St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-12-18

Haven, commencing On Saturday, the 27tA
inst, at o'clock r. NJ, and holding thru
tho following Sabbath. -
f. 1897 81 ". 9: PHILLIPS,
E-'n -aaie &e>@-: -
F''" Letter from Sank. Ceusfes Y.
Sank c1x1.aii;,' N MINI bsa., r. D6 a &
DEAR Loc4L-lt j, ~ ssldon Il - -.
thing happens to break the monotoay sf
garrison LITE; that 1'b1vS found ii 81,
difficult to keep My ptn1amassr Sei ~
you occasionally n.hoat sr;sp',n.4 ,5g
Ate~ DIR sgo,o however, tbsa1st &C
two eav.lry men, d, C.pt. :, ~ BON
pany, from hunt qstests eli vith The 10
port that they had come caa nponrI stee<nt H.
dian trail, caused a. good deal Of excite
meat. These men reported that, in FOL-
lowing up the trail Of a, large herd Of elk,
they cams upon unmist.lable signs Of H.
di.pe.s The :poeea.ins and pony tracks.
With. the certain knowledge that thore
were no whites in: that neighborhood.
Grove Lake, about fifteen miles from hore.
convinced all, who know about tho coun-.
Try, that, there xere Indians +Hoorx.viIr. to
be certain about it, tho next morning two
old trapper, y Capt. Wilson. company.
wore sent out u scouts, toHdneover tho
whereabouts Of the indians, willis Lieu
tenant Paist,' now in command d thn, pest
was making preparations to march out at
night, after tho return Of the scouts. 80 as
to come upon them befo'a morning and
capture or shoot them. The scouts. on
tb,iR IatarD; brought sherreport eha, they
had trailed the Indians beyond Lake Amc-
la-that they had evidently "suelt rat"
and had skedaddled away toward White
Bear Lake. On Their .r.y home they
found the remains Of Mr. Van Eaton, who
has been missing since the Indian massa-
ere, and who was suppoeed 10 have teen
killed at Grove Lake. It seems that he
had fed with others to Sank Centre, but.
against tie Inconsistencies Of all hn friends
had returned 10 bis. place to fetch away
some valuablee ho had left behind. His
body, or tho remains Of his body, for it
had been lgpaved: BY wolves and partly
burned BY prairie, fires, vas found about
six miles from here, brought i'd by order
Of Lieut.. .P.ist, and deeensly inferred yes-
terday evening, Rev. Mr.: Thompson, Of
Capt. Taylor's Cavalry, officiating: Mt.
Van Eaton left understand, . wife and
several children somewhe.e:in Iowa. I u.
20 learn that he was :. clergyman,
There is no doubt that the Sioux 1ndi.
ans are At present hanging all through
their usual hunting and trapping grounds
about the groves and lakes, from back Of
Forest Cit, 70 tie chirptv. Lakes. Tho
evideuee we>h.4e Of this ID derived from
the most reliable authority. Not many
trappers' ire venturing out this winter,
but most Of those Who have tpten out re-
port either Indians or Indian trails. I
have uot heard II lily oas being hurt, but
.there il good reason foitthat} d there i
nobody nov j. that range, so,be3 hurt
There ana. iavfaniilies ~ q Holmes ge City
for whose safety apprshensions an fa<--
Unfortunately The cavalry, who are The ea-
ly corps ftsed 10 make : sudden attack
upon mounted Indians, especially at thia
'soason of-the ~yeat1 t.ppsn] nov fo:be 20
wisely distributed, BY the superior wisdom
Of th5 commanding 9iheeeF w few in Ab.
erorombis,a few in Chippsxa. fewer still
in Alexandra and a detachment, in Sank
Centre, ]. company At Richmond aud ono
At P.ypcsvills, That i hassbeen inpossibls
to get together ftroe enough properly IN.
ed g follow up tho rSesnts sts1i this
neighbsrh With 81 6diient lapidilY a..
ensure any: chance Of sncosssss.. 3
to mention that the scouts ssaiaa ~
hand, on whose trail they vsrs, toa \
about thirty g They - q
'bdFdiog h the hsuae ! ID 0 8,
ON Grove Lake. - :. ths n a !.
slept; Ind III ~ lltoyQis,l oui
for beds, showed that ~ baIJ 14s 8 l1ll =,
one. Citizens .tans never 30 seoaa1 On Il
frontier 20 long . the euIssa ont thu
a III suffered 8 Eoyss1
expeetsx.uds .'..sase