St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-09-04

sss a. e MT. EAleOv alytYcQ 1TOM EOft
Ripley with news that the Chippcyas
have relusbd Is trsat and have treated ,hs
Qonmis fionets pasty With insult aud oon.
tempt Last night the news from Fort
Ahe,crp.nbie MS that the Red Lake chip
ptwss, impstisnt It the delay Of lie Com,
inissioners who were to have gone TO treat
with them. were onzthe pointaof IN out.
break. They slapped the ateamerr Inter:
national, on her last "Trip up ff,m Fort
Garry and only on the pledge Of sIlh& ssp.
tain that their treaty goodsS and uoaey
we're at Georgetown where The co,li,nllii>~
sioners woald meet them ut once, did lie
ger ~feave' to proceed. The goods ha &c |
been sent to Fort Abercrombis tor SITE
Keeping und Of course this pledge will be
taken US cause Of quarrel. All regular
means Of communication between this aud
the Hudson Bay settlements il now cut
off .he general feeling, this Afternoon.
is one Of gloom aud apprehension, It is
50 evident that Gov. Rams> is obliviaus
Of the danger that appears imminent, ut
this point, that u feeling Of utter helpless
ness has seized upon many With the ey.
idence Of two witnesses whose testimony
would be taken in any court, that they
were in the Chippewa councils and k'mw
large portion Of them to be in league
with the Sioux to ext rminate the whites,
and to make St. Cloud the rendezvous: of
their tribes. Gov Ramsey has not sent
Que man here, but O." the contrary has or
dered our home guard to Fort Abcrcronl-
bic. From the fact that full evidence o.
the threatening aspect Of the Chipl'ewas
was laid upon him 8 da's ag'; aud that
since that time he has ordered our lueu
away and sent none here, while h. has ex-
pressed great surprise that our citizens
have made forti6cation for the protec i
ton Of women and children. and spoken
Of it with ri >icule, the people seel that
whatever our danger is it will be impossi
bic to convince him Of it in time to rem
der any assistance. OF the trouble ut Red
River he has as little understanding. LII
the Fort is besiegel. Of what use will be
the 50 men who will 80 from here? When
Gov. Sibley with $40 dare H., 90 to the
relict Of -RiIsley, how docs he expect our
so ;olunteers to face the fercer and lar
ger multitu'les of savaSes which could 50
easily be collected at Abercrombie ? i
Then. he has given no command to any
one in this region. All orders for ,alls,
movements must come from St. Paul
where it is impossible that the situation"
IF affairs eau b. understood, s'td with
which We cannot possibly communicate in
less than 48 hours. Should the IndiaSs
attack ", there is no .A.e authorized to
take command III snch E,zee as We might
BE- able t. raise, aud thus far it hss been
found impossible to obtain amy concert u
action.
We feel through it all that in some way,
God only knows how, the apparent da""
ger will be avertcd, or We as a people, he
enabled to meet it. We fell that he or
she who stands his or her glound and
steadily Looks danger in tie face, making
I'LL preparations which prudence can de.
wise, will look back to this time with pride,
aud thank fulncss but this docs not shut
our eyes to the fact, that with the kindest
IF hearts and the best Of intentions Gov.
Ramsey has failed to take proper precau-
tionary measures against the Imminent
danger here Of which he has been 50 thor
oughly forewarned.
The worst feature Of the case is that
the hero Of the Wright county war is at
the head Of the, expedition against the
Sioux. VI course he will never reach any
place until thu day after they have finish.
ed their work and left They can 20 to
Fort Abercronbi.', join the bands there
lay two weeks siege to that, aud 'hea
como to st. Cloud, Or divide aud take
both PLACES ut once aud give a fort.
night Of b,i,k tunes before Sibley gets out
of Minnesota Valley. As for the hand
tul Of men at Fort Ripley they will have
all they can d. to defend it, if attacked by
one half the Chippewa warriors aud the
other half can come here by their usual
route, Long Prairie, Or they can all come