, 1862-11-21
TAE TRIAL OF YNE FlD13Ei.
TBElR HEGBO C0MRaDE TaE pgIy;'Ep II,
NiaKEss 6G4lNsT 1HEu,

e11k othAHtf LOWER AdESCf. Nov. Z, 1862.
Our anbulatery n,ilita7y canpa;gn, which
commenceu its sessions at Camp Release, for
tue t1ia1 OF tue "mulatto, mixed bloods and
lhdlans," engaged in the Sioux ra:ds, has
closed It's 1abOIs and been relieved from 3u.v-
-Four hundred md Dlnety-e5ghs cascs have
oes9 DISPOSED Of, so you can see the caiandsr
u inc commission was formidable one.
Al camp release, Or sibleE, q tent served
ZOE o cear room, but nsre more comfortable
accommodations we're obtained IN ! log build
1Hg. formerly occupied b half breed named
u Batte, t0r uuromantic Kitchen PURPOSES.
mDrtal!zed ~ ~ ~~
But to return to the commission. The busi-
ness has been dispatched with CELEBRITY, IS many
stances.
The prisoners we're brought in, chained to-
getEer by the test, in pairs, eornc ca=es eight
aE time, gnd the charges which vera pre-
1efred by Zen. Sibley, read to them tarongh
ne interpreter, Antoine Frsnier, and then,
alter being e2horted to tell the truth, and not
equl7oca'e, each was asked as to the extent Of
his participation in the the outrares, and. if
necessary, witnesses we're called against him.
linen, Il there vas any doubt as +, his guilt,
or as to his Being willing participant il the
outrages, be #as allowed to call Yitnesse5 in
lis favor. Perhaps this may seem. to those
who we're BOT on the ground, all upjnstiflabI9
summary mode Of proceeding; but it was as
lengthy az examination IS aecesEitY wau;t
Permit, and whatever necessi.Y,"I I should
think that in at least two thirds OF the cases the
pr1oners admitted that they fired, but in uiost
instances, lntlEt that it was only tEo or three
khote, and that 10 one was kiiled-abcur rs
TaEn al excuse az one OF them offered, Who
vas possessed Of all irresistible impulse 10 ac-
curnu1a1e property that horse which he took
WAS only very little one, and that ;sir Of
oxen which he captured Was for his wife, who
%AnfhH a TFr +,~+ VIZ IT,.
not ad1ni: tnat they tired, their reaEons for
not Going 80 were equally remarkable and as
eu1ned Gifterent shape every cay. One day
all TIE elderly men, Who were in the Figor Of
manly strength, said their lair Was too grew
to go into battie; and the young men, aged
IRON elghteen TO t"enty-fVe, insisted that they
were TOO young, and their hearts too weak to
laee tire. The next day would develop th.
1acs thaL great Wds the number, and terrible
the cor dltlon Of thcse who we're wrilbiup il
ogcny, with The belly ache, On the trp O; q bic
bill sman army ayowed that they had crept
under wonderfully capaeious s:one (Which
nGbody but themselves ever eaE, at tie bat
ties OF the tort, aud cid not eo1ezse ther5frot,
ou5ing the lights and a sut1iciency for two
sI!all arIIsss stouti: called On the Great Spirit
lNakun-tonka) and The heavens and the tar, h
tpatl1bg me Latter emphatically with the hand,)
to Wltntes that they were OF e temperament
SO phle gmatic, disposition 20 nnst;ciat. no,i
"
during the roar Of each OF the battles at the
Fort, NsW Ulm, Birch Coolie, and Wood l. ,se
they we're alone, within bullet SHOT, roastis1v
nnd eating corn and beef I'LL day. A frey.
locking warrior wished the commission to ise-
Ieye that he felt so bud at the tort. Il, SEE :,e
Indians fire on the whites, that be in,s1.cd;-
ate}y Laid down there and vent to slsen. and
did not wake until the battle Wis over, Sey-
eral Ut the Eolsl characters, Whu tal uaeu III
oil the battles, after tney had c5uftsSad lie
whole thing, wound up By saying taas they
#ere nembers Of the church.
: 1t WEE proved On enc old cut-noscl indian
that, ell The occasion, he Lad shot a white
]: IN, and bu1checed with his knife eleven
women q four eli drsn aid on aaosacz,
that he had Killed nineteen.
Many cf tLose engaged in tie PatyiIle mur.
der Rave beeu tried. PatviIe startled IRON 10.
Keyno:d's place, just asure He'd Wood, fur
New Ulnl, Oh the morning OF the outbreak.
With three young 1adies aud two othsr s, n,aa oa'
SO Ga Inc way we're attacked By the Indians.
Paliilit Nns 6illso near the warou, and the
other mcn at the edge Of the W0oda, while
trglng 10 eseas C. One Of the girls was wound
ed. and aI1 three taken prisoners aud brought
TO leo y cod. Here the three were all abused
that night by the Indians; one, a girl Of four
1eeE, BY seventeen OF the eTetcLes, and tue
wounded young lady to such an extent that
she died That night. Jo. Campbell. Il bali
breed yentured to PLACE her il g-iyc, but
was 1o!d that If he did the sar,t fol uuy o:u:.
bodlsa which yer, lying exposed, his life
should pay the forfeit. The two other young
l3dles serc rtcas:m5.i as camp Release, and
sent to their friends, after suffering indirui-
LIS Wor6e than death, and ut which humanity
EhECders anu sickens
Others have bcen tried vino be!ong to band
Ct eight that separated themselves from the
naln body HLish ATTACKED the fer. il the
second fsttle, and vent towards 81. Peter,
burning .Ee church, the Swap Lake House,
aLa ofher buildings, ard nur1er1rg and
pIultssinE. They attacked one party
aRd killed oil the men, and then cne OF
shcm cangkt hold Of q young girl, to take her
as ills property, when Ike Iloln:r re5is ed aud
eEdcavorcu to pail her away. The Iqdians
then shot Che mother dead. aid wounded the
E;T1, who fell upon The ground, apparently
lncats7. 0ae indian thu .ignt she vas dead.
a..d tcld heT first captor TO r:ise her clothes
Vhich he attempted to do. t1odes1y strong
j: ceati, reviE.c the girl, and She attempt ID
to prevent it, but as she did SO, the OH r In
ulan raised Lis t6maha p L ard dasreu on: her
tralrE-a blessed tate IN comparison with that
Which otherwise was designed icf her,
An o'f man, sa!lve:1ca to mummy, one Of
the erlrrs On the ndiau camp, was ul-o tried,
IND two 1l.tie boys testified against ::iu4.
One Of theui German, aud rt1na-bahly in
tel1I2ent for It's gears, picked hiIn aut iro n
1;::i'3 u1AcEs 1t Camp Reieasc, and had him
arrested: aac dogged him ill be yas placed in
jail, aud when he Tas led forth to be tried
with the eye and fereeucsa Of hawk, and us
II he feared every instant that be .yoEld ss-
cape Justice.
These boys belonged to q large p,rty WIN
cSlng from above Beaver G5eeE 10 w1iaiu .
ieH rsiles ut the fort, yThotn thn IGf}ia.s IN st
tEeIe, and told them If they would 20 back
With them to where they caule from, and piyt
Up their teams, they should cot he I,aTm.d.
Hhtn they got some distance from them they
aFSd into THEM and killed one man and nun.
DEF 9f womt1, taking the remainder prisoners
with tie Children Tie old wretch was made
10 stand up, looking cold and impossible, and
as sto11d ES stone, the bO5s likewise stand
1uS, placed opposite, gazing at each other for
1aoment, Thea one OF the boys said: "I saw
that man shoot man Wll1a IL aas on bis
knees at prayer" and the other DO; said: Il /
SAY him 6hbot my mother"
There IVES subject for a painter, The be.
holders could scarcely keep th5if nand6 fron,
tue throat Of the mummy.
Another was recognized BIZ Mrs. Hunter as
The Indian wIo mad shot her husband. and
then took out bis knife aud offered to cut I'D
and carried her array in captivity.
1he tensile ec1 VAS REPRESENTED in the per.
so1 Or one squa#, rho, it was charged, had
ka1td tho children. The only evidence 10 he
obtalned aEalnst her Tas camp ruluor to that
81 s1iset Ct sm9es The Indians, SO she Was dis.
oct Alii91 Aau oAo Eo0Q eHGcg, "a
Eae admitted that E1e had taken soue silver
spoons across the river, aid ninety dollars in
geld, which she had turned over to IN Indian.
VINO, being questioned Concerning it, admir-
led ide tact and turned the money over to tha
general.
AL ages hare been represented from, boy
1sI tltt-tE up to old men, scarcely abIe 10
walk. or speak, who we're fifty years o}d' TO
nse the expression Of one ia long time a.o.
and then they stopped cc11tinG.' TEo OF
LEese oic gentlemen were once brought in to-
ge'hs-, y 2lo were direct opposites in paysioe-
nS!n5-she t:cc Of enc running all TO nose,
which terminated sharply, giving him the
pol;lttd expression, while t;,lt OF the other
was perfectly fiat, aTd aaous two feet broad,
and fuilr Illustrated {wllat always considered
rs 1ab!e,) the fact Of persons beiug III exist
cncc who couldn't open or shut their eyas
Sid mouths at the same moment. This SD .ci-
men men vas appare1tly asleep the whole time,
With his lower jaN down, and t:s closel ewes
Tas bis normal condition, he had to be paa-
ched up every two minutes, when the presi-
dent Of the commission was inteEro9atine
him, Us he wished to look IN his eyes, so that
Ills rat trap WIS kept in continual motion.
eyes and mouth alternately opening and shut.
ting with jerk:
Another we:zen faced, SHAGGY haired. isnl
spec'mtn OF n1aiy winters, with GREEN goc-
Elcs. looked NOR: Ike the devil than aay
thing hutnan; should have run from him
in The night had he been s'good 1ndiau'' in
times of ptace, in reasonAble probability
tnat be was satanlc-hoEns and ts.l we're Mi
tion. 117'A~1
The prisoners we're generally cold and ur-
iDpastloned, and strange to say, many aver
REQ that the shot from long distance in the
hEhta, would ackno 1ledge inst they were