Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-05-06
SIOUX MURDERS.

SIOUX MURDERS. +,
Late adyices from the Chiedne river
"a branch Of the Red river ofthe iNorth)
inform us Of new murders BY the lhan-
ktons.
Last fall, a young man named NORTH
rup, accompanied by two uoydgsurs,
started with q stock Of goods for the
Chienne river !. He built q. trading post
at the junction Of the ,Chienne with the
Red river Of the North, aud returned to
Yellow Medicine for farther supply.
After his return to the Chienne, ac-
counts were received from him as late as
December Is. up to which time all was
well ; but from that time nothing was
heard Of him until late in March, when
III was run,ored that the party had been
killed by the Yanktons Later accounts
confirm the report, and there is little
doubt that it is true. ,sIs siE s5
]. Northrup was about 20 years Of age,
and an intelligent young man, though
very eccentric. He went into the Sioux
country about two years Silence, in a
way that attracted the attention Of every
body having trundled common ba-
ker's cart from Sank Rapids across the
country to Lake Traverse, living by the
way on frogs and grasshoppers, as be
had no gun. He was thensen route for
Puget's Sound, on the Pacific; but his
experience in solitary travel probably
satisfied him-f,r he came down the Min
nesota river to Yellow Medicine, and
soon after went into the employ Of w.
II. Forbes, at that place. '.4's
# Last summer, he conceived the idea
of Building trading post at the Chiyen-
ne, which he did, contrary to the advice
of many who anticipated this sad result.
Of the two uoyageurs with him, one was
named Anderson-the other name UNI
known. VIC Il S If ElG5f
The lhanktonwannas, who committed
these murders, are not in any way
connected with the Ihanktons proper,
deputations of whom were in Washing
ton this winter, to negotiate a treaty.
The former are d distinct tribe, though
both belong to the Sioux nation. II
These murders, like all other Indian
crimes, will be thought Of with commits
Grafton for moment, and then pass
fron the minds Of nll forever. When
they occur, every one il filled nth
pity and even government itself feels
sort ofisaltpeter horror at the catas-
frophe. But unfortunately for us, gov
erment takes no steps to prevent the re-
currence of such atrocities. Experi-
ence has shown that, 50 long as the wild
Indian remains uninAuenced by know
ledge Of the powerof the whites, he win
continue to abuse his advantages, by de-
predations ofaaevery kind. Show him
once the real comparative strength Of the
races, and his sel9-esteem and bravado
viii vanish
One thing is certain !: Either the Than
'ktonwannas Of the north must be pro-
vided with an agent at once, or they wilt
bring on bloody struggle, which will
perhaps draw into it all the annuitySloux,,
as well as those west Of the Missouri
river. They are a savage, reckless
race. TWAS this very tribe which in
cited the annuity Sionx, last summer, in
the, Iakpa Duta affair, to take up the
Ratchet against the whites--a result r.
voided, no, by the GOODNESS and presence
Of mind Of Maj Sherman or any other
person, but only by the moderation and
good sense Of the annuity Indians them
selves. The ihanktonwanas are totally
diffrent from the Ihanktons proper. The.
last are less savage and better disposed
aud have been friends to the whites ever
since an agent was appointed among
them. To bend the Ihanktonwannas,
similar influences must be brought to.
bear upon them /; and we repeat ito
avoid collision with them, an agent must
be appointed FOR Them. Not i bullying,
self-sufiicient ignoramus from Indiana,
hut d person whose knowledge Of the In
dams has not been derived from books,
and, whose experience shall enable him
to mould the naturally plastic character
nf7the Sioux TO good results Bender
son Democrat ~
IMMENSE AMOUNT or MoNEY ON DE-
rosIT IN THIS Country. LIN the banks
Of the four great cities Of our country
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
New Orleans--there were last week on
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