New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-10
EIAGGERAyED REPORTS or INDIAN
TROUBLES.
@, IL. n. Y. Tribune.

Cousponeence Q. The n. Y. ThbCne
DAyEsPoRr, lows, Dec. 3, 1873.
Ihsve observed en- ayticle going the rounds OF tue
nress stating that Indisns were collecting upon our
Nor,beru frontier and had committed numerous depr-
dations. and were threatening more.
have been residen, OF Spirit Lake since April,
Isj5. and have a wife and six children there now l
LEI, there on the I'D ult on business, % return 10
few weeks. l returned from La Crosse to aad osek
with nv family and teams Oh the llth ult, and on Tue
9th ult. party Of hunters, several OF whom were
members Of my own family, returned, having pas'ei
through the country westward to the Rock River
down the Floyd and up the Little Sioux. Duting tne
last the country between the Big S9uA sa tue
Des Npes has been constantly traveTssh by dihereht
paitie. of surveyors, by myself and teams ana men III
my employ ment and the mai carrier bet Eeeh NJ Mih-
ka'o and Sioux City stops weekly a, my h9Ise a.
many travellers to and fro. From personal kuosiedg"
and information from the above ana every rehsole
source state that the reports alluded 10, thouSh
said 10 have been brought by special agent,
with dispatches TO Gov. Lowe are iaI'e III eSeiy
pai tcuar There is ani has been no collect
inp Of Indisps upon our northern frontiers NJ depreda
tous whateyer have been comm ted by Indians upon
the persons or property Of the white settlers although
some very small things in that way have bceh S'
temn,sd Nv whites well known-anopg whom was
tn. sror .ai> special agent Not ahor.e GO" OF steer
or other cattle, has disappeared mysteronsy or Deeh
traced to the possession of any Indian. Miss Gardiner
is not resident Of Spirit Lake, snd lnkpadntah and
| the remnant Of bis band aIe well known to be some
800 miles northwest Of Spuit Lake among band OF
Sioux who have received them under their protection
From all the region south of the St. Peters and west
of the Des Mones there comes not even the fantest
ruuor Of gathering band note of hostility TO RAISE
feareyen in a womAps heart cave from this setcon-
sttuted special messenger with dispatches OF his own
eoncoctng. The whole country is constantly being
trayereed without thous sht of danger. have at tais
time four teams on ths road thither with goods and
provisions and single unsrmed man conducts each
team any ono of whom would laugh to scorn the iiea
of Indian depreciation. The whole story is one ot
rteer falsehood without shadow of fact to rest upon,
rave that weeks since three male iodlans and
two squs 8 with their pspooses, canped fer DAYS
at Spirit Lake, on their wa7 10 Cotton RIVER, uner
an az. nts posse They perfectly civil, disturbed
no one and left when requested, without taking even
potato that not voluntarily offered them. The
original massacre at Spirit Lake in March, 1857, had
It's origin In revenge Tor the murder Of entire fam
lily of six persons Indians, and children, among
whom was brother Of hkpadutah, on Lots Creek,
branch of the Des Mones, committed by = white mar
the previous year. HIS punishment was demanded by
the lniiens at the time aud much alarm was created
by their threats of revenge. They were quieted by
the promise that he shond be hung soon ~ he could
be sppreh. rded ard tried, but scarce effort was
for this end sDd it IL scarcely u be wondered at
that the Indians should have taken the revenge they
did when opportunity ol, red. JoHS s. PRGscorT.