The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-06-18
CITIZENS MEETING,
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al meeting vi lnc cltiZcn OF Taylor S Falls
at the Chisago House, on Saturday evening,
April 3Oth, 1853 Joshua L. Taylor was chosen
Chairman. and John W. Boston. Secretary
| The statement comprised in the following af-
fidavit was made by f. ". hammers to the meet
ing
! TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA
Chisago County.
''Frcdcrck W. LammcrS being duly sworn,
dcposes and says. that on Thursday. the TWENTY
eighth day of April. 1853. he was standing near
his own house, about two miles south of Tay-
Tor Falls, on the road leading from the Marine
Mills to said Falls that band of sixteen Chip
pcwa Indians came up the road from the direc-
ton OF the Marine Mills, and sat down near his
| fence to smoke and rest: that about ten minutes
after, a detachment of about thirty dragons.
under the command of Lieut.. Magrudcr, with
Sioux Indian III company. came from the same
direction: that when within about thirty steps
the Sioux Indian and Lieutenant fell back. and
the Lieutenant ordered the Dragons as up-
derstOod him. to draw sworls--charcc-ciyc
no quartcr--at them, boys" The dragons
rushed forward. commenced firing upon the IN
dams and cutting with their sw ords and the
Chippcwas ran in every direction thei drag
oons then returned back in confusion. most Of
them, as it seemed to me. being drunk. and
commenced plundcring the articles left by the
! Chlppcwas and cast away by them on their
light; they next drank liquor from their TASKS
ana some oil them became as believe, so drunk
as 10 be unable TO mount their horses without
dliIcuity. This depOncnt asked them what right
they had to proceed thus against the Gimme
was without civil process or a civil officer to
which The officer in command replied, that he
ms depohcht had better be careful. or they the
! Chippcwas, would he down upon him. This de-
ponent. in revenge for the act committed by the
dragons that said dragons behaved in a dis
orderly and insulting manner while near his
house: the Chippewas did not fire single gun
at the dragons while they were in my sight or
near my house. F. W. LAMMERS.o
There personally appeared the above named
Frederick ". hammers, to me personally known
| and made oath that the above affidavit by him
subscribed in my presence is true, this second
day of May, A. ID. 1858, at TaylOr's Falls. in
the County of Chisago aforesaid.
JOHN W. BOSTON,
Justice of the Peace, C. c., NJ. IT,
On motion, l.. X. Stannard, ~ c. D. TAYLOR.
+. W. Abbott, NJ. NJ. Samucls, and W. III. C. Fol-
som were appointed committee to draft rcso-
lutions expressive of the sense of the meeting.
and memorial to the Governor of the Terrific
ry.
Adjourned to Monday evening, May 2, 1853.
Meeting Of the citizens pursuant to adjourn.
ment.
The meeting having been called to order. n
memorial to the Governor was reported and
adopted.
The following resolutions were reported hy
the committee -
Resoired, That the frequent incursions the
Sioux Indians, for the last few years. on terrific
ry assigned exclusively to the Chippewa In
dams their unprecedented and brutal attacks
on unresisting and harmless Chippcwas on
their own Territory; their thicving and wan.
ton treatment of citizens, women and children.
and the apparent Indifference to our remon,
strances and petitions for the exercise of Exec
utive authority to restrain them within their
territorial limits, demand an earnest attention.
He'0l0ed' That we consider the daring at
tack, by band of Sioux Indians, on house
at the village of st. Croix Falls, on Monday
morning, April 25th, and the murder there COM
mitted, as an encroachment on the rights Of the
Chippewas, and an alarming outrage on the
peace and safety Of our citizens