Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-08-27
Terrible Indian Massacre In
Minnesota.
100 Persons Reported Killed.

! Reliable information from Fort Ridge
way confirms without doubt all previous
reports
| Mr.. Wyk off, Assistant Superintendent,
on his way TO the upper agency, met the
messenger SIX miles from Fort RIdgeway
! Monday morning announcing the outbreak
at the lower Sioux agency and the muir
( der of all the whites except FIVE.
Capt. Marsh set out Immediately with
- men. at the ferry opposite the agency
they encountered a large BODY Of warriors
WHO opened fire upou them
After few voileys q large body Of am
pushed Indians in the rear fred upon
them killing number Our men at
tempted TO retreat across the river.
While in the water The Indians killed the
captcin, three sergeants, and four corpor-
ais
Seventeen returned to the fort Monday
night
Light from burning buildings and grain
stacks were seen IN all directions, and
escaped citizens came into the Fort during
the night giving accounts Of horrors too
terrible for Imagination to conceive.
Mothers came IN in rags and bareioo.ed,
whose husbands aud children were
slaughtered before their eyes. Children
came IN who witnessed the murder Of
their parents or their burning in their
own house. The roads to New REIN is
lined with the bodies Of murdered men,
women and children
!. J. Porter, of Mankato, member of
the last Minnesota Legislature, arrived
here last evening for arms He was one
Of the committee sent to New Relm to
learn the truth of the reported murders
lie arrived at New Rein Tuesday morn
ing nd found the people preparing to hu
~ Tie dead. Five persons were murder
ed. and others terribly mutulatcd
He saw four persons wounded in one
room cut with matches III the head and
arms, and a little girl cut across the face
breast and side, and little boy dreadful
IL cut up also middle aged woman in
the adj lining room; saw a child with his
head cut of, and y others mutilated with
.as'es.
The people in New REIN are drilling
with what arms they can get, fully awake
to danger and determined to defend the
town to the last
Mir. Porter left New Rein on Tuesday
morning and was ovcrtaken by a man
who reported that the Indians attacked
the town 2p0 strong. They burned sew
eral buildings.
Letters to Gov Ramsey say chat hun
dreds are known to be killed, and it is be-
Heyed thousand
Gov. Ramsey yesterday ordered the
militia with horses to the scene of &C
ton.
LATER
Further particulars Of the Indian mas
sacre in Minnesota are contained below
1t Is one of the wickedcst and most unac-
countable OF Indian atrocities We rec
ognlse several Of the victims as most es-
teemed personal acquaihtences,
st Paul, Aug %.
Parties from the Minnesota river reach
ed here last njrI,t
The scouts estimate the number Of the
whites already killed bv the Souix at Eve
hundred. The opinion is based on the
number of bodies discovered aIonlr the
road and trails.
1t ! believed the missionaries have all
been killed
The civilized indians exceeded their
sarare brethercn IN atrocities.
Mr.. Frener, az Interpreter who has
spent most Of his life among the Indians.
volunteered e. 20 alone. trusting to his
knowledge of the Jpdians and discussed
to eseape detection He dressed and main
ted ia Saya.-e style aud arrived at the IN
ner araucv a. night
1t is literally a hsbitrtion of death -
He visited all the houses aud saw their
former OCCUPANTS living dead. some en- the
doorsteps, some inside, and Others scatter
ed in wards
He went to the house of Hon. ! Brown.
and recognised every member of his fam
iIv. lust e!sbtccn IN ali. murdered IN cold
blood
He visited Beaver Greek and found fiftv
families killed.
4. the agency he RECOGNISED \. Owens
ana family Mr. GilLraith and children.
nr WokctaId ami family. John Fodder.
sionaries Rev. DIR. Williamson and Rev
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