Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-08-01

DAKOTA. CORREsPONDENCEs OF
THE REGlsT kit.--No. 90.
cmeats-lndians-A Family xassal
cred ~ Nsbroska- De, Exhibition
! Moving Bouts Attoc&I3 6y Ind;oss oil
tAs UHfer Mssos,I-DakOta Surveys,
|: YAaxros, July 10Th, 1863.
DEAa Rrc,srrR - Nothing Of par.icular,
note has transpivcd in Dakota since my.
last letter. All is peace nd.quiet in our
settlements since the advent Of the Expe.
di.ioa into the Territory aud the station
ing Of troops on the borders. Detach'
ments Of Companies 4 and B Of Dakota
are, by order If General, Sully,
constantly patrollng the sountr, from the
Capital 70 The Big Sioux river on line
leading back from lbs, Missouri agd intke"
rear of oil the satlemsr,s. Their head.
ausrsss are at YanAtone and Ver,nillion.
Above here, and between this anaiEor1
Pierre, there are stationed six comps MES,
part Cavalry and part Infantry, assigned
so-the duty Of protecting the intermediate
posts and agencies, and atfbrding security
to bosts navigating the river ,i#s@ .+& !.
The Nebraska border. however, on the
other shore Of athis stream. is left emit rely
unprotected below Fe<r Randall, and 10
consequence thereof the Indians have be.
come emooldene ed 70 'euter the settlements
and commit a most shocking marder.-
The family Of Mrs. Wiseman, living two
miles from st. james, N ebraska, wast4last
rharsday attacked ty a small party Of
indians, and three "of the children muir:
dered outright and two Of III EN- seriously
wounded. The parents were al the time
ABSENT the mother was III CHS viaagedis
posing Of some articles she had btoush
tomarket, and the fathersis In she Indian
Expedition now moving up the river. II
istel'eved by those ~eR ac4aa7htedswith
Indian warfare, ethat thFs murder was CON,
mitted " the Btaless and way perpetraaed
for the putpo.s.Ss arenging the death u
the five OF eheif tribe who were killed
amopgthe seven Indians recently attacks
ed and shot by'a detachment Of cavalry
from Fort Randall If this be the mode Of
the red mans decentralization, requiring
blood for blood, we shall soon expect to
see two Of the white settlers OF Dakota
fall by the knife or tomahawk, to atone
fur the blood Of the two Yank.ons who
were killed by the same detachment Of
cavalry. As ! once before stated, it IL
certainly bad policy for the Government
to open a prcmiscuous and indiscriminate
slaughter among all the Indians of the
Northwest whether peaceful or hostile
1t is like declaring war against the whole
South for the revolt Of one of its States
and thereby drawing the sword upon
friend aud foe, loyalis,s and disloyalists.
True, after the horrid boteheries com.
mit:ed BY these savages in Minnesota, i,
is hard for white men to withhold their
wrath in the presence Of Indians. But it
should be remembered that there are
tribes Of friendly Indians in Dakota, and
If all of them, irrespective ofthcir signals
Of anity, are to be shot down upon the
plains, then the Government will have
upon her hands all the Indians Of the
Northwest in armed rebellion, and wreak.
ing their iil'drected vengeance upon the
defenceless settlements In such a case
tho whole army Of the Potomac could not
in ten years. ferret ont and annihilase the
10000 Indians that swarm over the vas,
plains between Red River and the noun
tains. Since the killing Of the Indians
above mentioned, Gen. Sully has very
judicioasly issued an order in which fihil
the following directions to the comman,
ders Of patrolling detachmen.s -" Should
they meet any Indians on their tour, they
will take them prisoners, and bring them
in for future investigations: Should the
lndians runsfrom them, they viii bo con-
sidared hostile, and treated accordingly
It is reported to-day that an Indian
sign has been found in the point of
woods on James river. The sign consists
Of . medicine bag, hung upon pole, and
is said by old trappers to be hung out as
a signal that Indians had pa sed there,
and that they can travel among US nseen
Notwithstanding our country is spotted
with soldiers. # 2@ u
A detachment Of Capt. Trips Cavalry
crossed over the river at this place on the
steamer West Wind, to-day, for the pur.
pose OF patrolling along the Nebraska
shore, in quest Of the struggling Indians
who committed the recent massacre at St.
james. A small squad Of Company A
Cavalry has also been dispatched across
the river a. Vermillion. by 1t Bacon