The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-08-05
WHOLE NO. 355.
Army Correspondence.
CAMP OF % BATTALION, 9Th
Iowa CAVALRY, July 9th, 1853. {


Editors Times Another opportunity
offers for writing few lines to you. The
last letter I wrote you was from Fort Ran.
dali there saw Gen. Selley who came up
or the War Eagle with his staff; if ap-
pearances do not deceive he is the very
man to carry this expedition to success.
ful termination; he is Of medium size,
rather gray haired, 45 or so; he has a very
keen piercing eye. Aside from his &C.
knowledged military skill he has had cx.
perience in Indian warfare, as he was with
Gen. Harvey in his campaign through this
country 8 or 9 years ago. There are four
boats chartered by the Government for this
expedition, all of which are on the way up
and will be up this far and ready to start
north by the 18th of the present month.
One or more of them is loaded with corn
and oats for the stock, the rest are carrying
subsistence for the men, and other stores
for the use of the expedition. believe
the calculation is to take the boats up as
far as Painted Woods, where they leave the
river and stop till we get back one of the
boats is to be used as an hospital. think
the distance from the Missouri river is $50
miles.
The report is that Little Grow is encamp-
ed about 40 miles this side, with some two
thousand warriors who are anxious to have
a brush with the Long Knives, as they call
the cavalry. If we succeed there it will
restore peace throughout this whole section
Of country, as they seem to depend alto.
gether on the result of this affair to settle
their disputes. II we are successful they
| will all be ready to make treaties of peace
! with the Go ,ernment; if not, the tidings
Of their ravages and massacres will be
heard all over the land. That affair q
Randall has had quite an effect on the In
dians all over the country and they swea
vengeance against the whites. The Ind
ans have left Fort Pierre the Robert Camr
) bell brought up their aunuities and pr,
sents. AS soon as they got them they lef
as they said, for their Big Hunt, but it
generally believed that the warriors ha,
gone up to join Little Grow in the gener
melee Our battalion moved their cam
up the Missouri, some 25 miles above Fol-
Pierre last week.
We have got an excellent place now o.
the banks of the river, plenty Of good grass
an article we have seen very little of sine,
we first left Randall till We came to oul
present camp.
There is some fine cottonwood timber,
enough to make shade which is very accept
able in this hot sun which we have so much
Of here. have only seen three or four
cloudy days since we have been up here.
The health of the men has been very good
except little touch of scurvy which is
making its appearance, but not to amount
to anything. Two of the boys that were
stationed at Fort Pierre died last week with
chlls. They were both of Co. 3, 14th
Iowa infantry. did not learn their names;
they died very suddenly, neither one Of
them was sick but, only few hours. l
expect that our mail privileges will be cur
tailed after we leave here, as we will be so
far from mail routes and post Offices.
Yours,
0Nr or TIM arr,