Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-09-18
More About the Indians.

We give the following from q com
munication in the La Crosse Democrat OF
the 9Th inst, relative to the. Indians
causing the trouble in Minnesota
The Indian force there, is much larg-
Ell than people think for. The Annuity
Sioux, who are supported by the Y. s.
Government, and the wild Sioux, who
live by hunting, with the Yanktonaes,
Cissitons, Crooked Foots and one band
of Winnebagoes, numbering about 10,
600 able warriors. They had a big
dance a few weeks since, and all joined
together.
AS an illustration of what sort of be-
ings they are, we give an item concern
ing one of the Sioux Chiefs, Grey O,ol.
He is large Indian, weighing two hun
dred and forty pounds-never known
to smile. The past summer he bet ten
dollars with a gentlemen there, that he
could run from Yellow Medicine to the
Lower Agency-a distance of thirty five
miles, in less time than the gentleman
could drive it with a good horse he had,
in an open buggy. The result was that
/ Grey Orl ran the thirty-fve miles in
too hours and seren minutes, beating the
horse by three quarters of an hour
The Indian came in, gave two whoops,
Jumped around, took some whiskey, and
was ready to try it. again. The horse
did not get over the drive in week,
while the Indian did not mind the Eek
ercise in the least.
They fight naked. Their guns are of
longer range than any our folks have, as
they will throw a ball three-quarters of
mile, and kill a man They ride upon
their ponies, which are trained to be
guided by touch of the foot or hand,
to long rifle range and dismomt, when
the ponies lie as close to the ground as a
DOG would-and lie there still till the
warrior returns and wishes him to rise
No saddles or halters are used. The
Indians are naked, and so near the color
of the dark earth or brown grass that
they are hard to discover, except by
trained eyes.
Mr.. West while fighting at New Ulm
was on the ground behind low en-
trcnchment, looking to see that no Indi-
ans came that way; but one did succeed
in crawling on the ground to within six
rods of him. Soon as Mr.. West saw the
Indian, he fell close behind his breast
work, took aim with his rifle and shot
the savage just as he was turning to
crawl off again This Indian had a
double barelled shot gun and was ma
ked.
Some of the Indians guns threw balls
through an eight inch brick wall These
balls were piched up in the rooms on the
floor where they had fell, fattcned from
the opposite wall, and weighing nearly
three ounces. There is no doubt the
guns were furnished by the rebels.
About one hundred men of that part
Of Minnesota, whose wives have been
killed, ravished or carried into cruel cap
tivity by the Indians, have banded to-
gether and swear by the Eternal God,
that from this time till death, their lives
will be dedicated to revenge on the saw
age devils who turn upon those who
have always been their friends. Mr..
West is one of the number, and the air
of determination shown when he told his
purpose, evinced no good will toward any
of the red race. This company Of avcng-
ers start from Fort Ridgely on Monday
of next week, prepared with arms and
ammunition.
The captured cattle, captive women
and children, with other stolen property
has been taken to Grow Lake, we be
licve he said, and left in the care Of the
squaws and children, while the braves
or warriors, were to return to their mis-
sion of death.
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