St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-09

Al t'u:'Fc oe ter re Std''"nj 'heNcc. tne
next DAY to the OIL crns>i,tg OH lie Otter,
Tail liver The Station House aud stables
were burned. and Everything that was MT
carried IF .: o,lcywi e d. str"y' d, was
fhr"wn into the river. Here thca0xtnl
belonging {" Capt Barrett'<> company
st aged IF 1ue next morning being fog.
%y they could not fnd them aud, unwil-
ling ia wait, the comm anLer ordered apt,
Ba re to .'ay, with his Company, till
9 O'Clock, aud the cattle could not be
QUAD 10y that time. t" pr,c' ed without
Them. was NOT willing to leave rar,
1T our men behind aud ordered the frs,
division Il my cavalry to stay with III
aud hel y Capt. Jarrett recover lis oxen,
which We did after long search, aud ar
rived safely at the post th>t night | will
here SAY that sc saw 40 Indians that day,
but sulne were seen by the coa,pan IN.
advance, though beyond their reach, ON
the "rp">i;e side Of the river Next
morning about Two thirds Of my { mp ny
with some Of the citizens aud 9th sol
iiers wen, in Sea G., # tile bodies Of two
men w." We. killed he lay we y,t there
the b"i,v> were k,on found h,,riD';
many ed ANA were ,uric,i that day. The
father If one, Mr. Wriy ht, requested the
services Of ev Balm; which services
were ch"ert'ull> given
On Thursday, the 25:h, our company
", MT in search and found $50 >h. 81, d.ov.
them III. and III til. att, r.,unn went IS an
csc'rt 10 conn any to dig POTATOES. III
The e. ching oar orderly with ether mes.
~n+ ers wrr, dispatched for :, Cloud aud
st Paul. On Friday morning about 7
" cl' Ok Sept. 18th, while ,ur mvn We're
Watering TIER horse. at the river a party
OF Sioux Indians fired ii ,oll,y of abou 20
shots m"r"I'y w"unJi"y John Wcis: ny. q
team>rer from It. loud from which
wounds he died tl'r same light About
ten o'clock Il horse and OK were also kill.
cd john IL Raymond having pail Of
water j" each hand had just reached the
top Of the River ank when he FIST vol.
ley vas ti',d bullet lir'cin- the bucket
III his LETT hand Several Others were cx-
posed t" tic fire, but none hurt From
behind he l"S cabins and brra>, wort the
fire WAS immediately return cd with feet
Mr.. Tanner and his two sons, seeing ,w"
Sioux III ar &c river bank fred on ill.,, N
they both fell on" OF them into the water.
c::.ra!> Immediately dragged them IF,
one OF 'lnm \idcn,I> dead. Ar. Bmnam
Was ST en- to fire ard Kill one lni4n. |
ais" tr d at ,ne, and ". bingham aud
st al others saw him tall evidently dead ;;
MIR G>a t. If apt. Bar'rtt' Go, shot one
near the top "i "a la'%r tree ! large n,,m
Der saw him fall and I'dye in TO k,
whenc' his c''lnr"ni' dragged him IF
IL CIV moments Il huvi,zcr VAS hy.u n,
arn.nl and few shells thrown in tn.
w""ds when 'lc Toe Ceased firing. Ny
ne" were then ordered +" mount, and,
with fly ncn "t tie VIM, 81 and how
''zer, We started over the prairie w. the
river " hen al out Two mixes ton. the !,
Fort, We came upon the Sioux camp, the !
>ku!kluy rcd ekins >k.d,ddlinv Though
the brush across the River, rather than
fight. Mr.. Tanner, bein. one Of our
SCOUTS fred ON them. | also fred one /
shot, bu, probably without IF; ct as | saw
my target i"di>;inc' as ii vanished away !;
among the brush, they ,el,lied with ,,l.s.
but 'o'bin. more y sh,ll "r two either
>il ncel them or drove them away beyond
ucr re CHI |" their camp W. found a "a
irty Of piunder Of which We took what
wa Of worth and burned the rest: 1t is
thought that they were on their way from
Ge"r@et"w", Us the liquor aud some other
things were supposed to have been Lrau hit !
IF III there. 1t is surpassed that Gcor:e-
Gown has tllrn in . their hands.
| have b IN sis in i'll gathering what
ever could be found in the vicinity, for
the maintenance oi tn post. On Sunday
the 18th, while hunting sleep, he. had
s'raycd from the post. We s,w three Sioux
scouts ;cros. the Wild Rice river and be.
yond our reach. '-~
Indians are 5, e" nearly every day skulf-
: z about the post aud see" determined
''':t c5'"mur''a'ians with '5oy body BE-
you'd the bounds Of The wood pile fo:tiica.
ion, sEull be cut of.
Monday evening, Sept. 29th, while the