St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-09-04

scenes were ,tr.phpir,ng atszzl eliou sAledi'
cine Agency, and they we're aayisssds and and
urged to make their escape, T.; * - =,
t." They left'it haste at one o'clock, and
pi1oted by thoiInd,ans through al raavihe
two or three, miles, to the irapidi' were seo
ac' oss the ri, or aapdt tlefton alpaely ssland.s
On Tuesday afternoon they were visited.
by Nv David Hunter, who' 17fnf61med' them
that he bad his teams hid in swamp,
and Was nearly ready tors.att; and that
they might join him. Mr. Riggs teams
had been taken BY Il e, Indians
Mr.. Cunningham went back to try to
recover them, and succeeded ,ih getting
one horse, which they, attached TO a bug:
gy that the Ind ians bad lett, They set
out ON Tuesday night, Wit. an TX team,
a twohorse team. and a horse and buggy,
Mr. Hunter taking with him part OF.
DR.. v illiamson's; fa,nily~7he himself. ,de-
terhaininy to remain. Soon other, talni
lies joined them, making party 81 ab ,at
ferty persons. The order OF. march was
as follows: The men walking IN advance.
with orders, if fired, upop to return the
fire, ard tlen assail the attacking party
with clubs. They struck out into the pra-
irie; first northeast, then; south to Lac qui
Parle road, leading to Fort Ridgley:e o''
Beaver Greek settlement they found de-
Estroyed. 1n1uiring of some Indians where
the; white people were, they replied .'All
gone to the Fort, and you 60 too, or you
will be shot" 1t is reported that the peu-
pie were nearly all killed. ,r..
/ When within eight miles Of the Fort,
Dr.. Williamson aud the rest Of his family
overlook them, having been persuaded to
leave by the friendly X Indians making. in
all, a party of forty-6ve persons.
When within four miles Of the Fort,
Dr. Williamson and Mr.. Hunter. went for
ward, to see whether they co'l get in.
Mr.. Hunter lef+ the Doctor a quarter
of mile from the Fort and advanced
alone, quietly, sometimes creeping on
his hands and knees, aud :ucceeded in
passing the Indians: and entering AT twelve
o'clock Friday night. .,....
~ The eeLieutenant. in command told him
that they had FIVE hundred cpersor S, chiefly
women and children, in. the Fort; that
the force was small that they had been
fighting FIVE days and were very much .ex-'
haustcd, and advised him to strike across
the prairie to Henderson.
They saw, three or four miles from the
Fort, a boy |. ing dead by the wayside,
and some Indians on horseback: T. - = :
They came by the way Of C'umm;;ns and
Eoorploee, aud found every house on the
way deserted, doors not locked, oxen
yoked aud fastened, and evidences Of
panic and hasty ight.
The Mission party came safely through,
some of them stopping at St. Peter aud
others at Henderson. MIR Riggs will be
in st. Paul this weok. His house was
robbed few hours after they left it, and
it is supposed that they would all have
persisted had they remained.
DR.. Williamson is at St. Peter.
The immediate occas on of the ;usurrec-
tion is supposed to be the delay of pay
ment Of annuities, though it is thought
that the difficulty has been growing for
two or three years.
DR.. Williamson believes that the pr;n-
cipal cause Of it is, that the lnkpaduda
massacre was never. properly punished.
The ]awless tribes, having obtained 50
much booty for nothing, and without pun.
ishment, supposed that they might cou,-
nit similar depredations with lmpunity.-
Press, Aug. 28.