St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-28
Indian Troubles.

of Capt. Marsh who was killed. has re-
turned from the Minnesota river, and states
that scouts have estimated the number of
whites killed, at aboutfve hundred. Their
opinions are based on the numberof bodies
they discovered along the roads and trails,
and On the supposed. passacre Of all tbs
whites Al the agency. i: LII believed that
zhrhe missionaries shzxe-aheenkk / killed The
civilized Indans, or those ~1to heve dis
carded tie blanket and 1eg;gii6s, are said TO
have exceeded their savage7bfethren in
atrocities. 9 .A :. ..sbsTuI:~
j. In the interview With Hon. N. JzSEv-
FRANCE E and Hon. NJ. DoNNAHuE, of Hen
derson, who arrived in town yesterday af:
tcrnoon, we learned some interesting par
Ftieulars Of The visit Of ANTOINE Fff1NER
to the Upper and Lower Agens15dnce the
murders took place.
FREE1ER, who has sps bis life
among the Tndisa., yoG (10aa alone
to the Indian qaa.etty hkis kpowl-
edge sf Adlas ,ohar 3and a dis
guise t. eeslpe dceeetIiion. Hedrkyed and
pain ted in sas. elsltyle, and xas sSeasessful
in his !
Hest.<vsltd laF Fys6vsdtles to RsUr-
per Ageosy,s arriving there in the night:
The place Vas literally lie ''habitation Of
death. Not an Indis1 was discovered,
and FRE1NER visited allfhe houses, ind saw
their former, occupants living dead, some
op door.stepe, some inside, and ethezs scat
tered in the yards. He went to the house
Of aon: ]. R. RRowN, and II coghihzed ev-
cry member Of the family, eighteen in all,
murdered, including his son-in.law; CuAs,
,BLAI and hiss wife,. Ina houss one. ui,e
below the Upper Agency, be foundIn .
room, Eve children alive, but almost fam
ished with hunger. Fenier went T. another
house and got some crackers for the chill
dren, and told them to stay there andshe
would return in few days for them.c DIE
names Of the children are not known,
FREN1Er visited Besyer' Creek, where
he found. that 6tty families bad sheeankill.
ed, He visited almost every house. and
found and recognized thst bodies of near
y all their former Inhabitants -,
Among The recognized aat the Ascncv
we're 7N!3 1Givens and FAMILY; 331ns Gal.
bsaith md 1chitdsesi; Dt sMskede!d and
family J, DE- -Hswpbriea and .4a,nil5 ;:Jobn
Esaddaen'a 3 family the Missionaries, Rev.
Dr: Williamson and Rev. NJ. Riggs and
F|John and Edward Maynor:s'
"a FRkNIkER learned, fioj6 ghat' source we
|ate E1iotiufofnicd; that y Fen the attaek vas
made, Geofge Glenso. aud Philanden Pres
cot: :yers eaptnnedsa sapa . promise vssn>ade
t2 spare them; if they: would deliver up. tho
stores: Whether. t6s 'p,rromise, pr was Kent.
'FREKiEn tsnnJt teli. u "a S''z.s7:'4s-'
s-Bytthe dispatchs. below, K will be seen
that pn Thursday morning Fort Rid9ely
" xaa sinmyested m hy tho Indians, and tho in.
ts:p.:ts! could 9s!ss rs e9anupjoats ~! y si,hths
~ Ridgelyf i, r5ts. Fort stlietl; speaking.
An a'ea;of aquarter If IN aerf 10 sehslos.
ed With oneer two st;,nes and several wbod-
ep ,buildiHsa. and : svoodep fence which
would offer but little Obstruction to 4 large
force: tbs bufidfngs which were buidine
when tha! messenger slsb, swseife spiobaably
Esutbnili1etiss isssoo.. tina; 10 cPrpselk their
beiag occupied kJ ths Indians. .Ws:hav,
no fean of ,Ridgsly being taken, =.
Fx Eoverrot 6IskEY, vhp i marching
70 ;isrdisf, thinks tha,t the Sioux bands
.5s united ,is .tbse deprs1atsAs s. ~
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