Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-08-27
The Massacre by Indians in Minnesota
500 Whites Murdered.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug 22.-Parties from
the Minnesota river reached here last night.
They state that the scouts estimate the num-
Der of whites already killed by the Sioux at
500. This opinion is based upon the mum
ber Of bodies discovered strewed along the
road, and by the trails of blood. 1t is be.
lieved that all the missionaries have been
killed. The civilized Indians exceeded their
savage brethren in atrocities
Mr.. Freuier, an interpreter, who has spent
most of his life among the Indians, vulun
teered to go alnne among them, trusting to
his knowledge of them and his disguise to es-
cape detection. lie dressed himself in Indian
Costume and started on his journey. lie ar
rived at the Upper Agency at night. The
place was literally the habitatiun of death
lie visited all the houses and found all
their former occupants lying dead, some on
the doorsteeps and some inside their hahi
tations; others scattered in the yards and in
the roads. lie went to the house of Hon j.
B. Brown and recognized every member of
the family. They numbered eighteen in all,
and every one Of them had been brutally
murdered.
At Beaver Greek he found that fifty famil
lies had been killed outright At every
house he went into he recognized the dead
bodies of nearly all the former inhabitants of
the place.
Among the dead bodies he recognized at
the Agency were the following: \. Citizens
and family. John Moyner, Edward Moyner,
Rev. DR.. Williams, Rev. Mr.. Briggs, and two
missionaries.
Elk Governor Sibey is now marching to the
relief of Fort Ridgely. He reports that the
Sioux bands are united together to carry out
a concerted and desperate scheme, and says
that he will be only too happy to find that
the powerful bands of the Yanktons and 9TH
er tribes have not united with them.
Mr. Premier writes to Governor Ramsey on
the 2lst inst, saying that he lett Fort Rid
gely at two o'clock that morning. There
were then over two thousand Indians at the
fort, and all the wooden buildings there had
been set on fire and were burning. Mr..
Premier thinks that other tribes are joining
the Sioux, and that they will present very
formidable army.
A reliable letter dated Glencoe, 2lst inst,
says that the injury done by the stampede of
the settlers is immense, and that such another
scene Of woe could hardly be found in the
South as in Mcleod, Meeker, and the north
ern part of Sibley. and other counties in
Minnesota. In St. Paul's and the adjoining
country all the available horses are being
gathered together, and all sorts of weapons
will be used by willing hands for Immediate
and summary vengeance upon these blood
thirsty Indians.
The first attack was made on the house of
Mr.. Baker, on Sunday last, near the town of
Acton, and thirty miles from Forest City, in
which three white men and one woman were
killed. On Monday morning an attack was
made on Redwood, and at the time the mes
senger left there a number of persons had
been killed. After the messenger had cros-
sed the river, he saw the Indians firing into
the traders stores and other buildings. He
estimated the number of Indians engaged in
this firing at one hundred and fifty. He also
stated that messengers had arrived at Fort
Ridgely with money to pay off the Indians
the sums due them.