81. Louis, Seht. 90.
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81. Louis, oeff ~. |


,,r. ,rc indebted to highly respectable


Na.,,ardent w. for the following letter, the
coi.t,l '.icnlars of which are derived from inc
p"1 g"dian Agent at Fort Armstrong.


i'li's" .. war narty of Sauk Indians returned to
,;Iaoe in this vicinity, on the Sth, in
'aci. i. frnm an expedition against the Sioux.
.r1'n, Ia',, were all mounted, and had been ab-
IN ~ ,nout thirty days. They report that
~. ad;,covcrcd on the 27th. of August, the
,nS;l n Of a large party of Sioux Indians, which
',' t"n fn,loweI two DAYS; that on the evening OF
.H, 'o' second day, they passed several large
w. ". ,ylich had been dug by these Indians
pr'd lnr defence that on proceeding further they
n',,,d ~, GREAT number of cattle which had
,u", "a,, lillca with arrows, and also one horse ;
,|,,t thcv soon after heard the sound OF
nuns. which apprised them Of being in the
a;rhI,onrbood of their enemies that the
i.,ms ceased beating about II O'Clock at
,,;rht and that the party, which consisted OF
F,SIt,'6vc Young men, attacked the Sioux
'" ",G, an hour or two before day break, and
INA fifteen Of their number and took one
.,,;snncr girl of ten or twelve wears OF age,
\ Ph P,nd thrn retreated without the loss OF Il man
,,nt they had not proceeded far, before they
4 f,,pd themselves surrounded by numerous
na,ty of the Sioux, and having no other al
tentative, they fought their way through
them, and, in doing this, lost their prisoner
and had eight of their number killed and tw'
Z wounded. The wounded have returned Will
the party, but the dead were left in posses
sion of the enemy.


They were SO closely ypursucd by the Sioux
that they lost several Of their horses and mos


Of their blankets, and returned nearly naked


Ind in a state Of starvation. The Sauks sup


pose that the Sioax belong to the Sussiton
or Sussitoah band, and that the cattle VINO


they found dead, are the same that crosse
Des Moines, about six days since severe


Of the war party who saw them at the tifn


they crossed the river, say, that the drov


consisted of nearly one hundred head, an


that it was in charge Of five Americans an


two Frcnchmen: that they had along wit
them, ten horses and mules, and that the
presumed they were bound to st. Peter
They further say, that they saw horse an
a mule that belonged to the drovcrs in I'll
possession of the Sioux, on the morning
4 ,he action, and that it is their opinion tht
The drovers have been massacred by them
Fart .4ymstfong SEPT. 9.