, 1863-07-15
FR0M:$T.P'AuL.
The Indian Expedition a Prob
able FaDuro.
Fearful Incidents in Border Life.


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| Captains Bailey and Mesrinan, on sick
leave, and Lieutenant Me- Alexander, resigned,
all Of the 9th regiment, have arrived ID this
| city BY the way Of Abercrombie On their re-
| turn home from the Indian expedition, under
| General Sib1ey, which they LEFT at Lac Tray
erse. Their account Of the condition and
prospects Of the expedition is very discourage
ing, and indicates a Literal fp1allment Of tie
ago, on the presumed effects Of the drought
and the raVages Of prairie fires, over the conn.
try on its route.
| a train Of wagons, under strong guard.
ubder Colonel Ayerill, came with than to
| Fort Abercrombie for supplies. The intense
heats had ruined much Of the commissary
stores, aud SO seriously affected the wagon
| Whet1s that many Of them we're left behfI,1. :.
| Water was very scarce-vegetation dried mn
| Many Of the men we're sick, and generai DIS
| favored the abandonment Of the eynedItion
/ but Gen. Slbley insisted on going ahead. This
| is no more than we expecte3.
| In ordinary seasons the scarcity of xvater In
the broad, level prairies Of the Red River Val
| ley. which is only found In the streams which
/ traverse that TEElOu at wide intnrVnta nunAa,
| med sometimes by davis ionrner T. e1ces-
| Atr. II evhnnstinr II ms1 ~ an3~1asis. -.
,b. H. oppressiye heats ON Of m,dsnmmer @ n1'e' ulaef
/ But HE .unprcccdented drourht which hna
| re;cned mot Tained1 over tie Wbole country @ W
has not only dried Up many Of the streams,
in tllis condition, the prairie fires. ut doubt-
less but the cunning IndIans, have swept the
whole country west and north of AheTcrori.
bic Of almost every vestige Of vegetation.
| This blQck and eooty Sahara which stretch,
tB for hundred miles on the proposed route
| OF the expedition, must prove. when Il ia
| reached, an absolutely fnstinatahle barrier tn
| It's TURNER progress. and tt viii he comneljed
| to turn back from the sheer jmnnsaJhi}ftv ~
procuring feed for the animals ' y
It is possible fiat The acconnta of tha r..r.
nces OF prairia fires NAV he cSarearatedH
il any event the 1roncht vii 6svs h,rnt ~
Ill vegetation, except alone the narrnw vi; aE
leys Of the streams, and even the ,hayoc Of fire
S1a .aaos aaa ntte out tae choking dust of It's
countrr MnrcoveE H. t nbic ~ the tte
expedition is.said to be destined, in the yieIn-
| ity Of Devils Lake, is always dry, sandy
| district-yery thinIy erased lin the most f.
yorable scaEons-and under the present cir
cumstarces 1t would be almost impossible to
| reach there with such an enormous train Of
an1mals-e1cept possibly, by closely following
the valley Of the Shayennc-a necessity which
NNA!A 4AlE11SAH eAu1y WILL Lug lQQUElET OF
the expedition-and wall it within morrow
belt. ;
There facts are almost recessariTv fatal to
the success Of the expedition. 1t viii have to
be abandoned in lis present form, Tor the
present season, ut least. The conclusion is .
painful one, hut NE might Us well look facts
in the 1ace. For the result every candid man
must Fec that Gen. Sibley IL not In the re-
motest degree responsible every sensi-
bic! BILE nan n,s., VII be much more inclined to cen
in an enterprise which an unforeseen fatality
has made Impossible, than for its prompt
abandonment when Providence has deprived
it of all the physical conditions Of succsss.
Tie return Of the expedition does not BIZ
any means involve the abandonment Of the
campaign, but will afford an opportunity
which We trust will be promptly szized to rs-
form tho whole plan Of Operations ia uccord-
ance with existing circumstances,
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~" tlu1cn1nson' lMlnn. gives the following
interesting detaiIs:
About ten DAYS since Mr. MeCuidv. a ned-
dler, left hcrein tie morning to % ~ = Gian.
coe. Sir mIles south Of thIs mai aGr Nfr.
Cu1dy observed two men an horsebact ~.
deayoring to conceal themselyes b7 littIe
elevation in tho prairie. and bV 1rinr dawn
lie a. once suspected Tint fhevwere 1n1i,ns
a1d driving up to within about one hundred
rods his suspicIons vere confitn,a5 and he
turned his Iorses' heads acajn to oer,sa IIntc1. ~
1nson. seeing th!s, the Indians gave chase,
ana pursued htm tEo miles. Having q good
Team, ana iig1t load, as well as = good prairie
tsaa, 4! III. 93cturoy pretty easily Kept out Of
Luz WAY oi Ms pafslers, who dld not at any
r n,as 81 inr1ir H. n .in elgnty or ninety
chase aud nfier hating Jaw ,noenta se nosae sae
right flank movement md struck out for the
ar Inst rrid,r ara,,no 1n,u q,
aJan.a1 ~ lao. and 'a5 h, evening, Jniy "a, as Mr
no ,geutr au .ha 0is s s9o aouIgey were travel
ca o 11isv ~ s1 mAes nofth OF this
11T 1h, er5yn;1 tsha1e ~ ~ fnd;naa dnuians @
cred. IL little prairie opening in the woods,
1!;s'aH ispeiseo ~ VIII G.nmps OF bushes aud
s!oes' anu NV scatter1og poplars. The In
utaus re-, meaI pichlnf pe11es anu Gu not Dts
;Neadia.a1,, ,1 ~ ceneeanng themselves
.1nins - ~. ~ ~ ~. -, nteI fe4tctlne mo-
nat asnt on ane eeSt course 10 % pursued. taking
uu,ansose s - ,uo Eosel oue5eo oy poplar
suIaounasu I.Iae,l! VIII pus1es ana vines, crrpt
aules!y aoLMaIa untn na reached the tree.
Steno ~ o3ns ny gun against Lhe tEee, and taki1g
esnos'Iae @ h1I naI ~ ne hssa ne 1nala1 instantly
t.S. sntsM oaGh Us A1nas Win a. fell, and fell
oaehMaIa l', ,s. 10 NE g1ouoo, severely wounded.
nf, Mf: -. =, tRonght eest to retEcat little, to
u1'a1n the Enel1eT ol come bushes. IN doing
tn3ss ne nao 70 PaAs over little KNOLL
!ns "eu1aeo 4halan crept after, to obtain
FLU ~ MI: L., #no was still partially
anle!ea su;e " . tee poplar t'ee ana vines. In.
E'ossls 'na nstie kuoli, Jos1 referred to, Mr.
l.. Hus ouhgso TO expose himself, and both
IT,. 5hs i9a|sa: ,s3;;S III Ss Sstisa e5ese y g
lrAa f1,r N1o3 =