, 1869-08-14
NORTHERN PACIFIC EXPLORING
PARTY,

Their Return hona tho Missouri.
Last evening o1f peoplo az tsfen b. earrIi.e
by the retnln Ct tbs Northern Pact1c Raiiro1d Ex-
plor1na Party from the Missouri River, coas.s.lng
etE; Y. Ao1nes J. agens of Ja1 ceeks / c.. Ne1
William I. AatshatL st. Paui; George l. Bracket,
Minneapolis: 2ud plezrp Bots1pea1. guide
ians.eot eSout a * 70 lGaa Msa Ie1ss and
Iaycas Immediately proceeded 70 tho Eieouet, and
.i remain u tnts c.iy seyersl daya tho goesla Of
MI. GeorEt Brackers, oe1ore rctuIuinH 70 New
Yots Enlla Governor aasahan continued on 10
The party Ell Mlnneanolls on the 9th Of JaIy,
proceeding by Eail to St. Clood. thence bJ tearnl
10 Georgetown on the Red River Of tho North
where the parry Nns diTtded, Governor Smith 1nd
country 10 the Missouri HreI. Thoy left GeorKe-
town on The esn Of July, pushing on across Inc
Piers Botinean @ e r,a Fo Tosen M 1ae md seeains
above the olo TAI Of General SialeJg expedition,
and reaching Fort Stevenson on the Missouri
III II O'Clock on the morning Of the stat, they
started on their return, and Hlada Fort Tu:tsu.
Fo g sae az aea of
AIete1oats . 3iansapoi., :, stssss a sna csF., @
tual tine contuned In lrareilng frnm the MIS-
s0utt Hiser TO Minneapolis nine nays and half,
Which u, without Doubt The qalckess IMP thss has
atoye Fort Ahercrumble, wete 10 have left the
loEt YESTERDAY. The, will reach Minneapolis In
Ebout tWo weeks.
On thei. retulu tip they crossed the slb,ey
trau several t.tpea. TneY found the country
suffering very much from dfouth, even to a
ges.sE s1tcns thaa IN lss x9sn Genera she{
o. the likes which in that season were full OF
waser nre perfectly on. They bad no din1cuttJ in
aasS IND ii we.e II ,Re
accuracy win which Pierre Botttneaa, their ei-
celleut guide, leu them ectuss the boundless
pasnA ~ . . .-
The night before they reached Fort Totten, on
their return tfip, they eampcd At Buffalo Lake,
nifty miles from the snrt, md about o'clock Ht
uigtt, they HeIG attacked BY party al fifteen or
twenty Tankton Indiana, who opened DIRE upon
tn.ir camp. The flr1ny aroused the whole camp,
and IL q few minutes the whole party Hege Under
arms, returning The fire IN as brisk manner as
possible, aud The 1u1!ans soon pcat hasty re-
treat None Of the party ere lnjnreu with the
exception Of q soldier belonging TO the eseort,
who wa4 B!fEtItiy scfAtehed on the leg. They
~uunded one Of the Indians, but don't know
whether any wefe Killed or not
The Indians wcrr Supposed to belong to Sitting
bull hand, and were tetn lettering about Dear
the camps for several ntghl, SO thtt they had
taken every precsution. aud we're always on thes
going iuto camp. their wA2Jps were alWa}s sorn-
cd In circle, 90 rs 10 make complete baTrlcade
Upon the night Of The attact, after they had
driven the IndfA1s on. toey went to Work and dug
trench atopnd thar caup md rnaia eserg
preparation for giving the redskins ~aru reccn-
Ion IL ea1s they attscsca IT da5htess, a.. a. Is
abd they Etr1cE their tents and marched into Foft
1oitru that day. They speak IN the highest 'erms
sion. as well as the rest Of the meu comprising the
sa5ty; ,
I,rzckett Killed hu enormous buffalo, which far
nsshed The party Hita an abundance al meal
They had Oh exciting chase after i: and euIoJ cd
| The epon kcenly. The head, which Is Of Immense
| Hizc, wll bt brought dOwu With the teams, snd
presented to the state fftstOr1cal society.