Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-10-30
From the Cleveland Leader.

The INDIAN Observation-Disclosures
DErAILs-JUsT RETRrBUTToN.-A gen.
tleman of high responsibility and unim-
peachable veracity, direct from st. Paul
and above. this morning, gave us some
narrowing details Of the Indian afro
cities in upper Minnesota. The instan-
ces mentioned he says are not mere ru-
mors or exaggerations, but can be abun-
dainty vouched for. Whole families
have been butchered in the most revolt.
ing manner, and the mangl-d remains
heaped together in the house. The
women have been treated with the
grossest indignities and then barbarous-
ly murdered. No age or sex was spared
by the ruthless fends, but the most re-
voting and atrecious eruelties were
perpetraied by these noble savages "
on helpless babes and defenceless wo-
men. s-rF
The details of the atrocities commit
ted on the women cannot be mentioned,
and are worse than the imagination can
conceive. A husband and wife we're
captured, stripped Of all their clothing.
and the woman outraged before her
husbands eyes. He was then given a
blanket and ordered to leave, on pain
Of death by torture. That man is now
on the track Of the savages as an uncom.
promising Eavenger.. "A woman near
her confinement was cut open. and the
most revolving indecencies committed
on her corpse. Another had her face
gashed with knives in imitation Of the
devices on the faces Of her captors, and
then turned loose. A young woman
from GAINESVILLE, in this State, who had
gone up as school teacher. had her
hands tied behind her back. and was
brutally outraged by eighteen Indians.
A mother and her little daughter were
captured. The mother was bound fast,
while her child was outraged before her
eyes until it died. The mother was
then secretly aided by same squaws to
escape, and succeeded in making her
way on foot, upwards Of sixty miles, to
St. Paul, where she arrived barefooted, ,
famishing and bleeding to tell her tale
of horrors. We could go on detailing
incidents more horrible still, which are
proven to be true. .s. ,-,..T
Col. Sibley's force succeeded in sur.
rounding these numbering ssyages,
when they, finding no hope of escape.
secreted their arms and sent in a mes.
senger TO Col Sibley .pl otestiDg their en-.
tire innocence ofthe outrages commit
ted. They claimed to be band OF
friendly Indians. who had captured the
white persons from the "bad Indians, ''
and were anxious to give them mp
Col. Sibley agreed to treat with them and
thus got them all, Indians and captive
whites. into his power. He then told
the Indians that he hoped that their sto.
~, was true, but he should have 10 give
them all trial, SO that he might pun
ish all thezbsd Indians among them
The Indians, about six hundred in
number, were then surrounded, and a
court-marshal organized at once. the
rescued white 'captives being used as
witnesses. The trial is holding at Big
Lake above Sc. Peters. Fourteen In.
dians have been tried and thirteen con.
yicted. The fourteenth, chief named
Red Eye, was not convicted. the cap.
tive women testifying that he was ep.
posed to the atrocities perpetraled OF
| the captiyes. s5iuzs iel, Ia o'ss0 ss7s G
Eight Of the convicted Indians have
been hung. and Colonel Sibley seem,
determined to RiYe stern Justice TO the
murderers. The people of upper Min.
nesots are greatly excited, and swear