, 1864-07-24
FROI5 TH7E Upper MIS-.
SOURI,.
The Gtenmer Tel1oxvatone-Geuer
suliy's hxpeditton-taost1ie INDIANS
Mountain Bouts, Etc., kGcs

ikfCm Tie Sss Aou44 bu1nA, ~lR~.l
the heet owned b. tns American Fur Comps
ny, passed St. Joseph on Mond y, en- route
10 tlis port, and may be expected IN to.mor-
row. She came from Dolphin rapids, one
hundred aud eighty miles this side Of Fort
Benton. At Cow island, two miles below the
mainea len dags before getting oG. The Ben.
ton passed her while aground, on her second
trip TO Fort Benton. At the rapids the ell
1oWstone took aboard two hundred packs Of
robts, and started back on the 37th Of June.
Nothing OF interest was known until the ar
rival ut Fort Rice; the new fort noT build.
SullS'e expedition.
The following mountain boats were in
port ut Fort Rice, and were waiting the or
ltzs q Gsn- Snlly' Isabella, TsntpeHt, san
as ard Geaes @ Giant. 4aps other noantaii i
boats were met below Fort Rice, The
Yellowstone made q narrow Escape from de-
structton By reaching Fort Rice as soon -
she did. # she bad been three hours Later
Of the boilers had nearly burnt ont. Owing
to this circumstance she wns released hS
Gen. Sally; otherwise she would have been
detained with the other bouts.
While Gen; sul11's command were under
WY anu one nunaFed miles below Eott nlcs,
the Typographical engineer, With two sol,
diers, started ahe.id of the command; aud
when two miles distant, posted the soldiers
on hill, overlooking the valley that he as
! about TO enter after game. When approach.
lns sumo bushes be was fired upon oy
breast. He Immediately csye the signal OF
alarm TO the two soldiets, aud in short time
they were back with company, but the
Snetnees was mortally wounded, and y only
lived lew hours. The company OF soldier5
| started In pursuit Of the Indians, and, after
eome three hourse riding overlook them
| The Indians, three In number, seeing NO
chance Of escape, a their horses were tagged
our, nnteftook 10 cause a stampede Of the
| horses, but did not succeed They were then
Cheyenne River, where they were placed
upon t4n'ioot poles, as death warning 10
! While the boat was ut Fort Be1thola they
were Informed that 500 hosttle Sioux Indians
Tsre speamRsd lp IT. txo miles bask Istne5 G,a1 De
team, sent for them twice, and had 2 council
each time. and the result was that they Terr
anxious and willing to be In peace with the
whites, and remain So. Hostile Indians IN
force Re5e seen along the river betT cen tort
Fort Rice that greAt numbers were sone
miles back Of the Fort. The officers Of the
boat, and several scouts that returned, repre-
sent that General suily IL doing absolutely
? nothing' and ais inactivity T., Y severely oon, s
| ASAAuSA+ A4C A&Ae tuuuI 1,uAS AoNPst, oAS
they alc kept building forts instead st hunt
ing and dispensing the enemy
About the time the Tello wstone arrived ut
Fort ULion, three men went outaide the de'
ferses, and were Immediately fired upon.
Two were wounded, and one, John Wallace.
WaA killed.
The Yellowstone has On board a company
Of twenty-six Idaho mincrs and twclv'
mouotainters, eight hundred h,les Of huffs@t
robes, buffalo calf and a bald eagle. Al
the mtnets Eezo formerly from Clnornia