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Show 54 IMMIGRANTS' AND SETTLERS' GUIDE used by travellers across the Plains will be- e I sought for by intending emigrants it is of import ager Y append the fOllowing official cir;ular issued by Me~ to N Genehral Pope, commanding the Department ofaJtohrort -~est: e NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS BY .. W.AY OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND THE UPPER PLAINS TO THE IDAHO MINES. ' HEAD·QMuA ILR TERS, DEPARTMENT 0"..",. TIIE NoR TH· W EST } The ind· t• f WAUKEE, WISCONSIN, March 14, 1864. ' ICa Ions o a heavy emigratio t th . the coming. season1 across the Plains an~ ~ e mt~es of .Id~ho during to render It proper for the Y the Missoun Rtver, seem ~ub~i~h some information and ~~neral .commat;tding ~his department to JUdlClO.us. to consider carefullv. ggestiOns whiCh emigrants will find it All Information and ever .. i d' . per Missouri, point to a co~b~ I~ation from the Plains of the Up- Ehanckfonnais Sioux (who were~ I.on of the powerful band of the expeditions of last year) with th {;Iv~n to the Upper Missouri by the the Teton Sioux south of th M~ n _Papa and other stron()' bands of th · ' e lSSOUfl to b t 0 a~ nver, and to resist the ' 0 . s ruct the navigation of Pla1ns. passage of emigrants across the Upper It seems likely now that a con . be made early in the spring at socentra~10n of these Indian tribes will m?uth of Grand River. A lar e ~e pmnt on the Missouri above the ~Ill march against them as g orce of cavalry, under Gen. Sully Cient t? subsist the animals,s~~~ a~~~e ~Tass on the prairies is suffi~ ot?erWise secure peace with them grye b~ttle to the Indians, or Will be unsafe for any steamers t . Until this expedition moves it Fort Pierre. 0 pass up the Missouri River ab~ve T~e force under Gen. Sull will b an.s, lf found concentrated of the . e strong enough to beat the Judi-this c?ncentration, heavy forces ~;er. If th~ Indians fail to make b~th Sides of the river and after d . :avalry Will scour the country on Will pursue them duri~g the sum riVIng the. Indians into the interior, peac~. mer, and either force a battle or a It .Is recommended, therefor . rnuniCate with Gen. Sully o:' t~e emigrants .by water, that they com-at. tempt to pass in ad vance of h. £1 Upper M~ssouri River, and do not :f.,I~l f; safe. As many as poss~~leor~;st~ntJI notified by him that it fc u . g~ ~ogether, under some e bo~ts carrying emigrants . ound JUdicious to protect the vul sortlof organiZation, and it will be Ing the~ so as to be bullet- roof nera . e parts of the boats by lankthe navtgation of the Uppe; MI'ss. oui~ ~s sd~ffiarcely necessary to s!y that many places I·S very narrow and t r1 tI S I cult , and t 11 at the r1. ver m. or uous. Indians in ambush and TO THE NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES. 55 under cover of the banks, would have every ad vantage over even an equal number of whites on steamboats. By keeping in the rear of Gen. Sully, and only continuing their voy-age up the river after he has notified them that danger is past, the emigrants will no doubt be able to prosecute their journey in safety. Such of the emigrants as are going with trains overland from any point on the Missouri above Fort Randall, are recommended to select a rendezvous point on the river, at which to assemble as large a force as possible, and there make some organization which will place the whole body under the direction of those members of the party most experienced in Indian warfare and travel on the Plains. Not less than three hundred men in a body should attempt to cross the Plains at present, from any point on the Missouri River above Fort Pierre. It is hoped that by the middle of the summer the expedition against the Indians will have rendered the travel across any portion of the upper Plains as safe as travel usually is in the Indian country, where, under any circumstances, men should journey in considerable parties, and with every precaution .. The dang~r fror_n Indians is. conP.?ed almost entirely to the south s1de of the Missouri and to the 1mmed1ate banks of the river. A. large cavalry force will set out from Minnesota as early as possi-ble in the spring, for the Missouri Riv~r, near the mouth of Long La~e, and emigrants from that State can avail themselves of the protection of this force, if they think it necessary. . . These suggestions and this ad vice are commun1eated thus publicly that they may reach as many as possible o~ those w_ho prop~se to e~igrate to the gold regions this sum~er. ~t IS essential to t~mr secunty that they consider and act upon this adviCe carefully. It IS proper :o repeat with emphasis, that the cou?try along the bank~ of the Mlssouri, above Fort Pierre, will most likely be unsafe until Gen. Sully passes up. :MONTANA. So little is known as yet in regar~ to ~his new Te~ritory, that I cannot do _more than giVe 1t~ b?undar~es, which are thus defined m the act of orgamzatwn whlCh passed the last Congress. They are described as follows: " Commencing at a point formed by the intersection of the 27th degree of longitude west from Washington with the 45th_ degree of north latitude thence due west on said 45th degree of latt:ude to a point formed by its intersection with the 34th ~egree of long1tude we~t from Washington; thence due south along said 34th ~egree of longltude to its intersection with the 44th degree and 30 mmutes .of north latitude· thence· due west along said 44th degree and 30 m1nutes of north l~ti.tude to a point formed by its intersection with the crest of the Rocky Mountains ; thence following the crest of the Rocky Moun· |
