Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-03-18
LETTER FROM FORT RANDALL.
FoRr RANDALL, March 1lth, 1866.

FoRr RANDALL, March 1lth, 1866.
After many years Of reflection upon the
question Of which is the peasautest season,
Winter. Spring, Summer or Autumn,
have from certain freaks Of the weather
since the advent of March, become con.
WINGED that whatever one is pleasan.est,
Spring 10 not Since tbt 6rst day OF
March the wind hos been aahinme great
blow here. In fact, FkEag4yl pf no
blow equal to it, unless ,l4st Vie DOW the
Journal is making about BAGG. The only
difference is that the Journals blow is
"chafeley wind" while that here has con.
siderable sand mixed with it.
Blu. little Of interest or news has trans
pired here since my last. One death has
occurred here, the first since the return Of
the Expedition. GEoRGE SARGEAsT, a
private in Company d. was buried on
the 18th ut. In view Of the fact that such
occasions seldom occur, our able and eff
cient Colonel ordered eve companies Of
soldiers, officers and all, to tu,n out under
arms as funeral escort. The escort could
not be increased we're the President to die
but none complained, as they feel that
if great occasions will not occur it is the
duty Of the Colonel to create them.
Many changes and promotions are &C.
curing in the Sixth. Appointments Of
high positions for many of the officers and
men in the Regiment are arriving, but
none for poor THOMPSON. RICHMOND and
Lieut.. DAYTON have been appointed Cap.
tains in the new Regiment of rebel pris-
oners now being organized at Davenport.
Rlcn. has gone, but DAYTON has not yet
accepted the appointment.
see by Jour last .ha. the Offices in
Dakota are again filled by appointments
Of non residents to whom Lincoln owes
favors for services rendered in the late
election. This may be all right, but it is
very poor encouragement for those intelli.
gent and hardy pioneers who have settled
this Territory. 1t seems to me tha, while
men Of ability have settled at tho risk Of
having their horses taken by Indians, aud
their chickens by soI,iers-while all their
crops are appropriated to iced Uncle
Sans grasshoppers, they ought to be re.
membered i n the distribution of Offices
But such seems not to be Uncle Abes
opinion, and Of course that ends the mat.
ter. hope some Of the newly made Off.
cials will come to tie Territory soon. For
monks no. Judge, Di.trict Attorney or
Marshal has shown his good!y phiz to any
man in Dakota. A: lcas, so says Cover.
nor Edmonds.
How do you people in America like our
new President? l hope be may prove a
better one than we have had for the last
four years.
Where we shall go The coming season
or when We shall leave here, is only IN after
Of conjecture as yet. Whether we go as
Cavalry or Infantry do not know. One
Company here seems to expect to 60 as
Infantry as they have drawn O large guam
ti,y Of Infantry coats.
The Regimen: is to be furnished with
new guns in short time, and then Mr..
Indians had better make themselves scarce
or they suffer.
The mails in Iowa have played the
truant so much lately that l begin to
,Link Dakota about the bes. country ia
the world. 1t il quite recommendation
to be able to say 10 snow for two years,
and no rain Of any consequence for five.
Can you say half as much for Ioawa?
THOMPSON.