, 1863-10-30

only .equalled by the rebels, Ink p, du.aa
(ofi Spirit Lake, Town, notorioJ) lef. only
two day before we reschcd them. Fool;DoE.
one Of our Indian guides .onha nal nis flo VIZ 5,m
while out limiting buffdo. ~
Gen, Pope wanta to know ewhe7e 10 Ill
Sul]y is, as Sibley hos .ohipptd ne lrdiaaer'
We have dope more than tn!s-ln71ns aG'
buffalo down to taeir pipes and Tobacco. esp.
,u1ed all their ponies, and one Of their .prin:.
cipai chiefs. Ne found thirty eight scalps Of
white females, and nuggets Of gold taken
from persons coming from the mountains:
Previously, At Duboise Creek, VIC had iaund
which were taken by them fsom Minnesota
last year. They are no" reaping their dc.
sstts.
During this cxpedl: ion, which lasted thirty
two dayt. nc Travelled more than aTc hundred
miles, We we're without wood for twenty.
one daye. and for fifteen We did not see enough
to pick our teeth with. No. escn atree to re-
ueve our tight, only barren bills, covered with
bljrhtet grass. I am heartily sick and tired
Of his country, and long to return to Amer
ica,'' where can again enjoy the blessings OF
civilization.
In onc day We Killed fifty, and hsrdly day
passed without killing more or less:
Pe1hapB the worst sufferers 1n this expedt-
tfon WeIe tic inveterate tobacco che TeEs,
{abd this includes nearly every mtn. AL
Kinds Of herbs and weeds we're brought into
YequiEition, and genuine tobacco, Il iouEd at
Ill, was Worthits weightin Ereenbacka: From
necessity, ut least, 1 rigidly adhered to my
rerulution sometime previously formed, Of
abandoning its use. When we returned to
our old camp, the great aud sudden demaad
Tor the weca caused the sutler-who, unlike
suffers In general, Is somewhat OF covesous
fndiyidual-to raise the price to m alarming
$hoE EnBd
necessity, helped themselves indiacrimins!ely.
Our hcfeee are dying every day. NY poor
nNcd" (" will never be able to carry me q way
from here. Itseems too bad, after riding HIN
| from Davenport, . dlAtance OF over l,G0O
miles. that he ehould literally ssarVe to death.
a noble, Caithfu1 animal be has been, and he
ehall baYe at least one tear Of sympathy.
messenger has just come down from Fort
| Union, bringing reHs that the tlendish saw
| aees {boW / hate themO hare burned the
fait, aud killed all the whites. They also A.
tacked Is MackInaw,' with fifty-tw whites
| on board. numbering them all in cold blood
We are expecting the chiefs In to make
treaty, as four Indians were dispatched for
lam OF the opinion that 1t will be necessary
for us to return here next summer, though VI
ehal1 probably take up winter quarters a1
Sioux City-we may possibly winter In For
Randall. though We pray that il may not be g
|
It increases In the same ratio until December
I would as aoon be on an expedition to th'
Two young men a,riyed here this afternoon
having come all the way down the river from
Fort Tertbold, In a small skiG.. They starte'
from The u,ountains with twenty others 1l'
we're afraid to come further than Fort Bet
| fhol6 They run nights nnd laid up duIin|
Tie day to avoid discovery by the Indians
They We.e greatly rejoiced at reaching US wit
Their ecalps tight to their Leads. They repor
tbat the party on board the fist :, MackinaT
| lad one woman and several children anon
their pumber. AL were killed and robbed c
an immenee amount In gold. There is bu
one way to put an end to these outEages, IN
that is 10 e1te1minate these me1ciless Ael
hounds,
The ideal Indian Of my boyhood has var
iehed at the real Ineian Of my soldier life.
have as get fa,led 10 discover In him my I
! thote noble attributes ascdbed to him by OF
poets. Ionly zee hin 10 atrcachcrous Vtlla1
and me1cjless, relentless savage. war
determination IL our only protection again
their icluIran masEacIes. A. II. Ii.