Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-08
.The Indian Massacre in Minnesotn.

The Indian MASSACRE in Minnesota.
The Minnesota papers briog us addi.
tional details of the Indian massacre st
Spirit Lake and other points in that terri.
tory. After detailing the slaughter at the
house OF Mr.. Wood the Pioneer says:
The Indians next called at the house Of
JOSIAH Stewart, and shothim in the head.
His wife begged for her life, to (Which they
replied, .. nepo squaw, ~ kill squaw. and
shot her in ithe.head. Her two little Pins
were killed with war clubs. John Slew.
art, a little boy eight years old. hid him
self behind q log, and escaped. Major
Williams has taken him home, and viii
bring him up. They then proceeded 10
the house of Mr. Thomas. Seyeral,fam
lies had been col ected toget Their, and thse
were some Gig t,orl nine riaesinithe hoase,
Umpashota, an old Indian chief well
known in this neig b6fhood, ran past,ths
house shouting. TO the inmates seyeralot
whom unfortunately ,yentnged to the door
to see. " hat was the mailer, when about
twenty Indians. posted Il behinds las hay
stack, about FIVE rods distant, fred upon
them, killing son of Mr.. Thomas. aged
ten years. Mr.. Thomas was wounded in
the arm, rendered amputalion necessary;
David Carver was shot through the
arm, the ball lodging in his side; the
wound is not considered dangerous: and
Miss Drusella Swiyer received a bali nm
der her shoulder. the bail passing out,ub-
on the opposite side. s !. 1.a TO-.
The doors were Instantly shut and bar.
ricaded Some Of the inmates engaged
themselves in moulding balls, others in
loading the rifles, while John Bradshaw
and Mr.. Markham fred upon the In.
dians without. Their chief and a nam.
Der of others we're killed !; the exact NUN.
Eber is not known. Itwas reported by an
Indian to Al man named Shigley tina.
nine were killed and Eve w6undsd!!a To.
wards night the Indians withdrew. car.
irving their dead and wounded with them.
No white person was killed after the tirst
fire. 11&+s aaNts'S 3AS S5t" st
The men sent to Spirit Lake have re-
turned. They have buried twenty@nihs
bodies two were found buried; besides,
| it is not known, of course, whose skele.
tons they were. They first visited the
house Of Mr.. Thatcher, and found two
bodies-those Of A. Noble and Mr.. Ryan.
They then visited the residence of iona.
than House ;here nine bodies were found
dreadfully mangled women and
children, all indiscriminately murdered.
The next house was Changers, near
the Lake. Here. probably. sharp con-
| fict had ensued. a man, named Snyder
was found dreadfnllya mangled with
broadaxe. The Grangers have one miss.
ing, probably both killed" The body Of
a man was found upon the Lake. near the
house, SO dreadfully mangled that it was
impossible to recognize him. Signs indI-
cntive Of fight were seen aboutth+
house. They next went to Mauack's
where eleven were found, This house
had been burnt. There men and women
shot and children tomaha@ked were some
twelve persons-cne missing. aea 2
CARLlE. Friend 4yer sin this age
Of quacks. charlatans and merely windy
gaseous pretenders to heal, who blow at
every corner and in the face and ears Of
all men. their louds blaring Jsrico trun.
pets and other boistetous wind instYu.
menIs Of maryellously twisted brass, in
such wofully sham ridden epoch as this.
say, tits comforting, nay even cheer.
ing TO the earnest we'll wishef1o Of his race
toknow there has arrived 10 this wotldA
genuine PLY stefan, Ito light once, moro
upon something besides the mere sapgra.
dos and Don Mercurial Jalaps, with
their phlebotomies. poison and warm va.
ter aai isi'''t'i ~ ..lg.4 sno.Fais{I
Your Cathartic and Cherry Pectorsl
carry usforward to halcyo days-ato mil.
lennial Pharmscop@as, when Science, deep
diving down into the principle ofthtngs,
shall with infinite cunning, bring out the
genuine Elixir Vitae for of. % truth
there is manifestIy enough somewhat Of
that same Life Essence in your subtle ye.
getable Installations and compounds.
You realize to us the visions of those
painful, smoke.dried Alchymists- boot.
less seekers -dreamers among ,retorts
and crucibles. touching the qpinsessen.
tial hidden virtue of the universe, which
should antidote distemper and break for
man the Wheel OF Time. go -
55a5a 3nla ssa q aes
.le Read. Readii
Mr.. Faulkner 10. his speech In Win.
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