The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-10
THE MINNESOTA INDIAN TROUBLES

III" acting ton'missinn"r al Indian Nil:urs has
received full particulars in rrgad To the pr,su,
capture and punishment "f II part of lax ia din
iu's band by 4 bmlv Of Sioux warrior. uujcr ih,.
command Of Little Crow. This Information is ,!c.
rived from the recent report of y. J tamplcIl
interpreter ut the Lower Sioux Agency, who uc.
c",npanicd Little Crow; from the narrative of
individual Indians engaged in the pursuit from
The minutes at the examination Of one of the t..
male prisoners taken at Cham pat va tunk;, Lake.
previous to the fight NJ that place. and from ,,,..
statement made hy the S;sition and Waphi,on
hanus oi tho Upper Sioux, who also were ,,ssocia-
! tea WIN the Sioux III the expedition.
Mr.. Campbell left the yellow Medicine ON ,l,,.
I'D "f July, with LOG Indians and i hnlf-brc,..s
ami proceeded as far as the Cottonwood Lake
AZ tins place Superintendent Cullen addressed
the Indians with great effect On the next ,l,v
MIR. Campbell cncamped ut Rel Wood river
a'.d Il party of Ganktons attempted To steal tI,.
horses but wer" discovered by the guard aud
fired upon The expedition, on the 9th,
halted near Browns trading post at Tie head OF
the Red Wood River, Nnpaya-wa-sk.-skaw
| (brisht Shining Cloud0 who had been elected
conductor Of the party, male IL speech to the
young men. They then stripped aud ran rnces
tried their guns by firing at u mark and engaged
! in other games.
On the 25th, they cn"amrcd 1t Lean Bears
,iaSe, aud the next day left for Hole in the
Mountain. Six of the men surrounded and
charged upon lodge at This place, but found
that the inmates We're SiSitions and left them
| "nn"!cstcd. On the 26th The party rncarnI,cd
ut Crooked River, IL fine stream. Here IA few
Indians were found aud questioned, but nothing
WAS elected Tho tw" succeeding days were
! spent at Skunk Lake Six deserted lodges he.
longing to ink-pa du-ias people were found
Nr. (ampb"li scattered his men in all dircc.
tons. I" look for tn" Inhabitants. After the rriu
"ilal trail li;.l poem followed some Is or 20 ,nil.s
! IN" lndians wrr" "vcrtikrn. y fight r,lS,lcd. .
ami continued half an hour, when might a:.l
heavy rain storm lntrrv"nrd. II was ;Sccr-
| iincd the next day that three men were killed
n The lake. and one so severely wounded in the.
| thigii as io lie thought dead. Those killed were.
son ol Ink padu-ta, To -w:rcin, and u';,-tc.c.
y;'l-hc. Afcr searching, ur>,crcS>lullv, for thu,
ic'','nrr" of tn" murd"rrrS, Tia" patty rcturnc.l
I" the Lower Sioux Agency on the III of August
The narratives of individual Indians follow.
detailing the circumstances r the ii i.,l, ar. the.
| flndinS OF the bodies uf three Indians II is
thought that two children were also lust in the
lake, and perhaps more.
According I" The testimony Of tho female pris-
"ncr whose husband was Slain bv Il party of
Sioux under Little Grow, in the latc cNp,li,ion
| against Ink a-du-tali's band there were IL men
nnd little boys-s"ns Of Ink l,:, -l tali-at 1l,.
| spirit Lake massacre"
| The Si>iti"n and Wah-pi,on warriors though,
1T har'l that they should be compelled to 30 in
| p'rs,it"i their own cnun,rvn.rm As soon, how
! ever as they saw Wnkc-n.. kn, who was cnnucc
| tea with lnk-pa-du-tah'S band by marriage, and
the old chief I.amani ready To 90. tli.y dill not
hesitate These Indians have rendered rrcnt ser
vice during The late troubles, and are now uuy.
iot's tha, their annutics should be- p,id.