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

tas Ysnkaon Indfsa axsncy l.. sisuatsd
4 where there are as present about i3ftees
hanasad lnaians,f sonsisslng Of avarsoul
bsads gsvsxasd hy lhs shisg Mad Boil
4 Ihsss q dssschmant OF the I'D, Ia,
fansry there from Randall. = 3 "
IhuFasiay Ash. - We crossed at Ran.
gsAdl ana ranaipsd there ansii TO-DAY
when 20 staFtaa fsE 10. PisrYs; sha sous.
Itfy is very billy aad bazrsn, with scarce.
IL any wood or wssar.
i Sunday 3ist. -Gasnpsd to- hiehs or
/ sshisa river, sAs Gsss Fuaaing ssssau v,
/ hye sssa since We lsfl Ranaall; iEis7vsry
iog as present, not moFs than knss dsep,
ana holds Ia solution white clay whici
gives 10 ths appearances bf mia; it I.
therefore vary appRopraassly cailsd White
i riEar. fs.-.. --e,.. rs a.. -, !,
i June 4th--Reached Ft. piarre which /,
situated 90 the Missoari, saven miles
at'ovs the Bad river, the country around
Fe, is, II Possible, mere Earea and aes.
1 oi ste than sag ws, have, YET seen; sbass
are about 1000 Indiana new. here WAITING
fos their annaifies; the morning aftsr oul
arrival ne moved two miles down the nv
es on aOcuus Of grass, as there is very
little aroand the Fort. -.
Friday, 18th -We changed cur camp
arg ground again this aftsrnoon. about
aree miles father down the river, and
O. tnpsd on q ssady plain. as che weath-
q - very hot II IN very disagresahle, faz
th' sand and dust 10 continually blowing 10
our tent 80 We cannot keep anything clean;
OH The 18th we changed caup again and
/ w'nt about Enila shove fors Lafron-
oosss, two miles above f. sPierre. IA
som as ws came into camp. vas nut o.
horss guard and posted on one OF the
hi n hills around camp, from which had
q tine view OF ths country ahiah was yeYy
billy and broken. While On post I lay
down under the shade Of . littls trae. ii
was very hot, I had not been living long
70 re when | thought | beard something
"a stlihg aud moving under M Y heaat | gos
up 70 sec what i wsss and faaad that il
vas . large snake, 90 you mar be sure
th1t len there In double quick.
| Wednesday, 1Tsk--Fhis norning some
Eoi The boys found indications OF geld,
Which raised quite "a exeitsmsBs in camp;
wsut down 70 she river to aea, sorae old
mi 1ers washing out some earth; but they
eoaii Rnd ne gold; in the afterno6n John
HGlsoO, WIN. Bullock aud unyself wess
bunting for specimens OF stoas aud mic
erals, | got some very fna specimens
am 'og which were some took be aero
Lisesi In enc of the deep 'rayinss thai
rGt at right angles 30 the river we feasti
an raglo's nsss, Il Was in the tep Of CO.
dar tree and had three eggs in it nearly
hattaed, He tried to shoot the sasf9 but
1t grs away from as. . q - ,T''" ~ ~
Friday, l9-To.day abe frxs mail ar-
riyt since We have been here, and csea-
ted quite aD exeitsmsnt aa all the bovs
are very anxious 20 hear from home and
to kaow bow the war Il progressing down
Sou~h, weather cold and disasreaabIs. b
5 sIardAy, 20th-Tbe cold wsashsr still
continues, and il 10 uncomfortable alter
the very warm spell we have had. Oae
OF cur boys raised 8 laugh at bis own ex-
penzs By fEing his gun a a dog 'abous
aidnight; the saaa man fsli into the
Missouri Eigsr, opposite Ft. Randall, Of
OF log aud but for q conlrada, who
happened to see him, and pulled him out,
pc would have beea drowmeas ever since
which ccsuFFenes be has been eaIled Mad
Eagle. -
Thursday, 25-For the last three or
four days have been on horse guard, we
have 10 sake the horses about six ruilssto
graxe, aad "a wehaEs 10 lie On the open
prairie All day, With the scosching sus
besming On as 1t 10 almost insufferable.-
Tbs long expected steamboat is ia sight,
and it ia vsrF near time, as we have had
neither coffee, msst OF sugar, fer she. lass
three or four days; If The boat had pol
made its APPEARANCE We would have had
to start for Fl. Randall IN day or two
to get supplies; this boat will hare ra-
lions for us, 1t is also supposed that ibis
boat will brings the Indiana annuitaes
which creates quite an excitement among
The Indians. ...-.
Fritay, 26-fhe steamboat brought the
ann1ities, aud weat d0wu to see tben
distributed among the Indians; they
appeared to be dissatisfied With the ipres-
enss, but after some pariey they accepted
them, the ageut then put tbs goods tu
ssparass plies, accor9zag to che auuiher
Of ths various bands OF toe hihe; the
chiefs OF the bands then took charge of
their goods and either took them 70 their
teepes or distributed them on the spot; il
was strange to sec how agreeable they
were during THAR aissrihusisr: and hew
every one appeared satisied with has
share; TOOK particular nqties of the Two
Kettle b~ads, whose chief distributed his
gDa&R ca she spot, the warriors sieaing la
3 eifcl9s With sbs boys On the left, the
Eomen In . ciris 90 the ontsids os The
warriors, when arranged in this order the
old chief aud his son, 9 very clssef look
ing young man, distributed 20 each Of
the band their squal properties Il hlan
ksts, shirts, pants, oalico, sioking, bread,
ghgsr, coHss andesrnaments Of Earioas
kinds. "s @i - At@ -f's' .