The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-04-30

rAEricriAE oS TIE LATE 0cTxAoes. pGRi
WE'D yROn Eyg wf9hnnsEa
RCD wsG. March 20. -

RsD wEG. March 20. 81.
las, evening Mr.. II. W. Granger. who
.eii this place about the first u April, fs
bis RESIDENCE a, spirit Lake, Iowa. rtnrpsd,
accompanied by Geo &. GrAnger. u Emmes
City, Iowa by them ! am inlorused Of
several facts 10 relation 70 tbs Indian outra-
g,s in thu, vicinity What Is stated can be
1 relied upon,
Ia relation to the origin 81 the difficulty.
nothing ia known the various accounts we
have hal are mere conjecture. Ia the latter
d.yx Of February. and about the 6nt d
| March, gu the LATHE Sioux river. about 80
mixes south Of the North boundary Of Iowa.
band Of Sioux. lsbout Is lodges hcsdsd
| BY LAX pasiatab, y renegade from tie Wsh-
pay-kutah band AT Faribauli, easily recox-
niz,d By his large AMI distortnl canine tcctf.
aided anil abett1d by utanka-ssp Black
buiiaio) brother of Sleepy Eyes. common
cel their drpr~'iations by robbing the inhsb-
itants 81 provisions, &s.. AMI mistreating
the women. This they coptinussi up TIN,
river to thc source, spirit Lake. The first
murder they committed, ss FAR ~ known.
was at Gar'iner's, nj spirit Lake Mr.. az
family consisted ~ himAeli, wifr. and three
children two daughters AMI son Mr..
and Mrs q. and the boy were killed oue
daughter ag,sl at1nt ! ! was taken prisoner
thr other WAS fortunately NJ Springfield, in
this Territory. at the time ~ the massacre,
AMI Is now At Major Williams. ut Fort
liotlyr. Iowa In the sans house or MI ad'
dition thereto, resided Mr.. Lance. wife and
two children Mrs Lance being daughter
81 the ',ar,ipers Mr.. Luce was from home
his wiie and children were killed. From
Indications, this was done IN the Ith Of
March the bodies being covered with snow
which fell on the eth and the bodies being
discovered on the 9th.
The next place attacked was Mr. Mat
toek's, distant about n mile from Gar,iner's
supposed from the absence III snow on the
bodies, Ia have hem on the afternoon Of the
9Th nh Mr.. M.'s family consisted of him
~lf, wife. and five children, and Mr.. Mat
,esou, who boarded with him. About loo
rods irom Mat,ockp, arroes the outlet 81 the
AXE, waa the hoase In which Mr. Granger
Snyder nnd Harriet resided. From indi
cations II would appear that Granger, Har'
ricit. and jo-. liarshman. "a young man who
Nv" Wv" "' ..'s.e'', w ,.' n,a ~! ,
ah' Nn' ~. w. ~ y" VI" a.. .'", ~ W.
uf y""n3 '"',l P'"es'",' W ''e "S'',"',"
" ,m ma',"Ns n"'ny, Saving -, 1" Wv.
designed bringing the women and Children
al lcasi. the position they we're found In jus
,lfits this conclusion. The women and ci,ii
drcn were some DISTANCE from their own
home apparently running on 'ic pam -
Sny"s INC men were oa"u 1'ses'' " wn
and 'hr h"ase IRON whien 'ney "", M'
u"rrie't was 10 sh'ing posture W ua
snow MS snaps t'ne orokeo, AN" '"'
rvo'v'r N MS hand' only one rnarU. havhe
psh brsi the men wTrr v" Nns' WIN"
: short distance ~ each o'her' im w"m'i
AMI oh''df''' tay ~ ."'r't'oh OF ue mus
~iofe n""'H""' VT. Shymr was 'oa'h
~'or nus own "'1r. Everything """".''
-evem urht, WIN i've space, shu =
good sharps r''e' ne must have dm 'he w
ia'iis s"hie d''iN ". rom appearances u
the snow 'hr~ ''"hshs 'e'''
II IS somewhat strange that the sharp
guns AL ''"i,s revo'vers wrre MOI takrn
They arr all numbcre'' but what o'nd al
iihiian know o' mat
AN the persons forming Matock hmiii
were 'onod and 'n'errsi' esypt Two Gnu
afrt' VII" wefr '"p'ossn 10 DC eohNahsS' "
'h' mouse ""fh was wv oh'y one nv"
me so'tRp'en' ,hs appearance !" 'he ashs'
hEorins snch a "eirl
About thrco miles from MI, NATION
Mr' iio"t, Nr ,h'ofh, ai'd VT, NosLks
Nj, u w.h AMI 'h''e eh''aren' Mr, N".e
and w''e' NJ i"Acure. we and enid Mr.
! be'nR away a'''r pfo'Sion.' y. W.T.
sulei cA"p' Mrs, HOWE Mt AMI Mrs
lharhcr Mr' hs'ner a"sn'' an; 'ha'me
prtso'Nf 10 tn">'' TWO hous,s' 'ne osI,''
"etv "talV'd 10 plF' AMI nay 'r"'n 'u'
nets was thrown over ,he'h' ms was "",'
on the ''h' ~ M" was "na'rN'n w, ,he n'"fu
on the evening OF u' yh' nv Mr' H"rrh
MarAmnh ~ having previously N's'~ "aru
YER and Na''o'ss "i 'hc same evening
Having Formerly ho"ri"l 81 ii"",',' AMI ~
trunk bring there hr went IN honi hs 'rIn'
r'nsi' feathers s,rewn over ,hc n""r. sn'
pl'e {" bay ~ the eorrf o' uo' dss'"'e'
"" @'irs n'Si'r " ne 'e' o" you have To-
iore pnhlishTsi' ami mi IN snow banA al
mah' m., Gay P'"''Nhn '" r."n'''' cry
Ms' With VI "nmp'r AMI Johnson, wen' u
~whgu'@ ami hsa wv" h"'S'hS''s h~l",''
d '" wv ""gios "f a's''hi"'' VT I'M
M ami Henry herman
VIZ Narhh, !lwn inlt-' m'ftn 81 , neM.s
nc '"'y remaining s'u't "n ',r Lax WI.
NY a'i"Nd ms 'amu' '"ns'S'ea ~ MN
"qi ah Nl~ VIZ "areN was h.isI' On
w'~ raphv 'he s"i,", p's~'n''H ur AZ
lSaranrr 81 haru ith' numerous oa,'
Fomua'eh 'he d'Sr .h' wa o''"f 'n 'h'
SOW was p"'O" w ''u' 'M~
:. W 'a,s ,l'0' VINO soFe sl'u' as s's'' '- Va
dFate'' 'nrrc We" "'ners An'"n oha'e VS.
''u 'hn' "s ny un We morning e' IN