The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-05
From Northern Minnesota.
LETTER FROM SAINT CLOUD.
QUOfx or STEARNS COUNTF-SAcRlFTCEs-
REAPERS IDLE IN TEE ~FIELD-LNDLAN
TROUBLES.

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Ediors Pioneer and Democrat:
The county Of Stearns will furnish her
quota of the six hundred thousand without
drafting. The town Of st. Cloud furnishes
more than her quota. The town of Tecum-
sch, in this county, had at the last election
thirty-six voters, and she sends nineteen Of
them in response to the call of the Presi
dent. There are men enlisted in the two
companies forming here-youpg men-who
have left their farms with twenty.fiv and
from that up to fifty acres of wheat stand.
ing onharvested on these farms, all of which
will be wasted. A gentleman from Sank
Centre, this morning, informed me that yes
terday, in coming down the valley, he count
ed five reapers standing idle because men
could not be got to run them. The COM
pany forming in this town, under Captain
Asa Libby now numbers one hundred men.
That forming under Lieut.. +. 81. Barrett
now numbers over seventy men, and will be
full this evening. And these two compa-
MES are taking from Us some of our best
citizens-youpg men of fortune and high
social position, the very cream of our pops
ulation. The country hereabouts will have
been serious loser, when they are gone.
We have intelligence from Grow Wing
down to nine P. NJ, yesterday, brought by
D. circuit, ESQ. When be left, 800 Plla.
ger Indians had gathered in there and Sc
rious apprehensions of danger were enter.
tanned by even the traders, who have been
longest in the Chippewa country, and are
best acquainted with the chiefs and head
men of the Chippewa Nation. But
our people here have been so often
laughed at on account of the "Big
Indian scare" of two years ago, that
it is difficult to arouse them to full appre
citation of the dangers which really do exist
The Chippewa difficulty is purely local
one. The Sioux troubles are altogether
another matter. A messenger has Just ar.
rived from Yankee Settlement As miles up
Sank Valley, who reports the gathering of
large body OF Sioux in that vicinity and
great excitement among the settlers. Com.
mander Dole is in town with superintend.
ent Thompson, and the other notables who
accompany him, though l understand be
proposes returning to St. Paul to-day Ed
ward ID. Atwater, Esq, was last night at
Fair Haven. and reports that every build.
ing in the place was full of settlers, who
have come 10 with their families, women
and children, in state of complete terror,
end of course every thing in the utmost
confusion. The very best thing that could
be done, in my judgment, would be to say
to HOLE 1NsTHE DAY, "Get your young men
and warriors together, and 60 on the war
path against the Sioux; drive them back
and rid the country of them, and your for
ces shall receive the pay of U. S. soldiers
during the time you are engaged in the ex
petition" One thing is very certain, if the
forces constituting the two companies now
here, are withdrawn from this region, and
no troops sent here, we ere likely to suffer
from the depredations OF rowing bands OF
both Sioux and Chippewas, and the losses
OF individuals will be severe, and the ag-
gregate enormous. 0.
SATURDAY, August %.
The towo is wild with excitement A
letter has just bsep received from Hon. r.
III. Richardson, who dispatched spec ial
messenger from Richmond this morning.
asking for help to repel threatened attack
from the Sioux. Richmond is twenty-five
miles from here. At Green and Norway
lakes the Sioux have been committing most
unheard of atrocities. The son of a citizen
OF our town residing at Green Lake has
been killed, and some ten or more of his
Deighbors, all known here. There is RI
pnpr IT ~ IN onthoptio
source), that the Sioux have burned Pains
vile, in the south part of the county. snd
30 miles distant.
A home guard was formed here last night
with 70 names on the muster roll We
have elected Charles II. Taylor, Esq Cap
tain, Ambrose Freeman LIST Lieutenant, and
James Carlisle I'd Lieutenant. We shall
commence drill at P. NJ. today.
The company raised by Lieut.. T. II.
Barrett, unanimously elected that gentle.
man Captain, Charles FL. Beaulieau First
Lieutenant, and Charles Becker Second
Lieutenant this morning. At the request
of the citizens, Captain Barrett, whose men
bad started fer Fort Smelling this morning,
recalled them, to await here further orders.
We have 100 Brown muskets, Told pattern)
20 caps to fit them, and not to exceed 100
pounds Of powder in the town. Capt. Lib
by's company, Seventh RegimenD left for
| Fort SLelling this morning. A messenger
left for ST. Paul this morning, for arms and
munitions. We mast have them, or there
will be terrible work. A cavalry company
will be formed here this afternoon. The
shops and saloons will all be closed this af
! ternoon and we shall endeavOr to put our
selves in readiness for the savages But
we do most emphatically object to the TAX.
ipg away of all our citizens to prosecute the
war against the rebels, when we have a
merciIess foe at our very doors. {1e
| Clear Water, below Us, is full OF women
and children who have fed from MaDa1ah
and Forest City, and the points West
Some houses have ten families in them. o
| Gen. John G. Fremont has been fol
several days guest of Major Haskell, one o
bis aids at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Or