Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-10-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
ODTnON.

D1TAOWs
We lave rsfrsined from coanen,ins
upon the results Of Gen. SvLLr's Expedi.
ton against he Indians-says The, Dako.
sias-sosil - could feel that We hat: ID
our possession oil The evidence nseessasy
to give 10 lucid knowlsaks Of What 10
ths su~ total Of Bic l.boss for lhe sun,
'mer. We prssoms that oil residents Of
Dakota have similar opinions With our
own regarding Il; but farther East. and
IN remote localities, opinions mus. b de-
rived from speculation ia . great degree,
unsupported and unwsrranted BY facts.
It will be remembered that General
SuLLr stepped into the Comnandants
shoes late in the season-in fact, the day
had passed when the Expedition should
have been far on its way in search Of the
enemy. He found, upon shouldering bis
new responsibility, disappoiotmenss and
hiuderances from the outset For instaoce,
bis entire ammunition for small arms Wa
Of the wrong size, and much time WAS
consumed in exchanging il. his quarter
mssters stores we're deficient, especially
forage, and here again be met With much
delay.
Ga the Goth Of June he marched from
Sioux City, three weeks after assn ming
command Of the Expedition. The season,
~ oil know, was unprop:tious, and the
prediction that the Expedition could &C.
complish nothing, became . household
word. TIE river vas low. The few weeks
OF high water which prevailed in May and
early June, were lost, and the large sup.
plies which were required 10 Be carried
BY water, met with inconceivable Difficult.
ties !" making their way up stream. The
progress to Fort Pierre was SLOW and te-
dious. A The boats carried the bulk Of
the "upp'ies, the main body of the troops
we're unable to make much Roadway, hav.
ing often to encsmp for days, and avail,
The arrival Of subsistence. Large de,ach.
ms"ts, also, were frequently compelled for
weeks to guard the stores which the boats
found it necessary to land in order 10
tighten them. and enable them to pass
over the sandbsrs which frequently inter.
rupsed their progress. Overland, the Diet.
ri'nents we're no less severe aud discour.
aging. The streams upon which the
Expedition relied for water, were dry, and
the grass WAS stun,ed and crisped-,he
effects Of the drought. The farther north.
ward the Expedition penetrated, the oh.
stac'es increased, and no better ,idings
than complete failure greeted our ears
for many weeks.
But the unconquerab'e will and energy
Of the commander, through all these trials,
only shone the brighter from being ia
constant use. His motto was "no such
word as TAIL" His mission was to pursue,
overtake and fog . body Of hostile In
dams, ADD it assst Be accomplished; and
he has been true to his duty Every avail.
able resource, for the success of his pur.
pose, be has used ski!lful,, and intelli.
gently; and the result. 10, be has accom-.
plished oil the most sanguine Of US could
expect, eve" bad everything been tavora.
bic to bis purpose; and returns from his
labors crowned with v,c,or's wreath, EN-.
Llszoued thereon ia words of enduring
Ius:re, "Weli done, thou good aud f.,i.h
full servant"
The BATH, Of White Stone Hills has
passed into history as he most sang uinary
Indian battle fought for many years. 1t
ec'ipses Harney's battle Of Ash Hollow,
aud Sibley's recent three days skirmi.h,
palss into almost insigni6.ance beside it.
lts effect will be mos. disas.rou. upon the
hostile bands engaged. Occurring at
season when the winter supple. for them.
selves and families had been provided, and
which we're al destroyed aud so late that
to repleni.h them will be almost impos.
s'o'e, It can but entail upon them untold
evils. Starvation now s,ares 5000 red.
skins full in the face without raiment or
shelter; their camp and cooking uten.ils
destroyed thrown destitute upon the bar.
rem prairie-destitute in its most literal
sense. They must starve, or s,eal, or give
themselves ~ prisoners into Uncle Sans
bands. and rely upon BIZ, charity fer food
and raiment, and upon bis mercy Tor their
lives There's JUS. three horns to their
dilemma, and ono of them they must
adopt; and We don't for moment enter.
tain the hope that they will s,ar,e. Which
Of tho other two will probe them, the fu-
tuS will disclose.
In the above remarks Nc do not wish to
convey the inference that the Indian var
is completed by the drubbing which Gen.
SULLY has administered to those Ne have
mentioned. Ten thousand hostile Indians
n nnw shont.oc sh.:. k:J~o..