Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-09-17

THs INDIAN TRouBLEs.-M Mr.. Geo.
L. Davenport. CommissieDer appointed by the
Governor to visit Miopesots and ascertain the
truth regarding the Indisn outbreak In that
quarter. returned yesterday norning. and to
him We are indebted for late files Of St. Paul
papers. Mr.. Davenport says he had not
placed very much reliance in the various re-
ports respecting the deadly hostility Of the
Indians Of the Sioux tribe. bnt upon . visi'
to the ground. and after careful invest gatioD
into the whole matter, he fsels satieted that
not half the truth has been told, and that this
10 beyond question the greatest and mos,
dsugerous Inoiac outbreak the couotry hss
ever been cursed With. Az our citizens know
Mr. Davenport from his long residence among
the Indians. 10 we'll qualified to judge of their
character. and is acquainted with their
mode Of proceeding whel about to psrpetrate
mischief. He thinks from hat be could learn
from reliable sources, that the Sioux have ful
~ made up their mind that they have sealed
t. cir own doom and are now deter ed to SEE
how many whites they can butcher before
the are overpowered, and . just punishment
visited upon their heads They have now in
their baods between two and three hundred
white women and children when they retain
as hostages. That these poor innocents will be
butchered BY the savage devils. there is no
doubt. 1t we're better that all the Indians in
Minnesota perish than that such deed should
pass unisvenged. Mr.. Davenport thinks that
there has been, at least, twelve hundred
whites murdered by the red furies in their dit.
ferent raids. Nearly the whole of north.vest
ern Minnescta has been deserted and the crop.
left to perish In the fields Mr. D SAYS the
Chippeways are only waiting favorable op-
ample of the bloody Sioux. The feeling 10
Minnesota 10 to exterminate every dian from
the face of the earth. and their lives will not
be worth straw if they remain in the State
Every white mao will consider it an obliga-
ton he owes 20 bis fellow man to shoot them
- he would wild beasts. and We have assur
ances that euch will be their fate if caught 10
Mr. Davenport says line Of stoekade forts
is being erected along the frontier to protect
the settlers. and induce them to return to their
devastated homes and start anew. They may
do 90. but 1t will be with rifle in one hand
and the plow handle in the other. We th,nh
the Government wonld have exhibited much
more Weldon if they had cent Gen. Harvey to
the North in place Of Gen. Pope. His yer,
tame is terror to the Indian, aod his vigor.
Gus way Of proceeding would have driven
them from the country in half the time it will
take the present commander to get ready for
his work.
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