Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-06-13
DAKOTA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES o.
T1sE ADoloT9l1.. .Ho. 20.

~ As~'" A1~W CsV~& IVY 00S0 UGNOsOs
Cook-The Northscest and Gen. Sslly
-Qurts- Grand Jury Corrrps;o~--
Military Arvests and Appotatwewts-
Arrived Of tho Sa~tees, de-, dc.
H YAKkrox, June 9Th, 1868.
DEAs REolsrEs :-No,hing, perhaps, d
more annoying 70 = writer, than to dnd !
typographical error in one Of his publish.
ed letters; and on the other hand nothing
10 more perplexing to the printer than to
receive q communication which would
puzzle the gods to read. For this reason
never have noticed any little errors that
may have appeared in my publishsd let.
lers, but in my last communicated I was
made to use word not found in the Eng.
lish language. I endesvored 70 say, 'the
celestial squarius-nos aquirus-tipped
his .watery urn and poured torrent upon
Geld and rivers" This is one of ahe
twelve Consultations Of The celestial
zodiac, and was called by the ancients.
the Water Bearer, and vas believed by
the Egyptians to be the giver Of rain and
"cup bearer Of the GODS" and the sinking
Of his Urn in the west was said to BE- the
cause Of the periodical rise of the river
Me. Hence. 1900 years before Christ,
tho poets sang ~ ~<.s,, ,..ss.- ,.f, raa,s
), "--and whore his Ura inelinss,
:ofl Rivers u light brighsea his wstesy track"
But this 10 too far back for as TO talk
about, Va don't believe hs has auythingto
do with the rain, the river Nile, or The
gods; If he does, the Missour; nust.be
the Nile, our officials the gods, and Sioax
City the "cup bearers.'' n4| a. D ...5.
{. By the way, The change Of com mand in
this District, ftomaG Gen Cook to General
Sully, is hailed with gladaess BY the PEG
pie Of the Territory. 1t may, of course,
be different With your citizens !; you have
no cause to complain Of protection or
patronage. But in Dakota, there has been
q smothered feeling of injury, which l
have never portrayed to you, and which it
will take years to obliterate. A portion Of
your business men have been marked and
will be held responsible a. sctisg in CON.
plicity with the former Commanding Gen.
cral, and efectins depopulation Of large
portions Of our farming settlements. Men
who have lived upon the patronage Of this
Territory for years, have been foremost in
probing tho General with the belief that
our cry for protection VAS "all for speed.
lation." This, sir, has been persisted in
until Ne have lost . portion Of our settlers,
given our blood to the savsges, and have
been reduced 70 suffering Territory, st .
tas when forty soldisss would have pre-
vented all, and avhss eighty Of our own
cavalry were saoanpsd7 for elk wesks, in
yoar city. In las itahss besu said tbss
dakota WAS bled BY the 1adisas q ono
ssd and BY Sioux Osty ~ the other.'-
But such u not exactly the feeling u pre-
sent Our people feel that large majo.
risy Of pour Sssiness men and citizens are
friends Of Dakota, asd have done oil in
their power to obtain protection for rs
and prevent the depopula.ion of our Get.
Elements. But for those who have acted
otherwise BY rs, the future Of this valley
will answer. Our former Commanding
General, you know, was no friend Of she
Territory, and took delight 10 treating all
our fears and applications with pecu.
liar military sneer and ridicule. That
feeling had grown to be reciprocated BY
our people, until mothers had taught their
children to hate the name Of Cook, and
when the news arrived here Of his super.
cedure by Gen. Sully, little boys would be
seen skipping along the street to their
homes singing the "Tom Paine Elegy,"
as follows
-. "Poor John Cook. row hs dies,
Nobody laughs and nobody cries;
Where no goes how he fares,
Nobody knows and nobody cares"
am unacquainted with Gen. Sully, but
am informed that be combines The three
requisites Of q good commander, to wit:
age, experience and judgment and will
treat with respect the wants Of bis district.
The U. s. Court closed its labors here
last week. The Grand Jury was restricted
BY the Judge, in its time Of setting, i'm
mediately upon their entering into the in.
vestigation Of the official acts Of our Fed.
eral officers. Cause not assigned. but we'll
presumed By the people. Mr.. Editor, itis
sickening TO see The league OF chain Of
corruption which winds it, poisonous
length through all the branches of our
Government rDefrauding the Govern.
'ment is looked upon as an acknowledged
right, In all it, departments, and i. is hard
TO find faithful officials enough to in,esti.
gate the corruption Of the Nation. Yes,
our Republic il falling, no. from war,
blood. or the sword. but from, A ayatem Of