New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
THE RESCUE 0F-MIss- GARDENER.
MURDER OF MRS. MOBILES.
Indian Councils---Speeches, &C.
DETAILS OF MISS GARDENERS RESCUE.

,r;.orer at Spirit Lake, Iowa. in March last oy INK
=. .au.ta, band of outlawed Indians, sHi'ea !" 'A'
.;,v from the Yellow Medicine Agency, sccompah'eu
b., N, Robnson and the Interpreter to the Agency
md mani or the man who shoots metal
\. vaIks Ho-ton-washte, or Beautiful voice, Gnu
Cb..tap.maxs, or the Iron Hawk, the three lndians
d;.natcbed last month by Agent f1andrau, 70 ehec,
,hsr release. Upon the arrival Of the steamer sna
Il becoming known on the wharf that MISS oofune'
"a. on heard. considerable excitement was creasoo'
and her appearance was greeted with nearly 'ae.,''
Mis-. q. wa. placed in carriage and driven " VIC
Fuller House with her escort. vL
Nj. Gardiner is native of Seneca Co., NeW-ioH'
and nj the time of the massacre was hVihs WIN Nc
narents at Spirit Lake. Her father, motner, anu ue
remainder of her family, were all murdered a. zig A.
of the attack On the Spirit Lake setsiene 70 tLe
nc,e execution of sn elder sister, who reno'G r -
more depsey settled PCTTbiiG s .step ha. since
And Is now living on the Des Molnes; MISS ~ nS hu,
= hsa,,bv peasing, inteigentookn giri, OF ou.
fifteen wears Of age. The only hcica'io Ias nde,.
en,rtenancc of the great suffering she mas unoel'
ens il that she is very much sun-bu ana resent
sas IN complexon, very strikingly, her late fawny
associates. .,.r .or,a vary ;ntcrest.
ar.c,ars in reference to the expedition OF the
t Indians named above, in search Of Miss Gardner.
; ON saturday, the 23d Of May, the party leit tne
Yellow Medicine Agency, In two.horse wagon. On
he .rh. while travelling in the direction OF the blg
S;mr thew came upon the trail Of lnk,pa-dg;tss
hand AT a place called by the Indians Big t0au
Lake. On the 18th, following up the same traii, tney
arrived at a recently deserted camp. where tney Iogu
the dead body Of Mrs MOBILES me be oo Ssd been most
cruelly outraged, net only before, but after deatn;
Three bullet wounds were discovered IN ner neaa snu
ON he, limbs and arms the traces OF brutal cruenies
we're visible. The Indians wrapped her body 10
blanket and inferred it, Maza-into mani, a Chrisuan
Indian, performing those religious serves les G'e,
grave of the unfortunate yietm, ulc'aiee W h VI ,
Vet earpe # belief in the Christian religion leaving
this sad place the next day. the parry aI.scu q,
another deserted camp, where they found lying upon
the ground Mrs. Nobless hair. IL was coleetea oy
the Christian Indians referred to, with the intention
Of bringing it to the Agency where cou'd 10 ''h'
10 Mrs Nobles's friends or relatives.
On the next day. the 30th of May, the party arrived
At an epcampment of 1870 lodges Of iankton Sioux,
and three lodges Of kpa-dutas band. On their ar
rival here they as9ertained that mss dnlia 20
Yankton warrior named Wam-dus-ka-ihan-ke, or the
End of the Snake; and that few nights AFTER lhs
sale, of Ink-padu came TO me camp o amt
demanded that the white women should be turned out
of the lodge where they kept by their purchaser
I'pon bisTefisa to comply Mrs. Mobiles was torclbly
removed, outraged beyond all power OF language 10
describe, and then brutally murdered MISS GardIaer
was only saved by the bravery Of the lankton VINO
purchssed her; he placed her on his couch beside his
ouaw and declared that his life and that OF his squaw
vouId be sacrificed before harm should come to Miss
Gardiner. inundated by this bold course, lnk'pa'
du.,a's son and his confcderates retreated.
But TO return 10 the Christian Indian and his asso-
ciates Upon arriving at the fankton camp they as
cetaDed that Miss Gardner was at the lodge OF Inc
End of the Snake. They Immediately opened ne3o-
ations to obtain her release. The End of the Snake
said he had bought her with the intention OF restoring
her to the whites, but could not give her up unt no
obtained the consent Of the remainder oftde ianKlons
Councils then called, at which the proposition Oh
a Al. vlr.l, tnna
chief objected TO the surrender Of Miss Gardiner, on
the g1ound that they could 90 better by conveying her
to the Missouri and selling her to the military on,ce6s r.
powder and tobacco. Councils held for two or
three days, when the Yankton chief was appeased,
much in the same manner as many CIVILIZED Iegisla,
the purchase of Mrs Gardiner, and she was accord
CIV to the Christian Indian and his assoc
oiacs who received ut the same time The assurance
that the Yanktons merely held her in trus to be de-
livered to the whites. The price paid for Miss Gard
ner was two horses blankets. two kegs OF pow
der box Of tobacco, and other articles with which
the ldians had been provided by Major Elan
drau. As as the purchase was completed the In,
dams prepared to starior the Yellow Medicine two Of
Erd-of the Snakes sons volunteering to accompany
the Wahpe-toDs to the Agency. And had it not been
for the timely assistance of he two IanktOn brothers,
it is more than probable that the three Wahpe:tons
and Miss Gardiner would never have reached the
Agency alive. For four days after leaving the Ysnk-
ton camp, they followed BY portion Of lnk-pa-
du-tas band, but they were evidently deferred from
making an attack by the presence Of the Yanktons.
Twenty days from their departure from the Yellow
Medicine Agency the Indians returned, having been
six days making the journey between the Yankton
camp and the Agency. From the Agency Miss Card
ner was brought 10 ST. Paul in company with Mr..
Robinson and the Interpreter together with the three
Indians.
Miss Gardiner. from the time Of her separation from
Mrs. Marble, when the latter was purchased by the
two Lac -qui-Pare Indians until her own release led
much the same life she did prior TO Mrs. Marbles
release. She. lodged with the son Of Ink.padu.ta,
and was treated with comparative kindness on that
but she did it with an apparent willingness that
seemed TO impel The Indians to treat her kindly
than they did Mrs. Mobiles. Skunk Lake, where the
Lac-qui-parie indians found Mrs. Marble, is about
where Miss Gardiner was rescued. II will thus be
seen that Miss Gardiner compelled 10 walk that
distance after Mrs. Marble had been ransomed.
In reference TO Mrs. Nobes, Miss Gardiner states
that she seemed much detected and dependent from
the time The taken captive until death released
her from her suferings At times, she would sit for
hours bemoanng and crying over her sad fortune and
again she wculd herself and treat the Indians
with the Indignation natural to high-spirited
subjected to the most degrading outrages. The tasks
allotted to her she would not willingly fulfill, and
often cruelty beaten in her resistance 10 the tyraLnca
will Of her capors. Miss Gardiner thinks that il was
thispecullar temperament that not only caused the
murder Of Mrs. Thatcher who it will be recolected
acted in the same manner, but also Of Mrs. Mobiles.
In regard to the treatment these unfortunate women
received at the hands Of the Indians We refrain from
particulars But question if American history can
furnish another instance of where females have given
way, as in the case OF Mrs. Thatcher and Mrs No
bles, under brutal cruelties; or have survived
like Mrs.. Marble and Miss Gardner greater outrages,
exposure and fatigue.
The three Indians sent out by Maj. Flandrau acted
throughout with great energy bravery and discretion
They are mddle.ased and Intelligent looking men, and
far better specimens Of ntellge mt manhood than the
average Of our Indians. Ma-zan-te-mani, who acted
somewhat in the capacity of the leader of the expe