The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-11-10

him, that he killed al Of them and one
with lis sabre, ,ha, when. he cnt his
head off the blood spprte.. On to him.
! All nt the iroopa acted wei without the
least sign nf flinching. and At sunset
not a solitary Indian conld he seen on
,he ti4'l Of T,.ll i,.h j kn-,y.
A. 2 O'elnrk the next morning we
were M aud IN pursuit, Int wer" stop.
| "a J., tbr Marvaiu Tcrre Of which
have jus' spoken. We then returned
~ tn.,r r.mn I'D >naf. the entire day
~ DESTROYING their loa gea of skirs filled
W.T.. dried buffalo mat brass kettles,
mess. sn,i household furni' ~ were
lal Piled on cir own lodge poles Ard
DESTROYED bv FIRE. The destruction v IL
onlv completed hy setting fire to the
a.nd and consuming The whole in \
! General cnntiaurasitn Our loss was 2
Killed and . w"nrded OF ,he Iniiars
Il is Impossible" 10 speak with con.
,id.ncp. as according to Indian cns,.m
they were seen 10 endanger their own
lives and throw away all they had for
he sake ot carving IF the dead. Bn,
$50 = probably 4 moderate estimate
| # their number If !, ,ll..| and II these
he artillery contributed largely.
We again reached our corral on
H. art liver on the 3lst day OF July
having marched $50 miles fought a
battle nl.i a"s s,royc' large camp ia
>lx ia>S. On The 81 of Angus, ~ took
! ~ nar line .f march in a northwestern
direction. On the 9th We reached
| another portion Of the Monysis Terres
f rh Lille Mi.~.n,i. From The edge
4 HE high ,l'!e Ia, a~ where we frs,
'.'nne upon The M,nya,- Terres the
-cea. h,gg.rs Al description. Il is
such y Aceic ~ can OIL. be realize:
IN ..mr x,hl distorted night mare
3ra an. Ph.nacle., iu,rr,a, pyramids.
npus9. AL hn'es If every possible
shape. siz". description and cole, from
.rpe II bright ,-,i and from 5 I. see
t,.., i'y'l niiei in inc ,nceiveah|r cor.
faster hv nature in nap of her very
= 't~'f ks. On tie tops = these
- found i"r. ,n ins ~. larccs,
!. ~ 4 inbrr II state II pst'iti,
cotton, .a - would rneAsu,, Is Il.
nm,t H. >p.e't could not h
,nlncA. 1--we several pi"ces FOR
.smpe was ,'aher that Lad \
te auant "f pi.th = tn samples.
l'.r slow l seemed "a though
esn, msn would a't.tnu' passage.
s +, 4 II II au,ah,ss and has,l work
saaeerisd = a;..ieg var wa.
.n..il tis bed ri.,p. q. lle viser
ne. T l2 mhs. The rpx. DAY
". ,nh moved 3 miles ,,n t,e river
hs,ys forces being at work to dig =
saxa oRi. On NE s.h We crossed the
riser. and orr roafl for sewers al miles
sss II - bed Il = >tresn,, ~ marrow
ha anl, enc wagon conii pas. II \
I'm. aai 'hs. sides IN places many hund.
r,i Zee, hish Dlsnsnn'ei men were
dr,,ia>. .d alprg he highs ard tske
ras-.ss,on of a'l points. Here ,he IL
.i4ns soon appeared in great numbers
hu, nnl, 10 tiud ,hem.elves hatn-d and
dt,vsn back like 80 man, Mosquitoes
t. m All q! lie points ttom which they
calculated L. fire urnn the train in cnr
,n>.c..inr. TITS skirmi-h 6rh, lasted
ali day: st night We hivnuaced At 4
small lake ahau' 1 ,ods across and
.t.nn Set d.a,,; from this Sb,n 1000
men, 4 10000 he,d 1t stock ~as vat.
tered. |, l.ok .li night tn get once
around. and the last was. prett, ihi k
assure you. There was a strong guard
81 to keep Loose stock out. lay on
ri,ket ,ha, night. The mex, morning
he fight recommended, but lasted only
f.r i few hours. VIXEN the Indians re-
nrcd apparently dish. arlened, and well
,hry might. Their loss had been heavy
| and they had wounded hu, a'tuw OF our
men and killed reno. The countr, on
hich w. tough, was the most nnfavor
anlc thai c,nli possibly be CHOSEN tor
he invading part, and the same force
N, W lid Tough, before. had been re,
n!orrrl by o,hsrs from the South, 40
! thu, il w.s probably \. large noiy q
| i.p,l,an wa,iurs aS has been assemhs.
ii he continent at America.
| Oh the l2th we reached I'll. banks oi
The YELLOW S.olv ;.rer III latNui. Is d-
g,,rs, ~ Dinn'es. longitude lot dc
yrecs, 10 mnut.-, loo miles from our
currcll uu:tesr. rivcr. ,;llcr. .wc.shailc'l