, 1862-08-28

Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune
ST. PAUL, August a, 1861
The city is in ferment. Excited individu-
als, wildly gesticulating, are grouped on
every corner. Tales Of horror, terribly inten-
sifed, are circulated. Now and then mes.
sepger dashes through the streets to the capt.
1ol; and fumor spreads and m8gnifes ideas
into startling tragedies. The savages are
sla1lug aud numbering. On the frontiers the
early history of our country is repeated. ALI
the horrors Of Indian war have visited the
borders. Terrible atrocities have been com.
mltted. Men, women and children have
been bntchered. The ttinnocents'' haye been
literally "hewn in pieces" The fire. toma.
hawk .ls ana scalplrg.knife are used, and freely,
1u thelr Owl dwellings have families perished
by hre. SsVages have sa:iated their lust and
Wrsaked bioudH vengeance at the same time.
Ihese are the tales thA5 are told. Rumor sue
c=ed rumor. Tie country is in a panic, and
the population is fleeing into the city. Ru
tnr1nat!on, lot Yet fifty. Jrue, the best in
formed, the most Experienced, credit a
loss OF from lo0 to 500, but they are nprerthe-
less, suppoeltlonR mostly based upon state
ments Of refugees. AS to lhe number, it is
uncertain.
The tcene Of the tragedy is far from this citv.
It began at the Upper 5iJux Agency'' over
Lou miles from here l. approached in its
nearest to the CRY at NtT Tim, eiyhty-fiC,.
miles distant. There it is said seventeen
d. elliDEs are burntd, and seventeen dead
bodies brought in. The streets and houses
were bartlcaded AID the savages were re-
pulsed. Tne loss is not reported Many Of
the settlers have fed to Fort Ridgely, That
Is probably not quite 100 miles from this civ
t'1tten miles above is the Lower Sioux Ayen-
cy, where for twenty yeurs Rev. Dr. William
son and Riggs have labore1 to instruct and
tabllshed and the labor Of love, it was sup
posed, has been blessed. Now comes the re-
pt these faithful EpiscQpalian missionaries
Lave been MURDERED, and tile " "ciyilized L.
dl2Ds' are the mcst Vind;ciive and cruel in
the drama.
There has been trouble at the Chippewa
Agency. They have asked for help, aud the
governor has ordered COMPANY to the fort.
ttlpiey.} Under The two proclamations of
The e2s eutlVt, quite 2 nnmber OF volunteer
cavalry or mounted ritlemen have formed:
end q. with large body Of infantry from Fort
Governor s.bley and Major Cullen
march to the relief Of Fort Rldgley,
Tits is now besieged by the savages. It lays
to the west, is built Of stone, is we'll pro
V!ded with ammunition, aud contains cannua
ard two howl zer6. a, i large b5dy Of men
~ DSeo W IL AAeC'ts tHeIc ARE 10 1eafS
entertained Of the result. M,j. .lbr1ish, the
lroian Agent, is there. His family, it is re-
ported, has been maesacred.
Col. Nelson has ordered $4,000 rations to be
etnt, aid be now takes command of the re-
liG,. Fort Riley is north tsom here probably
l75 miles, It is built Of wood, and may read
ily be fired.
As to the origin OF the calamity, there are
COL Hlctlrg reports. However there WIS q
large body OF Indians collected at the Sioux
Agency to receive their customary annulties.
Ihese Etre unusually delayed, causing great
dissatisfaction among the Indians, for their
needs were pressing. Their food was cou-
6umed, and the stores at the Agency was
elaht doled Out in insufficient quau-
ti1iee, or were Insufficient. They then
began to pillage. Several were arrested
aid allowtd to escape. The drama then
begar. The settlers in the vicinity were
robbed, then bu' cnered. It is the opinion OF
o>Ecrs that this was prcconcerted plan On
tie part OF the Indians, and the assembling at
the annuity mask Of 1he design.
ES-GoVernor SioIey. an old Indian trader,
fears uIion anorg all the indians to the
MisBou1l II is possible they wonld still bring
Il tlr families, though usually SO foreign to
lndian tactics.
But it seems they waited a long time before
the Massac1e BIZ IN, and then, when pressed
By wait, to rob. There are net few who
OF The government.
There are in the State II 600 Indians, OF
these the Winnrb,goes Duuber $500; tns
Ch1ppeways, 1000; the Sioux, 1900 Tho
former arc ptatea0le. Tie latter Two can
scarcely number 1000 warriors
The governor has teltgraphed for authority
to ralse r glment Of mounted rilemen. Sat-
tiers dtsire var If DETERMINATION. f. B. s.