Show news New items from forr FORT PIERRE through letters received from fort pierre by express we have news to the he of december the troops which are stationed at that place have all goni gone pone into winter quarters and ana are comfortably hutted butted in the timber skirting ski rtin the Miss missouri buri hurl snow commenced fallin fallins on the ad of october and since then the vv weather eath ea has been very severe gen ha harney hainey iney had ordered out a detail of a h undred hundred mn men m n to po go with him upon an excursion up the river they were to travel on the lre ire lre ire and arid had prepared the he sleds for the service but the day for starting starring had ball not been fixed as the general was awaiting dispatches des patches from major howe whom he had sent down on the leati idail ati qui oui court and from whom nothing had bad been heard up to the time of the departure of the express some of the indians have bave been in and had a talk with the general ii command and they hey finally arranged to be present within one hundred days and hold a crand arand council to settle upon the terms of peace there is e evidently a strong desire upon their part to put an end to the war if possible st louis democrat |