The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-10-30

\ pa.duta at Spirit Lake, Ink pa,duta Isl
san ouliaw--a rowing bandit of the prai-
srie. His band consists of about 200.
3warriors, 81 OF whom have led from dlf
1 ferent Sioux tribes, having been outlaws
ed for murder. and other crimes. Ink,
pa-duta is now abop, sixYone years
old, straight as an arrow. active and aIhs
lcIic-a bold, fearless, dashiog "brigand'
: Of the border" All Of his band. who.
Care well mounted, plrtake of his charac-
ter, AMI are devoledly attached TO him,--
The neigUboring tribes lear him. and en-
4 deavor TO cultivate his friendship hsit
s he is too shrewd to cone within his grasp,
& skno~ing that they would put him to.
I death if they could secure him, Hebe4
longs to the Nank'io,nays-- hat is, he
ives born y lqpk.to-aay. The difficulty
/ gnow existing is with the Yank-lo.naysa
sipc'uling porlinn Of the Sissetons, and,
YanStuns, Ink.pa duta is believed To
I be now With them. In lhe dcstruclionI
Sqf New Ulm, ard the werAgency, hel
YVES not with lhem but it was knownl
ethat he had his emissaries among them.
/. The first murder committed by the In,l
4 dians was in August, at whiskey ha-l
Ader's, about seven miles north Of the
aLowor Agency, which is situated on the
sAllnnesota River. This took place inl
Sthe afternoon two whiskey traders being
I. Killed. There vote hu, lew Indiarsl
present at the time. That night the In.
! dams in large force moved upon tie
sseIllement After muidering all that
Sthey could find, they started for the
a Lower Agency, aud after destroying it,
&they started for the Bottom Wood set
Element, and followed down the stream
sto New Clm, below Fort Ridgley. Here
Saboui forty hunters had olready assem-
Sbled to defend the place, and had thel
sGeman citizens there displayed any
scourage the Indians would have been
srepulsed with hut little damage. From
y New Ulm they went around Fort,Ridg.i
8 ley and attacked the Upper Age6cy. arIl
Stbtn returned 20 the attack Of Fort Ridsa
4ley, where they we're roppsed. From
zlhis pointthey moyed up the Upper Min.3
nosota, and are now cncomppd al Laks'
rbsc que par'e, except Two or three bands
$iha' arr lowering between Lac. gge- -parisI
Sand our forces; Their entire force, il is,
4 believed by the traders, does not oum
Esber moro than 5000 warriors, They
snaye a large supply of powderatbe gov
sernment having delivered to them seven
&ly.fye kegs two days before the outbreak,
Sthis, with what they have taken from the
3 traders, gives them about 5000 pounds
n Thewhole number Of persons inurdet.
Ecd is about three hundred and t@cnlyi
Sand il is known that they bave obout one
ahundred and thirty prisoners. These
S are persons who have been saved through
@the influence Of the half.breeds.
e Colonel Selby is now in the pursuit of
Hthc Indians with about five hundredI
8men, and at last accounts wos within
Stwenty miles oi them, waiting for noun
gtcd reinfortements. He is the right man
gin the right place. The only danger at
siendins his movements is the fear that
Swhen he has these Indians in tight
$placo, Pope will recall or supersede him,
B for fear that he will nnnihiIate them and
4 thus destroy bis magnilicen, plan for the
|ronduct Of a border war next summer on
sthe Florida plan. The Indian traders,
RsaIoon keepers and hotel keepers at ST.
SPanl lrown Indignantly upon he persons
4who suggest the annihilatiou OF these
Iprowling Sioux cui,throots before the.
gwn'er sets in, declaring that it is a war,
Sof their own, IN which other States have
sHo ri ghi to interfere.
/ "s"e heye, stranger" sail St. Paul
S"hdIorI, addressing person from below,
"a lew days since, "bain't yon been ma
<k'ng nice thing ont of that wer on the
& Potomac? ? snd here we never intericred, ;,
y 'ccpt to help you on with it, and now
swhat in thunder do you wantto end our
Swar Tor; We 'aint done you any harm, !
Hrecon +"
q BfD- Every soldier should keep in his
kqnPsack card, upon which, should be,
I inscribed his full name and address, With
,n'ss tUihpeNy aiil r6gimG6t. Last week !,
SWrites correspondent of the Baltimore
SUI. two coses.occured in which soldiers,
Swere Bought here ftom the battlefield
sooe,ill ana The other wounjed- beth too
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