Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-25

Prom g CleYe5auo Hefatd
A gentleman Of nigh respeeta6iity and M
impsscbsole verseify, direct from St. Paul AM
above, This morning, gave us some hsTrowinl
details Of the Indian atrcc ties in Upper Biinns
sofa. The instances mentioned. he says, are no
mere TUmors or exaggeratiOns, but can be sbun
dainty youchsafed for
Whole families have been butcheTed in th,
most revolving manner, and the mangled re
mains heaped together in the houses. The wo
men have been treated with the gTOssest indig
mites and then baTbarously murdered No age
or sex vas spared by the ruthless fsHds, but the
most revolving and atrocious cIuelties were per
petrated by these "noble savsges'' on helpless
babes and defenseless women.
Ihe details Of the atrocities committed on the
women cannot be mentioned and are worse than
( the imagination csn conceive. A husband and
wife were captured, stripped CT every ves.ige OF
clothing, and the woman outraged before her
husbands eyes. Hs was then given blanket
I and ordered to leave, on pain Of death by tor
/ ture. That man is now on the track Of the say
/ ages as an uncomprOmisiBg agenger. A woman
near her confinement was cut open, and the
most revolving irdecencieS committed on her
csrpss.
Another had Der face gashed with knives in
imitation of the devices on the faces of her cap
tors, and was then turned loose. a young VIC
man from Zanesviiie, ID this Safe, who had
gone up as schOcl teacher, had her hands tied
Dehins her back, and was bTutslly outraged by
eighteen Indians. a mother and her little
daughter were capture. The mother was bound
fast while her child was outraged before her eyes
until che died. Tho mother was then secretly
aided by some squaws to escape, and succeeded
IN making her way on foot, upward Of sixty
miles, to S.. Paul, where she arrived barefooted,
fsmishiRg aud bleeding. We could go on de-
failing incidents more horrible still, which are
proven to be true.
Colonel Sibloy's force succeeded in surround
ing thess rnuTdeTing savsges when they, 6ading
no hops Of escape, secTeted their arms agd sent
in a messenger to Colonel Sibley, protesting
their entire innocence Of the Oulrages. They
claimed TO Be band Of friendly Indiaas who
had captaLsd the white prisoners from tho bad
Indians - ard wero epxious to give them up.
Colonel Sibley sgTsed 30 treat with them, and
thus got them sil. Indians ard csptivs whites,
into his power. He then told the Indians that
lac hoped that their story was true, but be should
have to give them all . trial, SO that he might
punish al the bad Indians among them. The
Indians, about SIX hundred in number, were
then surrounded, and 8 cOurt-maTtlal organized
at once, the rescued white csptives being used
as witnesses
The trial is holdiag at Big Lake, above ST.
Peters. Fourteen Indians have already been
tned, snd thirteen convicted. The fourteenth,
a chst named Red Eye, was not convicted, the
captive women testifying that he was opposed to
the atrocities perpelrzted On the csptives.
Eight of tho convicted Indians have been
hung, and Cocnel Sibley seems determined to
give stern jusscs 10 the muTdereTs. Ths peopls
Of Upper &innesota sFs greatly excited, and
sHesr that if the government does not exact a
terrible vengssnce for The atrocities practiced,
they will themselves wage a war of extermins-
ton against the entire Indian race.