Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-07-04

DAKOTA CORR NSPOND ENCE OF
THE R80lST EN..-NO. S0s -
arrival Of the Indian Erpeditioa-lts
Strength, March and Dsstinatioa-Iosco
State Register- lndi0as Killed The
Setl!essents Protected, DC. !
" YASxros, July 1st, 1863.
DEAs RzolsrER The Indian sxpedi.
ton has come and gone. The advance
guard Of tho whole train reached here on
Wednesday noon, from which time there
Was one continuous stream Of wagons and
horsemen pouring into our little city from
the ferries on James river until 2 o'clock
on Thursday afternoon, when the last nsa"
10 the person Of Gen. SuLLY, arrived and
encamp ped with bis expedition until Friday
morning. The General was gsllantly
escorted through the city BY Co. B, Dakota
Cavalry, preceded By an elegant brass
band from the Nebraska Regiment. On
approaching the Governor Office, he was
passed between two lines Of Dakota Cav.
airy with uplitted sabers and greeted with
thirteen guns from six pound cannon 10
the hands Of the Yankton Artillery Com.
paoy. He was warmly received BY Gov.
Hutchinson, whQ extended to him tho
Inequalities Of the Capital city, and the
esteem aud confidence of Dakota's PEG.
pie. l did not make the acquaintance Of
the General but "stood Of and looked on"
listening and learning.
The entire expedition, with oil its atten.
dant train when drawn out upon the war
path. in single die, will extend about
thirteen miles and = quarter. There are
2a4 wagons, 400 cattle, 800 mules, 2,lls
horsss, I steamboats,, and $500 fighting
men connected with the expedition. The
military strength consists Of the Second
Nebraska and Iowa 9Th Regiments Of
Cavalry-together with four companies of
the Iowa Seventh, and four companies Of
detached Wisconsin Infantry, besides the
two companies OF Dakota Cavalry which
are left on the border for the protection Of
the settlements They have set out With
100 days rations, and will proceed up the
Missouri, at least, to apoint near Fort
Pierre, at which place they will establish
a provision depot, the steamers will dis
charge their freight and return, and the
Expedition will leave the river aud steiks
across the plains for Devils Lake, or Gen.
Crows headquarters, where it is expected
the red warriors will b found in fal,
force. Gen. Sibley, with the Minnesota
Expedition, will arrive there abou. the
same time. On the return Of Sully's
command his forces will he divided 20 q
to scour the whole region from the British
line downward.
II il truly to DO hoped that tho cam.
paign will prove successful one, for i.
has already cost the Government over
$4,000, 900 to set the expedition on foot,
and its current expense is now upward. Of
1000 per day. 1t is by Ill odds the most
formidable expedition ever sent outagainst
tho Indians upon this continent. Such .
force will frighten all the hostile tribes b..
yond the British border, and it is doubtful
whether We shall hear Of any battle with
Indians during the summer, unless they
are brought on through strategy or inten.
ded councils or treaties. Still the ponde.
rous train will have al imposing effsc. on
oil the tribes of the Northwest, in the way
Of exhibiting the military strength Of the
Government to the many chiefs and bands
who believe the redu1en are more nume-
rous than the white race. I doubt much
whether We shall ever Le troubled With
Indians in this valley hereafter. A grea.
war trail will b opened through the hear.
Of the redman's country, which will always
DO traversed BY . military force for the
protection Of Government property at the
new Agencies recently established in the
Territory.
A brighter day is dawnins upon Dsko.
ia, and its coming Is felt and realised BY
GU. settlers. who have gone to work with
renewed zeal, tilling their crops and i'm.
proving their homes. Corn is selling 1t
Scots. aud potatoes At 81 so per bushel to
feed our neo Indians upon, and 90 long
A. their appesites are good so long will
prices be better. Thess Indians are cost.
ing the Government more than tho original
value Of II, their lands, and they should
now bs dealt with in that light. Our
troops are now on ths longest and dreari-
est march on the continent 10 punish
these treacherous murderers for the most
wanson and Wholesale slaughter known in
the annals Of Indian warfare; aud when
the long train left here on Friday morning
winding ito length over tho smoke hills
for the far Of beundless plains Of the
redman., and followed BY two steamers
tagging up the river, laden with ra,ions