Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-18
The Indian War in Minnesota.

a despatch, dateu AT St. Iaui, sept
9Th, says: .a "
Mayor Prince arrived in this city
last night with dispatches from For,
Ridgley to September 4th. Captains
Grant and Anderson, with a small
party of infantry and cavalry, were
attacked by two hundred and fifty
savagcs, eighteen miles from Fort
Ridgley. During the engagement
the whites managed to throw mp
breastworks, and held out until Col.
Siblcy came to their relief and drove
the Indians back. Thirteen whites
were killed and forty-scven wounded
i'm this engagement. Most of the xii
led were residents of this city. Be-
fore the engagement Captain Grants
party succeeded in burying eighty
five mastered whites"
Capt. undertook, commanding
at Fort Abercrombie, writes that q
large number of Indians have appear
cd around the Fort and carried off al
the Government mules and cattle be
longing to that post. Capt. Wander
hook says that he is compelled t.
keep his entire force on the strictes
guard all night, and also says tha
unless reinforcements appear soon
he will be compelled to abandon tn,
post.
The Dcs Moincs Register says
/ "a gentleman by the name oil
Graves came down from Estherville
Emmett county, day or two since
with dispatches for the Governor in
relation 30 the Indian troubles on the
Upper Des Moines. Mr.. Graves was
one of party which was dcputcd to
look after the interest of the Norwe-
gian Settlement some twenty-three
miles North Of Baskerville in Mime
sofa. This Settlement contained a
population of SD, of whom 3 were
killed, 3 wounded and missing"
Several families from this Norwe-
gian Settlement passed through this
town on Sunday last, on the way to
their friends in Winncsheik county.
They took with them their cattle and
such housekeeping articles as they
could conveniently bring away.
A despatch dated Lcavenworth,
Sept. 9th, says:
Intelligence from Dacotah indi-
Gates serious Indian hos;ilities. Col
Jayne, Governor of that Territory,
has issued proclamation, calling on
all the settlers to organize. Two men
have been killed by the savagcs. On
the morning of the 9th they made an
attack within three miles of Yancton,
the Capital of the Territory. The
Governor sends q despatch to head
quarters here, asking for regiment,
arms and ammunition. a sat
The Austin, Mimi, Courier Of the
10th inst. says: -
Sour news received from the Indi-
ans mp to the hour of going to press
is somewhat important. Capt Grant
was ordered out to bury the dead in
the vicinity of Red Wood and was
attacked by the Indians in force. Col
Sibley sent out achievements aud
drove them back with quite a loss.
The fight lasted two days, during all
the time our troops were W ithout food
Our loss in killed was twelve, forty
wounded, and about ninety horses
killed aud lost.
Our troops routed them, and fol-
lowed after them as long as they
could get within shooting distance
and then returned to the head quar-
tiers of Col Sibley. They have at
tackled the towns Hutchinson and For
est City, the former has been burned
and the latter only partially. The
most OF the soldiers killed were from
Saint Paul" p
The Des Moines Register says:
80" News came to town yesterday
morning that the Yankton Sioux who
have been hitherto friendly to the
whites, have combined with the hos
tile tribes in a projected raid against
the infant settlements. The danger
seems to be imminent. A hostile Goa
lition Of all The tribes North aud
Northwest will, if unchecked by the
prompt rising of the whites, sweep
the border settlements as with the be-
som OF destruction. These settle
ments are Thoroughly alarmed. There
is an exodus of the population. Yes
terday morning Ii. Nj. Bush of tins
City was duly authorized to raise a
company OF 100 men in this place for
immediate service against the lndi-
ans" ay
Letters from Sioux City say mes
Sen0cr from Ianctan AGENCY brinOs