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


Dakot.a. That night the proposition was made
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ssSosAs, iTkAVs reiansds sssStias HAL Il Gsy
~ 70 = rcsM csiy bring q wpewsa tsMllt
lies. !. Tle Dsk6ts4 .AsyiifM. tler ,fiat that
wossj MT 1bs Ahs sass, hsts tisyi only wisely
prHstet p fehping. MI WIRE then tcAd to
csna kAek. ". usA place sgain AIR Tires days
when they would see the evideuce Of ths tssirs
|ef IN. Dak otss 70 live ~ peaoe Nth the9I
That evening council n war WIS cslIedand
a they sat around 10 circle and smoked the
pipe IN TIN soldiers lodge, the exciting quesiioI
II " WIN viii h. the executionefy" went roNnd
onc- and again but no orr said g Ho." At
length MAnrmryasrAtook up his gun aisl in
the presence ~ them all, loaded II, declaring
that n M one ehse was brave enough 10 esstutc
Tho sentence b. would DO H. An hour afi~
MrAIIooDAs was shot In bis a~a tent BY Mar
| rsggYAsrA, and. by the com@sssi of tins eltiinen,
was placed up On poles the next morning A
sadness and gloom had now g~tb~reA ovo the
camp, and a. soon ~ that ceremony WA PER
formed, the Dakoas strnck their t,f,is and NOV
Cd towards home. And In fsw weeks 4 war
party VIA nia.e w against the Ojibwas p The
only means II allaying the excited state OF feL
Ing which hal tsen created among themselves.
The Dalsotas relate an instance Of base trtaeh.
crp ON their own part Nv having taken place
soipeiime ai,er thu above. The Ojibwas Ind
made an aggressive attack and taken 9 few
soalp~ Tie Dakotas here Immediately raied u
war party aud went u seck their eDsnie.i In
tlc meantime the latter had enclosed Themselves
Ia wooden fort. and when the fosnr came %
them they were perfectly safe. The Dakotas
secDg this fired ~ thsSr ssss 'sswi raisrd . flag
d peace. Tbs Ojibwas trusting 10 the truth 81
theit pfutNdons ranw out md d hunfnf oi
them were cut 10 pieces by the knives Of their
| ennrnics. -
The next story We have 70 relate, Is ppe ID
bass tNachsry on the part Of thu Ojibwas.. 50
How many acalps were taken on both sides,
and what ength OF time elapsed before another
peace WIS iovsed, and how soon II was again
broken. We have no means Of asccrtainlng -
Tho ojihwna continued 10 hunt on land cAipsd
by the Dnkotas, and often were these bunting
excursions eut short by the ase Of the scslping
knie otc side or the other. In the fall Of
iA37 tho caluinet WAS smoked by them again,
when IloLs v-rHEnsv promised TO n,tsT the In
dinns from lac qni parle at the time Of their
spring hunts, anil make them some presents i6r
the privilege ofbnntng IN their country. With
tho expectation that this psomise would be full
filled. quite number Of families left here about
thu arst II the following Apii Mr.. y IT.
PosD, who had fir two years previous boen
living with i,r. WILLIAMSON nj this station, ac'
cosnpanied them. flis chief object was 10 BE-
come more thoroughly acquainted with the Da'
knta character and habits. anil TO make psosress
in thc study Of the language We wished that
he might be an Indian ior little while, that he
might know how hn Indian sA
On Saturday. the tltl, Vi April Mr.. Posp
having lwen absent yearly two wsks unex
pcctedly returned, IN consequence Of the Ii,hssa
go 81 ihirtscn Dakotas by the Ojibwas. Tia
had been OF the same encampfne1it until the
morning preceling the slaughter. when The H.
dian with whom he loagol, provid,shially ~
moved about ak miles distant. fbrc lodges
remained. IN which WEIR two uw,,, their wives
and children, aul the family ofonc who leit in
the morning Ia take charge 81 Ills traps Mt some
! distance. during the night
Ia the afternoon eleven Ojibwa men came ap-
l,arently In y fficntity mnuncr, 10 those defence
less abod,s Owing To tho facts previously men
toned, suspicion was not excited. u wns sup.
posed that they had eome peaccubly. and in
token 81 friendship two dogs wcrc killed and
eatcu Ater the fast, they all lay down ~ Il
10 slrp Alas to NEST of the pakotas il wns
the sierp Of death At midnight the Qjlbwas
aroas AMI kiksl all men, women, children aud
babes, tlne only la,l who could not slceep.
ts,uapcsa unhart. and two others severely wound
ed Asother, the younger wife Of the absent
irappcr, was takcn captiye.s
When they hal finished their awful work, by
breaking the guns and mutilating thu nod~s u
The murdered taking ihnir jurs. scalpe and one
head. they departed.
The woman, who escaIe,l, attempted Hight
with her babo, hut il waa shot In lar arms,
Though wonislel herself. she was able to take
rcfngc bchihda frec, Where abs stood, fearful
Spectator of tht borr,d scene ~ r,yealsl by the
'lin light oT Tho waning mooa. What must
have been the felings of that mother when she
heard the shrielN OF children md fen their ago
ny. as they writled under the sealiinp kniE az,
piled bcfate kM hal Gs,, Amer the murtcrcrs
bail departed, this wrtched mother rctnrnod Ia
those spnlchrs Of the dead. AMI watched TIL
morning light She then fastened her scalpless
little ems and the woaatlsl lad who had also
crept back. upon two poles, and. attaching them
10 horse, proce0lel Ia the nearest cncamp
mcnt. On hr way she met an lmhan who NJ.
turned with to his lodgc. and then. acco,npa
MED by Mr.. PoSp. Impaired 10 the field of
slaughter. They found several 1t the bodies
lying az irnassacwd when quietly asleep, though
some II the children had b,cn evidently Killed
in trying 10 eseape.
fhy dag grave In alittle spot shattered by
oaks and hastily barict nen. women and ehit
lrcn. IN one narrow house, skin or q blanket
their colin aud shnud. That place Is still
known BY the name ot"'rcn yanine wechaktaysc"
- the place where the three families were Killed
Af,sr tr startling intelligence reached "a. two
old gray hceacd women. with dlshcviled hair
and 6hled arms, IAssel Mound our hoaa, vail.
ing one cSclaimlug " my nephew my nephew
and the other my sou. ms son.
Early In August Of the same year. a small
war party was raised 10 avcngc the slaughter
Of April. They met with u moving family
~ Ojibwas. Their first attempt. 10 waylay
and shoot them, iailcd. Again they fried to
go round and intercept them. but becoming
aware ct the presence " enemies, tho men OF
the family escaped. The woman was less for
tanate. Her circumstances prsveNte,l her 60
Gaping She attempted 10 Tee. but ia swim.
ming stream, lost the most Of her clothes.
and exhausted sat down on the other aide TO
mcr. her fate. ovcrsskiug her thorc they
stabbed aud scalrcd her. Then they started
home In triumph aud had already cone some
distance, when one Of the party suggested the
circumstances OF the woman. A new idea
passed Through their minsis. They must have
the honor Of killing two, instead o. one, They