Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-07-12
From the St. Louis Republican, sOtk ult.

From the st. Louis Republican, 3Otk ult
LATER IRON THE ROCKY MoUsrAIEs..
Last evening we met Messrs. Sidney
Mosier, George Shaw and James Os.
borne, who arrived in this city yester-
day from the mountains. They came
down from Fort Benton with three Mac
mac boats as far as Council Bluffs, and
from there to this city on the steamer
Admiral. They left Fort Benton on
the Sd of May, and arrived at Council
Bluffs on the 18th inst Two Macinac
boats which left Fort Sarpy, on the yell
low Stone, on the 18th Of May, also ar
rived at the Bluffs on the Esd inst
The boats and cargo are tee property, of
the American Fur Company.
These gentlemen report that the
Blackfeet Indians have been annoying
the Crow Indians during the winter, by
stealing their horses. The latter tribe,
however, avenged themselves by taking
seventeen of their enemies scalps dur
ing the winter. Late in the spring a
Blackfoot Indian came close to Fort Sar-
py and scalped squaw of his own tribe,
who had, however, been prisoner of
the Crows for number of years.
On the first of May, seven men start
ed from Fort Union, at the mouth of
the Yellow Stone, to go to Fort Sarpy,
a distance of two hundred miles, to as
sist in bringing some boats. On their
third day out they were met by party
of over three hundred Sioux, armed TO
the teeth, who made hostile demon
stration towards them. One of their
party who could speak the Sioux Ian
guage interfered. The Sioux demand
ed their surrender, but some of the par
ty were unwilling, when they were at
tackled and man by the name of George
Skies, German, who is from Quincy.
Illinois, was wounded, and another one
of them shot at by Sioux chief, but
was not injured. They then came to a
parley and the Indians stripped them of
their guns and ammunition, and every
particle of their clothes, and left them
naked IN the mountains. They bent
their course towards Fort Sarpy, which
they reached a few days afterwards, in
their naked condition, having suffered
considerably with the cold and want of
food.
The only thing they had to eat was a
young buffalo calf, which one of the par
ty killed with stone, and with sharp
flint they opened vein and sucked its
blood. Three days after they arrived
at Fort Sarpy. The Sioux, some three
hundred strong, surrounded the fort,
but after distributing some presents and
having q talk, the Indians left without
offering to attack them. Mr.. Mozier
and his party report that on their way
down from the Yellow Stone, they were
not molested until they got to the Sar-
geant Hills, where they were hailed from
an Indian village, and on refusing to
land, their steersman was fired at, and
the ball passed over his head.
They report the Upper Missouri as
very low, and with not much prospect
of a rise, as there had been but little
snow in the mountains during the win
ter, the season having been uncommon
ly mild. The Sioux were congregating
about Fort Pierre in great numbers, but
for what purpose it is not known.
They give the following account of
the boats that recently started up: Net
American Fur Company's boat, st. Ma
ry, on the 10th inst, 80 miles above
Sargeant's Bluff; met Government
steamers Grey Cloud, on the Goth inst,
6 miles above Sargeant's Bluff; Arabia
and VIM. Baird on 91st inst, Clara and
Kate Swinney on the 23d, 80 miles
above Council Bluffs.