The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-08-26


ST. rAri, Aug. Is, 1889.
A. Inser~sstsG Letter fsssa The sseaA
Ageacy.-rhs Cs~tlsseA Indians.
Ysiiow Mxpsctxg Aaxscv,l
August Is, lsss.
There has been considerable excitement
herr yesterday and to- day In consequence Of
attempted murders, early Sunday morn
iug-of which deem II my dnty to give
you carly information, CEroxRprcA. who
lately assumed the civilized costume. was
stabbed by ToSmpra.SoSi. . brother OF
Wood Lake Chief. and short time after.
wards. Wan WASTE shot CASKS. nephew
OF wcod.lAke Chief. Who was one Of the
conspra,ors The facts In the case. as !
understand. arr thes: Seven blanket In
dams had conspircd 10 take the life Of some
one Of the Indians who had assumed the
costume of the whites. They oil met In the
evening nj Que OF the tepcs, and snt to
RoRipsAu's, nj the mouth Of Hawk river,
aud bought some liquor. One OF them
drank freely, in order TO give him courage
TO execute the deed About 10 o'clock
Sunday morning, they sent TO the 'epcc OF
their victim TO persuade him TO come to
their lodge No, suspec,ing their intention
he went and VA, with them In the lodge
until near 1 O'Clock. Al this time the
W omen hastily left the lodge. and the man.
beginning TO suspcct something wrong, re-.
marked thu, hc would go home, hut ~ he
was going gu, Of the tepcc. the intoxicated
Indian, who was stationed ut the door Tor
that purpose, stabbed him in the left breast.
The blade entered the side Il the chest and
penetrated the lungs lie il still living,
and DR.. DANIELS says there Is bare posi-.
bility OF his recovery. Ia little white the
friends Of the wounded man collected, al,
tackled the other party, and shot one Of them
in the side. lilo was living to-day nj noon,
but his wound, am told, Is, without doubt
mortal This happened at the Lower War
peton village, or near il M 90 the exact
location Of the occurrence, | am not in.
formed.
The man who stabbed the white Indian
says il b. does not die from the wound. h.
will kill another that he is bound 10 take
the life Of one Of those Indians and the
next day he started out with his gun, saying
he would shoot into Mr.. RIsos church
when the congregation was assembled. lie
stopped nj lIERRocKs. where n number
were standing IN front 81 the house. and
fired among the company, without injuri0g
any one, however. llERRos seized his gun,
shot nj him. and knocked him down, but
the ball had ouly grnz,,l his bend, doing no
harm 10 him. The same man fho, several
times u, Others during the day.
To-day (Monday) ANrrroKfE and MAzA
kRirANAs icivillnd lndians) collected about
thirty mcn and proceeded To the hoas OF
Iioni"s.u. and. upon examination Of the
PREMISE. found five tn gallon kegs. two
live gallon kegs, aud seven Jugs full Of
whisky They quietly removed bis family
and household goois, and then burned the
house to the ground. They Intended 10 take
RoBIpgAC 10 the fort. but finally released
HIM upon promise II Immediately leaving
the Reserve
This whole affair. serious IN lis immediate
ibNN uHncfN, HheiUHN sun Ef'htf ltvpfi-
npce when the motive which induced i,
IL taken into consideration. II y an at
temp, TO lorcr those Indians WIG have late
~ declared in iHyor of the Whit mans Gus
toms. to return 10 their Cd babit. aud mode
Of lf--snd II vii be pcrY"'rc'l in. until a
signal check ~ kyrh to /,cir aujacity. and
uo'l they are forced ptespec, the rights Of
individual, fnong pNm. The Wild Indians
are very yfou. ..'those who were favored
by the bqfattmcn'. and many threats have
ben pn(e against them. some. ] AIN told,
have b1our frightened and 10 secure them.
selysSfgain-i p r.onal danger, contemplate
a MIN 10 their iormcs style 81 life. They
yYftbcy know moi the bo.r OF the day or
Afht they may b. hot down like dogs
oat they have cut themselves ~ from the
/5mpaihies 81 their o~n people. have incur
7 rcd ,hsir jeAlOr-y and ha'r'd. and cannot
look 10 ,b'm tor justice "r protection
feel for ,hose mrD who are striving TO i'm.
prove themselves for ! csnDDt doubt that
many Of them are honfst and have q real
desire % learn and adopt The customs Of civ.
llza,ion. 10 escap hereditary s1p.rs,itions
and free themselves from the habits Of q
life time, IL gfoa, task, but IL at the same
time they mus, endure persecution, the work
Of their improvement, Is rendered doably