The New York herald., 1870-08-03

tho new military post at Pembina. The future
conduct OF Red Cloud, Spotted Ia | and the other
chiefs who participated in the great powwow at
Washington is ava ted with great anxiety by all
the settlers in Dacotah aud Northwestern Mime
sofa, who realize that the commencement OF an
Indian war would involve their families In mas
sacre and their homes III ruin. The more one sees
ct the Indian the more he despises the sentmen-
tality and falsehoods which have woven such
web OF romance about the 'noblr red man" In tue
minds of Eastern people. The noblest indian oi
the plains, however dignifed and heroic he may
appear in his barbaric dress at Washington. is at
home only brutal. drunken, halEnaked and in
descIibably filtny savage. The cutthroats thieves
aud drunkards OF viiization are punisued with
all manner of penalties, AMI no community ever
gets very excited in manesting sympathy for
such culprits; but when savages band themselves
together and add TO every violation OF statute
laws the most horrid and revolving crimes one
half the population OF the Eastern States 60 into
philanthropic frenzy in behalf Of the fiends and
dcnounce the officers engaged in executing the
laws and defending human life General Sher-
man uttered the sentim mt Of every citizen west
OF the Mississippi river, and Of every person east
OF 1t who knows much about Indian character and
habits when he suggested to the Indian Peace
Commissioners that they might learn more about
the Indians If thew would hold their peace confer
ences where the Indians could get at them un-
restrained, and the howl which went up from the
Indian sentimenta lists at this remark only shows
how accurately General Sherman hit the mark
The weather here during the last few days has
undergone remarkable changes in temperature
the tn srmometer falling from l02 in the shade,
where 1T had been tyr several davs, to 35 in a
few hours. slightHurry of snow visited us early
one morning, and for two days overcoats were in
demand. To-day it Is hot again. with every pros
pect OF repetition OF the recent scorchng wea-
ther. The crops are all good this season, but.are
threatened with destruction by the grasshoppeis
which fill the country. There is every indication
that they wi be as bad this year as in 1868, when
they accumulated to the depth Of from two to
"a a M nf
Winnipeg, destroying not only the crops and grass
but entering the houses and eating clothing, boots,
harness. &c. Hundreds OF bushels of lime were
spread over these waves of grasshoppers and
large corps OF laborers with carts and
wheelbarrows were employed by the
Hudson Bay Companys agents here to
wheel OF and dpost the insects in the river.
This lasted long time, and when the grasshop.
pers commenced ing great portion of the
population moved away and went out on the dis
tant praires to escape the apprehended estilence
from SO much decaying animal matter. This
seems like eXaggeration, but it is not; it is the
plain unvarnished truth. Every one knows how
difficult 1T is to catch grasshopper--bow he
leaps and flies from the grass. The grasshop-
pers have now only just commenced to accuml-
late here, and in some localities they are already
so thick that while thousands spring up before the
pedestrian in his path, his feet crunch at every
step upon gras-hoppers that cannot get out of the
way. A favorable wind may carry them away
from the settlements, as is frequently the case,
but at present the prospect for the farmers is not
very cheerful one. The trade in furs is quite
brisk this season, and in my next letter q lengthy
description Ol the fur business will be given.