Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-02-02
THE lNrIAN NA SSAC RE-DISGRACE
Full SCENES At ET. LARA.
MlE--SAVAGE MJTllA-
IlUA OF The DEAD

Christmas has cone ard gore and We are
heartily glad Of il, Never during our course
81 human events have We been blessed with
,hs liLs'y Of viewing 60 much obs. esi.y,
debanchery ad drunkness. The whole
garrison was on "tus." With ons or two
exceptions, every offer, non-commis ioned
and priva,e we're mo- or less und.r the ir-
hnence OF liquor yesterday. The scene be-
gars description, AMI even id It admit of
minute record, pen and ink would rise in re.
volt at such atro,iou. application. Last eve
ming. the officers resolved 10 '.celebrate" the
event of being Christmas night, and right
me'i'y did they do it, too; in a measure
equalng, Or rather 'e-enac ing, the 'day's
sIories,' and the rigl.t Was made i" Lideous''
by many jest and sspg # intoxicated off,
Ger aud soldier E4gbti,g WAS the 0 der OF
the day, aud the unemployed "bulles' were
in all their glory. At all hours Of the day
We might see some disgraceful brawl going
on-cforts on the part ofthe profer anthor.
ty to restrain them. In fact, but rc-enac
ton O: the New York riot of 1868, on a
small scale, and the fact of there beine
many OF that honorable fraternity pr sent
(s'ill unhung,) rendered the .aiimils semi
perfect. .9Hu.i
And yet, while oil this was trans piring, We
hear the runaor-which We dare not doubt
Of bloody and sanguieary fray q. Reno,
resulting in ,he loss Of life Of many of ou.
feflow-c comrades and soldiers. The rumors
are conflicting. yet at leas. fifty men are the
victims Of the Indian massacre. Yet later
reports even exceed this So soon a. foil
particulars are received, | will transmit the 10
10 sou. .f..< .~..-. ....-.... s-,.. .~g
1t. u 8. Bigham, Of ,hs Cd cavalry. "a,
killed some two weeks ago, near Fort Kear.
ney. Serg', William Bear was also killed
at Reno by the lp1iSas, h no came b,liIy up
to within twenty yards of the onter stock ade,
and attacked, killed and sea,ped him. Lieut..
was CALAMITY leading his men into charge,
wien, ~ some unnre onntahle, .mean,. he
became detached from his comnand. some
fifty or more yards, lowing to she ,;,n;a,;.y Of
his men, II ia presumed,) and As a natural
Consequence. was taken and killed Three
(3) scalps was taken from his head. This
may seem i"exriicab'e to some readers Of
the Journal, but, however, it is true. An
Indian takes scalp from the in me date TOP
VI the ht'sst which Is but sqaa, m 'sfxe 10
silver dollar. or the cireumlsresce, of, an
ordinary watch thus, you see. when a very
desirable ra'eface, or "wAsir1i," wan SUI
chez is billed, and scalp. nse scarce, The
whole scalp, or hair Of the head. is taken
and cot INFO smaller scalps for jndicious
distributions among the admirers of tho arti.
cle ! have the scalp Of a redskin, Dakota
(s'oux Indian, which was given me BY the |
veteran aero" jameson better knosn -
jim Brdeer'-the oldest "plniner" alive.
, The, ~sstbee consiuael eold, -4teess one |
day tbaw another; snow in the interim. -
Skating hes becoms quito = pass;en with u.
1t present. and the fortunate o1es Who Dos
sess = pair Of the articles, derive, quite |
revenue from lending them ont, DC. Cor.
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