The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-12-20

bfosAes- irsaAwaof siIhn.esase iS, Hktd t.
kiax a. ~ besAs 90 o6Ase Srnaansats from
In .dssd pdy. kisssAit Uring that As 9eah
s. ., WITH be- =. T. AZ 10 ras sas
know tie Ojfbwss slated home yesterday =
The boy picked up his gsa' and fo'iessd his
father out. ..s.,..5
When they had made up large party. and
had all crossed over the Mississippi, they form
ed in circle on the opposite bank, and RED
Bird distributed among them the bssds and
Of the slain, calling upos each one
70 svenge the dsHth Of tlieis brother. Then
sising ihe pipe 10 sseh ,oos- thsy these coss.
nanted together 70 take yspgsspcs, While
yet ct the river RBp BIKD proposed that they
should make no exceptions I'M dh. Thu
party pursued those whose homeward course
ny up tie Mississippi. s''' |.N@ ID 'i'S -
% Tbs zane Dig srotAes laras party .vsS nsade
sp froS other. Dakota. villages, which. csossed
the country 70 meet the company that vas pass
Ing up The Hoganwalke III this party wen
svefa Young men from fAc quf paflc, or d
whom was svUaadcd by . bah which passed
through the lower part Of his back, from which
finally recovered. Just about day break, hay
mig gone al night, the Dakdtas reached III,
Ojibws camp. ON the masyin N the lake. fhey
were still slaping, unconscieas of any up
pr0sching danger, and while Tn .grsy light o
the morning was iaisssciag, ths Dakota var
riors, painted themselves and prepared Tor th'
battle. The attack was made on their barl
lodges rom an quarters. 4 great SLAUGHTER
followed The q ibwa' frn" hraveiy returhet
the FIRE 0f their ealemis& - W0a6m and ehildreI
fed to their oan0ssl but there alss thsy me
their fom. 6oms plungsl into the water ant
we're there killed, .resldming the lake uithi thei
blood. Tho DxkDtas estimated TIN .msmlxs o
Ojibwas slain in this battle at more than on
hiindred.' ''' ''-'- ''''''
81 About the time this battle wins ended, AM
the Daaotas wevs sctarnisg With thtifi scaip'
and their wpunjed, the. other. party was com
mencing their work Of carnage, Tbs Qjibwai
Of this company bad left their camp--tbe young
men, had staFtsl oil, 10 hunt the women AM
children and old pen were carrying their bag
gage the bark and mats fs their houses, snt
their canoes. They were crossing small prai
rie when the Dakota party, which had travel
hit ail night, came up ma went Oh killing
out much .resistance. The 0jihwa hunters
hearing the news Of the battle that was sweep
ing oif their Atbers and mothers, brothers ant
sisters, wives ind children, hurried back an,
stayed the progress IT the caruage The' Da
kotas estimate the number kind by then a
this place, Also. nj more than hundred; tisci
loss at both placrs being fifteen men, teside.
wouNiei. In'thsir haste TO take scnlps, n Il
saia they scalrvyl one Of their own number
lie was lying with his fsce on the ground. ant
the scaiping kniie'wns applied when in tur,
ing up the body, behold il was Dakota.
In this battle, RED bRp's son was shot thro
the bowels. Further or, the father, on horse
back, approached IN 0ibwa man who had beeI
wounded and was sitting on the ground viii
his gun still in his hand As Ran BIRp WIZ
in the act Of alighting from his horse to des
patch the enemy with his knife hall from III,
gun Of the wouIsled Ojibwa broke his neck
This ojibwa hal ~~n his family all shot dowl
around him and had been woanded himsel
while killing one fthe Dakota men, and hi
dying net was to kill the leader of the party.
When some were returning, after the battl,
was over, they found REp Bfsps son sittin.
with his bowels haiging ont. lie said, lathe
said I was woman He meant this, (point
ing 10 hims,ifI want to see my ksther--
Where n he ?" When told that his father has
been killed In the heat IT the battle, he die,
almost Immediately. ''E'
In the spring Of | $40, a year after the event.
above rcoried, transpirtl, we visited For
Smelling, sr the purptsc ot laying up our an
NUM- supplies! While w were therc, and in III,
afternoon of the 18th OF June, melanchol,
incident occurred About two miles bIow
Hon. IL. II. S,BLEss establishment, on til,
same side Of the river, and almost in sight o
the Fort, two Dakotas, man and II woman
were killed AMI seaipd by Ojibwas II APP
pears that they were four in number, and tina
they had passed down the Mississippi, im,ne
dilately by the garrison, the night bcforc- hat
hauled their bark canoe ashore. and hiding them
selves there. awaited this opportunity Of a MAI
and woman passing m canoe. Many other,
had passed that day, but they were alone
Wrn they had taken their scalps, they passe,
TO the east side Of tho river and kaving thei
canoe, made their escape. An attempt wa,
made TO follow them, but the pakotas wer,
afraid they WIRE only scouts Of aryc wal
party '@f
MY father went down to Fort Smelling OF
q visit last summer. He has not come HON,
yet. will go and seek him. ! think shall
lind him somewhere between the garrison ant
kaposia."' The traders and missionaries from
the Ojibwa country, say the leader Of tina,
party used this language before he lcft home
His father had been killed in the great slaugh
ter OF the previous summer He found him
where be predicted he would.
For many years the Ojibwn young men have