Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-29


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4 Large meetinp was imme diately held. and SO
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si.,snce Thev reached Slocum's on Saturday
n;ght and fonnd Indians there. DR.. w. F.
r su;s yos chncen Canfain and with A few men
wont over to the tents. where they found nine
Indians Who Immediately ran at the appearance
Of the whites: throwing their hatchets into the
air and firing at the whites. The whites imme.
diatelv charged upon them, and killed foer.-
None of the whites were injured, with the excep
tion of one man. who received slight wound
in the hand. This it appears, was the signal
aud Immediately on the return of the whites to
the house. it was surrounded by Ii Indian war
riors A messenger who has lust arrived. brings
the above statement. Word was sent TO Ira
verse de Sioux and St. Peters for assistance. ant
this morning ffty Of the citizens Of St Peter,
arrived. under CAPTAIN Dodd's command. anG
will probably reach the scene of battle o.nioht
AZ thew left Mxnkato .t3 o'clock this afternoon
Another reinforcement will he nm from IRA vers.
in the morn;nu to ;oin the nortv Tho sa,tler.
from that neiehhorbood and in fact al throne,
the country are alarmed and ara fleeing int
town with their families The account from tn,
town of Snr;nc6nld ;s Ia,er from NJ f,ba;rs
who as We stated before .ccomnan;od the col.
d,ers there and is correct The Other 10 corro
borsted bv different messenoers WIN sra ooin,
to and from Slocnms and this mace Unbiased
nv fever and exci,ement and alarm If shared
will Give Won further ;nteloence nc soon 40 r.
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| The Shacopee Herald of the 10th. saws: eff.
TY-rHREE PERSONS REPORTED KILLED. We ar
indebted to Henry Kinds for the privilege O
copying the following portion of a letter dated
| TRAVERSE DE Sioux, April Is, '57.
Great excitemen, in the towns along the riy
er, from an expected attack Of the Sioux In.
dams. The inhabitants were awakened earl
| Yesterday morning by a messenger from Man
kato, who reported that all the inhabitants hav
! been killed as far as Wantonwon. ON the ives,
| The whole number reported killed was &
| and four girls taken prisoners. A company wa
| Immediately formed here and at st. Peters
numbering about 200; portion ADVANCING
Immediately. Mr.. Mcleod and myself left o.
horses about 3 O'Clock p NJ, for Manka.o
where we arrived at o'clock. Another mes
sage has just reached us, that a skirmish wa
had with body of Sioux Indians, 20 miles abov
! Maukato, and several of the Mankato ban,
killed. The Indians were killing and burning
everything before them. We left Mankato jus
before midnight and reached home at thi
morning. The bells were rung and meeting
called Immediately, and another compan
formed, which marches at eleven. The wome
and children are fortified in several stone build
| ings in town. The forces are all under the com
mand of Captain Dodd. r-s s.-..
81. , 90 Yours truly, J. KINDS.
TUE rpy1.rssr-.rR1v.1. orrur rorAroR.
We learn from w. D. Haddock. a residen, O
M,nk.to wbo arrived on the Equator nm IN
! 18th TINT On SATURDAY. last the cit,z.ns of Mar
kato learning Of the outraees committed b
the indians on the Watowan' mustered nearl
fftv Non and started FIR that nont On snr
day mornino thay discovered nsw traces of In
dams near the residence Of Mr. Slocum
rbav .nnro,chad and the Indians showing
a;sno Si,on W t;gbt th,, Mank.to mon t;r.d mo
tim tilino sona hnt the numher i not know,
~ -. oas,,.ras So I,aa;s,,s ,.;I,ai
The Indians then retired to a block house
and on one of them making his appearance, h
was shot oy mr. Johnson. Just as the ooa
,'r;na;nr nss,l;s.ncs IF . hattie On rho Wato1
wan. about 80 miles above Mankato. betwee
the volunteers under the command OF Gen. Dodt
and the Indians, in which the latter lost IL
whites none. Intelligence was received from tn
same source that George Fletcher was iortiiy
ing his mill, tearing an attack from the Indian:
who heretofore, were always on friendly term
with the whites. a-
On learning that a party of Sioux had ar
rived at the other agency, he had sent out On