Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-08-01

shoA on the deck Of the steamer, and from
thirtyto forty Indians k;lls( upoi the
shore. Capt. LaBargs from whom / OBJ.
tsined this infors shoassss ensag iA4be
bsst1e, and repoiks TIT the ldisi have
become emboldened d these dhriue deeds
b the slow movsne9t.6f .h, Expedition,
he'aot having sesa ! Soldiet poriho q Fort
Pierre, on a jcurasy >of LOO miles o.
river navigation through the Indian coun.
Try. Gen. sul'y's command, he states, i,
moving ap, ,bs ly..L ip bsnahofs, md
were seen from the boat marching along
the east shore all the way from Grow
Creek to Fort Resre. Tire, grass and trees
id the upper country were parcBed TO 4
crisp b the unreml.ing drouth. six
hundred miles Of prairie are burnt OF ~
Indians'above Fl. Berthold, il Prevent the
advance Of troops. Gen. Sully was using
every. means in his power 70 press'for,
ward with his army ana reach the region
Of the hostile tribes. He impressed ono
Of the Companies bouts into the service
aud turned her up the river with supplies.
Late raj MS had commenced failing in that
country, and Il was bopedtBy the Com
1l'audcr' tina, tie plains would soon Be
clothed III a ne " growth Of grass which
would enable him to carry7oUt the designs
Of he Expedition. Ma ~o4 o2ro 'v<
q II is the belief Of Capt. LaBarge, tha.
If the troops fail t. overtake aud punish
those tribes this season, Of are withdrawn
from that country during The Winter, Tie
dossraaa eh t viii 'be 7ool'g ed Is abandon
the navigation Of tie Upper Miss ouri
ahtno he, Indians see Fl. to raise their
blockade. He asserts that It is more use.
less u hunt For Indians ;hain ra,,lesnakes,
sad that the only mode Of ever cn,rappiny
these "ted BIRDS" is to station small de.
'achments Of troops at every post and
town %. the river and Keep them there
ahti' the Indians are statysd 5f from the
plains and come into the valley Fot sub.
sfstance, which would not take long time
If the .dosernment 7anSd Fur Companies
goods were kept away yy+'f,r from them during
the time. Eth INK moreover that reward
should be offered by the Govern d. men for
Sioux scafps, and let the people of the
Territory band themselves together and
assist in executing the business, ana in
less than six months the fur would ay in
this valley like a snow storm An peace
full tribes should be ordered onto their
Reservations until the work is flushed
The present expedition, even for this
season, viii! cost the Government I. the
rata Of $3.50 FOR every Sioux scalp in the
N,rthwest, whether taken or not. Com.
petent Contractors viii take this job of
the hands Of the United States for Us a
scalp. But Cucle Sam knows his business.
BY the way, speaking Of contracts calls
my attention to Surveyor General Hills
contractors. whom he has again broush,
from Michigan and has set them to feed
ing upon the vitals of the Territory: Gu,
Of $4,000 appropriated for surveys in
Dakota, he sleverly says he has $1,000 to
expend for tie bensli, Of the Territory;
the rest must be carried back t, to DE
States, l have before condemned the
course Of this Official So .oTten tia, am
tired Of talking, but I am encouraged
however to see that his own friends, his
own party even, are at last casting him
of and publicly d1noaaoins his policy, in
their official paper. 7-' 49, 2~.'. -
Since 1861, $4,000 have been appro-
priated for surveys in Dakota, and there
has not been enough Of that money dis
bnrsed among actual residents of the
Territory to build a respectable dwelling
hopse. Mr.. Editor, l have sometimes been
accused by Republican papers Of talking
Larshly Of the Administration and trait.
orously to my Government. But, sir, i'll
was ever prone to condemn the Admins
tration It sas through the shameful con-
duet and example Of such shining lights
Of the Administration rs George D. Iin
This man is loud in his cries Of "loyalty
to the Union down with Copperheads,''
death to traitors" while by his own
traitorous example he is injuring the
cause Of his Government more than all
the "Copperheads" in Dakota. Still, be
loves the Administration; Of course be
does. So the serpent loves the blood Of
it's victim, SO the midnight rufiian loves
the form Of innocence, and so g. ID. Hill,
Esq, loves the heart Of his country" IL
j. = big Hill 70 climb over, and will
leave him to his own party, for / An sure
they will either grade him down or make
hole through him.
Gen. Todd and family have returned
TO their home at Fort Randall. Governor
Jayne has been here and gone With the
gray down Of morning, withou, linen or