, 1862-08-27
The Red Devils Repu1sed
FORT III IMMINENT DANGER,
Dispatch of Lieut. Sheehan.
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF 4. j
vAHV0RRES, ESQ.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.

from Col SibIey, commanding the expedition
against the Indians. Judge Flandreau, com
manding forces at New Utm: Nathan M5riek,
Lieut. sheehan, commanding at Fort Ridgley,
and 4. J. Van Vorhes, now at the fort These
later dispatches from the fort were broVght by |
Antoine Premier, q. s. interpreter. he turned
back from Henderson, 1t Will be recollected,
in eludiDg the willy savages, and got into and
out Of the fort. Mr.. Frenier has made many
difficult and dangerous journeys during these
disturbances, and his bravery and taithfulness
cannot be too highly extolled
Capt. Billings, Of Henderson. who Was at !
Red wood at The time of the commencement,
and henry Bellon, OF st, Paul, who was at the |
fort on Monday night and Tuesday, have al
ris ed in this city since our last. The narra~
tive6 of their remarkable hair- breadth escapes |
from the tolls Of the savages is most thrilling,
but which III have no room to detail
FROM COL. s1BLET.
HEADQUARTERS INDIAN EXPEDITION
ST. PETER, Aug q, 1852. s
Governor Alexander Ramsey:
SIR: \ 1Bend 3 dispatch |
fronlJudge F1andreau giving valuable informa-
ton from the New Uln region, where he now
is. arrived Eith the three companies to-day
after very fatigning march through the Big
Woods, where the roads are exeerable. I sent
Lieuts, Cox and Buck, with portions Of their
companies from Nicollet and Sibley counties,
to Judge Flandrean's aid, very early in the
morning, Major Fowler Is here; lAajor :.
went across the country from Rice county
with mounted 1nfantTy.-ED.I
Very respectfully, your oud't serv't,
Il. Fl. SIBLE1, Col. Cong.
FROM JUDGE FRAsDREAu.
NEW U1x, Aug. q, 2p.m.
Gov. S1BLET: Your dispatch OF the 2lst-
eyening-ls this moment received. l enclose
dispatch have this moment received from
n. M3rlch, whom you have probably seen It
VAS delayed at the ferry, and is useless.
could not have reinforced the tort had re-
ceiged it In time, as learned from man who
LETT there the morning Of the Goth Nothing
had occurred at that time. sent dispatch
to the fort on the Goth, and my man was seen
within mile and a half Of the tort, going in.
I fear the man spoken of by MYrick is my
further news from the fort, and can tell you
no more than Myrick viii, save the fact Of the
OF the numbers there, which you probably did
not know, and M5rick could not inform you.
learn that company Of citizens left for the
fort this morning, 100 strong, from St. Peter.
1fso, my opinion is that if you make q june
tion with your detail to Glencoe, Of $50 men,
which will give you 375, and with 100 already
gone up, will mike 475. You had better send
about 200 this way, and the other 275 the 9th
| er side to the fort.
! haye about 200 men here, but very poorly
armed. would like very much to see you, if
t lou have any man you can entrn6t with the
| command to the fort don't think the Indi-
ans have taken it, but not knowing the extent
Of the outbreak, can form 10 idea Of the force
they have. It must be considerable, Or they
would not attack the fort. The men at the
fort we're the balance Of the soldiers, some
| ci:izsns, and Major Galbraith, with some fifty
| OF sixty men.
| The indians may not have known Of the re-
Inducements, and have attacked on the sup
I haf Y,nr r1ra JEa9 there hnf fhnEa 1eff
OF the garrison. I have large expeditions ont
| all day from here, which Weakens me ; but
think can hold the town until you come, if
I rot attacked By very large force. 1 hear Of
Indians all around me, but see none. am
making some entertainments. I am sure that
all above is lost, and all the people killed. /
have found spear at one Of the houses sacked,
about eight miles from here, which is un'
questionabIy Yankton; also, saddle, the Or
dipary pads ornamental with beads. Ihlf
leads me to believe that it is the Indians from
the Missouri that attend the payments, thai
are doing the mischief There may, however
be general rising.
# you can come this way, do so, and We car
cooperate. We are but eighteen miles frou
the Fort, and can go there, if necessary, q
well from here rs any other point. Wisl
you would leave the same evening you get tt
st. Peter. The roads are good, and you cal
| get here by morning. I have good ferry II
cross you at Red Stone, about three miles be
. ! 4DW lQE LtMus all }uatos
/ CHARLES E. FLASDEAu,
Commanding at New Uln1.
FROM N. MTR1cK-
. LAFAYETTE, August 90.
: To Captain F1andran. New Uln:
I have Just returned from the fort. Whe
: within six miles I saw two large volumes {
smoke and heard firing OF guns. When with
? in half mile Of the hill On this side, sa
one man dead, with his throat cut, aud caul
n | f-r1 nm
2 the government stables, aud the other Raj
q daIl's bouse or store. I returned from Their
c and will 20 to St. Peter tonight. If you ca
+ spare force you had better send to their r
u lief, or the fort may fall into the hands Of tt
. enemy. N. mfR1CK.
:, FROM TEE coMMASpANr AT TIE FORT.
Ia FoRT RrDG1ET, Aug. 2l-a p. NJ.
Governor Alexander Ramsey:
of Wecan hold this position buta little long
unless reinforced. We are being attacked s
E. most every hour, and unless assistance is re
e dered, we cannot hold ont much longer O
g. little band is being decimated. We had hop
ty to be reinforced to-day, but as set caa hear
Eea, ssn e. c., sn R:nsat n snaaaa: Maa vo
y Com'dg Post.
~ FROM 4. ]. VAN WORRIES.
~ FORT Rma1EE, Aug. al-a. n
an To the Editors Of the Press:
L J
IS account of affairs at this place and yictnit
ho but fearing the messenger was cut of, "
gh also bore Important dispatches to headqu
ny tiers, I viii briefly recapitu}ate before pFoce'
ct. ing to detail the important events Of yest
LrT | day afternoon.
ed / need not detail the horrible butcheries
en- the Upper and Lower Sioux Agencies, at n
he Clnl, and throughout this entire region,
you have already been advised Of the terri
is details.
ng When the party accompanying Mr. Wye
to make the annual payment to the India
tiers were in much confusion, owing to th
being so few soldiers at this post and
'" GREAT number of men, women and child
:. fleeing here for protection. In many inst
OF GEE solitary member Of large families
,ne come instances the father, In Others the me-
tha cr, and in quite number little boy or 2
w. worked their way to these barracks under
per most distressing circumstances, fleeing II
, if their prosecutors, after witnessing the butc
nty r. Of fthose most dear to them on earth.
her Captain Marsh had gone with forty-f
cen members Of bis command to the vicinity
OF the Lower Agency, on hearing OF the state
Lit sffairs there, leaving only some twenty
in soldiers. und er .Lleutenant .Gere to prof
and the Fort. Every citizen. however, too
musket, until the small stock Of old and {
ugh eerncd pieces were exhausted, and &
ent Lieutenant Gere their best efforts in his
to. Hons undertaking.. Captain Marsh met a l.
". body of the enemy, was surrounded and
ent. to pieces. Only twenty-one Of them have
er's | turned-three Of them wounded, tHo MOI
nen | " wounded.
d in During Monday night several alarms y
art giren, but the enemy did not appear in f
or make any threatening demonstrate
fur On Tuesday Lieut. T. ]. Sheehan, Of comf
cay c, who had lett his post on Saturday m
for ing, for his post at Fort Ripley, after NAL
:. 1. forced march Of forty-two miles in
3ris- hours, arrived and Immediately took c
er OF mand, with his fifty brave and weld
airy plined soldiers. During the same daY N
$ al Galbraith arrived with fifty new men q
rted vile Rangers), who were On their wa,,
0, as Fort Smelling. Upon hearing Of the In
liver disturbance, Major Galbraish turned |
aces with his men after having reached St. F.
nora where they succeeded in procuring
United States muekets. After receiving
{, 900 endorsements the garrison felt quite Sc
been against tie attacks Of any number Of the
the nv likely to appear.
Iided BIZ his energy Lieut.. Sheehan inspired
I'd cf with hope and confidence that the pos
king could be held until reinforced from
,oing Smelling. Everything the hurry and exj
e Of cies OF The time could suggest seemed to
has been done to meet the emergency. s
1na's squads Of Indians contiracd to pro al a
ring in the distance, but we're usually sh
each away by the accurate shots Of S-re
D in Jones, the old and experienced artflleri
= ago. o. "A As O'clock yesterday stternoon, the a,
now pated hour arrived. A Small force Of In
,ock, appeared about three-fourths Of mile
+ re- / OF the barTscks, evidently with the futel
p at Of drawing out the entire force, whil
been main body were to dash upon the bar
,oka | from the east where they were apuroa,