The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

Failure OF the Expedition.-.Fsomo.
taon Of Gen. saAys..aIaJee DxAcksss
In the, Regular Arnw...A Selaaer
CAMP OfPosrTz FoRr Ron. d. T.. Dr.
raa 1rt ANA August q, 1868.

s.Isa .ri august ., 1866,
70 tie Editor Of tie Pioaesr:
Here we are once morei in camp a. the ,.rks
of the 'sBig Muddy" The Expedinon left Port
Berthold on the 21st instant, arrived here IN
The 18th in good condition and without The
loss of . mn, and feeling eonadent that We
win not cone in contact with any hostile Indi,
ans this season. We are quite anxious to take
up our line Of march down the river.
II is worse than foly % EXPECT that the com.
nnander Of one of these Indian Expeditions cat
carry It out with any very brilliant success -
long a. he is not allowed to use bis own DIS
erection in his movements, but is confined per-
emptorily to orders from remote distance
where he is and where he Is not to go. The
principal part of the information in regard TO
the movements of the hostile Indians Is only
received after getting up into this upper coun.
Dispatches found here upon our arrival an
nounced the promotion Of General Sully, which
we were all pleased to learn. That be has
earned and merited his preferimAnt, and that
he viii reflect credit not only upon himself,
bus upon the Government he represents, I do
not think any one who has ever served under
him, Or who is thoroughly acquainted with his
military qualifications, win deny. The General
ranks how in addition to Brevet Major General
Iof Volunteers, as Lieutenant Colonel Colonel
and Rieadier General by Breyet in tho regular
army. ~ s5s2ua1 10 assses 1i145s,l.
Major A. B. Bracket has Just received com
mission - Captain in the 5th Regiment Caval.
sy q, 8, A., As it was unasked for and unex-
Ipected by him, it proveda very happy surprise
as an acknowledgment for very valuable SER
vices rendered by him within the Last four
years.
Had time I would give you details Of our
trip to Devils Lake, but in lieu thereof send
yea copy Of the Frontier Scout, Published
here containing full and correct detailed &C.
count a.,s, ,.-,... .......,,o.. 80. 49,.
Gen. Sully has inst received orders to keep
Brackets Battalion in this District for duty
this winter. At what points we will be sta
toned is not yet decided. Sioux Falls City
viii be one of the post, the rest on the Mis-
souri, River. Yours truly. ys,s NJ n
s9r * -a .s- AUGUST 20, 1855
Since writing the above we have been called
upon to perform q sad and painful duty. Yes.
terday we followed the remains of Corporal
Horace Jameson, Co. C, Brackets Battalion,
to his last resting place. He was good sol.
,dier. a brave, houest and upright man, and
commanded the respect of all who knew him..
He leaves wife and two children to mourn
his death. His home was in Minnesota, but
his family is at present in Erie county, NY.
He was killed by hostile Indians, supposed to
belong to the Cut Heads, on Sunday morning,
the 9th inst, within FIVE hundred yards of
headquarters. He was shot in the edge of a
thick wood and underbrush. The report of
fire arms causing no alarm, nothing was sus-
pected until evening. When he was missed.
a through search was commenced. His body
was found pierced with one ball and one arrow,
either OF which would have proved fatal. The
Indians made their escape by skulking down
the woods in the bottom. and swimming the
Missouri River seven miles below. Corporal
Jameson was buried in the cemetery at Fort
Rice, deeply mourned Dy the whole command.
Another life, another heart-broken widow and
two more fatherless children-victims of the
accursed red man. Heaven speed the day that
every Indian may be swept from the face Of
this country. II. N.