, 1862-12-02
THE MINNESOTA INDI4N MAS.
:. SACKES,
Memorial Of the Citizen 10 the Presf


Tie following memorial adopted on Thurs-
day last by mass meeting iu st. Paul, is be-
ing extensively circulated fo7 signatures in
Other parts Of tie State: /
To the President of the United State5:
We, the citizens OF STINT Paul, in the State
Of Minnesota, respectfully represent that TIE
have heard with regret and alarm, through the
public preEH, reports of al Intention on the
part of The United States Government, to dis
mits Without punishment, the Sioux warriors
esp1uTta LJ our soldier and further, 10 a13 \
the several t;lbcB OF 1ndians lately located up
On reEe1Rasions within this State, to remain
nPon the resergaicns.
Against any such policy, we respectfully, but
firmly protest. The history OF this continent
Presents 70 event that can compare with the
lhte Sioux outbreak, in wanton, unprovoked
and tieEdish cruelty AL that we have read OF
Indian warfare in the early history OF this
country, is tame in contrast with the atrocl-
ties Of this late massacre. Without warning,
in cold Hood, beginning with tue murdar 81
their best 1Iierds, the whole body OF the an-
nuitg Sioux, commenced deliberate scheme
TO sxte1mipate every white person upon the
1snd once occupied by them, and by them long
eiuce sold to the United States. Ga carrying
ont this bloody scheme they have neither
qualification OF their brutal lusts, the few
white women whom the rife, the tomaha~k,
aCa the 6calpiog knife spared. Nor did their
| eIdish barbaTities cease with death. as the
1lntilated corpses Of their victims, dlsembow
/ t3e1, cut frcu LIMB to limb, Or chopped into
fragments, will testify. These erueliies, too.
| we're IN mary cases preceded By u pretense OF
| friendship; and, in many instances, the vic
tins Of these mere than murders, were shot
Gown in cold blood as sooa as their backs
were turned after cordial shaking Of the
hand, and loud professions OF iriocda1ip on
| tha mart If tl1a ylnTdPrfF8.
| We ask that the same Judgment should be
| passed ard execnted upon these dt!ibeFatc
| 1:urderera, these raEisbers, these mutiato1s
of their murdered victims, that would be
| pasetd upon white men guilty Of the same
offence. The blood OF hundreds Of cur mur-
| dtred fellow citz-ns cries from the ground for
| vergeaEce- "Vengeauce ia mine, will re-
pap Bsith the Lord, - and the authorities Of the
United States are, We believe, the chosen in.
struHen's to execute that vengeance. Let
them not neglect tAsir plsin dusy.
Nor do we ask alone for Vengeance. We
demand security for the future. There can b:
no ssfe1y tor us or for CIR families, unless au
example shall be made of those Tno have
committed the horrible murders aud barbara
ties We hkve recited. Let It be understood
inst 1heEe indians ca1 commit such crimes
and be pardoned upon ersrandering them
selves, nnd there is henceforth torch fo
every white mans dwelling, 4 knife for ever,
Write mans heart upon cur hontier.
! NOT Will even lidc !4pSE IlEOTJH3 Fu01a1
n3eas give perfect security against tne6s In
lians, 80 long as any ct them are LEFT amoug
OF in the vicinity OF, our border settlements
The Indians nature can no more be trustet
than Tie VOLTS. Tame him, cultivate hin
strive to Christ1an,ze him - you will, and tn
sight Of blood will in ell instant cali cut IL
savage, wolfsb, devilish instincts OF the race
. It is notorious thnt among the earliest an
. | most murderous CT the Sioux, in perpetratin
their late massacre, we're many Of the "ciyi
ICED 1ndiars,' SO called, with hair cut shoE
, wearing white mems clothes, aud dwelling i
: brick houses built for them By the govern
| ment.
/ These facts are well known to our borde
es1tlers, and appreciated By them as they car
= Lot be By those who live in the midst of pok
z ulcus communities, far away from the saFag
t Zoe. These facts have mhde the questio
: simply whether the Indians or the white rae
: shall posses Minnesota. SNheS immigrar
! | will bring his family TO lard where the-sa7
I ages are in such close proximity that he
liable ary day to be SHOT BY 50 ambushed fc
. ID his own door yard, or on his return hon
l from his days 1sbor to fad his family ou
f reEed and murdered?
. Minnesota is the best farming State in tt
y U1ion by its natural advantages of soil, cl
d mate and nGsition. It is capable OF sustai
G irg purely agricultural population Of mi
5 liors, and in addition possesses great faciliti
0 | FOR manufacturing. S5Gll NC Who have mat
= | AEI lOl-Se AS4C A1-FH lA4E p
e OF the national government, who have pa
d that government the required price for t!
: lard On which We have made cur homes,
IL driven into exile by the savagges from who
T. government btught tie sol! of almost t!
it vlole State and agaiu6t whom that goyer
ir lnent is bound to protectus:
1t We respectfully ask. we demand that t
.r captive Indians now iu the hands OF our mi
&. larry forces, proved before o military comm
it sion to pc guilty Of murder and even 7go1
,r, crimes, shall receive the punishment due tho
ot er:nes. Tbs tco not merely as matter
vengeance, bu. as much 1aoIe matter Of
vs. curly Tor our border settlers.
i. We aek further that these savsges proved
10 be tr. achereus, unreliable, and dangerous
n, Iond example, may be removed from clt
IT. proximity to our setuements to such distan
le AID sEcn isolation as shall make the peo,
2, ot This State safe from their future attacks.
be We hepe the mtn whose fisnds and re
IN ticEs have been foully murdered BY these
T. Clan deyilR, will not be compelled to tt
Vengeance into their owa hands, as they
suredly Eill, if government shall fail in
h,.y il the matter