The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-13
Affairs tn lItaa esssa.
oUR ST. PAUL oORR bsP0NsEHCF.


Sc PAsL, Nay 4, 1857.
~ hSsss Acknowledgment R>pws-Rra A,sv-s--
Asfs~ Of Colonel SmsA sstns~Ty Of Ey4 wiaassses--
Ss.pley.sen Of a< 0Aippe0as-Xurders at Spirit Late
Origin Of Ne eAayyI-Fsssp&ay If kss,sessta
snnsn Of ne MrssHyyS-Lake repin opsncd-ArTiua, If
kOsls, &c.
Your paper or the 24fh Apr last gives publicity b
article headed "Tfe indian Massscres In kraesoa." As
this article s based spen extra Of the St Paul Daily
Ts~s Of the l&,h April, PAPER in respect reliable
Asrily this subject, have deemed ii necessary for
The sake Of truth TO furnish you h tho fact pertaining to
hs - called Minnesota massacre, taken in substance from
The testimony OF OF veracty who have boom on the
ground where these Indian murders eccsrred, and from
the ocia account 10 Governor Grimes, Of the SSe OF
Iowa.
On the 18th OF April rumor much exaggerated, reach
cd S. Paul. to the effect that the Sioux Indians the Min
neseta river and the Blue Earth had organized hemselves
into war party, and actually marching upon Man
ksto ana st. Peter numbering the read all the seers
within their reach; that the settlers were decking iato
these towns in great numbers, tcs.nte OF provisions
clothing &c The people Of ST. Peter sent p"srider 10
9hs place asking for aid arms and provisions Our mill
harry in few hours equpred AID ready to 60, when
messenger when they had sent 10 Col Smith, commsnd
ing at Fort Snollng rendering 70 hn their SERVICES re-
ess,ruen. IN tsws' The Colonel sen. w,r: that The re-
PORT was mnch exaggerated, aad that he wcnld sens
force Of hundred men, which would be sufficient "
On the I5th the b. Paul 7usss came cut with warliks
startling article stating what ysr has copied,
viz that Me- SsuK and ChHpewas hss formed alliance
u6enyive and def nsve and that the two nations,
solid phalasx, were marching ds~s ppm st. Paul Thus,
and T ssnS ,sy M % s ar " se
!vas, frightened only she ecitcr Of that sheet.
81 ssts force re,arsed few Gays since, and repsrs
nat Indians hee 10 the settlers have been In
nnst ea, ba say That 10 the Eae OF Iowa. at the Spirit
Lake settlement, ard on tho pcs Moines river, the
10 es,.iv.y four wones. The Inaans who cos,mtsd
NJ outrage band of ~utls ~, net acknowledged
sslsnsips 70 any hand Of Mane~ta Sioux, and ed
BY o nescrieus rascal called nkyaauta.
Spirit Lake is In 'kps county thirty m'les south Of
The boundary tine. The Des AOiaes settlement Is in Em
met county cast Of Spirit Lake and south Of the hns in
bws Ne; Of these murders vas committed in Min
nexpta
ne ss.ers |. appears, originated the quarrel in this
man dog rushed snt and bit Ddian in tue leg who
Instantly tarped and shot the beast. Tho owner Of the
sucnpop Of The indian Collected pumber Of his friends
and the camp Of tho Indians. and after severely
ssss:s vac sss"T 80 '"es We s nsy .ss az ens sae
twopty The following day the Indians went mp to the
settlement, Esprit Lake, and finding their guns in cabin,
Sssdips or iuurins woman The sole eccupan, VI the
house the tine Bot after brecding the 'alt "
S1ns.r rsvsSs. took pOs.asson Of shet hsar, Taes
returned and commenced their bloody work. Is known
that fery killed, and several are missing among
Abous Tie settlement rs supposed that some OF The ga
wages "bn the dust" As thsy invariably carry on heir
dead, sscrcts them, is net knswn how many were
kBed on their side.
There NO, hostile Indian Mis- side Of the Iowa line,
end BY this time within uve hundred miles Of the
phases where the conmitted. Inc Indians
the hnnero's river Sioux proper, and have had
nothing whatever do with thIs AFFAIR. They IN
the degree responsible for the acts q these murder
sus saAws and they have sacred " 30 In search of
Them and bring then N alive. So alarmed they n,
he s,c,sEcn, smons tho whites that many of them aed
Tert Rdgely for presoen fearing that the whes wsaid
I'm them.
rss ChpFewas quietly engaged shooting ducks,
geese and gronsc and ahS ncs north and west or
3. Paul They oud he much surprised, doubtless, IL
hey could read your notice q coalition between then
md their hated enemy, the Sioux Either tribe would il
Ksmeut jois the whss In feray against the other.
hnnes~tA has been In Q more prosperous coudi.
hon sn present. crowds Of people ooang here
daily. Your vaiuabe paper read here by msay, and
an regret that false, las regards Munesota)
having origin in the shallow brain OF but man,
should have found place In yeur extensively read and
widely circuia cd TEsAip where can do Wat deal NJ
Injury 10 this Territory BY keeping the umiA fsn coming
here
Lake Pepin the only obstacle early navigation
NE sippi river opened he Lat Of May. At two
o'eook In he ncrnrg and during The day twelve boats
arrived Yesterday eleven boats arrived TO day, mp 70
O'Clock r. ~, We had arrivals ~ Paul "a RAPIDLY
progressing, and ~if soop be large city.