Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-05-18

There are certain parties al Omaha, Coun.
ell Bluffs, and other points down the river.
who appear to m. Ike business Of nanutac-
turing and publishing accounts Of horrible
Indian msssacres on the upper Missouri
The recent heart rending account Of the
massacre at Fort Buford, which was circarn.
stantial'y detailed in the press ,hroug hou,
the country, filling the hearts Of credu;ous
readers with horror, had its paternity in one
Of the above named points. This account,
although given in the flles, detail, enbel-
lisbed with "incidents and persona, ad-
ventures" and bearing throughout the i'm.
press Of p!ausibility, was most unmi,igatet
Canard, manufactured out Of whole cloth,
without the least foundation in fact. Yet,
no sooner bad sufficient time elapsed to prove
the fa'si,y Of tho report, than the same sen.
sa:ion nongers manufactured another horri.
bls massacre, given in equal detail and SEM
blance Of authenticity. This last account"
comes to Us in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil,
and is TO the effect tina. the steamer Miner,
when abou: 500 miles west Of Sioux City,
stopped to procure supply Of wood. While
the hands were out chopping the wood, about
200 Indians got between them and the boat,
cut of their retreat, aud then proceeded TO
kill and scalp them in the most approved
savage fashion. After having completed
this pleasant pastime, the Indians turned
their attention to those on the boat, and
speedily dispatched every soul on board, ex.
cept two men, whom the manufacturer Of
the sensation very humanely allowed to es-
cape to reci,e the horrible tale After riflng
the boat Of all its valuablcs, the Indians Gel,
it on Gre, and it was burned to the water
edge. This 10 the substance of the story.
but it is OF course given in much greater de-
tail, bris,ling with exclamation points, and
highly seasoned with expressions of fierce
indignation.
Now, the truth is, there is not one word of
truth in tho whole story. Neither the Miner,
or any other steamer on her way to the
mountains, has been mo1es.ed by Indians
this spring; consequently, the Nonpareil $
sensation is an outright, unmitig~ted hum
bug. To draw it less mildly, it is lie from
beginning to end.
The foolish rumors which obtained con-
siderable currency last summer, to the efFt ct
that Sawyer's wagon road expedition had
been captured aud destroyed by the Indians,
also obtained their frs, publicity in Omaha
and Council Bluffs, and their paternity could
never be traced to any other source. Az
their was no foundation Whatever for these
reports, i. is evident tina, they, like the later
ones, were manufactured TO subserve some
scheme or purpose which could not be main
tanned by truth and fairness
We are al o loss TO conceive why our down
river neighbors have so strong a rerchan,
for Eliminating such lying balderdash about
the horrible fate Of expeditions which travel
by the way Of the upper Missouri. The num-
Der of Indian ou.rsges On the Missouri river
are fewer by a. leas. . hundred per cent,
than those on the Platte valley and We sug-
gest that the down river press would be more
credltably employed if it gave more attention
to the actual hos.iities which occu- nearer
home, aud say less abou, the iuas mary ones
on the upper Missouri.