Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-05
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Doy6 ViCtorio0s...200 In.
dams Killed and $50
Taken Prisoners.
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BY = Ne Der Of the tn
iowa Cavalry,


The command 10 onoe more lying in
csmp II it. old encsmpmens OF three
weeks ago, and the csapsIgn for this
season 10 ended. A. the result ct tho
kapedsiou, whatever they may be, will
be looked Tor WITH seeP interest By those
VII use homes and interests lied on the
frontier, and, rs it's accomplishments may
be exaggerated by ,ho-e heroes Of the
battle fad whose highly elated minds
might nsgn'fy snsil events, or, uuder
.stl.nsted by these Who have not g.
much the welfare and g. c'rlty IT the
frontier 1t heat - personal motives or
pecun,s,y interests, l take the opportu-
nifty OF forwarding you . brief summary
oil the movement o. the expedition since
leaving f., Pierre, and showing 10 whs
extent the object OF the expedition has
been accomplished.
On the / 9Th day Of August the Expe-
d,tioo lett Fo.t Pierre, ard on tie 2lst-
"lth lrnned .upPiss, ba'el, sufficient TO
enable It 10 each oi,t (whsrs it wa
bel eyed The hostile Indians would be
f.und) but b, moving with The utmost
celsriiy-lsit camp On the Missouri At
he mouth Of the 1t lie Cheyenne. Up
his stream the command moved ten
miles, and then took an almost due
u. r,h course Tor ur the river. q the
eg,t day an Indian was Uncovered
| ear our line Of march, and taken prs
oner, and Information that he Impair ed
and which our subs.qu mt movements
and op. rations proved 60 rect eenurely
changed the original plan Of the GAIL
paign.
lie reported that the Ind ans had been
'ou,ed and scattered BY the forces unde
Gen. S bley, in small engagement OH
or in the vi i itv of Apple-3O mile,
below Painted Wood-about a week
previous to our arrival, ssd that W.
d be likely t. fnd a cons d.rab.e
force, that had rebsnded, by taking al
tas crly course towards the james river.
Our course that h I'd hitherto been par.
| alleI with Missouri river, end from
twenty to th'ty miles dlsta I, WIS con
sequcntl changed, on tie 3l.t OF Au-
gust TO an east,ry one, at point 1872
mnes above the Li.tle Cheyenne.
Gu the 81 day S ut. 3d-,he tre-h
trail. and other &C tain and easily dis
ccrnable indications OF the late pres nc,
If ! rye Iudian force we've di.co, ereh
and Vt was evident that they bad pre-
ceeded us tut by two Or three days al
the tarlhest
About 3 o'clock we encamped on a
small lake aud thin an hour 40 In
disn scout brought ia the welcome in
. iG-Bce Of the exisIcnce Of a lar en-.
campmen, on small lake, some ri t
niles 20 the " u,hward.
A Bs,tali, n on the 6ih Iowa Cavalry,
MAJOR House ommandng-that had
been scouting du y during the dry bad
discovered the Indian, but eemng it
lnprndert to attack = force go ob.i ions
'eluct.n. to begin the attack or make
show Of he lie demons ratlons towards
Indians, who on their arrival had mai
tested friendly sp rit-treacherously
and with purp se as afterwards be.
:ome apparen, and had even hid the
bold.c TO attempt to disguise thei
true character ~ hosting the Natio.a Al
coIors-i, had wilbbeld an alta k ana
having partially surrounded the encamp.
ment, was hold ng parley with them
during the b.' interval f less than one
nour occupied by the scout convey
ing Intelligence to camp--and the NOV
ing up o the command. They bad
eviuced no Signs of arm or fear, bu,
the rapd approach OF SO large force as
the remainder Of the comm ad-evident-
" with the intention of r ginning tn
attack at once so alarmed them, thu,
asiily collecting aud packing What few
aItc the b,lef time allowed them al
IN ted, they broke through the lines OF
The Battalion Of the 9Th Iowa, and re-,
rcated At their create speed over the
hills to the southwark. A, this critical
movement. when the danger of escap-
ing OF the whole boty was greatest, the
remainder OF the comman1 came up and
termed On their deserted Camping
ground.
Geu'i Snllv Immediately dispatched
the Second NebrasFa Cavalry 10 pursuit.
The Indians had 10 the meaut,me how
ever. been closely followed up BY the
Bat,a alton Of the 9th. which had cam.
upon them within mi Of their camp
aud completely surrounded them, anu
thus cutting Of al chances Of escape bu,
by cutting their way through. The
ti.huu then began hy he Indians iir.
ius a voiley # lead and arrows IN o the
ranks OF the 9Th. The t1rst volIey free
and ,be bloody work Legan. TIE Indi
ana had taken Their tAud In n raylue-
Ia fAvos,ts positi n Of theirs, and ~hen
~eIl chosen, ne IN this case, admirabl,
sdrpled to their mode OF warfare, and
greatly ,ncrea ing their chances Of .uc-
cess lilly REFUSING an enemy that was
fl.uked Oh ethics side by nues of gently
ascending hili.-snd here we're collect
ca "ol only tho maj, portion of The var
RIOS but = large proportion Of their
squsws aud papooses who had been ua.
able IN tie surpr se and cons. qnept pa.
MIC to effect their escape. The lnusk.try
fire from the 9th LAVA and 2nd NIB, as
-, was rap d, md ~ yell directed as
the already approaching da, k"ess would
admit, aid the havoc msde among then
was te.Iible. Tn 80 who hal ID. good
fo'tuoe-no Iess the onor--,s patti.
pate ia the f.hl, and who we're euabled
from theis positions to Judge correctly
Of The etfec: otopr fire = ss) the dest NC
tIun was awful A. the da,kne.s ca.,e