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

llsss 4 esssly eescssdiso lills- 70 ~
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4 10 ~srats ~ : la,ss propa Dc y
thsir sqsa~s Add p1poos.s xho ~ hem
ssabls ; - sasl sis>, 81 eoAsequsAs
pAaie " e6ssl tl1it escspe. he nsskstry
6rs from The 81 Iowa and 7ad Nebrasks
vas rapid, and - we'll directed . ths
already approaching darknsss wosld ID.
ME, md The havoc made among then
vas tsefible. Those Who bod Ito coed
forssss-oo less the hoaor-so participate
in The Eight. and Who ~ete eb44asd ften
their positions 70 judge correctly 81 The
sGsss s. sss-Ass-ss1 - lssasssaiss.sas
awful. Az ~. ,dsshseo ssoson, haa.
drsds dsd IL every direction. seeking to
ssespe, asl y hey .eaatetes vsrss picked
% y dosasas aad scots.s.. - The Ehastly
forms II sqs4~s. and p.potosss., !. veil y
u bravs and scSred warriors-the victonn
and hsrpss perhaps Of ! HUNDRED tloody
6sh.s- do.,ed - ssld e,ery~herrs. The
bsss,s con,inosd long after darkness Ia
oct 10, and during the entire night. oar ,li
boys were baisy p;etios ~ those v,hs,
feeling : sense 81 ssesri,y u Ne ssinness
Of he sIshs. had emerged from their
lurking pisces but It Va 40, iii tho
light Of the next mornins illuninased tie
scene Of Tie las. n;skts coofic. The. The
horrible and barbaroos method Of warfare
practiesd y these n;screaots- whose
hasds had been imbsed in ths isnocen.
blood OF ~osen ana children VS. made
maEifsss. Those Of our men who we're 70
unfortunate ia the excitement Of the ba,.
lie = 10 vsntsrs too far among them we're
Gu, Oh, aud their bodies subject 70 The
nos, horrible nutiia,ioos.. Tongues we're
cut ou.-.hs body dismembered Of bssd
or limbs, o. bo.h-deep gashes cut scross
the face With the murderous var club, or
brains dashed out with their own rides,
we're bot = few Of The savage indigni,ies
and torsures Inflicted upon toe lev who
tell into their hands. Fortanately how.
ever their number Vas very few. "
During the Two succeeding days that
The command 10y on The 6eld, those who
had sot in tAs dark ness Of tho nigh. sue.
eseded 10 escapios, we're hunted %, il
their bi1ing pisces and sho,, vi.boas Ne
seosols u making them prisoners. 81
TIE ssater q vssriors actually e..
sased . es,inssed q $500, embracing
warriors froa fosr Different tribes Of 10
Siosx's, viz: Ths Saon.ees, Black Feet,
cst Hssds, and ~ 'Yssktonais, led 90
b. he sssed chief and warrior Ink.ps. du.
ssh. Thsir killed u Estimated Il 200 to
80. Those vh0 witnessed The dsssruc>
sivsss0 q - vsllsys sssiaale il q ~
sets than the FORMER fgors. Their wound.
I'd q eosrse. 10 NOT koovs, - ali their
wounded we're iouediassly, Or Subsequent
y carried from The field. W took $50
prisooers $50 Of shom we're Warriors
shs arc now uader guard en- voste for
some point below, to undergo 90 .exami :.
nation. Over 200 ponies vsrs taken, and
moro than 800 4pss burned. o. otherwise
destroyed or rendered sseless 10 The IL.
disns, and The vaias Of ~ property de.
s.roysd including BsGalo skins and robes,
furs. Buffalo meat, etc, etc, cannot fall
short Of $20O, 900. The loss to the indians
IL heavy one. and one not easily re-.
paired. The blow Vas struck st exactly
the right moment, Il ) time when their
labors Of laying 10 boaotifal supply Of
winters prosisioos, and valuable s,ock
Of fars, skiss, etc, were just completed,
but, though . severe one. il IL but just
retaliation for the savage mass.cres per-
pesra.sd It their hands, and measure Of
precsutiou - we'll q Of necessity, rendered
Imperative By the growing insecurity q
the frontier, and il il to hoped that the
les.os will have . salutory effect on lesser
and weaker tribes, even II it does not
diminish the warIike spirit OF those Who
in this bloody conflict have been made to
feel The strength Of the white mau's arm.
Our loss i 20 killed, and our wounded
ssmber %. most Of whom, II not all, will
recover y careful treatment. Col. Wilson,
while CALAMITY leading bic cosnsnd into
action had his horse shot under him.
Col Furnas. Of tho q Nebraska. also bsd
bic horss killed. Lisat. Lesvitt, Adjutass
Of the 9th, vas severely wounded, and, II
10 excitement Of tho conllic,, sas either
fork often, OF bic fellow soldiers we're ana.
bic 70 reach hin. He lay upon the Geld
unattended during the entire night and
sntil late de next morning. Hs died,
and his bsdy j. sov on The boa, to b con.
veyed 70 biz homo II Iowa. Those Of biz
fellows Who Mad lest their lives 10 the con.
6ict, vsrs buried On the field. 10 a %.
tios where ~ shown degree of cool.
mess aad bravery BY az, seadoa. sess 10
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