The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26
Letter from Lacy.
JULEsBuRo, Col. TER, April 8, '65.

Letter from Lacy.
JULEsBuRo, Col. TER, April 8, '65.
TINES FoLxs:-Received . copy Of th
Trxrs TO- night Of Jan. 25th, and though 8
long time in reaching its destination,
was no less welcome indeed for the pas
three or four months it has been in tn
habit Of taking = jaunt to the mountains
or . voyage "round the Horn," befor
arriving, and several are yet reporte,
"absent without leave" and feeling in tn
humor to night, will indulge in short cha
"wid wees" if agreeable.
Quiet reigns here just now, owing to th'
late change Of commanders of this section
Gen. Mitchell having been relieved, ant
Gen. Connor, Of Utah notoriety, placed il
command Of the rev District Of the Plains
including Nebraska, Colorado and Utah
headquarters at Denver, and it will be some
little time yet ere the "machinery" Of the
new district is in running order. Expect,
however, that by the time grass starts suf
ficient to sustain stock, everything will be
in readiness and our summer excursion
"up North" for the "bene6t OF the health
of the command" and to hunt Indians,
will be inaugurated. As for seeing "ary''
! hostile Indians they are not visible to the
eyes of this recruit" Already there are
runors that the various tribes are coming
in at Fort Laramie to treat for peace, hav
ing "smelled the battle from the South
Platte region, reckon" and as matter Of
course they are all good Injin"-none Of
them being implicated in the late wholesale
2lundering and numbering of this region,
the result being treaty with them, numer-
Gus bull-trains employed the coming season
to transport grub" for the miserable cusses
and as soon as the troops now in this
country are withdrawn, "treaties" will be
forgotten and the scenes of the past few
months re. enacted. You, in "America,"
look upon the Sand Creek affair and others
Of like character, with horror, and those
engaged in them as murderers, &C., at least
that is the report received here of the popu,
lar feeling in the States. A residence Of
six months would effectually eradicate all
such sentiments, and proposition for the
total annihilation Of the race, would meet
with your approval; "tbe noble red man."
"Lo (or any other) poor Indian" &c., &C.,
is all flap doodle" Ito use private ex
preston Of friend, in relation to the red
tape style Of doing business in the army
the entire Indian race being as devoid of
noble traits Of character, as poor devil in
the army is short Of greenbacks when the
pavmaster has not been around for . year,
and he in debt to the Sutler for the entire
amount due him for "three years or during
the war, unless sooner discharged" The
annihilation process, and nothing short,
practiced for eight or Ten years, will secure
permanent peace in this country.
Coaches are running regularly now with.
out the fear Of the red man, and ere long
we expect to see "pilgrims" vending thei,
way mountainward; but if the reports are
relisble-Richmond ours, Lees army ditto,
with peace in sixty days-we hope to 60
Missouri-riv wards before another winter,
where You do not have to haul wood only
sixty miles to keep up the requisite amount
of caloric. Saw "Boe Jaugh" (Joe Baugh)
a few days since. Joe is now Gilpen
county militia man-the same good fellow
as usual, and says if he had only known
the beauties Of soldering he would have
enlisted long ago.
see that "you'ns" as we'll as "we'ns"
have had "spell Of weather." reminder
Of the times Of that ancient navigator,
Noah-while with US it is little mixed"
as to what month it is. think the thing
has been reversed, this being March-April
having passed. We have had only three
snow storms. Of two days duration each,
this month,
The TINES is becoming more regular Of
late in its visits, and is the favorte with
Iowans here as well as at home but will
annoy you no more at present. L.
P. S.-Capt. O'Brien will be At home on
furlough about . year from June next!