Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-10
AMoNG THE INDIANS.

M, N Ressey, resident of Springfield, Mass,
 ,, . ,,,amber If the firm of Bessey < C0., book
 and and news dealers, is spending the winter among tba wilds of Minnesota, in command of a hunt inc u. party of eight persons. He has beeh in the
 vicinity of Fort Abercombie, at the extreme Dor der Of the State, q little North of the center
 The party started on the 9th of November, and found game in abundance. They camped out on the snow with nothing but light tent to cover them, and though the thermomenter was some times 40 deg. below zero, the tent with q fire at the door kept them comfortably warm. MT. Bessey, in letter home dated December Is, 1861, ian extract of which we copy from the Springfield Republican,) gives the following ac- count of an adventure the party had with the in- dans. This same band of Indians had few days previously robbed party of EnglIshmen or all they possessed. and were consequently more saucy than they would otherwise have been.-
 Mir. Bessey writes
 :. On the morning of the 14th, about 25 miles from the fort (Abercombie), we saw party of | Indians making for us, and we hailed. placed nv men: and when they were about-a mile of, l started out alone to meet them, having tied a white .ray to my rife as flag. I walked off about 80 rods and stopped. When they were about the same distance from me, l motioned them to stop. There were % of them, heavy odds, I thought, there being but nine of us. Their chief advanced to meet me, and after a long barley, which amounted to nothing I put the question, What do you want His reply was, Guns, powder, lead : in fact, everything we had, he named. 1 said, We have nothing for you handed my gun towards him; he shook his head. saying too little, want big gun, and utterly scorning my little rife. All the time his men had been worked nearer and near. CT, until found something must be done. Just at this time 8 crow alighted on 8 tree about 200 yards oG pointed to it. and told him to shoot
 He said, Too far off l raised my rife and dropped the crow. While he was seeing the bird drop. loaded without his seeing me- . He turned and raised his gun, but I had him in rauge first Says he, Ha not loaded ? point ed to the tree again to draw his attention, and fired in the air, and before he could turn was loaded again. I then told him all my men had guns like mine j; that We could load and fire as fast as did then; and they were all as good shots as l was, and we would fight before we would be robbed. By that time his men were within 20 rods of me- It looked dubious, but did what thought was the best course {; turned my back on them and walked back to my party with my eye on my men, knowing that if mo ton was made behind me, they would let me know it. They might have bored me through
 put II had packed out they would have been just as likely to. think my very boldness say ed me. But can tell you, it was little trying to my nerves to stand them alone before 29 men
 all armed with either rifles or muskets. Had missed tue bird, there would have been trouble
 but they knew with nine such marksmsn anc such rifles, they stood no chance. They stooG no chance with us, any how, for we should have whipped them out. was good for ten of them for if they had come to close quarters, I had g Smith & Wesson revolver in my belt"