Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-09-26

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200 Indians Killed md $50
TaksA Prisoners. l. ~
An interesting Account of the
Eight by . Member Of
the 18th Iowa Cavalry.

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Ed 6ios< City Rsoister The con.
maud is opss more lying in camp q il
old eneaspment Of three wseks ago, and
the canpaign for this season i ended
A. the ressl. Of .be Expedi.ion, vh.tsver
they may Be, win - Looked for viii deep
interest by those whoss hones and inter
est. lied on The fros,isr, and, - 10 -.
complishseats lay b exaggerated by
those bsross Of The battle Geld whose
highly ela.ed minds might magnify sosll
events, o., under estimated b. shoss ~bo
have not 20 ssch The welfare aud security
81 ,bs frontier Il heart - persosal motives
or pscuniary iotere,.s, I take 10 oppos.
suoi.y If forwarding yos . bsief seminary
Of the movements Of The Expedition sincs
leaving Fort Pierre, and showing to vhal
extent The object Of The Expedition hss
bsen accomplished.
o. the 18th day Of Angus. the E1pedi.
ton left Fort Pierre, and on The 2lst-
with limited supplies, barely sufficient 70
enable i. to reach point (whers ], va
believed ,bs hostile Indiana vonid y
found) but BY moving with The atnos.
celeri,y-leh camp 90 the Missouri st The
mouth Of the Little Cheyenne. Up th;s
stream the command moved ten miles,
aud then took IN almost due north course
for up the river. On the eighth day sn
Indian was discovered near our line Of
march and taken prisoner, aud informs.
',ion that he imparssd-and which DOR
subsequent novsmests aud opsra.ioaa
proved correct entirely changed the sri
GioaI plan Of The campaign. He reported
that the Indians bsd been rosted and
scattered BY the forces under Gea. Ssblsy
in . small eassgs~so. On OF 10 tho Wei.
nifty Of App'e-3o miles below Paisssd
Wood-about week previous 70 osr
arrival, and that - vosld b likely -
God considerable force, that baa sesssd-
ed, BY taking IN eastsrly course sowsrds
the James river. Oar course that had
hitherto been parallel With the Missos:i
river, and fro. 20 TO 80 niles disssss
vas eosseqssssly eAssUs1 Ton IL 3lssSt
AsSsa) to IN sssserly one, ~ . poist 49,
miles ADORE the Little Cbeyssns. On The
Sd day-Sep. 3d-the fresh trails and
other certain and easily discsssshls indi.
cations Of the late presence Of . large
Indian force were discovered j, vas
evident that they bad proceeded as but By
two or three days ., the farthess. About
3o'elock we encamp.d On 1 ANAL lakA-
and within sn hour IN ludian scout bro't
in the welcome Intelligence # the exis.
.enes Of large encaupoens On sssll
lake, sous sish. miles to the soatA-srd.
A Battalio. o( The 9th Iowa Cavalry -
Major HOUSE nuandins- that bad bees
on scouting dsty during ,bs day bad dis.
covered the Indians, but deemiag Is i'm
prudent to attack force 50 obvioosly his
superior 10 nuUbsrs, and feeling rslacs.
ant to begin the attack Or make show Of
hostile denominations towards Iodians,
Who on their arrival bad manifested .
friendly spiri:-.reacbssously and with >
purpose - afterwards become apparent,
aud had even had he boldness to attempt
TO disguise their true character By hoist
ing tue Na,iosal eolors- il had withheld
N auckland having partially surround.
ed the sneanpment, was hoId'og = parlsy
With them during the brief interval Of
less than ono hour and half occupied
BY the soost in conveying Intelligence 70
camp-and the moving vp Of The Gun.
nand. They had evinced no signs Of
alsr" ~ fear, but the rapid approach Of
80 large force - the remainder of eks
comnand-esiden.iy with The intention Of
'beginhing the attack II once 80 alarmed
them, that hastily collecting and packing
what few articles the brief time allowed
them admitted, they broke through The
lines Of the Battalion Of the 9th lows, and
retreaaed :. their greatest spssd over tie
hills to the sou.hsard. At this critical
moment when he dagger Of escaping Of
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