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40 LOUIISIANA AND E HETRANS-MISISSI1PTi (1cAP. Li:t..
When completed andl garrisoned by a: strong force they will exer.{isc a
powerful effect on the. wild band of Sioux, who for the past two years
have occasioned so much mourning and alarm among the white border
settlers by their ruthless deeds of massacre and desolation.
In addition to the other duties imposed upon the troops in this dis-
trict, they have had to act as escorts to trains of supplies to distant
posts, and on one occasion last fall three companies of the Sixth
Minnesota Volunteers were dispatched, as guard to a large pro'vis-
ion train belonging to the U.-8. Indian Department, to the Indian
reservation on the Missouri. These companies with their charge left
on 15th of November, accomplished the march safely, and returned to
this. district about the 1st of January last, having marched nearly 800
miles, without any loss of men or animals. The extent of the line to be
protected from the hostile Indians may be estimated at upward of 400-
miles, and a force is also required at Fort Ripley to operate as a check
on the Chippewas, who are uneasy and discontented. Until these In-
dian difficulties are at an enid there should be, in my judgment, not less
than one entire regiment of men and one battery, in addition to the
force required to hold the posts and stations, in order properly to lefelld
the frontier and repel attack. There are now in this district the regi-
ment of Second Minnesota Cavalry, six companies of Independent
Battalion, one company Veteran Reserve Corps, Third Minnesofla Bat-
tery, five companies of U. S. Volunteers and Connecticut cavalry, with
detachments of other rebel deserters and refugees which have been dis-
patched to this district for service. Many of the latter are (dlespera te
characters, requiring an equal number of men to keep them in snubjection
and prevent their desertiQn. A few men have been on duty in Ihe pro-
vost-marshal's department, and -one company of the Independent Bat-
talion is now serving as provost guard under the direction of acting
assistant provost-marshal-general of the State.
In concluding this report I beg leave to call through you the earnest
attention of the honorable Secretary of War to a subject which I have
repeatedly presented in my official dispatches to department headquar-
ters. I refer to the fact that the British Government still permits Her
Majesty's territories to be made the refuge of the murdering bands whd
disturb the peace of our frontier, from the pursuit of the troops nn(der
my command, and these savages are in constant and open communnica-
tion with British traders, who furnish them with ammunition and other
*articles with which to carry on the war with our Government without
let or hindrance by the local authorities. Indeed, the half-breed sub-
jects of Her Britannic Majesty traverse our domain in every direction
for purposes of trading and hunting, and are thus directly interested in
the continuance of hostilities between us and-the upper bands of Sioux
Indians, and it is known that they foment discontent with the Chip-
pewas with whom they come in contact by representations that they a'e
defrauded by the United States Government by payment in paper
instead of coin, of the money due them under treaty stipulationss, In
fact, until sonle arrangement shall be made between the two Govern-
ments whereby these constant violatiqus of international comity on the
part of Her Majesty's subjects can be arrested, and a sufficient force of
troops to guarantee the neutrality of British soil stationed in the vicin-
ity of the boundary line, it is almost hopeless to look for a speedy.
solution of these Indian difficulties, On the contrary, if it can possibly
be effected by the influence of the Red River half-breeds, we may antic-
ipa.te that the Chippewas will soon be added to the number of our
active enemies. I trust you will agree with me in my views of the im-
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1893; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145053/m1/57/?q=rogan: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.