St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-09
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SQUAT .arsi.le tTo!u Joh. 3. Marvin, a G
: :M@ofsSs 'sNmthcasu Rangers" in which
h. speaks .yry dyzi.ixsly # Capt: Rams
dell, aud l comps y Of State Militia, or
'ganised hy' the "iq,eps II this place and
vicinity, for the protection Of the live
aud property Of one aud ~ ~ this. aecdou
s..sof ths 6oastrJ: -.
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justice 70 he people here, who have. 81
1nobly made ~ stand instead u fleeing fruu,
the homes as many others have !dore
that We should b. dstsudvd against, such
nn.nanly assault. from u body of, men
e|a;'hi: & TO be q military organization
tut ulon the rrinc'ple Of julging a tee
~ its f ui's, We should call ,h~m baud
q outlaws, who's, a,oued purpose il 10.
to protect property aud x We confidence to
thu peop'e, but u destroy the one and
!rixht u the other.
A. regards breaking into d, serted hous.
e. do not (. Nv that Capt. Freeman and
his COZ pany have been guilty Of such out
raIes. for We have not b, en- al eye Wit.
ness to such >cvnt.; but It is universal
:acs that on the road from here to Alexan.
dria and the valley below ua, yearly every
house has been broken Into, and every.
,hipg Of value either carried away or de-
ssroyed. ,.t..
Here We would Lave it distinctly un-
ders.ood ,ha, *e d not charge all Of tn. 81,
ucts to Capt. Fireman, tor 'apt irrger's
company Was seen while in h; &c. Of cou.-
A4itting such depredati"ns - y =
After Capt. FREEMAN returned t, st.
Cloud, FROM Paynesvillc, Forest City, &c.,
~ was ordered Immediately to F.rt Aber-
cro..bis. Did he rtey orders No! he
came as far as Sank Centre, aud waited
i:r reinforctmsa!s fearing to ~ through
alone.
Sixty mounted men afraid to 90 to Ab-
ercromoie al alone,
Capt. freeman requested Capt. Rams
dell, to detail thirty men from our compa.
nyto g. through with him, and return
alone, leaving but twe"ty men here. to-
protect the wor en- and children, rightly
Claiming protection at our hands, nearly
every member Of: th" company having
family Of his own This Of course our
captain could not grant, but ten Women
. volunteered to see them safely through T."
'ae Fort aud no doubt would have done 80
had 'hrir ser> ices bee" accepted. Could
any request have been more unjust than
this. Louk for u III -ment ut our ye0yraph.
ical position. Situated thus could w not
reasonably expect an attack here, as soon
as b"ny Vi sixty mounted men, would,
an: where on the road bet .een here and
Abercrombie. Yet with all t.ese facts
staring him in the face, Capt. Freeman
bad the hardihood u ask FIR what few
men We had, to protect him and his com.
pany, leaving our women and children ex-
posed, I" the tomahaw>, and sealping
knife Of the savage. To use their own
language 1--WE have no connection with
them and pray God We never may
The frst act Of Capt. Freeman after his
arrival was an attempt to impress horses
for the use Of his company. when We hal
but few, the most Of " ich We kept j" use
TO sc"ur the country. and ascertain If lvs.
sible thu whereabouts Of our savage foes.
This is the kind VI protection We have re.
csived from Cspt. Freeman. ,.
H., As to the courage "f the Norther.. RAN
gers We, may we'll doubt, by the following
incident ISL. ,t'...od ,..., =.
2 Ar. eager and q few others had g"ne
back to Alexandra to procure so,ne arti-
clcs they had left there AID curry up one
Or ~" families who were due here ut n" u
, ct the day Capt Frecn,an's { .mpany ar-
rived We concluded to 20 III search Of
Them the following morning. j icu'. Tay
.lor4 Informed Capt Ra'nstlell that night
as he was ,!esvin,. on the stage f"r St.
!C'oulathat twenty-five men would be Dc.
tanned, by Capt. freeman, to ~ in search
Of eager and his company When Capt.
Ramsdell whhed to know when the ex1 e.
dilion swuu'd be really to start as lie wish.
led to- send what men he could mount
along Cspt. Freeman. informed him that
.hefiy ant, Frccn,cn) ccn/H mt ,c,1 'nuu