St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28

Enforced, 10 oder 70 get ,pmnnition .vhe1
hey ~srs %, sweep tho ieosntry fiat y
| psssibb y ISL Paul. b. which pro-
|gr.nu. they would . 10 81. Cloud -
night. 4 u / u 4 !. 4 /
! Hon. Oscar Taylor started With MIR
Garden Last night 1t IL o'clock to drive
post to St. Paul and expected TO arrive
there At ten o'clock to-day to urge the
Governor to send did to this upper coun.
TRY. Gen. Mitchell started on Saturday
morning on = similar GRAND, aud i'd aux,
iously expected homo tonight Rev. MIR.
J Johnston, converted Indian aud Episco-
(oal missionary, at Gull Lake, arrived earl,
this, (Modday) morning. He too had
been taken prisoner and forced into their
war councils and every effort made to COM
pei him to enter the league as his inau-
enco with, the tribe is large. but he effect.
ed his escape and confirms Mr.. Gardens
statement in every particular giving moro
detailed accounts Of the proposed attack.
He stopped on the way down to instruct
those at Fort Ripley to prepare for de-
Tense. Met the Seigle Guards 100 strong
on their way up and notified them to has
ten. He thought they would arrive at
10 last night and before the attack would
be made. He too went on to notify the
Governor. With this defence we do not
believe the Fort can be taken aud SO we
are safe here .uuless the Indians have re-
ceived ammunition in some way unknown,
or changed their plans. This morning, H.
G. Burbank stopped aud cop6scated one
hundred pounds Of powder and two bar
rels Of whisky consigned to the Chippewa
country. There was but twenty pound Of
powder in St. Cloud, on Saturday and CON:
siderable portion of that was sent to
Paynesville yesterday, 50 this supply is op-
tune. There 10 very great anxiety in town
and all tho women and children are going
down the river, who can get conveyance,
So many horses left on Saturday morning
to carry our volunteers to Fort Smelling
that the means Of conveyance is very limi-
ted. These teams are expected back to-
morrow. In Gen. Mitchell's absence there
is no one authorized to take any military
command and every man is doing that
which is right in his own eyes. Twenty.
five Of the Home Guard, under Captain
Charles Taylor started for Paynesville this
morning, at S o'clock mounted, intending
to go on beyond Green Lake, and gather
up the struggling settlers who have been
driven from their homes, and bring in
Nj. Foote if he be yet alive: Ten. have
sincs gone TO- Forest City to aid the set-
Tiers there. Many think It best thus to
go and hunt the Indians, and save az much
a. possible Of the crops and stock, instead
Of concentrating at one point AID waiting
to be attacked. This evening they are
building. block: house II Middle St.
Cloud. They have one nearly completed
on Maine Prairie Is miles distant and one
At P.ynesville 80 miles west. At Little
Falls 80 miles up the river, on the East
side, they have fortified the Court House
and will defend the town, which is to be
burned in special revenge for tho death o.
three Indian murderers five years ago.
This evening it. is warm, cloudy and
threatening rain with distant thunder--a
bad night coming, for an Indian attack,
but God is over AL. We have tried to-day
to send our little daus liter to st. Paul,
but have failed to find conveyance. So,
it is His will We should bide the issue TO-
gcther. For ourself, We never felt less
like leaving, and God has chosen for her.
rs 'TursDAY.-Gen. Mitchell returned last
evening, bringing . good supply Of anu
milton, after distributing enough for pres.
ent use, at Monticello, Elk River and Clear
Water, apdfepoats St. Cloud: the quietest
town. d ne liver. Clear dos n to St. Panl
th,t e1eitepent, every points is intense n e.
md II 81. Paul il eulminates., Even there
th.ro i. {. Rone.aus4d and night patrol.
Walker, the Agent sgain,t HON the Chip
pevas had special erudss,::and who had
led from tho Agency, was found dead, on
| the road below Monticello, having become
insans from terror and shot himself One
ofou,, Volunteer companies who vent down