Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-11


he result Of which feared more than
my thing else, as the boys had prov
ID unequal to it in the morning
We we're not disappointed. In few
they came, on ponies and on
DOT. furiously, about sixty in number,
charging around the point Of little
grove Of oaks.
"This was the critical point of the
lay, but four or five hours under FIRE
rad brought the boys up to the fight.
ng temperature, and they stood firm.
y and advanced with cheer, routing
he rascals like sheep. They received
rs with q very hot fire, killing Hough-
lon and an elderly gentleman, whose
name l did not know. As they fled in
a crowd at q very short range, we
gave them a volley that was very eff
fectual, and settled the fortunes Of the
day in our favor, for they did not dare
try it over.
white men fight under a great
disadvantage the first time they en-
gage the Indians. There is something
SO fiendish in their yells, and terrify.
ing in their appearance when in bat
tie, that it takes good deal of time
to overcome the unpleasant sensation
it inspires. Then there is a snakc-like
stealth in all their movements that
excites distrust and uncertainty, and
which unsteadics the nerves at first.
"Aftcr their repulse the battle ra-
ged until dark without sufficient ad-
vantage on one side or the other to
merit mention in detail, when the saw
ages drew of, firing only an occasion
al shot from under close cover.
"That night we slept very little,
every man being at the barricades all
night, each third man being allowed
to sleep at intervals. In the morning
the attack was renewed, but not with
much vigor, and subsidized about noon.
81 held council with the officers,
and we determined to evacuate the
town, which was done, carrying off all
the inhabitants, women, children, sick
and wounded, to the number of about
two thousand. This movement was a
very perilous one to undertake, with
the force at our command, but the con-
fined state Of the town was rapidly
producing disease among the women
and children, who were huddlcd in
cellars and close rooms, like sheep in
a cattle car, and we we're fast bccom-
ing short of provisions and ammuni-
ton. We also feared another attack,
by larger force, and all the people
decided that they would abandon the
town the first opportunity.
"At about Q o'clock A. NJ, we NOV
ed out of town with one hundred and
fifty.tbrec wagon-loads Of women and
children, sick and wounded.
alt was melancholy spectacle, to
behold two thousand yeopIe who,
few days before, were prosperous and
happy, now reduced to utter beggary,
and starting upon journey Of thirty
miles through hostile country every
inch of which we expected to be obi
ged to defend from attack, the issue
Of which would be either life or hor-
rid butchery. Beggary, starvation
and probable destruction were at one
end Of the road; a doubtful escape
from this destruction was at the other
end. We chose the latter altcrna-
tive, and under Providence succeeded
in getting through"
Capt. Flandrau's loss in the battle
of New Ulm was 10 killed and so
wounded. The savages lost a much
greater number. Many were seen to
fall who were carried off by their
companions, while ten or twelve dead
bodies were found by Flandrau's men,
among them the body Of a renegade
half-breed named George Provencalle.
Among the white soldiers killed in
this battle, were G. w. o. Bartb, cdi-
tor of the New Ulm Pioneer, and Mr.
Edwards, editor of the paper at La
Seur.
FROM THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH.
The st. Paul Press says:
Zone of Burbank's Express messen-
gers arrived in town last evening,
bringing intelligence from George
town mp to Monday last, from Fort
Abercrombie Tuesday morning, and
from Breckenridge Tuesday noon. The
women and children of Georgetown
had come to the Fort for safety, and
the movable property was being put
on board the boat and barges to be
taken to the settlements below. Two
more persons had been found murder
ed, making five killed by the Indians
near Breckenridge. A company of
100 mounted men will leave st. Cloud
this morning to scour the country be-
tween that place and Fort Abercrom-
bie."
MORE INDIAN MAssACREs.
The Mankato Independent of Septem-
Der 4th says:
ave have reliable information that
two men and a boy were killed, and a
boy wounded, last Tuesday afternoon,
near Hilo postoffice, Nicollet county.
They had gone out to attend to their
grain, and while thus occupied were
attacked by party Of Indians. Only
the wounded boy escaped. This &C.
Cured on the north side of the Mime
sofa river, and some twenty miles in
the rear of the Expedition under Sib.
ley. If said Sibley is not too much
afraid of the squaws, and could de.
tach twenty-five or fifty mounted men
from his body guard "of some fif.
teen hundred, we would suggest that
a little scouting be DONE"
FIGHT AT FOREST CITY.
A despatch, dated at st. Paul, Sept.
9Th, says:
The Indians attacked Forest City
on the Sd inst. and were repulsed
Capt. Stout writes to the Adjutant
General from Hutchinson, on the Sd,
saying he was attacked by $50 In
dams, mounted. The fight lasted four
hours and half, when the Indians
gave way. Our loss was three killed
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