Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-08-30
AsGOW, MO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 80, 1855.

/ iClolNC u lullDCiltHlS, CUllSlSlitlU Ol TWO very
good block houses at diagonal corners, the
! pckets, are about twenty feet high, Of cot
ton wood, and apparently in good preserya-
ton; within the enclosure are number of
onc-storY houses built of logs, some of them
covered with shingles, and others with logs
and earth, and all shedding the rain well.
These buildings are arranged around a
square graveled parade ground and are Of
sufficient capacity to contain oil the perish
able stores Of the quartermasters, commits
sarie's and medical departments and at the
same time afford tolerabe quarters for the
Field and Staff of the Post.
Although Fort Pierre cannot be called,
and never was intended to be, military
post in the true sense Of the term, yet there
can be no doubt but what it affords such
protection for the public stores, convslien-
ces i'll the way of work shops, mills, &c.,
&c., as would have cost the government
treble the amount paid for it, to erect in that
country, de nora. Indeed it may with JUS
tice be presumed that the government has
already saved nearly the cost of the place
by having the very large amount of perish
able stores consigned to that point, placed
, under cover Immediately on their arrival.
NSN4' IL l 'thDI NDlNG tONl II blNhb.
Fort Pierre stands upon an extensive
plain elevated above the highest waters Of
; the Missouri river, and at about three hun
dred yards from its bank this plain extends
down the river some three miles to one of
the several streams bearing the name Of
"Littlc Missouri" and back some TWO or
three miles TO high hills, which rise gradu-
ally from the plain, whilst up the river it
extends some eight or ten miles.
: Immediately about the Fort the ground is
: sterile, producing only scanty pastnrage,
i and for three miles is quite destitute of tim
o bcr.
The valley of the Little Missouri howev-
u er, contains good land, fine pasturage, and a
i considerable amount OF fuel. The numer-
; Gus herds Of fine cattle which the Fur Com
> pany have roaming about the Fort, are a sul-
ic.'nt evidence OF the quality and quantity
. OF pasi"rage. Hay IL sufficient quantities
for all the uses OF the Post, can be cut with
IN distances ranging from three to ten miles
: Ii proper eXertions are made TO do so, and
y timber for fuel, pickets and saw-logs, car
: be obtained within the same distances and
e transported tc the Post either in teams Of
o steamDoats, or foated in rats down the
d river.
An island farm, some five or six miles be-
d low the Fort, usually supplied the Fu'
= Company with sutiiciency OF corn anC
g vegetables, but, owing to the extraordinar!
Il drouth Of this season, the crops are likeIy Il
s. prove failure, unless the rains, which II.
y commenced falling i'll the latter part OF Jul,
y should revive them.
y QUARTERS.
10 The cottages invented by Captain Turnly
the efficient Quarterma>tt.- & encral OF til
Post, and constructed under his supervision
m will prove an eXCeller' substitute for tent
D. or huts, and as the large supply ordered 10
Or Fort Pierre arrived there ON the last OF Ju
e ly, the whole command was doubtless il
e. quarters within two days Thereafter and du
ly grateful to Captain +. Tor his Invention
nc as predict wIll be all that large portion {
> our army serving on the extreme frontier
TX and living in tents, mud-hutS, or loG-caDln:
N In this connection | would observe that, al
O. though no carpenter, yet with the asSistanc
IN Of some four men put up with my ow
ol hands at Fort Pierre one of these house
u forty-five feet long by eighteen broad, an
or had il all completed in an unusually stabl
lie manner in half day, and oUGd ii Of suti
=, cient strength 10 hold all stores that couI
RI be piled ntoit.
Us STRATEGIC POSITION OF rORT PIERRE.
r. In strategic point of view Fort Pierr
he would seem TO 70 exceedingly well situate,
n In the heart of the Indian country, equal
mt distant from Forts Kearnev and Laramie
the Platte and Fort Ridgcley on the Missi
'e- sippi, this distance being but about thrt
,y, hundred miles readily admitting OF conjun
re, tive action between this and either OF Il
e other three Posts, it would seem TO be III
at necessary TO dwell upon the importance
,n- this position.
nd The river having been lower and mo
m difficult Of navigation this year than cv
bic known before, and still afTordlng suliicie
ca water to enable all the transports to COZ
The plete their contracts, by delivering the
es, loads at the Fort, ought 10 be Il guarant
ch- that It can be always and easily supplied
md the future.
&C. The neighborhood of Fort Pierre wo,
an therefore, perhaps, be the best point Il
the could be selected rs n base of operation
for any expedition undertaken against Tho
Iitv Indians, lyiug between the Platte and NJ
as sissippi rivers. 1t may with proprety
stated here, that the Little Missouri In
les. miles below the Fortt forms the west,
" boundary OF the Brule country.
" CEDAR FORT.
" Should it be deemed advisable to rem
" Fort Pierre to point more Immediately
f." proximity to fuel and forage, the site OF
" Cedar Fort, about fifty miles below F
Pierre, (by land, would be found de
" able position. A small trading post of
above name was formeay located at
" point.
The Missouri river here makes la
" detour, enclosing almost within cir
several thousand acres of rich bottom Ii
a" which is thickly dotted with oak trees,
A" covered with the finest grass to be seen
/" side of Fort Pierre. The river bank,
h" only in the bend but below and on the
posite side, is thioEly covered with co
% wood timber which wnull afford amnln