The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-03-04

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We give the following y ! spsoiu,sn q
many letters We have received, askine for
is1oemation n regard 70 the oontsmpI tad
expedition to Idaho: sI #|I
:. a. ~ vsA. n,sss~: 0 1'0' = iss4-
AsThSye no aequaiptances IN your stats I
take ths liberty Of writing n - ~ fsw
words Of information.
What I want to know Il, how can Jfnd out
whore the company thdA i going to the Yel-
low Stone River in Idaho Territory ID tho
spring, d going to start from. and the time o
starting; or whether there is any man that has
charge of the expedition that can write to
for information. II you can give me this in
formation you will oblige me very much.
Ny address is, &C., -
The only reply we are able to give to
inquiries like the above, 10 simply to state
that it is supposed that an expedition, under
command cf Capt FISK or some other per-
son, will be authorized by the Government
for the protection of emigrants to Idaho
the coming summer, and that it will prob
ably start as soon'as the grass will afford
subsistence to the animals. We presume
this is all that can be said at present by
anybody, but we can all see how unsatis-
factory such reply must be to those in
search of exact information upon which to
base their arrangements for the trip.
The truth is, we have had too many
gaseous speeches, resolutions and memo
rails in regard to the Idaho route through
our Slate, and too little practical common
sense work. 1t needed little more than q
glance at the map to show that this route
was the shortest, and it's practicability has
been fully demonstrated by two successful
expeditions. What we most needed after
wards was an immediate recognition
these facts by the Government; its author
ization of another expedition on larger
scale than before; the appointment Of a
competent person to take charge of it !;
and the publication in Eastern journals, as
we'll as in those of our own State, of the
full programme Of the expedition, includ-
ing the time and place of its departure, the
outfit of the emigrant, and the measure of
protection That would be extended against
Indians. None of these indispensable pre-
requisites to successful initiation of the
route have yet been accomplished, and
may not be for month to come. Capt.
FISK has been lionizing through the coun-
try, interspersing his oratoricsl exhibitions
with that of sold ABE's Nugget, " but has
not yet reported personally to the Wa
Department, and probably will no. SO long
as he can find audiences who will listen
patiently 10 his marvellous adventures
In the meantime, however, rival routes
are brought prominently before the PUBLIC
: In the St. Louis Republican we find al
refreshments of no less than eight or ten
steamers bOund for the gold mines of
Idaho, Virginia CITY, BannOck City and
the Stinking-Water Valley,-tia Council
Bluffs, Sioux City, Fort Union, Yellow
stone aid Fort Benton. AS an exhibition
OF the inducements held out to emigrants,
we quote the following I'll s
1t being generally conceded that the safest.
quickest, cheapest and most pleasant way of
reaching the gold mines of Idaho and surround
ing country, is by way of Missouri River to
Fort Benton on light draft passenger steamers,
in view of this fact, the owners of the follow
ing named boats have been induced TO dis
patch them for this destination, leaving here at
as early "A day as will insure their getting
through without delay. These boats have
been built expressly for this river, are light
draught, staunch, swift and of excellent pas
scnger accommodations, are Differed and
manned by skillful and experienced boa men,
thoroughly cOnversant with the river and its
navigation. ~ @at' ,f9 al
1t may be an unpalatable truth, but it
must be said, that at present we are not
ia position to ask emigrants go to Ilado
through our State. We cannot offer them
even safe conduct across the country, and
until we can do this, the less we say about
Idaho the better it will lie for w. We
trust our business men, aud our Represen-
tatives in Congress will give their atten-
ton to this matter, that something rracti-
cally beneficial to the Stare may result
from the vast influx of people intst the
gold regions the coming season eea
ft California Treasure Shfpnae mts.
The total amount of Treasure shipped