The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-08
The Indian War i'm Minnesota.
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The Jennette Roberts, Captain Thimens, ar
rived last night from Red Wood, the Sioux Agen-
CIV. Capt. 7. reports that the Sioux are encamp.
ed there in large numbers There had been an
engagement with the Chippewas, who were in
the immediate neighborhood, and the Sioux
were dancing over the possession of IA scalps.
1t said that other Sioux parties in the neigh.
borhood had eight more. The Chippewas were
believed to be 4s0 strong with Hole 'in-the Day
at the head ofthem, and heavy engagement
was expected to take place soon.
Our latest advices from the seat of war at
Shakopee yesterday morning is TO the effect
that all was quiet. The expected attack from
the Chippewas had not taken place, thought it
was confdentialy believed that large body of
them were still in the neighborhoOd. Many OF
the wounded Sioux we're doing well as could
be expected.
The Sioux camp at Shakopee is strongly for.
tilted, according to the Indian method of de-
Tense, and it will be difficult for the enemy, if
five times the numerical force to storm 1t.
GRAPHIC PICTURE OF THE BATTLE AT sHAKoPEE.
+ 1t is furnished bya correspondent OF the
Minnesotian:
When the eight first commenced opposite
Maj. Murphy's, his wife. daughter and two lady
visitors arose and stepped upon the rivers brink
and watched the whole affair quite unconcern-
eddy, although, at one time, the rifle balls whiz-
zed and sang past them, striking in close prox-
| unity. Before the battle ended, large mum
Der of the population of men, women and chill
dren of the city, were gathered around the dead
| dying and wounded warriors which the Sioux
had brought over the river, and from their ele-
| waited position could see, with the naked eye
every movement of the combatants, and with
the aid of telescopes, counted the number OF
Chippewas which collected on the opposite
bluffs where the Sioux had driven them.
The ground from the river to the bluffs (about
| three-fourtbs of mile) is level grassy plain,
with few large elm trees near the north bank;
while the south bank on which we stood ~ hlgh,
overlooking the whole scene as perfectly as one
could sit in the boxes OF q theatre and observe
| the play upon the stage. Only think OF what
sight we had of Indians stripped to the breech-
cloth, running, skulkin, crawling, shooting, TOM
ahawking, scalping, mutiatng-the squaws
carrying the wounded, shouting and encourag-
| ing their braves, who were yelling, lighting,
bleeding, dying, crossing and re.crossng the
river. The retreat of the Chippewas to the OPP
poste hills gathering under the trees, where all
their gestures and actions were clearly visible
through the telescope-while among US, and at
our feet were ladies and Chippewa scalps, hor.
ses and carriages, and Chippewa heads, gentle
man, and Chippewa hands, children, and strips
of Chippewa skin, barking dogs, moaning sq1aws
dying warriors, bleeding braves, crying chill
dren, yelling combatants. neighing horses,
cackling hens whstlng bullets, cracking rifles,
putting steamboat, smoking Dutchmen, mixed
up with different languages, including the silve
| nv tones of beautiful women; the whole con.
Guiding with the building of fire, appearance
of the headess trunk of Chippewa, very ex-
tensive retrogade movement on the part of the
ladies and children, the contention OF those who
advocated or objected to the consumation Of
the barbarous act, the roaring Of the flames
the broing of the carcass, the rising Of the
incense, and the general leaving in disgust
or lingering for curiosity of the crowd-and
all this adjoining city OF a thousand inhab
| tants