Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-27
TIE INDIAN TRouBLEs.

DhtcAdOy Aug. 70.
Tho st. Paul Press Of the 24th SAYS
Careful consideration Of the evidence ac-
cumulated 50 far, forces the conviction Of
the influence Of white men at the bottom Of
the Indian massacres. For weeks past
white men have been among them. Re-
mote tribes like the YanctOns and Cut
! Heads .were moving in concert with the
Sioux. That such force should attack n
fortified artillery post like Fort Ridgely is
without precedent in Indian history, and
Indians butehering missionaries who have
spent their lives among them, and who in
ordinary disturbances would possess great
influence, all seems to indicate some di-
recting intelligence superior to that Of In
dians. We are forced to the conclusion
that this outbreak is a part of a deliber-
ately concerted plan, its purpose being to
embarrass and distract the General Gov
ernment by alarming it for the safety Of
the frontiers, and requiring the retention
Of large number Of troops who might
otherwise be differently engaged.
Latest from New Ulm state that on Sat
urday night the village was mostly burned
up. An arrival from Grow Wing direct
brings intelligence that Hole in the Day,
the great Chippewa chief, issued a procla-
nation that he would not be responsible for
the conduct Of the Indians after Tuesday
morning and advises the whites, to leave
the country before that time. Hole iu
the Day sends message to Commissioner
Dole and Judge Cooper, to come up and
make a treaty. The Chippewa agent,
against whom complaints have been made
by the Chippewas, is reported to have com
mitted suicide in O fit Of insanity. The
Chippewa difficulty following 80 close upon
the Sioux raid, causes great alarm in the
northern part Of the State.
Dispatches from Col Sibley of the 25th
say that he arrived at st. Peters on the
22d, and has been actively engaged in af-
fOrding all the aid possible to beleagured
villages. Major Fowler, with fifty mounted
men, made reconnaissance on the Fort
Ridgely route on the morning previous,
and returned to st. Peters at three o'clock
on the morning of the 25th bringing the
bodies Of some women killed within twenty
miles of st. Peters, and reports the destruc-
ton of property to be beyond calculation.
Indians attacked New Ulm on Saturday.
The fight continued until late in the even
ing and nothing has been heard from there
since. Gov. Sibley asks for a full regi-
ment to be at once sent up, and thinks
they and still more will be needed before
the Indians are subdued He thinks we
shall have four or five thousand warriors
to meet sooner or later.
L. A. Evans, Mayor of st. Cloud, writes
to the Governor that committee of citi-
zens, appointed to visit the scene of the re-
cent reported murders, had just returned.
They went as far as Paynesville and found
some two hundred persons in the vicinity
Of that place and Norway Lake murdered.
PaynesYille petitions the Governor to send
a company to protect the lives and proper
ty Of citizens of that place. In Stearns,
Meeks and Monongahela counties, many
persons have been driven from their
homes, leaving crops but partially har-
vested. Arrivals in this city from New
Ulm report the usual shocking scenes, too
horrible to recount.