The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-12

The creek, Wnor6 they stOOd ana uareu Us oD,
waving their blankets, brandishing their
swords and reckoning US to come. We
fomed in line of battle and pushed on to
the encampment, the savsges, in the mean
time keeping good The distance between us,
and cot into Cnpt Grants camp, the men
nearly exhausted from the want of food and
rest The tents were completely r;cdled
with balls; over AZ men were wounded and
IS lay dead where they fell. The following
is list Of the killed and wounded:
KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF BIRCH CooLIE..
|. William Cobb. OF st Paul, shot in the groin.
2, John Coolidge, Of West ST Paul, shot il
). William Wheatler, of West st Paul, shot
4. George Coulter, of St Paul, nephew of
Charles Coulter, shot in the breast.
5. William Russell, of st Paul, shot in the
bowels.
6. Chauncey l. King. of Winona, shot in the
:. Hubert Smith, blacksmith of the Lower
Agency.
5. David Holbrook. of Belle PLANE
O.. Teamster-name not obtained.
10 Robert Baxter, Of st Paul. shot in the
s1e or heart.
IL. + Beneken, jeweller, of St Paul, shot in
the head.
II. Benjamin S Terry, of St Paul. Sd SER
geant of the Young Mems Guard, shot in the
head.
These twelve were buried in row of graves
and numbered, commencing at the south side.
Is. S r Henderson, of Beaver Creek, buried
separately from the others.
Three or four left the camp, and, with one
exception. are supposed to be killed.
NOTE.-These twelve, above marked, had
decent Christian burial. Corporal Baneken,
Sergeant Terry and Sergeant Baxter had their
faces wasted and hair combed. Lieutenant
Stees has Beneken's personal effects, LleI-
tenant Prescott has Terry's, and William Hart
has BaXter's, and lock of hair of each.
IA. William Irvine, wounded fatally, died
on the way down to Fort Rdgley, on the night
of Wednesday.
WOUNDED OF THE SIXT22 REGIMENT
l. Louis Klngcomer, Sigel Guards, wound
ed in the calf of the leg.
q CT Cole, Union Guards. wounded in the
left side and shcuder-serious.
3. E Blaze, Union Guards, fractured skull.
will probably recover.
As C Arbuckle, Union Guards, flesh wound
in the leg.
5. Christopher swaget, Hennepin Guards,
flesh wound OF arm.
o. AIVlu 1aJIOrus OulOu OduIuSs uoSu HOUlA
of left shoulder.
Z. w A Newcomb, Union Guards, wound of
hoad and ehOuIder-probably fatal.
8. Enoch Brown. Union Gilards, flesh wound
of head and leg, also wound of the back.
8, Andrew Thompson, Hickory Guards,
flesh wound of the arm.
10. Sanders Welting, Union Guards, flesh
IL. D VIC House, Union Guards, flesh
wound of the leg.
Il. Joseph Stanley, Union Guards, wound
in the eye-fatal.
IS. Henry ROlleau. Union Guards. wound in
the eye---fatal.
IA. is Bean, Saltwater Guards, wound of
the cheek, passing through the face doing
well.
Is. RK Boyd, Goodhue Guards. flesh wound
of cheek and shoulder.
l6. Seth Fielding, Union Guards, flesh
wound of leg.
II. Charles William Smith. Union Guards,
fracture of the shoulder.
Is. Richard Miller, Sigel Guards, flesh
wound of hand and fore arm, and of the back.
IS. Lieut. E Baldwin, Union Guards, slight
wound of scalp.
WOUNDED OF THE TENTH REGIMENT.
/. Joseph Kline. Pinery Guards, flesh wound
of forehead.
2. Louis Mcdonald, Pinery Guards, flesh
wound of the thigh.
l. Thomas Barton, two wOunds-One of the
chest, end fractured scapula.
2. A H Bunker, flesh wound of fore arm.
8. David NJ Smith, wound of right elbow
and fore arm.
4. James Cunningham, wound of left shout.
der.
S. r Gibbons. wound in the right side-seri.
Gus but not dangerous.
6. John Nation. flesh wound in the shoulder.
7.CF Truxel. flesh wound of the thigh.
8. Capt. Joseph Anderson, wound of foot
and shoulder-not serious.
WOUNDED TRANSFERS.
/. Frederick Rose, flesh wound of the calf of
2. j Sherwin, wound of the chest.
3. John Shaska. flesh wound of the shoulder.
4. W Torman, flesh wound of the thigh and
scalp.
WOUNDED CITIZENS.
l. Major Galbraith, flesh wound of the calf
of the leg.
2. Major R Brown, wound of the scalp.
8. David Blair, slight wound of hand.
4. George Redfield. aid to Colonel Sibley,
wound foot.
5. Petrus Burkman, flesh wound of thigh.
6. j W Decamp, of Belle PLANE, fractured
skull-probably fatal.
And number more slightly wounded.
Having buried the dead and put the
wounded, with all that could be done for
their relief, III ambulance wagons, we re-
turned to the Fort and got in at midnight,
tired and completely worn out with two
days hard fighting and incessant marching.
Here the expedition will wait for reinforce.
ments of cavalry, without good and suf-
ficient force of which it is Impossible to eff.
feet anything against the Indians. The
events of the past two days show conclu-
sively that the course taken in the matter
by Col Sibley, though severely criticised
by some, is the only one to ensure success.
Had be sent out scattering detachments, as
numbers not as we'll acquainted with these
matters were clamorous for him to do, the
same fate would have awaited them all that
would have inevitably befallen Captain
Grants detachment had they not been re-
lieved when they were--they would have
all been cut to pieces. Infantry alone can
accomplish but little in an Indian warfare,
and we have no fully equipped cavalry.
We learn from Lieutenant Stees that
the name of the woman picked up by
Captain Grant was Mrs. Fred. Krei.
ger. She had thirteen buck shot in her back
and had been hid in the woods for nearly