Show TELEGRAPHIC Washington Wisps Washington 11 Information was received today that Chief MOSES with an interpreter and two chiefs 13 on the way to Washington to confer with Secretary Teller about the reservation in Wasbington Territory Half of which was recently thrown open to settlement No communication bee been received at the war department from Uen Crook asking instructions as to the disposition of his prisoners nor have any instructions in-structions yet been sent him Secretary Lincoln has an appropriation appropria-tion for tee subsistence of 500 Indian prisoner which is available for the care of these Indians until some arrangement shall have be n made wit the interior department for their final disposition They wil therefore ba held as prisoners of war until tuch time as the interior do paitment is prepared to take charge of them Two considerations will have weight in determining where to put them first the importance of localins them at such a distance from theMexican border that they will be unable to repeat their periodical raids and second to avoid bringing them in contact with oth3r tribes who are now well disposed end peaceable but upon whom they might exert en evil influence Secretary Tellers views upon the eubj jet are expressed in the following letter DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEBIOB WASHINGTON Juno 14 Hon E T Lincoln Secretary War oSirI understand that General Crook will soon return to the vicinity of Han Carlos Agency with a large number of renecade Indians who tre guilty of murder mur-der theft and other crimes I do nnt think these Indians ought to be allowed to retu n to the agency Such I know has been the practice there can be no permanent peace if these Indians are allowed to murder people files their stock and then surrender thezuelves and return to the agency to be supported by government I think criminals snould be held as prisoner and punished pun-ished for their crimes The children should be taken from the parents and put in schools I think we can accept and care for the children and their schoolage I shall be pleased to hear from you as to the number of children as soon as you receive General Crooks report re-port Very respectfully Hil TELLER The treasury department purchased 240000 ounces of silver for delivery at Philadelphia San Francisco and New Orleans mints An eddilional charge has been preferred pre-ferred against Hill supervising architect of the treasury department |