CHAPTER III.
PEACE MISSION TO THE SIOUX IN 1864.
Still planning for the Sioux-Precarious state of health-Government's invitation to visit the hostiles puts him in a dilemma - Another voyage up the river-Changes in Iowa-Omaha-Ministrations by the way - The unhappy Winnebagoes - Yankton - Barbarities of soldiers and savages - Indian warfare - Native eloquence - Interviews and councils - Praying for rain - Peace mission of no avail - Returns to St. Louis - Travels abroad.
St. Louis University, Feb. 23, 1864.1