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In ad [strike 2 words] I do not think so at all. In addition to the fact that Gen'l. Sherman plainly writes "at Fort Cobb, or in that vicinity", it is probably [strike y and add e] that he has not seen your Report, has never been here, knows the place only by reputation, and maybe by "Fort Cobb" means, as most people do, the Washita Valley. | In ad [strike 2 words] I do not think so at all. In addition to the fact that Gen'l. Sherman plainly writes "at Fort Cobb, or in that vicinity", it is probably [strike y and add e] that he has not seen your Report, has never been here, knows the place only by reputation, and maybe by "Fort Cobb" means, as most people do, the Washita Valley. | ||
He wrote too while under the impression that the Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches were in the war, while on the contrary those Indians (see my reports) are all in communication with General Hazen, and fast closing in around him with their camps, all well disposed. The Reservation of these people, are per Medicine Lodge Treaty referred to by Gen'l. Sherman, is not here, but as follows, its boundaries are, North. Washita River; East, the 98th Mer.-Chickasaw Line; South, Red River & its No. Fork; West, 100th Mer. or Texas line. Gen'l. Sherman, by his letter, plainly intends that these Indians should ultimately go onto the proper reservation. Doubtless if he knew that they were now here, ready to go into their own country at once as is the fact, he would not object to their doing so. | He wrote too while under the impression that the Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches were in the war, while on the contrary those Indians (see my reports) are all in communication with General Hazen, and fast closing in around him with their camps, all well disposed. The Reservation of these people, are per Medicine Lodge Treaty referred to by Gen'l. Sherman, is not here, but as follows, its boundaries are, North. Washita River; East, the 98th Mer.-Chickasaw Line; South, Red River & its No. Fork; West, 100th Mer. or Texas line. Gen'l. Sherman, by his letter, plainly intends that these Indians should ultimately go onto the proper reservation. Doubtless if he knew that they were now here, ready to go into their own country at once as is the fact, he would not object to their doing so. And, as it is intended that the new3 post in this region shall be the location of the Agency and depot for th | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 24 May 2019
In ad [strike 2 words] I do not think so at all. In addition to the fact that Gen'l. Sherman plainly writes "at Fort Cobb, or in that vicinity", it is probably [strike y and add e] that he has not seen your Report, has never been here, knows the place only by reputation, and maybe by "Fort Cobb" means, as most people do, the Washita Valley.
He wrote too while under the impression that the Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches were in the war, while on the contrary those Indians (see my reports) are all in communication with General Hazen, and fast closing in around him with their camps, all well disposed. The Reservation of these people, are per Medicine Lodge Treaty referred to by Gen'l. Sherman, is not here, but as follows, its boundaries are, North. Washita River; East, the 98th Mer.-Chickasaw Line; South, Red River & its No. Fork; West, 100th Mer. or Texas line. Gen'l. Sherman, by his letter, plainly intends that these Indians should ultimately go onto the proper reservation. Doubtless if he knew that they were now here, ready to go into their own country at once as is the fact, he would not object to their doing so. And, as it is intended that the new3 post in this region shall be the location of the Agency and depot for th