Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-08-29
TIE INDIAN OUTBREAK in Minnesota, re,

lHE INDIAN OUTBREAK IN Nlinneeota, re,
ported on Friday seem, from the t;scatohes Of
Monday morning, TO be q serious affIir. Parties
,.ho reached ST. Paul Friday night state that
scouts estimate the number of the whites al
ready killed by the Sioux at five hundred
This opinion is based on on the number of
bodies discovered strewed along the road, and
trails OF blood. 1t is believed that all the
miss ionaries have been killed. TIE cisiii.ed
Indians exceed their savage brethren in at
:-cc:t:5s.
Mr.. Premier, an interpreter, who volun-
teered to 90 alone among them, trusting to
his knowledge of them, and his disguise to
escare detection, found the Inhabitants at
the Upper Agency all lying dead, some on
the door-steIs and some inside their habita-
tons others wee scattered in the yards
and in the roads. He went to the house of
Hon. John A. Brown. aud recognized every
member Of the family, eighteen in all, every
one Of them brutallY murdered At Beaver
Creek he found that fifty families hid been
killed outright At every house be went in.
to, be recognized the dead bodies of nearly
all the former inhabitants Of the place Ere
MGR got through to Fort Ridgely and brought
back the following dispatch to General
RamsIy
FoET RIDGLxY, Aug. 81,
o'clock, P. NJ.
We can hold this position but little longer IN.
les we are reinforced. We are being attacked al
most every hour, and unless assistance be rendered
Us we can net hold longer. Our little band Is
growing exhausted aud decimated. We had hoped
to be reinforced to day, but yet could hear Of
no coming. I. G. Shenan of Co. C, 5th Min.
Volunteers, commands the Fort.
Ex-Gov. Sibley, who Is marching to the
relief of Fort Ridgley, it was hoped would
reach there Sunday. Frenir reported over
1000 Indians at the Fort, and all the wooden
buildings there had been set on FIRE and were
burning. lie thinks that other tribes are
joining the Stout, aid that theY viii present
a very formidable army.
The St. Paul (Nlin.) Pioneer Of the Goth
inst says
It is thought tia; the Iniians have been in
duced to commit these outrages by Indians from
Missouri snd secession trait ors Of Missouri and
cession traitors of that State. and that when Ma
jor Galbraith left the Agency on Friday every
thing was quiet The Indians had reesivei thsir
goods and had all disappeared, apparently salts
fed with the Majors promise TO send for them as
soon as the money arrived to pay them their an
nuities. The first attack OF the Indians was made
on the house Of Mr.. Baker, on Sunday last, near
tho town Of Acton, and 30 miles iron Forest City,
in which three white men AMI one woman were
killed. Monday morning an attack was made on
Redwood, and the time the messenger left there,
a number Of persons had been killed. Amer the
messenger had crossed the river. be saw III. In
dians firing into trader stores and other build
ings He estimated the number engaged in this
firing a; one hundred and City. lie also stated
that messengers hal arri.ei at Fort Ridgley with
money 20 pay Of the Indihns the suns due them.
The St. P4ul Press of the Dist inst, says ::
Several loads Of panic stricken people from
Currer and sibley counties arrived il town last
aisLt, principally women and children. They
were greatly excited and gave exaggerated &C
c0uut5 Of the In liars WHO we're marching on
Saask county. They also say that the towns Of
St. Peter, Ueaiers5 All Gl,acoe bsvs been
bnrnzi,
\ private letter from $. Paul, dated the
2O.h inst, says
It Is seems to be the general opinion among the
best Informed Of cur citizens, that these Indian
troubles originated with the cursed secessoni,ts Of
Missouri. Major Gilbraith wa, told by one Of the
Indians that there ars now il arms - thousand
Of the Sioux tribe, besides other tribes from
Northern Missouri.
\ letter dated Glencoe. Dist inst. says
The injury done by the stampede Of the settlers
Is immense, AMI that such another
scene Of we can hardly be found in the South as
! IN Mcleod, Meeker, and the north part II Sibley
aud other counties in Minres-t,.
Ia s.. Pauls and the adjoining country, ali
the available horses are being gathered, and
all sorts of weapons will b. used by willing
hands for immediate and summary vengeance
upon these blood-thirsty Indians.