St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-09
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shere. lfurfyin on we tampetl. that night
:, Fam.se de Fer II sta,ionr; .b,stncc, tks
next day u the NH cr,a..i':. Oh Tie oOtters
Tail river. The Station House aid a.abt,s.
xeiea burned. and it,verythn9 tina, vas ma
carried 81 .. o 9 8 !dd''st"y'd, iSawas.
thrown into the, river. Here thcsoxtns
beIpuxi,,4f 10 sGapt.s iBas,ctt,sA company:
stayed IF -4ue next morning being. fog.
~ they could not 6nd them aud, unwil-
ling to wait, the commander ordered Capt!
Ba re I 10 FAY, with his company, .illi
9 O'Clock aud I the cattle could not be
'ouf'i by chat time. I" proceed without
Them. = ] was not willing 10 leave a par,
Ut our men behind aud ordered the firs,
division 'tny cavalry to stay With. NJ {
aud help Capt. Jarrett recover lis oxen,
which We did after long search, aud W
rived safely at the post th,t night | will
here say that sc saw NJ Indians shat day,
cut some we're seen by the conpan / IN
advance, though beyond their reach !, on
the opposite side Of the river Next
morning abou, Two thirds Of MY G mp NY
will, some Of the citizcns aud 9th sol.
diers went in sea q, IT the bodies Of two
men VII" wcra killed The day We gt there
he bodies were suut found horriD';
man" ed and were 1uricd that day. The
father ri one, Mr. Wright, requested the
services Of ev Bl.iu; which services
were ,t.ertully given ~
o" Thursday, the 25;h, orr company
", ut in search and found $50 sheep drove
them III. and in til. att, r.nn,n went IS an
escort to a conn amy to dig potatoes. Il,
the e'c,iny our orderly with ether mes
>,n4 ers were dispatched for St. Cloud aud
st Paul. o. Friday morning about I
Och OK Sept. 10Th, while .ur men were
Watering their horses at the river party
of Sioux Indians fired Il ,olley Of abou' 20
shots m"r"l'y wounding JOHN Wcis; n.y.. .
team>ter from St cloud from which
wounds he died tl't same night about
ten o'clock Il horse aud TX were also kill
Cd job" II. Raymond, having a pail Of
water in each hand had just reached the
top Of the River tank When the FIST vol.
Icy was tirl y bullet piercing the bucket
in his LETT hand. Several others were cx-
posed t" the fire, but none hurt From
behind ,be log cabins aud byas, work tIc
Gre was immediately return cd with eject
Mr. Tanner aud his two sous, seeing two
Sioux near he river bank fred uu til. u, ,,
they both fell one Of them into the water.
o"ara!s Immediately dragged them III,
one Of them ,,iIentl, dead. Mr.. Bu,nam
was 81 on 10 fire ard kill one lnGian. |
al>" fred at one, aud Ar bingham and
Sc e al others saw him fall evidently dead.
Mr. Ora t, IF Capt. Bar'ct,'s ca, shot Oh.
near the top IT Ia,g, tree !, large MIN
Der saw kim fall aud ledge IN 70 k,
whenc, his conra'io dragged him IF !
IL Il '-w moments u huwi,z.r VAS buu, .ht
nr"and ami u few shells thrown III the
wmds when tie Toe ceased firing. Ny
men were then ordered IT, unit ; and,
with fuy men ii the Nin,. 81 and how
itzer, We started over the prairie up the
river " hen about two mikes from. the !
Fort, We came upon the Sioux camp, the |!
skulking RID skins sk.daddliny through |
the LrusI, across the River, rather than
light Mr. Tanner, being one Of our
scouts fred ON them. | also fred one |
shot, but probably ~ithout effect as saw
my target i"dis'inc'l, as j, vanished away
among the brush, they replied with y,l.s.
but nothing more shell or two either
Ill need them Or drove them away beyond
our re"ch In their camp ne found a "a
iety Of plu.der Of which we took what
~, Of worth and burned the rest; Its
thought tina, they were on their way way from
Ge"rs: et"w", ~ the liquor and some other
hi"ss were supposed to have been Lrnu Int
Fr7m there. II is supposed that Gcor.e-
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'owh has t,llen int, their hands.
| have b "a tass.iistiin. III gathering what
ever could be found, in the vicinity, for
lie mai maintenance q tn. post. On Sunday
he zsik, while hunting sheep, HE. had
,,n.yed ffon the p~t. We =. s j.. three Sioux
;so d,s :ier,s: The wild kice river and 6.
you'd OUT reach. --'a'a asas's -'-.-
1hdi.'s az, ); e, nearly; every day sfulf.
~ about ND put aud seen, determined, ni
asf usfca6snt Vii ..S &; BODY &C.