St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1857-12-10
Il. courssl 4, nop =,

principle in law and government that
personal safety compared with prop
erty safety, is a fourth or fifth rate
reconsideration. q.
| Coming ons day IN from a visit to
Eagle Nest Lakes >;e met the garri-
son from Fort Ripley on their way to
Kansas, and knowing we were with
out 9 show Of government protection,
between lis and some three or four
thousand Indian warriors, in a state Of
open revolt, who could come from the
hunting grounds over which they still
roamed, in twenty-four hours easy
march and stand un2er1our windows,
We thought the; men here should
have taken measures to get possession
OF some one, two, or a half-a-dozeg,
E'cullered pussons" known as the pro-
perry Of some citizen Of Missouri
Thea the government would have
been compelled to send the navy up
to Lake Superior and the army to
| st, Cloud to catch the thieves and
reclaim the property. W. could
easily have found them one years
occupation at the business, and, in
!. the mean time, onr red neighbors
would have been quiet, and Gov.
Medary could have had the trouble
settled. But onr folks took the pros
pect Of scalping just as they did that
Of famine, looked CHEEKY and counted
heads. Well, they rather appeared to
like the idea Of doing their own fight
| ing and no thanks TO the regulars. 49,
IN all these up river towns they or
ganized themselves into volunteer
companies and sent to Gov. Medary
for arms. These were supplied and
st. Cloud has two companies Of seven
ty men each, furnished with 1nuskets
Our Uncle could not afford rifles for
Minnesota, but many have them in
their list of private property, with
revolvers to boot, and they talk of
not allowing the Indians to do all the
shooting il they should come down
during the winter but no danger is
apprehendcd as our blue coats got
safely through with the siege Of Law
/ renee, frightened. the wicked Yam
KEGS WIG were going TO kidnap The
. black babies and have got. back
again to Fort Ripley. ~a. .-r
Then, the majority Of our oldes,
inhabitants had h., eane here since the
Spring Of '55, and the winters -
Whew!@ The story Of our Muse atiinne
friend who assured VS. that cup here
there was fifteen i months white,
every year, was not soan1.ich Of a
mistake after all ~ The river was &c
close at the 10th of@November, snow
fall before or soon after;< when we
should have our last view Of the
brown earth until the March sun
anelted her fleecy shrouds.: The Mer-
curry was to freeze in December and
stay frozen until late in February. Sc
that the only trouble which threat
ened this doomed community, apart
from the ordinary ills al s:hesh is
heir to, = were those of being starved
| scalped and frozen, and all the while
the people. refused to lay it to heart
Men would wllistleland children romp;
and when we ::felt to mourn = owe,
ttlh1tei their insensibility, the mirror revealed
! thestartling fact thatour face lacked
len|g5 II Of ,sorrowful proportions, while
! We had'very nearly reached the pre-
dlica 81, Of Miss Flora Nc limsey,
hyhaving out grown that selfsame old,
i ,,o, ~ rnerino. the comfort aad com
o. pa i,n ofyears gone by. Alas! for hui
Fs!,s an dspra!ii:y: :Bhthere we are in the
midst 'df aha ;;tsva aispensation,, not
:!knoty:li # 1l;ss:; 81 gel. Tie vherevit III,
|. foH the next hbarisl ;of. honr; and YET
I'M l. . L.,