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Show XVIII REPORT OF THE COXMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. OIWICE OF INDIAE AFFAIRS, Ffashi?tgtorL, Al~ri1l , 1678. Agent D ~ l r ~ ~ sRooess ,F orb, Idalto: Ham ponies heen distributed'? General Crook think8 that Salt Lake troops are no louger needed. Report imn~ediniely. WM. M. LEEDS, Aoti7~g Con~misaioner. Knss FORK, IDAHAOpr,i l 2, 1678. Lieutenant-General P. H. SI%ER1DAE,Chi~gI0f,f a. : After a talk with the agent, the military offioers, and plinoipal men of the Indians, I have oome to the oonclusion thet it would be best toreturn to the Indians theponies let@ taken from them in the surround. The greater part of them got awsy with their animals, leaving in our handx not enough to o~.ipple them in case of hostilities, apd these the property of oar fiiends. The arms taken do not amount to much, as the tribe seems to he well supplied. I am satisfied there nil1 be no trouble, and that very good feeling exists; a.nd would therefore reeomme~~thda t the additional troops lately sent here be now returned to Salt Lake. I leave here to-day, and esyeot to reac.h Franklin to.morrow. GEORGE CROOK, Brigadier- General. HEADQUARTERMSIL ITARYD IVISIOS MISSOUXX, Chiwo, Aplil 3, 1678. General GEORGEC ROOKO, gda, Utah: Your telegram of yesterday received. If you think it best you can return the ponies to the Indians, a;nd in a day or two I will arrange for the return of the troops to Salt Lake. P. R. SHERIDAN, LielctenantGeaeral. CHICAGO, ILLS., Allti1 3, 1878. General E, D. TOWNSENDW, ashington, D. C. : General Crook reports such a good oondition of affairs among the Fort Hall Indians ss to induce me to ask the return of the Salt Lake troops. They were stopped some time ago while en. you@ to Carup Douglss by direction of the General of the Army. P. H. SHERIDAN, Liaiestenanf General. LFi1.d indoroemsnt.] HEADQUARTEROXS THE ARMY, Washington, Apjl3, 1678. Official copy respectfully referred to the honorable Commiaaianer of IndisuAtYaim for an expression of opinion in regad to this requast, =king immediate attention. I think the &gent st the Shwhone Ageucg, near Fort Hall, unduly soared. W. T. SHERMAN, Gamz. FRM~~LIN, IOAHO, ~ p ~4,i iz@ a. C o m s r o m n Irmlm bpFams, Washington, D. 0. : Ponies have not been delivered. It iis absolutely necessary to keep one company troops st agency. General Crook cannot know of his own peraonal knowledge that troops are not needed. Military prefer the luxuriaa of Salt Lake, and are making every sffort to get ordered back. DANILSON. HEADQUARTER.BD E P ~ R OTP P~L~A~~T E, In the Field, fiafiklin, Idaho, April 3, 1878. C O L O ~ LI :h ave the h o r n to report that on the 2d instant I resohedthe Shoshone and Barnook Agency at Ross Fork, Idaho, and immediately had a conference with |
