 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Paive nechiito chidiki chemauto chakakura kurwisa maIndia mukati memakore matatu ekutanga ekutonga kwaSherman semutungamiriri wedhivhizheni, sezvo Sherman aive achida kurega maitiro ehurukuro achitamba kuitira kuti awane nguva yekuwana mamwe mauto uye kubvumira kupedzwa kwe Union Pacific neKansas Pacific Railroads. Munguva iyi Sherman akanga ari nhengo yeIndia Peace Commission. Kunyange zvazvo komisheni yacho yaiva nebasa rokukurukurirana kweMedicine Lodge Treaty uye Chibvumirano cheFort Laramie, Sherman haana kuita basa rinokosha mukugadzira zvibvumirano nokuti mumatambudziko ose ari maviri akashevedzwa kuWashington panguva yekukurukurirana. Pane imwe nhambo, akadanwa kuzopupurira mukurambwa pamutemo kwaAndrew Johnson. Zvisinei, Sherman akabudirira mukutaurirana zvimwe zvibvumirano, zvakadai sokubviswa kwevaNavajos kubva kuBosque Redondo kuenda kunyika dzechinyakare kuWestern New Mexico. Apo Chibvumirano cheMedicine Lodge chakatyorwa muna 1868, Sherman akapa mvumo kumutevedzeri wake muMissouri, Philip Sheridan, kuti aite hondo yechando ya1868-69, iyo Hondo yeWashita Riverchaiva chikamu. Sheridan akashandisa nzira dzehondo dzakaoma dzakafanana nedzaakanga ashandisa naSherman muHondo yeVanhu. Sherman aibatanidzwawo mukutongwa kwaSatanta naBig Tree: akarayira kuti vatungamiriri vaviri ava vatongwe sematsotsi akajairika nekuda kwebasa ravo muWarren Wagon Chitima Raid, kurwisa uko Sherman pachake akauya zvine njodzi padhuze nekuurayiwa. 