The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-21

Ooolie and Wood Lake, they were alone,
within bullet-shot, roasting and eating corn
and beef all day! A fiery-looking war
rior wished the Commission to believe that
he felt so bad at the Fort, to see the In
dams fire on the whites, that he immedi-
ately laid down there and went to sleep,
and did not awake until the battle was
over! Several of the worst characters,
who had been in all the battles, after they
had confessed the whole thing, wound up
by saying that they were members OF the
church!
One young chap, aged about nineteen,
said that he used always to attend divine
worship at Little Crows village, below St.
Panl, and that he never did anything bad
in his life, except to run after chickenyat
Mendoza, long time ago, and that he
didn't catch it. The evidence disclosed
the fact that this pious youth had been an
active participant in some of the worst
massacres on Beaver Greek.
1t was proved on one old cut-nosed In
dian that, on one occasion, he had shot a
white man, and butchered with his knife
eleven women and four children; and on
another, that he had killed nineteen.
Many of those engaged in the Patville
murder have been tried. Patville started
from 10. Reynolds place, just above Red
Wood for New Ulm, OF the morning of
the outbreak, with three young ladies and
two other men, and on the way were at
| tackled by the Indians. Patville was killed
near the wagon, and the other men at the
edge of the woods, while trying to escape.
! One Of the girls was wounded, and all
Wood Here the three were all abused
that night by the Indians; one, girl of
fourteen, by seventeen of the wretches,
and the wounded Young lady to such an
extent, that she died that night. 10.
Campbell, half-breed, ventured to place
herin q grave, but was told that if he did
same for any of the other bodies which
were lying exposed, his life should pay the
forfeit. The two other young ladies were
reclaimed at Camp Release, and sent to
their friends, after suffering indignities
worse than death, and at which humanity
shudders and sickens
Others have been tried who belonged to
a band of eight that separated themselves
from the main body which attacked the
Fort in the second hattie, and went to-
wards St. Peter, burning the church, the
Swan Lake House, and other buildings,
and numbering and plundering. They at
tackled one party and killed all the men,
and then one OF them caught hold of
young girl, to take her as his property,
when the mother resisted and endeavored
to pull her away. The Indians then shot
the mother dead, and wounded the girl,
who fell upon the ground, apparently life
less One Indian thought she was dead,
and told her first captor to raise her
clothes, which he attempted to do. Mo-
desty, strong in death, revived the girl,
and she attempted to prevent it, but as she
did SO, the other Indian raised his toma-
hawk and dashed out her brains-a blessed
fate in comparison with that which other
wise was designed for her.
An old man, shrivelled to mummy,
one of the criers ON the Indian camp, was
also tried, and two little boys testified
against him.
One of them, German, land remarkably
intelligent for his years, picked him out
from many others, at Camp Release, and
had him arrested, and logged him till he
was placed in Jail, and when he was
led forth to be tried, with the eye and
fierceness of q hawk, and as if he feared
every instant that he would escape justice
These boys belonged to large party,
who came from above Beaver Creek to
within few miles of the fort, whom the
Indinas met there, and told them that if
they came from, and give up their teams,
they should not be harmed. When they
got some distance from the fort, they fired
into them and killed one man, and num-
Der of women, taking the remainder pris-
oners, with the children. The old wretch
was made to stand up, looking cold and
impossible, and as stolid as stone, the
boys likewise standing, placed opposite,
gazing at each other for moment, when
one of the boys said, 81 saw that man
| shoot man, while he was on his knees
at prayer" and the other boy said, 81 saw
him shoot my mother ...... ...- .
There was subject for a painter, the
beholders could scarcely keep their hands
from the throat of the mummy. .. \
Another was recognized by Mrs. Hun
} ter, as the Indian who had shot her hus