Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-12
Our ShakOpee correspondence.
SHAKoPEE, June Sd, 1858.

Governors Despatch-Killed and Wounded Of the
Observation-Disclosures, &c.
To the Editors orms Mnnssotian:
A dispatch was received, yesterday, by
Messrs. Overton, Pierce, and Others the Com.
mittee appointed to confer with the Governor,
from his Excellency, by Sioux interpreter,
who was instructed to tell them to at once
move on to their reservation or else mill
tary force would be sent to compel them.
The Governors letter to these gentlemen, re-
quests them to give the bearer all the infor-
nation in their possession Of the present To-
lation of these Indians, which he had been
informed had left our town, and if iii our
vicinity, he was to seek them out and deliver
his message. He also stated that it was his
determination to keep both tribes on their
own grounds, or make them amenable to the
laws of the State and enforce the execution
of those laws if broken. This is just what
we expected our Governor would do, and his
promptness in this matter will gain him many
grateful friends in our City. 1t is the first
exercise of State authority, and the loyalty
of that portion of our citizens who appealed
TO and relied on the Executive and laws OF
the State, is as commendable as is the Gov
ernor's energetic and timely action in coming
to our assistance and taking the responsible
ty, and odium off from our hands, of compell-
ing them to go ourselves. The mistake of
the Chippewa's in not crossing the river and
bringing their whole force into action, is ac-
counted for by their want of information re-
garoing the resources of the Sioux to re in
force themselves. There was but one Sioux
killed, two badly, (supposed mortality woun-
ded who are getting along well, and the other
ten are not dangerously wounded. They
rave left for their reservation That was
an unkind cut of your Minneapolis cores
pondent in writing as though our people had
anything to do with the mutilating of those
bodies, or even touching them in any other
way than burying. The barbarities were
committed by the Savages, the whites being
spectators merely, and were divided in opinion
as to the policy of allowing them to burn the
lead, after bringing it across the river.
Those old residenters living here who have
seen so much of them, thought it was no time
to interfere with their customs cf warfare
when they were so excited, and that it was
not our fault that they have beer allowed to
remain SO long amongst US. They were un-
questionably correct.
The nerves of all our western ladies are
not so weak as to always faint at the sight of
blood, especially before their curiosity is
gratitied, no more than were those of the
| ladies' Of Paris, who pould look out of
the window upon the blood and carnage of
the corp d'etat of the second December in
spite of the threats and admonitions of the
soldiers +; but that they have lovely faces,
sweet voices, tender hearts, and ready sym.
pathies for the unfortunate, no one can deny
The traffic in relics, &C., was confined te
to the selling of war club by an Indian to
white man for tacemty:fUe cents, so far as our
observation goes and we can learn, nor do
we believe any decent white man among us
would do such a business any more than he
would make such an instrument for such
price. 1t was our misfortune, not our fault,
that those inhumanties were committed here,
alth ugh your Minneapolis correspondent
appears to exhibit as much chagrln that they
could not have had the notoriety of having
those enacted there, as we feel in having been
obliged to witness them here. If he so much
desires it, we hope he will not be disappointed
in having his programme filled-small bills
and all. GEoRCIUs.