Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-09-03

Crossing pi lht ilNClE W me ia lIlt wa
ter. a volley was fired upon Captain
Marsh. who immediately went down.
beside. the CIptain, three sergeants and
four corporals are known 10 be killed,
land a large number of his Command
Up 10 this time but four additional sol
diers have retured-three OF them NOR
tally wounded.
Monday night was a night ul anxiety
and peril 10 the little band at this garrI-
son. Every man became Il soldier, and
every precaution was taken To protect the
fort. Lieutenant Gcro. oi Company b,
did all IN his power, whose efforts were
seconded by every civilian. The lights
OF burning buildings and grain stacks
lighted the entire horizon. Escaped cit
izens came in during the night, giving
accounts OF horrors too terrible for the
Imagination to conceive or appreciate
Mothers came in rags and bareiOoted,
whose husbands and children had been
slaughtered before their eyes. Children
came, who witnessed the murder OF their
parents, or their burning in their own
houses. Every species of torture and
barbanty the imagination can picture,
seems everywhere To have been reSorted
to. am no alarmist. and would not eX-
cite the public mind but these things
are true, and unless met with the most
energetic and thorough resistance 10y the
Government and people, God only knows
when the end will be. Our entire from
tier border will he sacrificed unless imme-
diate assistance Is given.
In Monday morning a messenger was
/ dispatched for the company under Lieut..
Sheehan, of company c, stationed at Fort
| Ripley, who had been here some weeks
with his command awaiting the pay ment,
! but who had been ordered back TO Ripley
OH Saturday. lie was oyertaken lOrty-twO
miles from this place. With commend
able promptness he Immediately turned
back, and arrived yesterday morning ut
10 o'clock, making forced march with
ms gallant men of lOrty-two miles in the
incredibly short space OF. nine hours
Never were SCI OF gallant men received
with more heartfelt gratitude than the
command of Lieutenant Sheehan. Men
and women and children expressed their
gratitude with tears and blessings upon
them all. The first movement OF Lieut..
Sheehan. tired and worn out as he was,
was to examine the picket posts and take
prompt and energetic steps to strengthen
his position. The little squads of Indians
who had been skulking about the groves
and bluffs adjacent, were Immediately
shelied and disbursed by Sergeant Jones |
Last evening Major Galbraith. who was |
on his way to Fort Smelling with fifty re-
cruits, and had reached ST. Peter. arrived. !
having learned the state of affairs. and Sc /
cured arms al that place. We now have |
about 80 armed men, and can hold the |
post against amy probable contingency /; /
but with this force no assistance can be /
given the suffering thousands all around /
us. One or two regiments should be
dispatched with proper equipments-i
otherwise this border Will lie desolated. /
The roads between here and the Agen-
cy, and in the direction of New Ulm,
are lined with murdered men, women
and children. From three to four hum.
dred citizens are now in these barracks,
claiming protection. five of whom are
wounded of them children of six or
eight years of age.
The hospital Is already filled: DR.. Null
Ter, the post surgeon. is doing all that hisi
skill can suggest for their
relief
p. S.-The enemy is now advancing in
force from the North, and the cannon and :
hnwitZers are playing upon them.
Yours. in haste.
\ J. VAN NoRmE>
AS soon aS the above and other letters
were received yesterday. the Governor or
lcrcd the balance of the Sixth Regiment,
with Col. Nelson at their head, to repair
to the frontier. lie also issued 4 procla-
nation, which We give below. calling up
on volunteer mounted men To- report
themselves in squads or companies to Col
onelS Nelson or Sibley. to assist i'm putting
down this murderous foray The. Sigel
iuards are to 90 to Fort Ripley
Authority was given the Dodge County
Y Nolunteers, who are at home on ilIrlough,
10 be mounted and report themselves at
ST. Peters to Col. Nelson. Col. Robert
'On was last evening engaged in raising
mounted volunteers to accompany the eX-
petition under Col. Nelson, which starts
rom the Fort to-day. Arms for the sup =.
ply OF one company were started 10y ex- /:
press for Mankato yesterday, and will !
each their destination this evening. The
Governor has telegraped the War and in =
erior Departments of the state of affairs. :
md asked for authority to raise 4 regi- !
nent of mounted men for the protection !.
If the frontier.
Great activity was manifested in the
streets last evening. As many as could :
get horses were preparing to accompany !
he expedition tomorrow. \ company of !
bout twenty men left Faribault vester- \
lay for the scene of action, and meet ,
ne was held at Owatonna last evening to
get volunteers for the Indian war The :
people throughout the State are rushing !
o arms for the defense of the settlers,
nd in three days there will be an army
# at least two thousand men at Fort |
fidgely, one half of them mounted. We ',
lope they will be able to Overtake their :
nurderous and cowardly foe. and exter- /
innate them.
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. 4
70 tie People Of Minnesota: t
The Sioux Indians upon our Western O
rontier have risen in large bodies, attack n
d the settlements, and are numbering
zen, women and children. The rising a
ppears concerted, and extends from Fort Sc
,ipley to the southern boundary of the p
tate.
In this extremity | call upon the mill
a of the Valley of the Minnesota, and the
Ounties adjoining the frontier. to take
orSes, and arm and equip themselves,
liking with them subsistence for few n,
ays, and at once report, separately or in n
IuadS TO the officer commanding the eX-
edition now moving up the Minnesota .,
yer to the scene of hostilities. The Off u
II commanding tine expedition has been r. =.
othed with full power TO provide for all - =,
ligencies that may arise. ~ ~
Measures will be taken Ia sub>ist the ~ ~
rces so raised. ~
This outbreak must be suppressed, and u
such manner as will forever prevent its - -
petition. I;
| earnestly urge upon the settlers on r.
lie frontier, that while taking all proper /
'ecautions for the safety of their families
Id homes, they will not give way to any :,
necessary alarm. \ regiment of infan- H. =,
Y. together with 800 cavalry, have been -, -
dered to their defense, and with the VI
'luntary troops now being raised, the 4,