New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-19
From the Upper Missouri.

The st. Louis Democrat of the 18th inst SAYS:
The government steamer Gray Cloud, arrived ves-
telday from the Upper Missouri, having among hee
passengers Col. Abercrombie, Of the ID Infantry Dr.
Campbell, also Of OF the L. S. Army, who embarkt
on the boat at Fort Pierre In addition to these were
Col. Eaton and family, and Major Carleton of the "a
Dragons, direct from New Mexico.
The Republican of the same date notices the arrival
at ST. Louis Of the steamer A. c. Goldin from Sioux
City. This boat had on board among other passeu.
gers. DR.. Hayden, the distinguished naturalist, who
has spent much of the last year in the regions of the
Yellowstone, and has been eminentlr successful in
his explorations. He brought with him five tons Of
natural curosites, in excellent state of preserva-
ton. He was to proceed at once to Washington,
where he will classify and exhibit them.
The Republican has been furnished with the follow
ing intelligence by passenger on the Goddin:
The steamer \. G. Goddn J. Ivers master arrived
at Sioux City, October 9th, and left for St. To.l,
early the next morning.
Lieut.. Warren and party arrived at Sioux City
head waters of the Missouri and Yellow Stone and
much gratilied to find 4 steamer ready to take
them board and bound for St. Louis without deay
From some members Of the party we have gathered
few particulars of their trip. They ascended to
Fort Union, on the Missouri, and from thence to
Powder river on the Yellowstone. They made in
that time an excellent map of all that region and as
ccrtained many facts that will be of interest to the
Missouri last summer than any other season for some
years past
At the time they were at Fort Union Sir George
Gore and party were Camped on the banks of the
Yellowstone, near its mouth. He left Fort Laramie,
in July, 1855: hunted that season in the Green River
country wintered Powder river "a branch of the
lel!oWstone( and spent the spring and summer OF
present year in the valley of the Yellowstone.
4 form Of the small poX had broken ont to some
extent among the Indians. It is supposed to have
been taken into the country by the steamer Clara,
which chartered to carry annual supplies to Fort
Union, by the fur trading firm Of Prmeau Pcotte {;
Co. About forty of the Arickarees have died, and u
number from the other tribes. The Indians were
scattering in every direction through the praires to
escape the disease but it quite probable that most
OF the tribes will suffer to extent. A few more
such epidemics will render it quite unnecessary for
Government troops to be stationed in that country
the Indians will become extinct
At Florence received large accession to our
passengers, III the persons OF Mormon Missionaries
who had just arrived at that point from Salt Lake
City, only two days previous. From them l was able
to CLEAN some interesting facts. They started from
Salt Lake September 9th, and arrived at Florence
tile CheyenncS but were not disturbed by them; but
they met with q large party of emigrant Mormons,
on their way to Salt Lake Valley who had found 4
portion Of the carriage and clothes identified as be-
longing to A. w. Babbitt, Secretary of Utah. There
is no doubt of his having been killed. They give Il
somewhat sad account of the prospects of the Nor
| mons the coming winter The grasshoppers again
devastated their crops of wheatiand other grains in
the early part ofthe and the routh destroy we'd
all the vegetation of the latter part Their potatoes
were much injured by worm similar to the tobacco
worm. Many people who have emgrated to the
promised land the past season. are becoming discOrr.
aged and are returning again to the States.