The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-07-18

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From n II. Pad Pioneer, 7th. :,
Mr.. Brown, an Indian trader at the
Sioux Agency, arrived in this city yes
terday, having LEFT the agency on Thurs
day last. From Mr.. b. We learn some
very interesting facts connected with the
death Of the son Of an Indian Chief, Ink
pa-du-ta, the noted leader Of band of
cut-throat savagcs, whose deprcdations
now form 50 sad a page in the history OF
the West.
On Monday last, the Goth ult., Mr..
Flandrau, the agent Of the Sioux, rccciv..
ed intelligence that three members Of
Ink-pa-du-ta's band were lurking in the
neighborhood Of the Yellow Medicine
Agency. He immediately dispatched a
trusty Indian to the band suspected Of
harboring the murderers, and upon his
report that son Of Ink pa-du- was Ger
tainly in the neighborhood, and probably
two others Of the band, Mr.. Flandrau
promptly and secretly formed his plans
to arrest the murdercrs. Having pro-
cured from Fort Ridgely detachment
from Company D, 10th infantry, under
command Of Lieutenant hurry, the par
ty left the agency, under the leadership
Of Mr.. Flandrau, at two o'clock on
Wednesday morning last. They were a.
50 accompanied by several Indians as
guides, but upon whose integrity the ut
most reliance could be placed. Among
them was Hoton-w ash-tc, or Beautiful
Voice, one Of the Indians who risked his
lifcto secure the release of Miss Gardner.
About sun rise the party arrived at an
Indian village on the Yellow Medicine
river, Eve miles from the agency. They
Immediately surrounded the lodge in
which Ink-pa-du-ta's son was staying !;
but upon the appearance of Mr.. Flandrau
and one of the Indian guides he became
alarmed, and running from the lodge took
refuge in ravine, where the grass was
sufficiently high to afford him good
hiding place. The soldiers surrounded
the ravine, and with difficulty discovered
the Indian, upon whom they immediately
fired, INJECTING several severe wounds.
The Indian returned the FIRE with a
double barreled shot gun: one of the
charges struck the cartrige box of SOL
der, who there upon rushed forward and
bayonetted the savage. Upon cxamin-
ing the body several wounds were disco
vcred. The carcass of the murderer was
left lying upon the ground, and the par
ty, after having secured his squaw, left
for the agency. # -.
The Indian killed was son of Ink pa
du-ta, who having married with the An.
nuity Indians, at the time he was killed,
was on a visit to his father-in,law. He
is the identical savage who dragged Mrs.
Noble from the lodge of the Yankton
Chief who purchased her, and after hay
ing satisfied his hellish appetite, beat hel
to death with clubs. His punishment
was well deserved. The two Indians who
accompanied Ink-pa-du-ta's son, fed, i,
is supposed, to the old Chiefs camp on
Skunk Lake. 1t is feared by many per
sons at the agency that he win seek te
revenge his sons death, by attacking tho
frontier settlements.
A great deal of dissatisfaction existed
among the Indians when Mr.. Brown le fl
the agency, abused by the prompt retail
alton of the agent in terminating the ca
reer of the murderer, and also upon the
ground Of the arrest of his wife Good
feeling was partially restored, however,
by the release Of the squaw, who it wa.
discovered had no connection with tn,
band Of Ink a-du-ta, or their murderous
exploits. There was but small force o.
soldiers at Fort Ridgely, and this seemed
to encourage the Indians in assuming .
bold and naughty tone. Mr.. Brown
however, met Maj or Sherman's battery
of flying artillery twenty miles below Fort
Ridgely on Friday; they would reach tn.
agency on Sunday, and their prcscnc,
would undoubtedly produce change il
the conduct of the Indians.
Capt. Bee, eommandant at Fort Ridge.
| ly, our informant states, received letter
from Hon. Joseph X. Brown, dated al
Hole-in-the- Mountain, stating that up.
wards Of one hundred and fifty lodges O
Yanktons had assembled on the Big
Sioux, to resist the passage of Col. No
ble's party through their territory.