Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-02-10

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- ely man living shss ID sd estl
tAsm: Several Of " went % Dp q II
lghast bill here just - he . - 81
ing, from which ~ bed . splesdiA visS
Of the surrounding country. Saw NJ
large bssds Of buffalo crossing below =,
with many calves among them This 10 I
particular point on the YSIlo~sssss, ssl
said 70 be about midway between For'
Union and Fort Ssrpy.
July Tive passed three rapids 70
day. sssp;se .aAovs. ~. third, having
made twelve miles. Hsnters cams in lsse
with antelope. sspsrtiog no signs OF buf
lfaIol on this side Of he river. We, passed
Rioere de Ia Foudre, or Powder river, ~
day. This river ! Was told BY 90 old tn
der, who had trapped on it and come down
It several times, is about six hundred
miles long. Il rsDs .brough very much
such . country - the Platte. There il
a. abundance Of timber on il hanks, and
game in any quantity. Quickssnds with
in thirty miles Of its nou.h. We opened
. boz Of looks to day which were being
taken up for the winters reading. Among
them was the Life Of James 2. Beck.
wourth, Mountaipeer. Scout and Pioneer,
and Chief Of the Grow Nation Of Indians,
which appeared ssrisl'y in Hsrper's Mag
szius some two or three years ago.
Among the characters Beckwourth men
tiona is " Robert Medium, . bold youna
Kentuckiaa," aud . partner Of his in ma
ny adventures. He Is now IN aged, gray
beaded man, in The employ Of the Amer
icsn For Co, - the Bourgeois of Fort
Ssrpy. and for the twentieth time on biz
way "up the Yellowstone" He vas moi
aware Of being mentined OF there being
such hook until l read that portion u
him. He said the work for the most par,
was pack Of lies, and that The romantic
Beckwourth was "lazy, good for nothing
nigger;" . brave msa, but not bunte'
enough to kill his own nest, and "sbou'
az much chief Of the Grow tribe Of lad
ians Is he was" MeIdrum came up with
Gen. Astly and in company with Beck
wourth. Many Of the incidents he reIatel
are doubtless true, and many more mus
have emsnsted from Mr.. Bonner, the ed
iter Of the work. Kipp, the trader ths
Bsckwourth mentions, is at present bour
geois Of Fort Union. seventy years old
and hale, hearty man. Passed severn
rapids today, the men being in the waite,
the greater part Of the time. We wer'
overtakcn towards evening BY . thunde,
storm and obliged 10 lay up in the prairie
The powder WAS stored at the foot Of ID.
mast, and the mast 10 tsilest obiec
around. There WAS tho much Noise fo
sleep until near morning, when the storm
abated and by daylight the heavens wer'
again clear.
July 2s.-Went out with the hunters
and finding no signs Of buffalo by noon
crossed over with the boats and horse
where We had reason TO believe We woulo
have bstter success asd the boas max
better progress. We travelled some sigh
miles 10 direct line from the river, bu
ii the bills, here close approximations Il
mountains, we're rolled out, considerabI,
more. We caught another Wild horse, 81
called . much better animal than IN,
we have, and good buffalo horse" w
are in the borders Of the bad lands. Tow
ering up on every side huge mountains D
barren earth, destitute OF any kind Of yer
durs, without now and then . scattering
cactus can be called verdure. The mos
peculiar feature Of these bad lands o,he
than the solitude, the steri'ity and utte
desti.ution on every hand. is the burnt ap
pearance Of the apex Of every hill, giviul
the appearance when viewed from goot
point Of IN old deserted brick yard. Tn,
line between the apparently burnt porto,
aud Of what appears to be the natura
soil, is on the same general level, as !
theIe was once stratum Of this red soil
the hills being subsequently, formed b,
denudation. There are portions Of tn,
bad lands where there are patches OF gras
and the coulees are filed with cedar AM
mountain pine. This is the case, however
only near the borders. The scenery "a
times was truly magnificent. We woule
ride at IS rapid pace as possible through
the 'coulces, following some old bufFal,
trail, the evergreens on either side over
hanging our heads, their gnarled and tan
gled branches twisted into oil sorts o
shapes. and their trunks taking roo. in a
sorts Of places. Again, emerging On tol
Of . high hill. with = level, tsble-Iik,
prairie on top, or again pausing an instan
on the summit Of hill higher than al it
companions, to view the novel scene.
A yet Ne hsd seen 10 buffalo. and resi-
ing while the hunters disnoupted /
smoke, which they do 10 rssulss Indis'
style, Pierre The oracle - sseards'
everything pertaining TO huating, gave
- his opinion that buffalo were not far %
Scanning the horizon aud surrosndinl
hills with glass large enough for the W.
OF merchant ship, ne deserted severa
bands, toward one Of which We immedi
stcly proceeded. There was but it'll,