St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-09

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there. Hurryi"- on we camped that night
IT Pom. &c de Ter re Station :hence. tho
next dsy tn THE old cn'rrir4 on the Otter
Tail river. The Station House and stables
we're burned. and everything that w.s not
carried Of or otLerwi G. destroyed, waG
thrown into the river: Here the oxen
belonging to Capt. Barrett's> company
st'sYed IT. The next morning being fog-
gy they could not dnd the" and, unwil.
ling to wait, the commander ordered :apt
Ba ret to ay, with his company, till
9 o'clock. and f the cattle could not be-
found by that time, t' proceed without
them. l was not williog to leave a part
ot our men behind aud ordered the 6rst
division IT my cavalry to stay Nth M
and help Capt. Barrett recover his oxen.
which VIC did after long search, and ar
rived safely at the post thst night l will
here say that We saw no Indians that day,
but some were seen by the co,npsn in
advance, though beyond their reach, on
the opposite side Of the river Next
morning about two thirds of my c mp. ny
with some Of the citizens and 9th SOL
diers went in sea cl, If the bodies Of two
men, who were killed the day We ct there
The bodies were soou found horribly
mang' and were buried that day. The
father If one, Mr. Wright, requested the
services Of ev Blain; which services
were ch'erfully given
On Thursday, the 18th, orr company
", ut in search and found $50 sheep drov.
them in, aud in thu aft, ruu,u went IS an
escort to company {" di & potatoes. ln
the e'c'.ing our orderly With other ines
sen. ers were dispatched f"r St. Cloud ."d
st Paul. Or Friday morning abrut !
"'cI"ck Sept. 10th, while tur men were
watering their horses at the river . party
Of Sioux Indians fred volley Of abou' 20
shots n'vr'alIy wounding John Weisng &, q
teamster from. st. Cloud from which
wounds he died thr same ,:ight About
ten "'c!ock x-h"r.e ati * were also kill
Cd. John II Ray mo"d> having pail Of
water ia rac!, taAd had Just reached the
top If the River .auk when he 6'st vol.
''.y was fred a bullet l.ielcin:: the tucket
ia his lett hand. Several others were cx-
posed to the fire, but none hurt From
bthind the lug cabins and trtaet work. the
lire Was immediately returned with effect.
MIR. Tanner aud his two sous, seeing two
Sioux near lie river bank fred on them
they both fell one Of them into the water.
'omrads Immediately dragged them Of,
une Of til, M evidently dead. Mr.. Brrnsm
was seen to fire aud kill one Indian. I
also fired ut one, and Nr. Bingham aud
se> e,al others saw him fall evidently dead.
Mr GRAFT, IF Capt. Barrett's Co., shot one
near the top of y large tree 4 large mum
Der saw him fall aud l'.dge in TO k,'''
whcnc, his compani's drugsed him fl:
In 4 '.s moments howitxer was brought
around and few shells thrown iu the
w"ods when tie foe ceased firing. My
men were then ordered to mount; and,
with fifty men Of the Min,. Sd aud how.
itzer, We started over the prairie up the
river When alout two miles frou the
Fort, We came upon the Sioux camp, the
skulking red skins sk,daddliny through
the brush across the River, rather than
fight. Mr.. Tanner, being one of OUT
>cvu,s fred On them. also fred one
shot, but probably without effect Us 1 saw
my target iudistinctly rs it vanished away
AMONG the brush, they replied with yelis,
but nothing more A shell Or two either
sill. need them or drove them away beyond
our re'ch Iu their camp We found ~.
iety Of plu"der Of which we took whut
va Of worth and burned the rest. 1t IL
thought that they were o" their way from
Georgetown. " the liquor and some other
things were supposed to have been brought
f. NJ there. 1t is supposed that George.
town has fallen mo their hands.
l have been assisting in gathering what.
ever could b. found. iu tho vicinity, for
the maintenance Of ,h' post. On Sunday
the .s'h, Will. hunting sheep, hic!, had
straye'l from the post. We s.w three Sioux
scouts acros> the " lid Rics river aud be.
yond our reach. ;.
Indians ar,. i, ~, cu neurlv every dxv sknlk.