Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-25
More Indian lIissacrrs.


From the ST. Paul Press, November IL
a correspondent Of the MAnksto Record, Wrz
II Sargent, who ief shst place in May last, for
the Salmon river mines, writing now from Raft
river, in Washington Territory, August lth,
gives the following detailed sccouRt of the out
RACES and murders perpetraied By tho Sioux on
bis own and other parties who had taken ihe
same route 10 the StlmoR river mines.
It will be seen that several citizsns Of ST.
Paul are mentioned as killed, or in the parties
exposed to these attacks Of the savage bsnditti
The facts given are Of the utmost importance at
this jdncture. as they substsntiats the theory Of
a Widespread hostile combination Of the Sioux,
Of which the outbreak in Minnesota was but q
part.
It will be seen from this account, that he
Sioux Indians Of the plains and mountain
passes in Western Nebraska and beyond, were
engaged in general massacre Of al the parties
Of emigrsnts which fell in their way, about TIE
same time that thu bloody outbreak at Red
Wood and Yellow Medicine in this State, Oc
Cured. The Simultaneous news Of these out
RACES at such widely distant points is sugges-
tive, and may afford Useful hint 70 those per
sons who the telegraph tells are making effort
to effect permanent peace with the conquered
Sioux Of Minnesota:
After leaving P ate river, we heard many re-
ports of Indian ousrsgss sAead Of rs, and were
told that It would DO Impossible for us 10 travel
the Lander road on account Of then. We came
on and found the reports much exaggerated
though the stock fom the mail stations had
been driven of on the Sweet Water river. ani
we saw several new graves of emigrants killed
by them. Sill we saw no Indians all the way
up the Sweet Water, nor on Lsndsr's road, til
within hfeen or twenty miles of Fort Hall
not ore. and we began 10 Be careless about the
matter; though ws were in a longer train, com
mandsd BY Capt Bristol, Of Ripon, Wis, and
kept up a strong guard sTsTy night.
We still spprehsn3e1 no trouble I'LL nssr
camping time on last Saturday sfsrnoon the
Oh inst One of our party, who had Eono
ahead Of the train, came riding back at full
speed, and said the Indians had attacked
train Of twelve wagons, killing some Of the
poeple, and driving Of all ihs stoef, except one
horse, and Tsbbing the wagons Of al ihs pro-
visions, and that Ihey we're anxious for our
trains TO 20 forward and camp with them. Aa
advance and rear guard was placed 70 oar train
snd We hurried forward till dark, passing the
battle field, marked with blood and strswn with
all kinds Of provisions, bedding, wearing ap-
parsl etc.
Night came on and We were obliged to 20
into camp for the night, without learning any
thing more Of The affair. By daylight il the
morning our train vas in motion, which brought
found Tiers had been an attack made (at first
with arrows, bat continued with rifles upon two
trains simultaneously, about two miles apart
The trsins were n motiOn-one Of twelve and
the other of eight wagons. The snail tram was
from Iowa city and commanded By Captain
J. Hunter. This train lost Captain Hunier
killed, and a gentleman from New York city BY
the name Of G. Bulwinkle (He had some
cards Of old dats showing former address to
have besn 374 Sixth GVeuue.)
The other train had one man killed, massinO
Lippi, "a Italian By birth, from ST. Paul, Mime
sofa, This man had two partners from the same
place, Z. Robert aud Giovanni BOnveauti, tbs
latter Of whom was slightly wounded in several
places, but Robert escaped without. a scratch
They started with D. ". G. DunHell and par.
~, from West St. Paul, bat parted company
with them about one hundred miles below Fort
laramie. They had one mule shot and the
other two taken off They also lost al their
bedding, wearing apparel and provisions, ex
ceps some two or three hundred pounds Of
-four and bacon. There were Eve of them wound
ed-one Of them lady.
When we got % the camp there were two
other large trains with the suff,rsrs-Captain
Kennedy with thirty-six wagons, and another
from Iowa, called the NewbeTn colony, with
fcrty. We helped bury tho dead, and then q
party Of some forty men was found to 20 in pur
suit aud, if possible, recover the stock. Soon
after courier came back with the intelligence
thai they bad had fight on the bluffs, some
four mites from the rosi, and had been beaten
back, with loss of several killed and others
wounded. Roosevelt and Keegsrries went to
the war, and your humble correspondent re-
msined in the homo guard The result OF
this day was two killed and recovered, and
three missing, undoubtedly killed, which we
were forced 10 lsave CAP Kennedy Is thought
TO be mOrtally wounded.
The Indians (the Snakss) were in large force,
and it was not considered prudent for us to stay
longer in that camp, though We numbsr now
nearly two hundred wagons. judge We are
nearly fOrty-fve miles from Fort Hall, and this
happened some fifteen miles from here towards
the fort The whole fight sums up Eve killed,
two missing, eleven wounded-ons MORALLY
There were sOmeshiDg ike one hundred oxen,
Two mules and four horses lost. The iowa City
train had mu'eS and horses, but saved all except
Roharas'