Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-07-05
DAKOTA CORRESPOND ENCE OF
THE REGISTER.
Crops immigration - Homestead Lur-
Iohf'c'- Co"cemtions = Official Ljus-
Hce, dc. dc.

ihNAI"N, July L. iooA.
Mr.. EDIroR:-I have been waiting for
something to write about. Although the
"Dakotan dill reply to my last letter, |
failed to respond, being IMMERSED, myself,
in the peculiar beauty of language and
purity Of thought displayed by that vrtu'
Gus sheet. Therefore, come to you to.
day, covered all over with column of the
Dakotans vocabulary OF "ro:teness,"
slime" "debauch.ry,' "filth,' "s,ench,'
"vomit, "sores, antiquities. -" oatbsome
spews,' "cess poo's,' filthy kisses, "loul
embrac s, "neauseating commo,ions.'
'imps,' idiots devils and prostituhs.'
Bat | have been aud ba,hed myself in
the Missouri and have put ON some clean
linen, and | ask again to appear in your
columns.
! Our Territory begins to put on her robe
of brightness. Farmers are Joyous over
their prosperous fields which promise
bouniiul harvest. The roads are lined
. with Immigrant teams, and our green hills
and plains are covered with the droves of
cattle of new home seekers. On every hand,
| by almost every grove and brook. side,
can be seen the smoke arising from the
newly erected claim cabin OF some hardy
! mmigrant who has come to open a farm
under the Homestead Act This law is IL
god, send to ID ikota, aud from its effects,
in less than two years, the whole Missouri
+ valley will ring with the clatIer OF irwin
chile enterprise. Nowhere in the West
are more desirable farming lands to be
found than along the valley OF tins stream
/ Little or no immigration has as yet as
cended the valley beyond Fort Randall,
above which point there a re tens OF thous
, ands Of acres OF timber aud well walered
! prairie lands yet unclaimed
! The Dakota Cavalry have been placed
under the contrul OF The Governor, and
are beng stationed at different points N
/ the Territory to check the inroads OF mau-
rading bands OF Indians. This will greatly
! facilitate the settlement OF the Territory.
The annual payment of the lnnktons
took place at their Agency, last week.
. They manifested Il great deal Of dissats,
iaclon at the amount they received,
claiming SIS per head aud getting about
s.. Their head Chief, "Pa!aneapapr,
finally concluded IN council that 1t was
better for them t, take what was left than
" let their white father the Ageni steal
the whole.
AT Fort Randall, all is quiet in the
ranks Of the military, passing the daily
round of eat, drink and drill. There are
$40 wcl!disclpliued men now quar,ercd at
that post.
a "Republcan and Union Congress
-
million on the 10Th inst, and "i'crp!e5
, Union Delegate Convention coEvcnes a,
the same place on the 24;h. Hence you
see the bali is opaned, and many political
cartridges have been fired in order to test
the strength Of powder aud the reach of
guns. Nobody has been hit, bu; some
lodging is done. have already met eau
vassers III the field advocating the claims
o. Gen. Todd, Gov. Jayne, Judge Bliss,
and Hon. A. }. Harlan, AS candidates for
Congress The Convention on the 10Th
will be composed OF Jayne and Bliss men.
and originated, as the Harlan men assert,
with a few Interested government officials
ut lankton." AT the Convention on the
l4,h, the people will bring ont the strong,
est Union man they have IN the Territory,
and will make "a desperate struggle to de
feat the official comblnat On at the polls
The Surveyor General has arrived with
his imported horde Of Michigan aud lli-
nos voters, and has sent them to work in
the valley Of the Big Sioux, and is feeding
them with surveying contracts to The tune
vi $4,000. Icamaters and cooks were
even imported from the States and paid
So per month, in preference 10 hiring
mea in the Territory and Why : simply
because Michigan cooks aud teamstcrs,
who are to stay here but three months.
will vote 10 suit their employers, while
DakotiGn, desire TO vote for the interests
of their Territory Last year S. 900 was
paid by the Surveyor General into the
bands OF his Michigan and Illinois friends
and was carried out of the Territory
This season these same lee2hes return aud
are 'atted with contract of 81 900, to
the exclusion Of every resident surveyor
in the Territory. Is thus right Is it Re
publican Is this the manner IN which
our government intends to make friends
and admirers. Yet this is done by hon.
est, economical pathizing republicans
-men who can weep like crocodles over
the condition Of the "poor negro while
thtii p"t tucNlur bd1us are thrust INTO
the pockets OF every taxpayer in the ter
rtory men who cry loyalty to the l. nj
on, and at the same time are running To
the north pole to escape arebcl's bullet
"Oh, yes say our officials, but it We,
with our salaries aud official iavors cannot
make this Territory Republican, thea we
will leave the country Alb, but sirs, we
have no fears Of your leaving us, SO long
as you can hang to the government ,ea,,
for you have no other sustaining vocation.
You are men Of sense and know YOU, du,
~, but YOU wont perform it so long as the
people rest silent under the imposition.
The tutored organ Of the officials at
lankton, is weekly opening its assaults
upon our present Delegate tor not attend.
ing to the Interests Of the people" Yes,
the people, the dear people" all at
once, we, the "peoplc' held n dear place
in the affections OF cur truant and nspir.
ing officials. But the people know their
business, aud they know by whom they
have been well treated. They know, too,
that not a government official has built
house, fenced a lot, Or expended $500 in