Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-03-17
Correspondence Of the Sioux City Rsgistss.
UP THE YELLOwSTOHE.


nuMAR '.
July pa very heavy dew last nigh
which is common to this region at thi'
season Of the year. Passed The gap
where the bluffs como close to tho river,
edge on either side. At this point th,
Sioux and Crows had battle last year re
sulting TO the advantage Of the Crows.
We also passed tie winter houses Of Si
George Gore . wealthy Englishman VII,
after becoming sstiated with hunting Ii
cns and Elephants 10 Africa and India
came here to hunt the Bison and the Griz
Ely Bear. His expedition WAS conducted
on an almost princely scale be having I
retinue Of servants /; securing the services
Of the most experienced mountaineers q
double the wages the trading companies
could afford to give, transported bis owl
provisions, out ft etc., etc., built his owl
wintering houses and travelled perfectly
independent of the trading companies
He armed and equipped his men in th'
most perfect manner. ~ that his company
could give two hundred and forty-eigh
shots without reloading. At this point b
built his boats in the spring to come dowr
the river, destroying his houses and order
ing his Wagons and carts burnt and th'
irons thrown into the river determined nc
one should reap any benefit from them
The present steersmsn Of our boat va
bis blacksmith and instead of throwing tn,
irons in the river cached it and annually
portion has gone to Fl. Sarpy to be work
cd into tomahawks, traps and other arti
clss in demand. We TOOK On some wag
on tires the last remnant of Sir Ge orge,
mammoth hunting expedition.
July 30.-We passed three rapids TO-
day and camped above "Emmess creek
small stream putting in from the east
We opened some hard bread to day that il
said to have been through the Sious
Expedition with Gen. Harvey and is hare
bread indeed. The country We passed to
day is generally we'll wooded and rolling
prairies on each side Of the river.
July 3l.-We laid up nearly the eusir'
day on account Of severe storm accom-
panied with lightning. Toward evening
made two miles and camped below Tongue
river, one Of the principal tributaries of th'
Yellowstone. The bluffs are some distanc'
from the river here, rsthor low and th'
general appearance Of the country mucl
better than below. The bottom land o
the Yellowstone and Tongue are boil
densely covered with cottonwood. no
ticed tho same singular appearance here
that is seen on the bottoms Of the Nilsson
ri in the Blackfeet country-parrallel av
enues through the woods some eighty fee
wide. These sre supposed to be causee
BY former "sloughs." They present I
beautiful appearance whea riding through
them, the o'ertopping branches touching
each other and the grassy floor beneatl
as level - parlor floor. The late rain
on Tongue river have created quite fresh
ct from that stream and as We lay just be
low its mouth were in some danger Of sink
ing from the drift, necesitating watches
during the night. Hunters came in lat
and wet through from the rain. The.
killed two antelope; seeing no buffalo bu
several grizzly bears.
Aug l.-Crossed over and cordelled Of
the opposite side being unable to eros
Tongue river on account of the high va
ter. The boat sprung leak which va
stopped with some difficulty. Toward eve
ming we saw our hunters Fastening toward
the boat and from their unusual speet
Judged they saw Indians and feared the.
were Blackfeet, but soon an Indian sp
peared on the opposite bluff making friend
ly signs and that he was Grow. The riv
er here was quite vide and we could hard
ly distinguish his words; with glass vi
could make out bis feathers dress etc. Fit
teen or twenty more soon rode up aloni
side of him when we crossed over in skif
and brought them over. These proved t.
be = party Of Crows who had come dowr
to meet US. They we're very 6se looking
Indian, physically "every inch man. ane
close approximation to Cooper's ideal
They were dressed in the height Of fash
ion, antelope skin shirt and Ieggins and
snowy head dress. Their dress was muci
like that Of other tribes, but more garnsh
ing work with beads. porcupine quilts anc
horse hair. They we're of much large
stature than any Of the lover Indians, per
haps with the exception Of the Grosven'
tres who are from The same stock snc
speak language nearly similar. They
were oil at least six feet in height and out
Of them was = perfect giant. They had
their squaws with them and they Wed Will
the men in dress. Elk teeth seemed Il
be = fayorite ornament with them as their
dresses were spangled with them and neck
laces, bracelets and even ear rings made
of them. Their dresses were made OF tho
skin of the "big horn" or mountain goal
q much finer skin than that Of the elk Oh
deer. The women personally wero as Ill
looking howevrr ~ the men were the op.
posite. had heard much about their
horses ~ 10 their beauty and numbers
waa mt A;sanuninted Thesc chicfa tray.