Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-16
FHE 'NDEAN WAX IN MINNESOTA
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The PariieHiars Of the Late Ri.inr.

:, OF ahe Late AistuE 3
! We ful in the St. Paul Pioaesr-ef the 2i
i lengthy report by Liautanant Governor Don
I nelly, ot particulars Of the late rising Of th.
Sioux ia Minnesota
The trst signs Of danger were on The i7th o
/ August. at Acton, IN Meeksr county where Eve
persons were murdered. The next day the To-
diaus were active through Brown county, wher'
one hundred and ten persons were killed. Th.
same day Captain Marsh, who had marcbs-
from Fort Edgley, Was ambuscadsd and cui
ot, losing some twsuty-iOur our 0i forty men.
On the l9.h the Indians made their FIRST attack
on New ULm, containing then two thousand
people, most Of whom bad 90sked inso it foi
safety. AZ SIX P. 81, a company under Judge
Elandrau, reached the town and drove Of the
indians. They then went 70 Fort Ridgley,
some eighteen miles distant, where they arrived
the next morning. the 2J.h- Governor D0unely
says:
1t weg a surprise The first announcement
was @ 7oley fired through one Of the openings
or entrances into the parade ground Of the fort.
doing - once deadly execution.
The man were rallied to their posts Sargssnt
Jones, ordnance sergest, attempted to use his
/ guns, but to his surprise found they would not
work A h0witZsr vas brought into pIav. and
Ia tHe meantime the sergeant drew the chsrvss
from his pieces and found that rags had been
stuffed into them
This was the critical moment.
Had the courage Of she Indians been egual b
She opportunity the fort would have fallen Tbs
garrison was alarmed, the women and children
screaming with uncoutrola0le panic, and the
guns for a time disabled. Bat the m0rnsut
/ passed. never to return.
/ The treachery Of rendering the guns useless
! W las laid % the charge Of some bslf-brseds ,Tbs
soon after deserted. 1. is bus just, however, 10
I adj, II thls connection, thai number Of other
I half breeds who remained were through AZ the
/ struggle most faithful, and fought with remark
( able courage.
The attack lasted from 81 to So o'clock p. IF.
/ The lndiaus hrsd from tine high grass and be-
hnd out-louses, logs and every Jthsr object tbst
could aIfJTd them shelter.
4 DUing the Struggle the garrison lost three
/ killed and eight wounded.
Next day they made two more attsck8. and on
/ the succeeding day suO-hsr-sl ursucesssfi,i.
( The last attsck lasted i've hours. gud Ess very
fierce, inH.cting, however, bus little loss As tho
men inside were well protected
On Saturday, the 23d, the IudiRns drew Oft %
make another attack on New Ulm On .halr
way they fired lsrga number Of buildings. Tbs
second attack on the town Commenced abous
noon.
The pickets were first driven In they ralliej;
the garrison went TO their assistance 10 turn
they fell back into town
The fight ragged from house 70 hcass. Ths
Indians 10 a few minutes had fifteen hgasss 10 A
blaze. They hid b5hind empty buildings. be-
bind tie bluff, aud in piece Of timber or brush
al the lower end Cf the town Their arms wers
found to De excellent, and their aim terribly o..
cUrste.
Five o'clock was the turning point "a tbs
struggle. At this time it seemed as If ths In
diaEs would capture the town The gemark
able gailsuuy OF Captain Flaudrau alone pre-
vented this result, aud prevented a massacre
which for magnitude would have been 4ffboBt
parallel ia the history Of Indian warfare.
Hs rallied his men, and charging az their
bead, drove the Indians cut Of the brush az the
lower end Of town the point whence they had
inflicted the greatest injury upon the garrison
All night the burning Of the houses continued.
The hEiag OF the guns continued until tea
o clock AT ihat time the Indians fell back.
formed jl.to great parties and had war dances.
shouting and singing al through the night
Daring the hours Of darkness tie besieged
force was not idle.
a portion of the town-ab0ut one-Hal-waz
selected the streets around it bsrrieadsd. and
ali the Tsst % the town fired. The advantages
OF tins step are manifest. By ii the defending
force was concentrated INTO a more Fmited
space, tie barrcsding Of the streets prevented
the Indians charging through them while the
destruction Of the town left au oDen sDaes
arcuad the besieged. across which no Iui.sns
dare venture.
During the 6ght ten men were killed and
about hlty wounded. The loss on the part Of
the Indians could not have been less than forty.
They were seen to haul off four wagoit loads Of
dead
Oa sunday one hundred and fifty msn, under
Capt. Cox, arrived and the Indians withdrew.
after having opened and kept up a feeble IRE on
the town for abjut one hour. Oa Monday, the
27sn' the town was abandoned, the people there
going to Mankato.
IEe number supposed 60 have been kflIeI fn-
c.uding men, women and children, is three hun.
dTed and eighty-two. Bat it is hoped that as
reported Little Crow, the Sioux chief, holds ag
prisoners some two hundred Of those reekoued
among the dead. The Indian force is cslcula.sd
as five hundred OF about half Of the whole tribe
The Tum0rs that the Chippewas had rise.I
against the whites, proved 10 be unfoundsd :.
correspondent of the Pioneer says:
These Indians have complained Of having
been deIrsUded Out Of portion Of their snuui-
ties by the late agent; and some months since
Hoe-iu- the-Day went to Washington and de-
manded Of the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
and the Secretary Of the Interior sn inYesEga-
ton Of the matter.
This was promised him Immediately, but ths
investigation was deferred, until the Indiaus.
becoming impatient, assembled q small number
and killed three oxen belonging to the Indian
farm Agent Walker then ordered q squad OF
troops 10 arrest Hole in-the-Day. He was found
at Crow Wing alone and unarmed with the
exception Of revolver, and seeing the troops
in pursuit, he threw 0h his blanket and ran for
his house, two miles above Crow Wing, where
lie arrived, and in great haste took his wife and
children into a canoe and crossed the riTer Ac
about the moment he .auded on the west bank
OF ire river, Sergean. Stacy, with two privates.
arrived on the opposite bank sHd ordered him 70
halt or be would TIRE and not being Obeyed tha
sergeant gave orders to FIRE Hole-in-the-Dsy
then tgrned ErOaHd and retained the nre with
bis revolver.
Aud thus ended the SIGHT so graphically de-
scribei by the cOmmandaut Of Fort Ripley rs
having taken place between tWsnty-six Of bis
command and nifty Indian warriors undar Hole
in-the-Day.
Large numbers of settlers have LEFT the eoun-
Try during the panic created BY false and exag-
gsrsted reports Of the numbers and disposition
ef Indians at Gull Lake. Oo the vsrr evsning,
that the commanding officer at Fort Ripley
saved that post from capture By bis proFnnf
ness 1 was having " talk " with Hole-in-
the-Day st Gull Lake, twenty-thrse miles from
the fort Lett Gull Lake at nine P d., and not
an indian was seen between there and the fors
except two or three old decrepid onss With tbelr
squaws at Crow Wing.
Z kaFAcAtafs OF the Couscrtpt Capture aE
Suffolk, Virginia.
New York Herald's Corrsspoudenoe.l
SUFFOLK, Va, Sept. IA detachment or
Dodgs's New York mounted rifles was dispatched
upon a scout on Monday, under the command
Of Major Wheeleu. The party proceeded about
thirty-ive miles from this place, sud Rhsu aboHt
twelve nailes west Of South Mills they came
upon a company Of rebels, on their way to Rich
moud M8ior Wheelen made such a disposition
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whole command, consisting Of two commissioned
E-inars and rna hnrlraf and alaran nrsrata. ~