St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-09

there. llurryip: on We camped that night
At rom-'e de Ter re Station thence. the
next day to the I'D crossing on the Otter
Tail river: The Station House and stables
were burned, and everything that vas not
carried IF OF otherwi,e destroyed, vas:
thr"wa into the rivrr. Here the oxen
belonging to Capt. Barrett's> company
st,ayed IF Tne next morning being fog
~ they could not 6ud them and, unwil-
ling I" wait, the commander ordered apt
Ba re t" ay, with his company, till
|9 o'cl.ck. and + the cattle could not be
found by that ti!ne, to pr4e,el without
them. / was not willing to leave part
uf our men behind aud ordered the first
division # my cavalry to stay ~ith M
aud help Capt. Barrett recover bis oxen,
which We did after long search, and ar
rived safely at the r's, th>t night / will
here say that We saw NJ Indians that day,
tut some were seen by the co.npan in
advance, though beyond their reach, on
the opposite side Of the river Next
nurning about two thirds of MY mp ny
with some Of the citizens and 9th SOL
diers went in sea cl, IT the bodies uf two
! 'uen, who were killed the day zee g,t there
The bodies were s..uu found horribly
n'ang ed and were buried that day. The
father 1T one, Mr. Wright, requested the
services Of ev Bl.in; which services
We're chrertully given
On Thursday, the 25th, o"r company
W, ut in search and found $50 sheep drove
them IN, aud in thc aft rn"n went US an
csc"rt to a company TO dig potatoes. In
the e'ehins car orderly with other mes
>rp4 ers were dispatched for st. Cloud and
st Paul. Or Friday morning about Z
"'c''ck Sept. 10th, while cur men were
watering their horses at the river i party
Of Sioux Indians fired vo!ley Of abou; 20
shots mortaly wounding John Weislng, a
tca,uster from St. Cloud from which
wounds he died the same niyht About
ten o'clock a horse and TX were also kill
e1 John II Raymond. having pail Of
water i" each hand had just reached the
top Of the River i.auk when The first vol.
ley was fired bullet Ii.rcin2 The bucket
in his lett hand. Several others were cx.
posed to tb~ frr, but none hurt From
behind the !uy cabins aud breas, work. the
fire WAS Immediately return cd with effect
Mr. Tanner and his two SONS, seeing two
Sioux near lie river bank fred On them
they both fell one Of them into the water
tourads immediately dragged them off
one ut III, u evidently dead. Ar. E"rusn.
was $. en- to 6re AID kill Que In"ian. |
al>" fired at one, aud \r. bingham aud
sc cal others saw him tall evidently dead.
SIR Ora t. # apr. Bar'.t''s &c., shot one
ucar the top If large tree = large mum
Der saw him fall a"d Indg. in fox,
whe"c, his c"mra,i" dragged him IF
In IL 'cw moments howitzcr WAS bruuy yht
around aud few shells thrown in the
w"ods when a. toe ceased firing. My
men We're then ordered ~ mount and,
with City mc" Of the Niur. Sd aud how
itzer, We started over the prairie up the
river When about Two miles from the
Fort, We came upon the Sioux camp, the
skulking red skins >kcdnddliny through
the brush across the River, rather than
fight. Mr.. Tanner, being one Of our
: scouts fred on them. also fired one
shot. bu, probably without effect rs l saw
my target indis.i"ctly as it vanished away
AMONG the brush, they replied with ycl's,
but not in2 more \ shell Or two either
sill need thcm or drove them away beyond
our re .ch |" tLei' camp VIC found a "a
! iety Of piu"'ier Of which We took what
va Of worth and burned til. rest. 1t is
thought that they were Oh their way from
Georgetown. as tue liquor and some other
things were supposed to have been brought
, firm there. It il supposed that George
town has fallen in,o their hands.
have been assisting in gathering what
ever could be found, in the vicinity, fos
the maintenance Of the post. On Sunday
the 18th, while hunting sheep, ;h;c', had
! straycd from the post. We saw three Sioux
scouts across the Wild Rice river and BE-
yOnd our reach.
! Indians are 5. e" nearly every day skulk.
i,y ab.ut the post aud seen. determined
tilt communication with 1ny BODY be.