The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-04
Letter from st. ClOud-The Norway Lake
Observation-Disclosures of the Dead.

ST. CLOUD, Sunday, 9 P. NJ.
To tie Editor Of the Pioneer and Demo
crGt:
1 have just left one of the largest and
most exciting assemblages ever convened in
this town, met for the purpose of hearing
the report of the gentlemen sent out yester-
day as scouts in the direction of Green and
Norway lakes, and up the valley of the
Sank. The party consisted of Ambrose
Freeman, Samuel Holes and others.
The gentlemen named are two of the most
fearless men and thorough woodsmen we
have in the Upper Mississippi country, and
are well acquainted with the country. They
went direct to gainesville, in this county,
thirty seven miles distant from st. cloud
They found the surviving settlers from Nor
way lake, at gainesville with their families
The Norway lake settlement is composed
mostly OF Norwegians and Swedes. They
had assembled at their church on the after
noon OF Wednesday, the goth inst, and in
returning from their services they were at
tackled by several struggling parties of In
dams, some of whom were mounted on po-
MES, others on foot, and fourteen persons
were killed.
The fourteen killed on Wednesday were
horribly mutilated. Some had their ears
cut off, some their noses, some hand, some
the fingers. The cheeks and breasts of the
women were cut off, and their clothes were
burned upon them. The bodies of thirteen
were all buried in one grave, by John Lom-
berg and Evan Renson. A young lady was
taken prisoner, put on pony and started
westward her cries frightened the pony she
was on, when the others took fright. In the
stampede of the ponies she was thrown off,
and she made her escape and arrived safely
at gainesville.
An attempt was made on Friday to bury
the body of Everson; but while the party
were engaged they were attacked by party
of eight Indians, but being armed they re-
turned the fire, and then seeing that the
Indians greatly outnumbered them, they re-
tired, and the body still remained unburied
yesterday. There is now no communica-
ton between Green lake and Norway lake,
nor between either of those places and
gainesville. -
1t is reported that settlement of twenty
five persons at Lake Johanna IS entirely de-
stroyed. A company of armed mounted
men will perfect its organization here to-
morrow and 60 to the scene of the murders.
At gainesville, the scouts say that Samuel
Lomberg, a son of John Lomberg, aged ten
years, was shot in the head, but is doing
well, and with proper care will recover.
The burying party found hats and caps of
others who are missing, but whose bodies
were not found.
The greatest distress prevails throughout
all the vicinity of the outrages, and the peo-
pie have sent in for -four, which will be
sent them. Fortyfour oxen were driven
off, two wagons were stolen, and upwards
of two thousand dollars in gold taken from
the houses of the killed.
INDIANS IN UPPER MICHIGAN
hension is felt in Bay City, Upper Michi-
gan, from the hostile intentions of the In
dams, in that region. There are about two
thousand warriors there, and it is probable
that there are conspirators among the Indi-
ans in Northern Michigan, who are capable
of doing much mischief, though they could
be soon exterminated. The conspirators
among the Minnesota Indians have doubt
less communicated with and endeayored to
draw into their plans all the remnants Of
Indian tribes along the northern frontier. A
home guard is Immediately to be organized
at Bay City.
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