Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-11-04

.aKeO In yn0 u0IQ, SD0n beouIto 70 %
equal torcs Of men and value Of property
quietly reposing 10 comfortable quarters
In the very heart Of civilization and sup
posed safety. In this rare class, " are
sejoieed 70 obtain Information upon which
No can proudly proclaim the prominence
and distinction Of the recent North-Wes.
sers Indian Expedition, under command
Of Major General suLLr, Who. through
I'll the Vaccinations Of envy and calumny,
hos saloly and brilliantly maintained aad
decreased bic already we'll earned reputa-
zion - % eminent soldier and most
worthy gentleman. 49,.
The Expedition comprising 1868 officers
and men (this includes ssamsters and oil
ether men not IN the rauks) and 1862
aaimals, moved from Sioux City, BY de-
taehments, in the middle Of June, and BY
the 10Th Of that month tho entire COM
nsod had reached Fort Sully. /, had
been planned and organised 10 proceed
thence up the valley Of the Big Cheyenne
through the Black Hills to tho Powder
River, there 70 locate Pos, and build it,
cooperate with General CoNSoR moving
from Fort Laramie, and attend to any
hostile lndiass thu. might be fosnd in
that region; bst this entire design and
programme had been changed by orders
from Department Headquarters. Instead
Of tho we'll conceived movement agains,
the hostile Indians iofesting the country
. the North West whore the most val.a-
bio results were certain, the change, based
upon untruthfol information, was made
ssd insisted upon. Every preparation
he'd been completed, and the advance had
already le0 Sioux City when, owing to .
report, believed BY General Curtis, com.
oaadtag Ne Department, shss . large
body Of Indisns shst were we'll known TO
y on he wsss side Of The Missouri river
vsrs near Dsvips Lake, three haadrsd
miles ID. General suLtY, despite oil bic
wishes and remons.rancss, wss ordered
% change his whole plan and refrain from
crossing The Aissouri river, but 10 70 after
shsss reported Indiass Who we're supposed
70 b fer svay to The northward, near the
British liaa.
Thus diverted from the primary aud oil
important purpose, the Expedition moved
from Fort Sully. and reached Devils Lake
o. The 10Th Of July. Sou. on. de.sc hmeu.s
70 discover whether anx Indians were
Whereabouts Or ever had been, and to OK.
plore the Lake and oil Of its conGguisies.
This wss done-aud snding from signs
that 40 considerable body Of Indians had
been there within . year. the Expedition
lsia the Devils Lake August End, and
reached Fort Rice, ria Mouse river and
Fort Bsr,hold, on the 25sh. Returning to
Fort Sully, the comnsnd was broken into
detschments and marched homeward to
Sioux City, reaching here in the mouth Of
October, after . round march Of about
1000 miles, making some days between
thirty and forty miles over the dry prairie
under . burning sun, and ~i.hou. water.
The cost Of this Expedition has been 50
immensely exaggerated BY knaves and
fools, ~ to have rendered it a sor. of
fr;ghtful hob-goblin to all nervoss tax.
payers. bot the sn.idots for oil such pois-
eaous scandal IL tho truthful figures,
which ws have been permitted to CLEAN
from the official records Of ,he Expedition,
through the courtesy Of Major H. Wow
AlEDEN, and Lieut. r. O. UDALl, Of the
staff Of the Major General commanding.
The aggregate cost to the Quartermas.er
Department il tho very moderate sum Of
only twensy-ssvsn thousand. four hun
drsd and ssvsnsy-six dollars and fifty
Eve cents, for payment Of all en-
ployess, inoIudins Clerks, Foragemasters
Wagon Masters. reamsters, Guides, To-
sssprstess and Messengers. aud for hire Of
teams in Transporting corn. The animals
have bean we'll subsstsd ~ shown BY
their improved condition, on 80, 900 bush
els less corn than would have been requir-
ed had they been idle .. any Post. and
tho total Of losses il N enormous disap-
sentiment TO tho creakers--seven horses
and four mules eleven in all. ont Of
1862 animals.
These good results are attributable to
SAe administrative ability Of Gen. SuLLy,
An< tho veteran qualities Of his officers
and men, and in no measure whatever to
any cordial support or encouragement.
from the civil officers Of the Territory Of
Dskosa, who for the safety Of their own
lives are entirely indebted to the gallan /.
troops they 90 villAinou.ly tratuce. The
libeiers w6c, in the dark, endea,ored TO
sssb tho reputation Of justly distinguished
defenders of their country aud their
homes, and strovo 30 hide their own null
.;,,,A;,o .,s offences in 4 yerification Of the