St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-09
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Letter Ann saul olak,..
SApk CENTRE, OF. 4ti, 1862.
Mrs sw,ssnrlx -1n your paper d
the 25sh ult., 6ud .hor. and very per.
~soosF 1fsi,lJ if6i1I job. B. yl.rvin, a G,
r n1ofsSss Nds,b.su Rangers, in which
b spe.Ls very deri.ively VI Capt Rams.
dell, aud eump.ny " State Militia. or.
] '1aaisedshy-sbs ritisens II this place and
vicinity, ior the protection Of the live
and property Of one and all in this section
Va u the country.
~" " Il - nothing but c'mmon
Justice to he people here, who have 81
nobly m-dsa stand instead u fleeing frvlu
the homes a. many others have dore !;
shss W .h"uld be defended against such
unmsnly assault, from a b.dy Of men
slsimi: & to b military organization :;
bat upon the principle Of judging .,ce
By ito fruits, We should call them band
Of outlaws, whose svowed purpose is w.
70 protect property aud K ve confidence to
ths peop'c, bot to destroy the one and
3nghhn the other.
A. regard, breaking into d. serted nous.
e. l do not know that Capt. Fr.ema" and
bis con pany have been guilty Of such out
'sTes. for Ne have not b, e" an eye wit.
ness to such Genes; but it is universal
fact tbs. Oh the road from here to Alexa.,.
dri. and the valley below us, nearly every
house has been broken into, and every.
thing u value ether carried away or DC.
ssroyed.
Here we would lave it distinctly un.
dsrssood that ~ d , not charge all VI til. Sc
Aess to Capt. Freeman. for capt. Prrger's
company was seen while in ,hs act u cuu,.
mit.ing such depreda'i"ns
Atter Capt. freeman returned to st.
Cloud. FROM Paynesviilc, Fores. City. &C.,
ho was ordered immediately so F.rt .Aber.
cro...bie. Did he obey orders? No! he
came ~ far ~ Sank Centre, and waited
f"r reinfo'ocuents fearing to ~ through
Sloue.
Sixty mounted men afraid to go to Ab.
<rcromoie all alone.
Capt. Freeman requested Capt. Rams.
dell. to detail thirty me" from our compa.
ny to 60 through with him, and return
alone. leaving but twenty men here. to
protect tho Won en- and children, rightly
claiming protection ut our hands, nearly
every member Of tn" company having y
family of his Own This Of course our
captain could not grant, hut ten women
volunteered to sec them safely through {"
the Fort aud no doubt would have done 81
had their ser, ices been accepted. Could
any request have been more unjust than
this. l.ouk for III -ment Ut our geograrh.
ical position. situated thus could we not
reasonably expect an attack here, as SOON
~ = boay Of sixty mounted men, would,
~ where on the road bet xeen here and
AbercrUmbie. Yet with all t.cse facts
staring him in the face. Capt. Freeman
had tho hardihood to ask ftr what few
men We had, to protect him and his COM
pany, leaving our women and children TX.
posed I" the ,omahaw>, and sralpiny
knife Of the savage. To use their own
language I'VE have no connection with
them" and pray God We never may.
The FIRST act Of Capt. Freeman after his
arrival WAS an attempt to impress horses
for the use Of bis company. when We hail
but few, the most Of " ich we kept i" use
TO scour the country. and ascertain # pos.
sible thu whereabouts Of our savage foes.
q This is the kind VI protection We have re-
3 ccived from Cspt. Freeman.
IL, As to the courage If the Norther.. Ran.
> gers We may we'll doubt, by the following
incident. ......
vn Mr.. eager and few others had gone
back 70 Alexandria to procure some arti-
cles they had left there AID hurry up one
or two families Who were due here ut noon
Of tho day Capt Frecman's ,mpa"y ar
rived. We concluded to 20 in search Of
them the following morning. ieu'. Tay
Tor informed Capt. Ramsdell that night