St. Cloud Democrat., 1862-10-02

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he saw instead Of sauaws about 100 Indi-
!. .dians in Their war paint coming towards
the house. He immediately got the wo:
men and children into the wagon and ad-
vised the n'cn, four in number, to go with
him to the Fort. Only one would consent
ito COME, the rest saying they were not
afraid to stay, that the Indians would not
trouble them, &c. The names Of the men
who, were lett there were E. Russell, Chas.
Battius, from Little Falls, and Martin,
q German from st. Cloud; Mr. Stiles
proceedrd to the Fort with the women and
children and stated what he had secn.-
About o'clock in the evening party
of horsemen, headed by Mr. >Sprncer, pro-
wietor Of the Breckinridge House, left
this place to ascertain, if pusible, the in
te"tio"s Of the Indians They proceeded
{ to within about halt mile uf the house
where they found the carcass of an OK
which the Indians had killed. Seeing no
Indians. three Of them proceeded to the
house and called to the men whom they
supposed to be insida Instead of recei,-
III an answer from them, they saw Indi-
aha skulking behind the house and logs
arpund the hnuse, and not decming it safe
to stay longer turned aud fled, followed
lN tho Indians for some distance but
having faster horses then the Indians, es-
capped and arrived here about light o 'clock,
Next day, a small party Of citizens, as
scouts, obtained permission to 90 down on
each side Of the river to Within, three
miles of Brecainridse. They returned
about nopn and reported every thing qui.
etaas far as they went. About two O'clock
2, M, same day, another party of clti eus,
SIX in nuuher, obtained permission to 20
E,o Brvskimidys aud 'inl out wha' had be.
come ot'tho me" lift there. They return.
ed about six o'clock =. NJ, and reported
the men killed aud lying in Il pile outside
the house horribly manyled. Next u'o:n
ing Nondal( } the commander detail d SIX
soldiers With teams and six citizens, un-
der command Of Lieut.. .Gre<tech, to go
down and bring up the 6olies. | was one
Of the citizens detailed fur this duty
We found the booaies as ,r,s>pprtsd, put them
in boxes, aud just as We were throuS h.
We saw what VIC supposed to be AN Inli-
an at the mill. The guard proceeded to-
wards it and found It to be an old lady,
Mrs. Scott, from the Ola Crossing on the
Otter Tail, who had been wounded the
day before at her lace. She had cra:led
along the river bank for fifteen miles, aud
was nearly exhausted. She reported that
the Indians had been at her place, killed
her son and taken prisoner her GRANDSON,
by Of about :ci;sllt years old, aud left
her f;r dead She was brought to the
Fort, her wounds dressed and is now do
ing wei: @i--:* 'o' - ~: ,@.'. -i.>
p Nothing more WIS seen IF Indians un-::
| ,il:ea1urday,' Aug; s0'h, when party:
which started to go#to The Old Crossing
to dr,v: the stock in, were attacked three
miles thiso side ot Brcckihridge, and one
n,a,r, Mr. Bennett, killed, wien the party
returned II, the 'aftcvn on, same day,
Indians appeared in large numbers on the
prairie back Of the Fort, where the cattle
and horses were grazing, and drove of
about 200 he.d OF stock About so head
ei''cesrcturned, supposed to have got away
from them. Everything remained quiet
until Wed' esdAy morning Sept. :ad, about
half past four, when Indians appeared
around the Fort aud commenced firing on
the picke's.: Every: n~n: was on hand
and succeeded ia rercllin:7 them, after
Eaboutt 81 hours >aatd fighting. Their
principal attack &s's' madeon the stables
aud stack yard. tFhey succeeded in burn
inEtwo stacks of'huy and driving of Sour
horses that were tied in the yard. The
Indians; however, left.two of their number
de~d in the stack yard, who were planted
the sa,re day. One citizen and one sol:
dicr were wounded in the engagement
Mr.. Il. NJ. Wright, from Dayton, nnd Ed.
win Steel from Msnkato, Mr. Steel has
since died Mr., Wright is doing we'll,
fuId is considered out of danger. There