New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-02

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srsdicted the "rumoru II indian hostites in North.
sru lows and Southern Minuesots and that hia csn-
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rom Ina. region Inc letser below We nnd ~ We
Chicago Tribune Of the 25th Of April, and although
the dispatch above alluded to js dated three days
later there IA unnnestionablv not word ~ trutb in
RrpwIse, MINI, April 2o.-Edisor. Tribune Hr.
Geo. C. Granger has Just arrived from the scene Of
s Indian mas s. Tns lnasns % s made s ssr
followed up the riyeI, plundering and numbering mp
TO Spirit Lake, and then turned east in the direction
Of 81 Peter. AZ Spirit Lake they murdered forty
whites They killed James Mattocks and bis whole
family and . Mr. Madison residing with them, num-
oerlng eight persons Dr.. j. II. Harriet, Mr.. Bafta
nus n snder NJ e, Granger, (whose parents live in
micmgan,l ~ Joseph Harshnan Gate from InGanal T.
aa, "a anI tnl Sa except ms dangntef oL 70
Gardner family which Was dest,nyed nunbsred seven
persons, including his sonin-law, Mr. Lewis Mr..
Marble Q. Iowa was killed, and his wife, after hav-
s. n sne De,oIe nn eyes,
was rayished and made prisoner Nj Noble, Vie and
child were murdered. MI Thatcher was absent from ,
ant nonths IA ana ms cnho oi
The bahd of Indians proceeded ID sosinoseidsfn
Minnesota and attacked that settlement, containing
Ten Iamhes Wno were an ioItneo u tnree houses and
pn, sayo sed d,Uo t assan a,. ~ ~ r. $500
of their store carried an IL IRE house n NJ mo
mas large number OF shots were fred by the Indisls
MI T's son A lad Of Is yearx Of are was shot dead
At the door Mr. T-s arm Was broken by 4 shot
David Carver was wounded in the side. and not ex-
.uected to live. Miss Church was wounded in tie
shoulder verv severely Four or i've Of The Indians
were killed by those inside.
The house Of Mr. steers was attacked and carried by
rtorm and all t1, indtes bptchexed <xreut nft{e-
son of Mr. Steers, e}gH years old, WHO escaped
| About so shots we're fired at Mr.. Smiths hsusk,
Containing ten persons none of whom were. kIel.
The cattle were an shot down The pockets of lie
killed were rifed-eyerx valuable that could be CAR
red off WAS taken. Affer tie indians decainpedthe
survivors made their way TO .Emmet City for safet5
were barefooted others half clad and all destitute Of
| food They had to camp out at night without Shel-
| ter and to ford streams on the march up to their
4 necks It was an awful retreat -. v.
The above n,;o+t of co,,ue .a ..r ind;v;nal state
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mens' be regarded with suspicion. bot
there Is other evidence which leaves no room 10 hope
that the first accountgwere. unfoundeds An eficer
who was sent in pursuit Of the iendish murderers,
makes his official report to the Governor Of Iowa,
from which we extract the most interesting portions
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The force consisting Of III men, started On the 18th
Of March, and proceeded by forced marches up the
es branch Sf the Des Moines surmounting the yafi-
ms Itac,as ~ tbs sa,son sno,r ;ce serare coka
Jus o.1''ae,es - 'As ~. - u'
swollen rivers, etc. Ine writer then proceeds
. About 80 miles up we met those who had escaped
the massacre at Springfield, composed OF three men
L unhurt, two wounded, and one female wounded and
sseyeral women and children, In all numbering some
f fifteen or twenty persons. They had escaped in the
: night carrying nothing with them but what they had
on when they were attacked-had had nothing to eat
q for two days and one night They were about e1-
hausted and the Indians on their trail pursuing them
e Had not our scouts discovered them and reported,
there be no doubt but they all would have been
murdered that night we found them ,1. il miserable
food three Of them badly wounded and several Of The
l. women without bonnets shoes. They had nothiag
, them but what they had the night they fled. 1be
$ water, and carrying their crying childfen.'
We halted at small lake that furnished sufficient
timber to make fires and warm them--furnshed then
with provisions, and gave them blankets to shield
them from the weather. and gave them all tht
r relief in our power Our surgeon dressed the wounds
t. of the wounded which were in bad condition. w
encamped there with them that night, posting senti
% nels and piekets, expecting to be attacked.
The next day they reachad the State line and founf
. +hat sf1 rem,rs from Fart R;dolev had precede.
e .aa1 my ...sas. :. ~,
p them and mad done notnng except 70 aeceesa'e TN
fight Of the savages The writer draws deplorah'
picture of the outrages perperated upon the wretch
II, ed ;nhabitants. He saws:
ly eo -, r..ND, ,l ~ ..ES.--.. :..,.
ed Ihese indans coMnenceu loM aOma IN i.le 2ou es
ed river near .he y. corner q 5na ~ riss n
its county and proceed 70 nreaH up ana aesoy a 20
he setllemenIs IN tnal county Cy, Dcknson ana En
he mts couh1es len ltenueI IoIg uo"M tue " !,
th branch as laI as tney dale. .neI wno
he course lney nave compie'eiy asosnea every setu
ta ment kileo al sne eatlls tavsnen @ tne women IN u
aw most scanaaiousy aouseu lns. hey $1,000 over =
men Win their Guns cocheut WINE tney We1e e
gageo ia 1hsir neii,sn ou.lasss' along tnae rls'
le sney any 20. e houses tnfoug9 pl
M LESSONS Vi llesasp an anu % will rusn selAeu ~
neH anu aims 1ns VIC l psoI uy su aslls ~ y.
lss lnS III SUN way ha ns .any eouu nos uep W
ed oIner an att.cheu ~ th h,iy, toouns sn
.e: every thg, anu ie,s thenl neipess m sns iost
coa @ anu M uesp t .a u,n h1G ne c9
IA nehce W hh Ie ae.tI.s u.' lucy isaoneo psA ~
Settlers ha prenared to defend tbemseIyes as well
h they could, and from all appearances they fougf
bravely for their families The settler at Spirit Lak
he NUMBERED over iory SOULS hol one Oh ~nom Is elt
se 'e. NAV snm nm as follows Tn all Al Killed 70 mi;
p- sing no doubt killed; 4 badly wounded, D. i fea
nS ns mortaly women prisoners. besides several me
y crossed the Des Moines river with view OF going