The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-21

train was at this moment just filing ont of the
corral, and the other regiments not having
taken their position, the advance had to be
checked, to prevent the exposure and conse-
quent destruction of the teams and supplies.
An attempt was made by. the Indians to get
possession Of some broken, rocky ground in
The rear of and close upon the train, but
inns movement was checked by Lieutenant
Colonel Marshall with the Seventh regiment,
Lieutenant Western witha section OF the bat.
tery and our battalion Of cavalry and the foe
were speedily repuIscd and driven from their
parVaiiy gained cover. The Sixth Regiment
WIN Dattery Of cavalry held the centre of the
COZ uihh' ana dcpIoying to the right held the
Indians IN check in that direction. while the
!eit wing OF the same Reainent stretched
southwark towards the lake. The first onset
being successfully resisted. The order vas o,iyon
TO move forward, and tie whole ,nl,ron Of
once proceeded with il slcadiness and vaIor
which completely disconcertcd Tho savaras
who speedily rctreatcd anxious fo min tboi.
families on the other side II ,br tfissouri
Gen. Sibiey reached the woods ,lirtion the
shore shortly after noon On The 29th. the Sivtb
regiment being in advance. Col Crooks was
ordered to clear the woods to the river, assist
cd by the battery and in a short time our men
were upon the banks. The opposite bluff was
lined with Indians, who opened spirited fire
but ut too long range to be dangerous at all.
Lieutenant Colonel Averil's detachment re.
piled with more effect, the evidences of
crossing in disastrous haste abounded every
where All their transportation had been
abandoned and many women and children
were drowned
Long and rapid marc hes, want OF water and
forage, days of fighting and nights of watching.
and the rapidly lessening stock of provisions,
compelled Gen, Sibley here to relinuuish the
further pursuit. The Indians we're now upon
a river which they could cross and recross
with more facility than our soldiers, and which .
was bordered by almost impenetrabe thickets
the prickly ash yboundhf< 9he animals,
especially, were ia+tconditson which precluded
any more RAPID d d sustained matches.
Two days were spent upon the branches of =.
the Missouri, and for thtee 33ceessiyeyeveningsf
cannyn were fired and 4. Signal :sckas sent up,
Ill we V!ih NloEe 'that Gen. sfullsT might be .
wiS|iH$ answering distance; AID on. the first
instant, after thoroughly destroying the stuff
abando9sd by the Indians the camp was brok-
krup 1nd the expeditionary force again in mo-
ton, hoMsward bound
The point on the Missouri reached by Gene
'ral Sibley, was in latitude 46o - longitude
1000 80, about forty miles by land below Fort
Clarke. The distance from Font Smelling, by
the line of March, was made by Col. Crooks to
be $50 miles.
The Next House "a Representatives.
The New York He1'oid states that the
political majority in the next United States
House of Representatives, under the most
favorable republican view that can be
placed upon it, will DE adverse to the
present national administration We give
the figures OF the members elected, polit-
icaily classed, and add thereto the mem
bers yet to be chosen: