The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-10-13
the WAR on. THE PLAINS

Military gentlemen in tie Wcst hare
now affair Geld to explore, utionq kf
fords them fair opportunity to 4 es:
che extent and profoundly Of thcis gen.
ios and strategy. 4 The war % the
Flsins is not a Indian war alcas, by
al the people Of the west BY my
means. There are the best reasoas Ito
induce and couEsm the belief thatos fhe
Indians are powerfully backed BY fhe
rebels, who 10 vast numbers and mas
sive trains, have been leaving 'ths Mis-
! souri river for the last six months, m
der tie pretense Of transporting mer.
Pehandi.c snd Of hunting gold IN the
Rocky Mountain regions Of the faspf
fNor,hw wess vhen in fact, the whole Of
/, 10 var movement, and rebels 10 81
Joseph may have understood the work.
Who Knows how many thousands Of
OF stands Of arms how many thousand
tons Of powder and lead rolled out Of
A'chion. 81. Jos"ph, Nebraska City,
Omaha ana Council Bluff, las, spring :
1,here has never been such sast and
rich laden trains a. those which Start
ed over the Plains this scason, and i,
esfe to estimate that three four,hs Of all
the emigran,s that went were rebels,
or sympathisara, which amounts to the
samc thing. lfthese emigranss we're
disposed 10 take munitions of var ias
freight. ~hat hirdrance had they TO
overcome At the time they started, TO
prevent any exten. Of busioeas in that
line IN this section ? We were then
nnder the military region of paw ave,
which gave to the rebels undispased
sway, and al sorts Of facilities 70 cary
our any Scheme they desired, All the
righ, TO do the whole under the lag u
the Union, aud besides. use Federal
guns and uniforms in the promotion
OF theis schemes. lflarse amounts Of
arms and aanition OF war were not = :.
on by those western travellers, j. E.=
not because they had nc. the means md
facilities for io;ng 80. as all things here.
abouts at that tirae were in Ito right
trim to ineure them srccsss. il e-eTT
enterprise OF such character.
The exten: cf the hostile movements,
The un,foriraity Of them. the bold and
daring outrsgss Of the lndiaLa, toge'h
er with othsr developments, plainly in
dicste TIA. ths noripE power y ali
this grand display is seated at pTe.en.
behind the throne. It looks more ike
q rebel movement than lie sn Indian
raid. more Ike 4 dankins operation CT
JEFF Davis on grand scale, than like
an Indian 6iibust-ring expedition to
stea, : few horses and k.!! fs,s oo-d
tsrs settlers, and W strongly saspee,
if Ucion troops ever fnd the head
quarters Of those desperadoes, they viii
6nd in them, If not DO fore. many pale
faces and very likely thousands who
would be known if seen by Missouri
sns and many OF them would be rec.
ognized by citizens Of St Joseph, and
all Of them of the po.;ion named,
whether from Missouri Or elsewhere
would wear in some form, the bsnd. oi
treason TO the United. States.
Military 1er ..a better .ook ssa.p
u this direction as storm IS NOS: sTi-
IDENTITY brewing between here ard she
Rorky Mountains Froa, ,en TO ,voI,
" thousand good rsne! soldiers cosia
be mastered into that Rerv,ce, Of NEE
who Io.t the Missouri valley last sprin s
and early summer 70 60 TO the west.
Ana as retels we're never yet since the
war commenced known tolenve rcck
m armed when the resul, promised ii.
yor IL them, 1t mnsrtn not be presumed
they wM % 10 sleep In the Mnnala!ns
aest. any more lnan they do here OF
about Richmond -& Jos. 2ri5sse.
There IS d sina yield of Tobacco this