The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-05-07

spirit Lake Massacr..

4 letter from Gen. Van Antwerp, dated
Fort Dodge, April 10Th, just received by us,
contains many particulars of the massacre
ut Spirit Lake, some Of which we have nj
ready published. We therefore Gull the fol.
lowing items, communicated to him bv Mr.,
Thatcher.
Mr.. 4. was absent at the time OF the mas
sacre, and on his return found his child had
been murdered and his wife captured by the
Indians. The females missing, and suppos.
ed to have been carried of by the Indians,
were Mrs. Thatcher, aged 20 years, Mrs
Marble, % years old, Sardis How and Abb
gail Gardner, each about Is years Of age
Miss How Is the daughter Of Joel How, six
OF whose children, with grandchild, wers
found murdered, and himself among the
missing Esquire Matloek, late of Dubuque,
with his wife and Eve children were found
dead, and three more children of the family
II is supposed were consumed with his house,
as some bones wers found in the ashes Some
nifty cattle were also killed on Matlook's
premises All the members of Rowland
home were killed, his wife and son and n
married daughter with her two children DR..
Harry Harriott, formerly Of Peoria, H., and
Carr Granger, of Michigan, were killed at
Mat!ock's house after II desperate defense.
as were also Joseph Harshman and Mr.. Jones.
Enoch Bryan Of Indiana, and Mr.. Noble were
found dead at Thatcher's, aud Wm. Marble.
formerly Of Dayton, whose wife was taken
prisoner, was killed at his own house. The
body Of Bartlett Snyder was found at Gran.
per is still missing.
The above list comprises all the persons at
home when the attack was madeon the Spirit
Lake Settlement and includes the names of
al who persisted in this State, springaeldbe.
ing across the line in Minnesota, some Gstcen
miles north of the Lake.
The Generals letter informs us that the
settlers, collected at Fort Dodge IN consider.
aoic numbers, were returning to their homes
again, and thar large numbers Of persons
were collecting TO attend the land sale which
comes oil this week.
T-Council Bluffs beats US u small triie in
prices of produce, provisions aud lumber, as
will be seen BY this quotation: s'Flour is
$500 per hundrei--Corn Meal, 81 so per
bnshei--Corn, $l(di 10 Potatoes, So,
Oats, % ecnts-onions, So Beans, %5.--
Pine lumber is sl,2l per M--Cottonwood,
siui aud Walnut and Oak, $50.
RAILROAD ExrEssioAs.-The Chicago Jour !
ma SAYS, that a contract has been made for
tie construction Of lfty-seyen miles Of rail- /
road, which will complete the connection and
Furnish an unbroken track from Chicago ,o
oshGosh, ls5 miles on the way to Superior !
City. portion Of the Minnesota land gran,
is to be appropriated to the extension Of the
road TO Superior which will insure It's com. I
plei!on to that city.
Mr. Buds, Of Toledo, Ohio, has entered IN. 4
to contract TO construct the Camp Pom, /
Road from Qlincy, to .ntersec, the Toledo
Road at the Illinois river, thus maxine > ~
rect line from Quincy to Toledo.
HiGm PKicEs foR NEcRoEs-The Iebaron
tIenn. Herald says "A lot of thirty MI
groes were sold al public sale in Sumner Co.
n few days ago, at prices ranging from $50
to i 800. There were eight Little children
in the lot from two months 10 two wears old
The average price Of the thirty was $780,
The average price OF negroes in $50. nc.
cording 10 the United States census returns.
We believe, 800. Ii would seem tina,
she price is nov DOUBLE that. How much Of
th.s 100 per cent. rise is due to the Nebrass
bill aud the bred Scott decision We car ma,
I'll, but have no doubt the National ID .noo.
Yacy will soon claim II all as an addition
made 70 the wealth ot the eountrtf tbrouyb
their measures.
0E- Fine growing weathsr about th...
dass. Vegetation laughs i. the warm spn {
A'as' Aii owing perhaps. 10 the comet run. !.
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