Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-05


DEs MoIEEs, Iowa, August 29.-The excite
ment IN regard 70 tle Indian raid into this State
still cont'-Hes. l give you such facts ss l can
gather.
The town Of Springfsld, near the State line,
] has been burned, and sl the settlers in Emmett
county who have not escaped, are supposed to
have been murdered.
The Indians are reported tc be coming down
the wee bank Of the Des Moines river, murder
ing all burning as they 90. 1t is said to be a
large body Of Sioux, well armed with new rifles
Of the latest pattern.
Powder and lead in quantities were shipped
from bere to Fort Dodge this morning Fort
Dodge is seventy miles northwest and IS
thought TO be in danger Of attack.
There is talk Of an independent regiment be-
ing raised heTe to 60 to the relief Of the settlers.
The only difficulty seems to be the want of
arms. Applics ou Wss made to Adiutant Cen
eTai Baker yesterday for portion Of The arms
now stored here fer the 23d regiment, and the
application was refused. / do not know on
what grounds; but am informed that muskets
and ammunition have been forwarded to the
seat Of war from Davenport by the adjutant
general.
The feeling here is most intense.
have nothing reliable from which 10 form an
estimate as to the number massacEed in this
State, but hope to be able TO do so tomorrow.
Il is stated here that the rebel Geu- Price is
81 the bottom Of the movement, aud that tho
arms being used by the Indians recently came
up the Missouri river I donot know the found
alton for the rumor, and put but little conf
dence in IT,
DEs MONIES Iowa, August 29-We have
nothing further from the reported Indian
troubles in the northern part Of the State It is
believed that the first reports were greatly exsg-
geTated. The following letter is all that can be
/ reliably traced
EsTHERynLE, Iowa, August 90
+ To C C. Richsrds Fort Dodge
81 write to inform you concerning matters
I up this way Ihe whole settlement up at Jack
] son have Just arrived here frightened of by the
+ Indians. The facts, as near as I can gather
! them, are these 4 boy came in from the set
! tlenneut TO Jackson, wounded in the arm By a
! bnllet, quite badly. He stated that the Indians
came 70 his fathers house. and commenced kill
4 ing their hogs He was frightened and ran,
pursued by an Indian, who fred upon him and
I wounded him as stated above he succeeded
F in eluding his pursuer, arrived ct Jackson. and
/ is now here He heard firing after be had left,
and he thinks that bis parents sTe murdered, and
! the jackson folks think that the whole AoTwe-
gian settlement above Belmont, numbering
nearly fffy persons, are murdered hope It
I VIII not prove as bad as that That there is bad
work W there have no doubt. Could you not
raise compsny and come to onF add I have
bsen here FIVE years, but this is the first really
alarming report I have heard from the indians.
The people up this way have cried wolf so
often thRt am afraid, now that the volt has
really coHe thst the people your way viii be
slow IN coming to our aid.
lSignedl a JESKIss,
Postmaster, EstherTills, Emmett county, Iowa.
Gen. Baker has sent arms and ammunition
from Davenport to Fort Dodge to be used for
defense in case Of need