The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-27
The DAILY DISPACT II
Monday sIorning. April q, gIsy7.
Ihe Massacrs by Indians In Iowa-.sey.
enty PersOns Killed or Wauuded

a letter In the Chicago Times, from Fort Dodge
Iowa, dated the 10th inst, states that the volur.
teers who went from that place to punish the In
dams for their massacre of the whites at Spir
Lake, Iowa, have returned from their expedition
The writer, who was one of the company, says:
Afer our arrival at 1.-THE Colony" preparation,
were made for battle; TIVE pntytwo PICK ed W
detailed to act ss scous VINO kept some three mile,
in advance of the main BODY. About one o'clock
we r, csived information that they had found sbou,
twenty five mep, women and children upon the
prairie, some OF whLm had been wounded by the In.
diArs The were without proyislo1s sesrtIiy cot h.
ed, spd exaaustsd By fatieus. Nhsn we cam mn
we t4uad them cacaDped In a grove by the side ot
the Des nonet r.veI where they had beea tate en- by
tbs scouts We supplied their wants as well as &c .
were able, end our surgeon, DR. Bissel attended 10
tho wounded
These people had como from Springfield, a sdins
southern Minnesota
On Friday, the 9th ult, at about O'Clock, P. M
they entered the town, AM called first at the OF
Geo Nn Wood, which they robbed of ali the
goods and eight hundred liers in gold. VIM Wood
was Killed ana Geo Wood m s,ing, was supposed to
have been burnsd with the store
They next called at the house Of Josiah gtewsrt
and shot him thrCus Ghe head HIs wife begged for
liis, 10 which they replied "nebo squaw' Gill
sq1aTl and shot her also in ths head. Her lit:e
glris were killed with clubs. John Stewart, q
little boy elghs years old, hid himself behind log
and escagei MAJOR Williams has taken him home,
and Will bs.ng him up. lie has COW good rrotec.
tor.
They thea p-ccaede I'd TO the houa4 Of Mr Thomas;
several anilts had here eollec I'D together, ana
thare ware slrne got or nina rifles in the houre -
UlhHsaGota, Gn oio inGian Chief, we'll known in this
nseh hood, past the housa, shoutinS the
mates several of whom uafor uastely ventured 10
the door TO see waat was tbs MISTER, whan about
twenty Indians, posted behind tay stack about five
reds distant, fred upon them killing a son Of Mr..
ThCmaE. aged ten yeGrs; Mr. Thomas was wounde q
IL the ann rendering emFutat3n necessary; David
Carver was shor through the ann, the bali lodi ns
IN his slIs, the wound Is considered dangerous;
ssd Miss DIuseiia swvsr received ball in her
shouicer, the bail Pssaing out upon ths opposite
side
The doors instantly shut and barricaded--
Some of IEs inmates engaged thems lives in mould
Ing calls, others IN loading the rlfl4 Is, while John
BradshaV and man named Msr&am, fired upon tue
Indians without. Their chief and number of 9TH
ere were killed; the exact namber is not known 1t
reported by az lndiau to d man named ehigey =,
that nine were killed and five wounded Gowsrcs
shc the Indians withdrew carrying their dead and
wounded with them. No white person Killed
after the first fi.e.
We resumed our rarsh the next IN ,ratug and af.
ter utth3y journey CT Two days, arrived a. Gran
gers claim x miles east of Spfit Lake Cur scouts
he d. ed traces Of the adams, but ter Ciii-
gentte .rch, no !ndanf could be found We learn ed
that the troops had been at Springfield, bursd the
dead En3 had prJneeded to Spirit Lake and had ou-
ried of the dead at Marbles house; that they
had followed the Indians until they came within a
half days march OF them, " hen the pursuit was
abandoned the lndiars retreating in such haste as
leave part of their plunGer behind them, with five
not.
Nj jor Williams, percevpg the. the troops hsd
chased the Indians of, no were al least fys day
in advance, and thst it would bo OF to follow
them, detached twenty four men to go TO the Lake
and bury the dead they might find there.
The men scnr tC spirit Lake have returned They
have Lurled tweUt g-uiDe bodies; two we're founc
burned b. sides, it il net known of coulss, whose
SIZE etons they were They hrst visited the house Of
Mr Thatcher, and found Two bodtes-thoss Of A
y oble and tsr nyen. They then visited the resi-
d-nce of Jonathan bouse; mere nine boais, were
found. dreadfply msrg .ed-Lnen, women and chill.
d-r ai il discrIBatsly murdered; The body of Jena
thaa HoUs l. repor ed nj stag.
The next hou.o 0rabg er's, near the Lake
Here probably, sharp conflict had ensued man
raned Sny der found dreadfully mapsled ith a
broed axe. This Grensers have missing, proba-
bly, both killed The body OF o found upcn
the ale the house SO InanRed thai it W i'm
po.ble TO recognise him. Broken rfes we're found
about this house, and ether signs indicative of e
fight
They next went to mattocks house, where eleven
ere found. This IL use hsd been burnt. The men
women shot, and chi!oren tomahawked were
soEIe twelve persons missing.
The Ind ans have taken four women prisoners 1t
IS suppo'ed that about seventy persona have been
allied and taken prisoners.