Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-08-29
INDIAN MassACRE I'm MIsNEsorA.

| INDIAN MASSACRE IN MINNESOTA.
In the vicinity of Fort Ridgley, Minnesota,
the Indians recently commenced a war of ex-
termination on the whites. The Indians are
principally of the Sioux tribe We make
some extracts of accounts received via St.
Paul, dated the 22nd inst:
| Reliable information from Fort Ridgley
confirms without doubt all previous reports.
Mr.. Wykof Assistant Superintendent, on the
way to the upper agency, met a messenger,
six miles from Fort Ridgley, Monday A. ~
announcing an out break at the Lower Sioux
to muster all whites except few.
Capt. Marsh set out Immediately with for
| ty-five men at the ferry opposite, the agen-
cy encountered large body of warriors who
opened fire on him. After few voleys Il
| large body of ambushed Indians in the rear
! fired upon them, killing number Our men
retreated and attempted to cross the river
While in the water the Indians killed the
Captain, three scrgeants, four corporals, and
seventeen returned to the Fort Monday night
Light from burning buildings and grain
stacks was seen in all directions, and escaped
citizens came into the Fort during the night
giving accounts of horror too terrible for i'm
agination to conceive. Mothers came in rags
and barefooted. whose husbands and children
were slaughtered before,,their eyes. Children
came who witnessed their parents or friends
burning in their own houses. The roads in
the direction of New Elm were lined with
murdered women and children.
Mr.. Porter, of Mankato, member of the
last Minnesota Legislature, arrived here last
evening for arms. He was one of the COM
mittee sent to New Elm to learn the truth of
the reported murders, arrived from New Elm
Tuesday, morning, preparing to bury five
persons murdered, others being brought in
most terribly mutiated. Some four persons
were wounded in one room, cut with hatchets
in the head and arms. A little girl was cut
across the face, breast and side; little boy
ives dreadfully cut up, also middle aged
woman in an adjoining room saw her child
with its head cut off, and twenty seven others
mutilated with gashes.
The people of New Elm are drilling with
what arms they can get, and are determined
to defend the town to the last Mr.. Porter
left New Elm Tuesday morning, and was ov-
ertaken by man who reported that the In
dams attacked the town 200 strong, at 5 P.
NJ. and burned several buildings. Several
citizens We're seen to fall. The people gath
cred together and had barricaded the streets
Other letters to Gov. Ramsey say hundreds
are known to be killed, and believed thous-
ands. Gov. Ramsey yesterday ordered the
militia force to the scene of action.
The following is one day later:
sr. PAUL, Aug. %.
Parties from the Minnesota River reached
here last night, state that scouts estimate the
number of whites already killed by the Sioux
is five hundred. The opinion is based on
the number of bodies discovered along the
road and trails. 1t is believed all the mis-
sionaries were killed. The civilized Indians
exceed their savage brethren in atrocities
Mr.. Frcnzler, an interpreter who has spent
most Of his life among the Indians volunteer
ed to go alone, trusting to knowledge, to the
Indians, and disguised, to escape detection
dressed, painted in savage style, and arrived
at the Upper Agency at night. The place
was literally habitatons of the dead. Wis
tied all houses and saw farmer occupants ~
ing dead, some on door steps, md some scat
tered in the yards. He went to the house Of
Hon. j. B. Brown, recognized every member
of the family, eighteen in all, murdered =
he visited Beaver Creek, found fifty families
killed; went to every house and recognized
bodies Of nearly all former inhabitants.
The force gone to relieve TT. Ridgely re-
ports that the Sioux bands united in carrying
out terrible and desperate scheme, and says
they will only be too happy to find so power
full supporting bands of Yankton, and other
Indians not united with them.
Mr.. Frenzier, the disguised interpreter
writes Gov. Ramsey from Henderson, 2lst,
says he left Fort Ridgely at P NJ, and
there were then 1000 Indians around Fort
Ridgley, and the wooden buildings wero
burning, and thinks that other tribes are
joining the Sioux, and present formidable
army.
A reliable letter dated Glenco Dist says
injury was done by stampede of the settlers.
Another scene of woe can hardly be found
in the South as in McLead, Meeker, and the
northern part of Sibley and other counties.
In St. Paul and adjoining county all available
horses are being gathered up, all sorts of
weapons will be used by willing hands for
immediate and summary punishment of these
audacious and rascally Indians.
Later accounts confirm the above. The
Indians are said to be from 5000 to 10000
strong, and nearly all mounted. Tbs Saint
Paul Press says that the out break was not
occasioned by any neglect on the part Of the
Government or its agents to pay the annu-
tiles in coin as has been charged; but that
the savages have been tempered with and
influenced by traitorous white men who are
in sympathy with the Southern secessionists.
No retribution would be too terrible for so
fendish and heartless an act as this.
<9-G-
JUDGE HUBBARD.-The Sioux City Regis
ter, loyal Democratic paper, edited by the
Hon. Patrick Robb, speaks in the following
complimentary tones of our congressional
nominee:
The Republicans Of this Congressional
District have rendered the nomination for
Congress to Judge Hubbard this city. We
have always differed with the Judge polit-
cally, but we regard him by far the ablest,
fittest and safest Republican in the District
for the position to which he has been NOM
mated The pponle OF this Tudic;al Dictrict