The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-17

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rlaranders. over such . vast 81: ent- of cQnn-s
try,ftwiah the small nnmbef. Of troops and
sti'Ismal'er supplies Of w.r material sc our
disposal. .. ss.z. 80. KS.
Two thousand one hundred and City.
troops, and several hundred irregular mount
ed d'men r,are now scattered along this line,
and there have bs;en issued to the settlers
,o56 stand ofarms, 8, s pounds Of powder,
1000 pounds Of lead, and 88 sacks Of shot.
These dispositions were 1t first made
chiefly with 8 view 10 the Immediate secu
rity Of the lives and property of our frontier
settlers, ,osrestors that confidence through
out our western and northern counties,
which was necessary to. save the crops from
destruction, and .to1 support the citizeasial.
.measuresofs self defenee. II ~. y
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prevent the depopulation Of these portions
of the country, to, maintain small bodies o!
troops therefor some time to come. .!}s;o2 2f3'
In the meanwhile no necessary prepara
tions TIC have been neglected for the pursuit and
cha cficpmont rf-fbo G1nrvf
SCOT. Sibley-with a1torceio of 1900 men At
Fort Rdsley, a small body Of mounted men,
and several pieces Of artillery. all we baye--;
has the, direction rofu offensive Operations.
which 'he has been instructed to carry aaryt'o 81
with al possible vigor and despatch. " l'',,. 81,
! Hr is, however, yet, very deficient in cav,
airy, the large forge Of mounted citizens who
generously accompanied him for the relie
Of Fort Ridg'ey, having disbanded when lha
object was attained, with the exception 0
about ninety men. s~,,,...1i ~, .,7@}2r9dt =;
A large organized body Of cavalry was
considered indispensable for an. effective
campaign, and at my urgent request afte,
many delays, the President has been pleased
to authorize the raising and equipment Of
thousand mounted troops. The U. State.
Quartecmaster stationed here, is authorized
to purchase horses for this regiment, and
tr@st that his speedy execution ii this ocrdel
will enable US to.press our operations agains
the Sioux. ...sy. ut. IL -,.tt,.
have thus far given only so much Of the
history Of our Indian disturbance, as as wa.
required to show the measures adonted fo,
their suppression and the general scope o
our military operations, for details Of whicf
must refer you to the report Of the Adiu
tant General, and the official dispatches o
the officers commanding the various detach
ments, which will be transmitted to YOU,
But this review Of the Sioux revolt, ,woulc
be, incomplete without some further refer,
ence to the singular atrocities which hay,
marked its course, and to the mschiefintlict
ed upon our people. " ..+...! '.....,.' ~
The sudden and treacherous outbnr.t q
savage cruelty, which in one sudden blow
struck down their friends and neighbors d
another blood, and revcled in general mas
sacre ofmen, women and children, has beer
alluded to. u :-A..- ,Ie~;. -..:ar~t,,..,
But massacre itself had been mercy If i
could have purchased exemption from tn.
revolving circumstances with which it wa.
accompanied. Nothing which the bruta
lust and wanton cruelty OF these savage.
could wreak upon their helpless and inno.
cent victims, was omitted from the categor,
Of their crimes. . H.. -u. I
I He!plessness and innocence indeed wi1icl
move pity in any breast but theirs, ,seemet
TO inspire them only with a moro fiendist
rage. II -ta a j., ~ ia -.."
Infants hewn into bloody chips or flesh
or nailed alive to, door posts to lngcr ou
their little Life in mortal agony. or torn un
timely from the womb OF the murdered
mother and in cruel mockery cast in Ifra,lg,,,
Etr Emrents on her pulscless and bleeding. breast,
rape joined to murder in one awfol tragedy
young girls, even children of; tender years
Ioutraged b; their brutal rayshers. iii 'deatf
ended their shame and suffering aweme1
lbeld 2 I'D, in captivity to undergo the horrors Of
tliyins death whole families burned aalise
aud, asiift their dssilistr fury'conlda not glu
itself with oiitragcs on the living. ITS last q
forts exhausted in mutilatirg the bodies Q
the dead; such arc the spectacles, and
thousand nameless horrors besides, xffci
their first experience Of indian war has br,r+n
ed into the brains and hearts. Of our lrontie
people ; and stchsthe enemy withawi,orm VI
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1t is estimated that 500 persons of ever
iase and sex persisted and worse than perish
led, by the hands Of these rernorseIess butch
ersin in the course Of two Or three days ISL sue L:
Icceding the outbreak before Their sprogres
was checked BY our forces and hundred.t
them lie yet unburied where they fell. hid
den in the grass and bushes of prsirie In
'Iravines. Many doubtless 10 .he. attempt d, dt
escape. have become lost, or tainted from, ea
haastion and terror hsye died of starvation
h. The theatrs Of depredations Is III Is /,
Icertained, has extended from Otte, Tai Lak
and fort Alercs0rnhia nm IN. n.a p:... s.. & :