Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-10-03
DAKOTA CORRESPONDENCE or
THE RD0l1T ER..MO. A. -

DAKOTA ConREsI0NDEHcE Or
THE RE0l1T ER..M0. -. =
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Dakoto's Wars With hev Politicians and
lndians- Gen. S.l!ys Battle viii ~
Sioax-R etxrn ef ~ Ekpedision-Tks
Ne,e Fort ~ Kediciae Greek Chptaia.
T1pp's Rsconn0llrc 10 Dirt Lodges
Winder Qsarsers cf tie Expedition, dc.
YAxkroS, Sept. %, 1868.
Dean RDo,srER Dakota 10 noted for
the freaks Of her politicians and Indians.
The nrSt are tricky the second are evil;
Neither one has trail you can travel;
And to follow them both I'm sure IL would trouble
The Wit Of the gods or the scent Of the Devil.
The political parties Of the Territory
are in bewildering chaos Of disorder
No strict party organizations have ever
been effected, and hence We end men
shifting their political signboards to suit
the gale Of every aoaual election.
Patronage, not principle, moulds the
complexion Of our political parties, and
it matters, not into how many little cliques
and faeds = party may be divided, the
leader Of each squad considers himself the
head and from, Of the "Great Union Par
~" Of the Territory.
In this situation We are consequently
sopplied with large ratio Of dic.ators-
the political doctrine Of each Of whom it
is treason to disobey, and brings down
upon the head Of tho disobsdient the heavy
cognomen Of "Copperbead." Hence .hey
are alread, making tho copperhead party
in Dakota too large to be manageable, by
CHASING in that party such men - tho
Supreme Judge, Attorney General and
Provost Marshal Of the Territory, and re.
sorting to military orders and arrests to
prevent U. s. soldiers from attending the
polls and voting the "copperbead ticket
We are unwilling TO believe that these
officials, or any other than citizen soldiers
At the Capitol, should be called copper.
heads or sympashizers with the rebels,
simply because they did not vote the en-.
tire aforementioned Union Ticket" q. our
little county election. There were can.
didates upon that ticket who are much
later, and, therefore, more rabid converts
to the Republican faith, than some men to
be found upon the Peoples Ticket. The
Dakofian, under its new propriesorship,
ENDS itself unable to please the multifa.
rious cliques Of the Administration party,
and It therefore adheres to one and lets
loose its thunder upon the others. Hence,
there is threatened divorce in the wig
wan and tho great fathers have become
inceused at the sauey blows received from
their adopted son. They demand his head,
and like the gods Of old when betrayed BY
the son Of Pheobus, they declare thu. his
fate shall be that Of
The youth, who, sk J. born, asked without delay,
To guide the suns bright chariot [Dakotianl for
day;
The gods rsp,nted Of the oath they took,
And thrice their radiant heads In anguish ii COX;
Our son, said they. some other proof require,
Rash was our promise, rash Ia thy dcsire--
Scarce was the boy upon the chariot raised,
When wild through heaven the he-y charger blazed;
At once, from life, and from the chariot driven,
Tn ambitious boy fell thupder struck from heaven
Swift to Easth his,blasted corpse was hurled,
Aud found q GRAVE far In the western world.
Which one will End the political grave
remains to be seen. The Dakotian, how
ever, is determined to fight while living,
and thereupon sets itself back upon it's
stubborn heels, and shakes its spunky fist
plump in the face Of our officials sparing
few only Of its chosen exceptions. lie,
US bid the Dakotian god speed in its ter
rible adventure, and tender it the conso
lation so much priced by O'Flinigan, who
clinging to the saw.log as it rolled dash
ing from the hillside, afterwards exam.
ined his broken bone, was thankful for
the poor sympathy Of being assured tha.
he WAS ION top half Of the time
In every county throughout the Terri.
tory split tickets are elected, excep, 10
iankton and Todd counties, in the former
of which the unconditional union men
were triumphant, and in the latter the
Democrats. Cole and Bon HON me coun.
ties are contested. Clay elects Demo.
cratic Council and opposition House. The
politics Of the Legislature will be as spot
ted As the measels. and. perhaps Is con.
tagious. The coming session will be the
most stormy one ever assembled in the
Territory. When the great day comes,
like John Gilnin, Ishah "be there to see,'
and shall wear glasses, stoga boots, 90
bare'headed, and shall steal s,a.inary
enough to write you letter every week.
Gen. Suliy has, at last, met with the
Indians. and the Expedition is returning.
So many conflicting reports are in circu
lation that il j. difficult TO determine the
tTs'e particulars Of the fight, until the
General makes his official report. Enough