Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-09-07
INDIAN COMMISSION vAonAHcY.

The psnny-s-liners Of The Cbicseo papers
travelling in the interest Of The head vagrsnt
Of tbs Indian Com mission, noe spsHdiag .
few ten thousands Of the peoples money in
= pleasure excursion on = 6rst class steamer
to the upper Missouri, are ,oluble set Of
fellows, aud, wi.hsl, ferociously witty. Their
letters are lengthy, and relic able. They
describe with great minuteness and detail,
things and scenes they have never seen, and
10 oil sheir doinss AID sayisgs rival the
.chisvsosats Of the "seliabls gentlenas .
or the "in.elligent contrsbsnd" Of AL quiet
on the Potomac times. These little crea-
lures ass mere scribbling automatons to sui,
the fancy and DO the bidding Of the brain
less, peaked. hssded vaerant, who is,known
in the paymasssr's dsps,tnsat - "Lieuten-
ant General" and Who knows - much abou.
the character and disposition Of the Indians
the wants and interests Of the people of
The frontier-as Missouri river shovel-fsh.
II the Indians desire to do the whole country
And especially the pioneers of The west
great service, they will embrace the. pre-
sent opportunity to embellish their w;swam
with . few sparsely haired 81 from colored
scalps. May God deliver Us from tho vista
ton Of any more "peace commission -es-
pecial'y those headed BY = semi-luna,ic and
full blown knave.
AZ specimen Of the style Of writing of
these subsidized scribblers, ~ append the
following " description Of Sioux City from
the correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune 1:
eloUx CITY.
The steamer, or the "trusty craft" ~ fresh
water sailors are opt to call it, swept
slowly around . wooded point, and before
US sppeared-s pleasant relief 70 eyes wea-
REQ with the monoto"y OF bottoms on which
there are houses, here the impressions of
the correspondent cease, and the revision Of
tne nead vsgrant commences, but houses
"'de,y separated oy cottonwood groves and
meadows covered with ozier.
A brick block, partially finished TIA, ~.
ing the chronic and characteristic condition
OF Sioux City, gladdened the sixht. The
cheerful names Of Toot!e and Of Booge-uot
our old friend of nurse attended childhood
days-but IN es.imable uerchsnt-were con.
spicuously painted in places where thew
would strike the eye of ali landing from tho
boats. The river in front of the town make.
q deep inward curve, and, to u,e an ;nele
CANT but forcible expression, is " PONG for"
the town. OF this fact the Sioux ci,izens a,
! suppose they should be called, are per-
fectly aware; hence, those living near the
river are ia u cont nual state Of an xietv. And
80 to bed with life preservers on
When the boat ~his,led, the ponu,at;on
came down to the shore. This vas conve
nient, because it enabled us to take census.
there are, l suppose, about thousand p.o-
pie, all Of them with au expression of sub
dued misery on their faces, due to the ex
pecsa''on on their part tina, they will ul,i-
mstely be washed away and tax en- down the
river to Omaha or st. Louis without payiny
anything therefor. L ch one, consequently,
mas IN his pocket = ready IN ade epitaph
Win blank tor the date of bic death. This
Is, OF course, convenient
=" e landed aud made our way up A steep
oa"k; and scattered over The place. This
was zone oy each one en- ering . store, there
os'ne one apiece; one Of more devout turn
OF mind "ended bis way to the church, aud
also inspected the graveyard. This 10 q
favor'se resvrt Of the citizens. who do no,
expect to rest there 10 death; hence. when
no boat 10 in sight, they spend their time
there. ''
One would think from this that Sioux Civ
las no good points. But that would be "a
error: 1t has one. To live here 10 to be
eau.hed with the rest Of tho world. includ-
ing st. Louis. The people, too, are easily
eatished. They take Cincinnati nao.ra
ihere are also weekly papers published
mere, from which We learned that Jones had
just procured . peck Of toms.oes, ono Of
"nico no had given the editor, who was
happy to pronounce that it was q first rate
article ; aud that Peck had received . pount
OF tobacco from Ousha, which he would di.
pose OF IN small lots to suit customers, The
editor acknowledges the gift Of a chew
Under the head of" marine intelligence j.
chronicIed the arrival of . canoe from the
opposite shore, laden With . man and a min,
u whisky, aud the sale of one dollars worth
Of gold BY miner He being quite iutoxi.
Gated, the bank made 4 profit Of e;obtv. fonr
cents. Being thus aided BY metallic de-
Posif, the bank proposes to enlarge its circu.
Il ton BY the issue Of ten dollsrs' worth Of
notes. This is prsisewortby.
Those of the tost's compan ~.
landed made extensive purcha
pair OF moccasins and four r
for which fancy prices we're 81
pie crowded around with litho
OF the city and offered town ID
tsouiously low prices, assuring
10 that they would increase 10
hundred per cent. within year. Ever
little children, With counterfeit smile. an
their tiny focos. toddled affair NJ. ...LA