Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-06-25
THE N0NPARBIL on THE IN.
DIAN WAR.

the present expedition Of Gen. Sully, il
humbug, gotten up for speculative pur'
poses. If the Nonpare1 man WAS not so
exceedingly Loyal and stroug support
er Of the Government Abe Lincoln and
held the doctrine that he, the Government
could do no wrong, we should not have
been surprised at bis attack upon tho mil
itary operations in the northwest. Had
a Copperhead paper attempted to criticiss
the doings Of the administration thus, We
should not have wondered or paid any at
tention to it. knowing that some Of the
Loyals would have taken up the cudgel
and whaled taem to their holes. But
this article, coming from such a source,
and is so burndened with misrepresenta
tons, or falsehoods, and so uncalled for
that it demands passing notice
The article we refer to is but part Of
a systematic and determined effort on the
pat of.he citizens and papers Of Council
Bluffs to injure Sioux City, and defeat
any measure they think may tend to ben
eft our town. This course Of the Council
Bluffs press and people has been the com.
mon remark Of our citizens aud strangers
passing through there for this place,
since Sioux City was Grst started. The lat.
ter were told that this was no place to 60
to, the country was good for nothing, and
unsettled, the people uncivilized and a set
Of cut throat. laying in wait to rob new
comers,' and if they escaped tho whites,
they would be bu,chered by Indians who
besieged Sioux City, and roamed over the
country with impunity, robbing and scalp.
ing the settlers We have known persons
who were told all this, yet had the temerity
to come here AID were much surprised to
find US dressed in the habiIimeu,s of civil
izstion.
If boat loaded for Sioux City touched
at the Council Bluffs landing ( five miles
from the town and the papers heard Of it,
notice would appear. steamer 50 and so
arrived and discharged large amount Of
freight for our merchants leaving next
day; being very careful Lot to mention
The boats destination.
These are but examples Of the narrow
contracted and short sighted course ofthe
people aud press Of Council BlgGs towards
Sioux City.
Their Jealous hearts lead them to i'm.
agine that Sioux City is rival, that
there is not room enough on the Missouri
for two towns, if they are one hundred and
ten miles apart. They think they have
found a new cause Of alarm, in the OPEN
opening Of . route from this place to Ida
no and the Pacific, and know Of no better
way Of preventing the survey being made
than to cry down the expedition. To do
this, the Nonparei! resorts to wil|ful mis-
representations: lie says: ave have
hear about ten Thousand able bodied, we'll
drilled soldiers, wasting their time and
the Governments money in gigantic c1pe.
ditions against imaginary host of blood
thirsty savages.'' Now to show how
much truth there is in this short quotation,
and i, is blu. specimen OF the whole article,
we will give the number Of troops com.
posing Gen. Sul'y's expedition 9th To-
wa cavalry, nine hundred; four companies
Of the 7;h Iowa cavaly, five hundred
Brackets cavalry, four hundred; two
companies Of Dakota cavalry, two hun
dred; six companies 30th Wisconsin in.
fantry. six hundred; two companies Of
scouts, two Hundred battery, City: total,
two thousand eight hundred and City ef.
fective men, making the slight difference
of seven thousand ono hundred and City
between the, Nonpareirs Statement and
actual Gsures.
We have ever been at loss to account
for the course. Of tho people of Council
Bluffs, if their press is the exponent Of
their feelings, for it must DO apparent to
them, as it is to all, that our interests are
identical. The "Indian Expedition - has
made brisk market for their grain, flour,
meat and cattle, at better prices than in
eastern markets.
Their merchants have sold largely to
our merchants and those above US. In
short, everything that contributes to the
welfare Of Sioux City is benefit to Coun.
ell Bluffs.
They are fault finding set, for the
thousands OF dollars that the hardy and en-
terprising emigran,s to Idaho and the Pa.
cidc have poured into their laps, they only
get curses and hard names in return
The Nonpareil brands them as copper
heads and traitors fleeing from the draft.
unworthy Of Government. protection and
deserving tho kind mercies Of the savages
Of tho plains.
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