The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-14
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRATy
MINNESOTA ITEMS.

The report that several regiments of State
troops are to be ordered away has consid-
erably alarmed the settlers on the Mime
sofa river. The Mankato Record says:
'sWe know our county will lose largely of
it's farming population; which is an index
of the condition of affairs in all the coun
ties bordering on the Minnesota. The
Record adds:
The strength of the Minnesota Sioux is esti-
mated at 1000 warriors. Gen. Sibley has only
400 prisoners Where are the remaining 1900
warriors They are outlaws, driven from their
western prairie, waiting for a favorable oppor-
tunity-such as even the partial withdrawal of
the troops would affOrd-tO again attack our
frontier, butcher our women and children and
plumber our granarics and farms.
THE amount of assessive property in the
city of St. Anthony for the present year,
is as follows: Real estate, 1851, al; per-
sonal property, $SO,147. The number of
dogs is 1873, and 147 of them are owned
by persons who have no other taxable
property.
The st. Cloud Union learns from gen.
tleman from Belle Prairie that Hole-n-the-
Day is again calliug his bands about him.
1t is believed by some that he is doing this
for the purpose Of making Chippewa raid
on the neighboring settlements, on account
of the non-fulfillment, by the Government,
of the treaty recently made with him and
his bands, by the Commissioners appointed
by the Legislature
"A writer in the st. Peter Tribune,
who has recently travelled over the country
devastated by the Indians, relates the fol-
lowing
On Monday, the 9th instant, q Mrs. Boelter
and her child about three years of age, were
brought into camp at Yellow Medicine, having
been alone with her child i'm the world for
more than eight weeks, not having seen fire,
and having lived and sustained herself on raw
potatoes during that period, she lost two chill
dren by starvation. She is now rs well rs the
child, mere skeleton, and can speak only just
above whisper, from extreme weakness. No
conception can figure the vast number which
have been murdered, but it must far exceed the
general estimate by the public. The fOraging
party which brought in Mrs BOelter, buried AZ
bodies, and left unburled II. 1t is my impress
ion that nearer 1000 than !, 200 have been mas
sacred. Doubtless hundreds that have been
slain and left upon the surface will never be
found as decomposition is nearly complete
and the prairie fires now ravaging the whole
upper country will consume what may yet re-
main to identity human body. Hundreds, no
doubt, have gone to their long home, of whom
no tidings will ever reach the car of anxious
friends and inquiring relations.
We clip the following items from the St.
Peter Statesman:
The soldiers voted here on Wednesday The
Congressman in Captain Burk's company, stood
80 for Window and 10 for Chatfield. Buffers
Democratic nominee for the Legislature, receiv-
ed a majority. We had no means of learning
the vote of other companies, but the Republ-
can ticket received a majority.
A man named Christopher Applebaum, was
drowned in a Lake about three miles from
town, near the New Ulm road the latter part of
last week. Forty-siX dollars were found on his
person. His body was brought to town on
Monday morning.
Capt. O'Connor. of st. Paul, arrived here
last Friday with thirty-four men, a part of his
company. He is temporarily located here
The captain is q perfect gentleman, and has a
fine company of Irish boys.
Paymaster Atkinson paid the men belong
ing to Captain SkarOs company $527 bounty on
Wednesday. The sum received amounted to
$2,525.
LARGE numbers of fat cattle are being
exported from Freedom county, fine
grazing section of this State. Last week
119 head head of cattle were sold in Al
bert Lea, for which the sum Of 1000 in
Treasury notes was distributed in the
neighborhood.
Mr. HUGH REYNOLDS, living in Waton-
wan township, Blue Earth Township, lost
his entire wheat crop, amounting 10 about
500 bushels, by prairie fires.
WHY the Wounded Soldier was
Happy.
A letter writer from Washington says
It is astonishing to see how cheerful the
wounded men are. Almost without excep-
ton they are lively and garrulous over the
incidents of the battle. The most of these
gallant fellows are in Alexandria hospitals,
though some are at Falls Church. One
man in Alexandria hospital who had lost
an arm, was one of the happiest fellows the
very night he was brought in that l ever
saw. "You are in good spirits for wound
ed mani" said a stranger to him. He looked
up from his cot with a smiling, happy face,
and replied, eyes, why shouldn't be hap
Ply? l have saved my life, and now / have
got something to show to my family as
long as l live. My children won't be
ashamed to have it known that | lost my
arm fighting for my country! No, sir! [
doubt if | would have that arm put On
again. My grandfather lost leg in the
Revolutionary War. Our family have
boosted of htat for near hundred years.
1t is about time that somebody else did
something for the credit of the family The
old story was getting to be little too old;
and now, sir, you see that am to be the
hero of the family" There was patriot
ism, pride Of character, and philosophy,
from common soldier.