Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-09-03

eight miles of as rough country as was
yer made,;;and under sun, that was too
Not for ouss Comfort, to say the least Of it.
We found 1900 lodges, and an immense
quantity Of camp equipage, robes. meat,
&c, which, was all destroyed. Our men
and animals. being completely exhausted.
the General ordered the command to rest
upon their arms and be ready 10 pursue at
2 o'clock A.. NJ next day.
We did so-and after laborious march
Of five miles along the base of the noun
tain we were brought to halt by an ip
passble barrier in the shape Of success.
sion Ifgorses, at least 100 feet deep
witlhl rpendicular walls, aud the bottoms
| filled u .h dense growth Of small timber,
and it Vas impossible to scale the noun
, tain Heeps os foot, which was done by
po76h3 the troops; and after searching
some til = for a trace of tie Indians, with.
out su< @s' the General refsesan''y, order
ws g W 1f;s. 'or,:;s':s&;;o:; :s&; ;ss' there
were 12Nudnns left dead on the field ;
the wounded, and pr2Rbly many of the
killed, we1f carried otf'by their frieuds.-
! We lost killed and ten wounded in the
battle -ad two killed the night after The
fight viii = on picket du'y. The Killed
and wound Ed were mostly of BRAcKErr's
battalion, 4 bile in the charge.
We reael ed hs-e last night, having
marched II miles in six days, and fought
one mt number:
counyy fiom Fort Rice in this d.
reGfop, is an interesting one for seolo
gisA beiOg ola very peculiar formation,
and bounding with %ssi's, petriGca,ions'
aud minerals Of different kinds Except
!. gold. = Coal in inexhaus,bie quantities
was I'd ind on all the streams cropping out
and in some cases veins eight feet thick
were found Of quality superior to that
found~k iowa. Grass and water also is
much .eer and more Of it. than on the
ether side Of the Missouri. Timber how
ever. is very scarce although we find it
on oil the streams, but Of small growth.
We remain here two days TO repair
wagons and distribute our loads, aud then
| no for the Yellow Stoue river TIE march
viii occupy at least ten days from here
We expect to meet the Indians again be-
tore reaching tha, point.
! Our battle was fought at Tah cha n-kute
/ Or the mountain where deer are killed
| The camp was composed OF the hostile
! bands Of all this upper country, and j.
| supposed IL number from 1 900 to ) 900
lnda.s. The boys are ali we'll. NJ.
| Seyenty-nve Thousand Tons Of Eu-
| man Blood.
| A writer in the Jefferson County y "
Uatoa, who has been making calcu ln,ions
| reIa,iyeto the number,ot men killed thus
far in the war, gives the following start
ling results -
"lhcre has been enough already slain
to epcircie our State, it their dead bodies
were lain in one continuous line.
''lf they were placed in collins and cor
ded they would coun. thirty nine thousand
| cords.
"If laid in wall twenty Ave feet thick
and thirty feet high, it would be over one
and one! fourth miles in length.
| 90 (aat tb..k ND taa faot 1soh he
pile would reach across the State.
IF piled upon ten acre lot, they
would be nearly two hundred feet thick.
"And if laid upon the ground, they
would cover every foot Of soil in Jefferson
county. III r.:
Seventy, Eve thousand tons of human
blood have been spilled in Dixie's soil
enough to turn every spindle in Lowell,
and if the tears were added to the food,
it would turn the machinery Of the con,i'
nent and the unavailing sighs would fill
every ocean sail .... u...
"The one half has not yet been told
The millions Of wounded and mai ned for
| life must be taken into account in sum.
ming up the grand total Of evils incident
TO this bloody and fana,ical war. -s.,~..
anu the emu Is not yet. u
I'VE shudder at the news Of the death
Of twenty persons killed BY the accidental
breaking of rail, or the sinking OF a
steamboat, and if two hundred are lost by
any means, we are fairly horror stricken
and are ready to wreak Vengeance on any
one who has been negligent or careless in
the matter. - FIG
l. "Ba. when tens Of thousands are cut
down in one day by the procurement o.
designing demagogues. we shout 'halla
lujah,' and can hardly CONTAIN ourselves
for joy, while We thank Heaven for the
human slaughter ruv4 .~ ... {: n..#
Whitfield DORM Smah-We are tolt
there are bat fonr Germans in this cit,
who still hang 10 the Union League ane
will vote for Lincoln, the remainder
rather large remainder by tho way-wil
either give their support TO the Democrat,
nominee, or the pathfinder. The old lin,
| m;sc.gcuts ara dacidadlv NionO . IN vorAd