Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-12-24

Of wind, rain, elect and snow; ne ca
camped about swe n lies fran tewa on th,
I opposite side OF the fowa, river we re-
| raafHsd at thfs piacs about ii week AND
went 10 Msrsngo, very prstsy Iltsas plae'
and shs tsrsaiana Of ths D. y ID b e.
1 near this place We passed one Of thosa
quaint looking German settlements ID
which all the pecuiiarisies Of the father.
Land are retained 20 faithfully tbas ont
Woald think be was really transported d
old Germany; from Marsngo ws went e
! arinneH. where We encamped over San
/ day, we uampef in tieavy timber *iskia !
miis OF town, there is 4 Gns farming
eoantFy sFeaad this place, andts nice lie
| tie stream runs near toMn; Newtown was
the next place of importanea we came TO,
this IL quits u business place, quite d
numbsF Of she patriotic young ladies oi
the place waited us ia camp, and kept 90
quite lively time singing and 4alkias
until midnight, some OF our company en-
| tertained thsm with an indian war dance,
and as most of them were raised on the
western fsontieE, they could iraIsate II
pretty veil, and this taken in conianStiou
with the object Of the expedition render
ed It quite apropos; from Newtnwn to
Lewis the oounsry is mostly prairie with
very little timber OF water and 10 very
thiRly settled; eonsidegabIs business ia
done In Lewis Ia the Quitting Of emf.
grants to cross the plains; we camped on
. braaoh Of she Gishuebotna river, which
10 deep m0rass stream, and al il hows
through Q rich alluvial soil the baaks are
muddy; the next night We camped on the
west bank of the same stream; here got
| leave Of sbssne8 and vent Ia aGiTunee of
the command aad.Wsnk shoaE sigha ailsS
towards Coaneil Bluffs, the next day We
went to William Nason's, fifteen miles
beyond Council Biufs, making so miles
that day, this was on Saturday, lSGh
| April. remained ct Wm. Nssou'a S DAYS,
bat short As the time was, 1t viii rem ain
a green spot in my memory while | re-
main in tue service, fer il IL about six
years since have been snoug friends in
domestic life, and whale On this visit |
Was treated like brother, Caascil Biuds
is quite large place and large business
istione between il and Denver CIV; we
were cosdiahy received aasl welcomed by
the citizens Of that pfaee, many q brave
Sskafet enfisted 10 Es4nsll Bluff, 70 6ght
Tor their country; our company was rails
ed there. r'@s't' - - 'a.
April 23d.--We started to Join our
regimen: 30 day; passed through Calhoun
aud crossed the Boye-, Soldier aua Lissls
Sioux rivers aud went about IL. miles
north Of 0uawa, making 81 milas; next
day we overlook the regiment st Sar-
geAnt's Bluffs 10. mnss souGh of Sioax
City. s. .-....l ....a .. se. ...a ..
25th-Te-day We encampsd between
the Big Sioux aad Missouri, aboaE i've
miles fron Sioux Oisy, on q very beauti-
ful level praixiss ths camp is named at.
tsE Gen. Cook .-..-l -'...- ........
May Tth.--This morning hearEi thak
there Was scouting party gsing aut for
the a0uhla purpose of eseoFtiug ths mail
and locking after some Indians thai had
killed enc man and wounded another on
Janes river near lsnktOn, went 20 the
Captain ana got a pmmit; We had to gek
paid and draw aGRunition 30 shat it was
ah0at 4 O'Clock p. N. before Ne gotssart-
81; The mail bad started thas morning, %
we did not s=e them anAil we xos to
I Isnkkon; We arrived at settlement On
The AissouTi river miles south Of Ysx-
uillion at 10 O'clock that Right and halt
ed 70 get our h0rses soma feed, intending
10 stay all night, bat we bad jnsl got %
slssp when 30 men detailed from OosnpA.
~ 4 passed us, and as our orders we're to
Keep IN advance of them, we bad to sad
die up aud start again; passed Company
a at Vermialion, and went 10 khe ferry
where We bad 10 wait uatil daylight, Wa
crossed and Wsas to the eiEhs nAo hooseg
she man whom tbs indians killed was
named Jaeohsan, sad livsd here, the
wounded man ID In Jaoohsouis house, he
bad one sRrow shos throagh his arm and
another throagb tbs asshy part of his
neck. We remained here hours and weut
On to Greenway's ferry en- DANES river,
where We we're to remain; was on post
from Q 90 IL s'eiock, and just when nv
time WAS nearly out there came q masssn-
geF fran HaRkEon, with an order from
Colonel Pattee thai We wouid Immediately
came to his assistance at Yankson, four
miles from she ferry, bot everything vas
quiet when we got there, so We put our
horses up in the stabis and lay down on
the door Of the baFfoom and slept sound
until near breakfast time next morning
for we were about tired out, having rode
about sixty miles without stopping only
20 feed. Next morning after breakfast
we went 20 some Of The Stores and got
few things that we wanted, although We
could not get much Of d variety. "a tho
storekeepers ara afraid to iay il much al
stock, on account Of the Indian
troubles; Yankton Is beautifully sitaatsa
on she Missouri, and II has every pFospsss
Of becomiag quite N importanS plaza,
at present nearly al the settlers, sexcept
those living In town, havs le1t and konse
to the States; there are sone very fne
farfns near town, opsnsd, fenced, cuIsi.
waited and sbandone1 ,bY the claimants.
still amidst all the troables thera .sre !
faw settlers yet remaining, ieserminsd to
brave Il out 20 the last. While hare vent
on several scounis around the country,
and though ws saw aisns of Indians We
could never get sighi of one. -
May 10th. = 70 were relieved to-daY by
Captain 'Tfippss ,Company Of Uakola
Csyairy, and started TO Join the reaimsns,
when aa got to fhs Ia mile house. we
heard thar our battalion, was ordered 10
~ Pierre; and whes ~a got 70 nslrnp Ne
found II preparing % starf hut, as oar
horses were 'neafi5 Horh ous, We got per.
fnissiens % atsy bsbihd two 81 shrss days
10 let then ress.
Monday. Isth.-Ths hassallson started
so-day, asd reAshed T9mllliea on TIE
20th, the town ia sitassed ss she monsh
Of VarRillion river, which for soms dis
tanes ahoye ths mpashs . mmaly de-
posis Of mud, With aboxt % Ineh On kws
Of wstss % Sop in Inv wmsaFs ard shey
have 70 scoop ont channel for the fars5s
beat 70 ran in ths most af tia hsiadiags
as present Ia towa ere on tAe bsstaz aad
ars well sheltsred lrpm ia high xiasss
fE.k y,xavaf5 II III. .xsssf..ss Il - 4. : -