul states that the fullest opportunity was given him to examine the spring and all ite surroundings; that no machinery for the manufacturo of artificial carlionic acid gas was found on or near the premises, and that no necessity ex- isted for the manutucture of such gas for use in bot, tling the waters, for the reason that the spring itself supplies far more gas than is necessary for the pur, pose of bottling the waters and preserving the sand amount of gas as is contained in the water while in rs spring. Tho Consul concludes his report as follows :— “I therefore state that it is my opinion, formed after what 1 ¢onsider a careful and painstaking in- Spolliuaeie’Springe: ssexported to tho United States, Apollivaris Springs, as expo 0 tl is beyond question a natural mineral wator.” The evidence which accompanies the Consul’s de esers seems to abundantly sustain his conclusion that the Apollinaris water, as heretofore 1 , ie @ natural mineral water, entitled to exom: from duty. Very respectfully, ~ | F, FRENOH, Assistant Secretary. NEW ‘JERSEY LEGISLATURE, ‘Trenton, March 10, 1879, The House met thia afternoon and transacted a fargo amount of routine business. Its most import- ant action was the passage, after a good deal of die” cussion, of a bill fixing the amount of interest on loans, secured by real estate mortgage, at six per cent. “ The railroad fight will be renewed to-morrow (Tuesday) in the House. shoe magufacturing ix the ‘The bil! abolishin, State Prison was eal til] Wednesday the A jegation of Senate by @ vote Casts to 7. Ko hatters and shoem: are bere w! ebindignant | over the action of the Senate in the matter. Twelve bills were introduced ty the Henate and three in the Mouse to-night. UNITED STATES BOARD OF TRADE. THE COMING MEETING AT TBE NEW YORE OFFICE—-REPRESENTATIVES FROM. VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, A meoting of the United States Board of Trade will be held to-morrow at tho offices Nos, 214 and 216 Broadway, in this city. The Prosident, Mr. Chaun- cey I. Filley, will call the members to order at doon, and the session will last during the day and even ing, snd will be continued on the following day if necessary. The gentlemen in attendance will repro” sent the interoste of manufactures, commerce and agricultare in all the principal cities and sgotions of the Union, and the topics which Will be presented to them for discussion embrace many q' jou of the greatest importance to the wholé community. Customs tariffs, foreign markots, national and postal banks, commercial treaties, in- surance, the postal service, internal navigation, the labor question and the proposed interngtiona} ox- hibition in the United States are only a few of the vital matters that will be considered, The gantle- mop who will be present betong to the leading com- motcial classes of their various districts. Their names and the places they represent are as follows :— New York Produce Exehange, W. A. Cole, L. J. N. Stack and B.C. Bogert; Stationers’ Hoard of Trado, New York, W. Wallach, @. L. Peato,.WJ. Martin stil G. P. Sholdon; Syracuse, 1.3, Jagaot RHO, atocar. thay Be, BS Pe atyles; ‘eal C.. 2; Sinith, A. ndgay, H. aes ‘antield; New Jor- sey, C. A. Edwards, Dr. Inglis, J. ieee . Ryle W. Strange; jenbergh, Jersey » H, H. Hard a arscallen and H. B, Sake: Newark, J. H. tities Dodd, Jr, A. Beach and W. H. iwin; Breslin, A. (rk Board of Trade, 8. B. Peddie, J. Quinton and 4, D. Harrison; Trenton, Adam Hatin; Peynsylvania, J. H. Price, B. H, Fitler, 0, B, Herron and D, A. Stewart; » Of Bullott, J. L, Erringer, D. P. Pant, D. Ne Malin and M. P, Henry; Harrisburg, 8. Ca: Colder, W.'T, Hitdrop and W. Buchter; Md., A. G. Brown; Washi ny D. C., Avi, Biewell; Virginia, G. M. Bain, Je., J. B.’ Vicklon, E. D. Chris tian, J. d. Tucker and J.’ A. Vanco; North Csrolina, A B. And M. Kata; uth R. Adgor Carolina, + Louisiona, T. Gibson; Now Penn; Mobile. ;