The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-07-15
The Ind ian war.

Red wtns, Ja,y is, lsss. 3
The Indian war.
Some excitement exists occasioned By the
tsst that Indians, probably scouts from Littl>
Crows force. have made their appearance in
the roar o. Gen. silley. We hope this viii
not drive people o6 their farms, for the
danger is really tr;aiog IN comparison With
the dans,r Of last ye.r, Then ths ssv.rss
wers In tho midst Q: ~, and sn every s;d>
ofus; now they ars iar from ~, among thu
lakes Of the Upper Ni,sissipp;. .t last thru,
hundred miles 81. SAVE and excepting th,
few scouts and spies that are looking out 70,
what is going % against then. q. -, :.
Thu Government, both National and
State. which then left them to themselves
to do as they pleased, are now exertine
themselves to their utmost capacity to ex.
terminate them. The savsges are outlawed
and a bounty Of twenty. five dollars, has been
offered by the Adjutant General Of thi,
State for every scalp. Besides al this, ths
people themselves, who then slept in the
utmost repose, confident in their security,
arc now aroused and watchful.
.As soon Is it became known that Indians
had been seen, the Adjutant General called
for scouts. who are to enter tho service 70,
sixty days. and already = large number ol
men have reported for duty. Besides Mai
Hatch is raising Battalion Of Mounted
Rangers for the Frontier service, which il
tho only kind Of troops that can be effective
on the Frontier. There j., also, anothe,
means Of protection being put in operation
that ought to have been in full force before
this moment: is the establishment Of the
line Of Stockade Forts, provided for BY the
last Legislature, about ten miles apart, from
the o,'hern boundary Of tho State to tue
southern boundary. The close proximity
Of each to the other, will render aid and re.
enforcement easy and practical, and tho peo.
plo may rest secure in their sufaciency.-
Gen. SibIey will have to como home and
detail his soldiers to man thsm. =
A brief summary Of tho recent Indian
demonstrations We here give u: @s'.e-~ &C.
On tho first inst. Mr.. James McGannon
left kensington on horseback to go to Fair
Haven. Nothing was heard from him until
tho following Sabbath, when his body wal
discovered near the roadside. atout six miles
from Kensing,on. 1t had been drawn sew.
"erai rods from the road, but was evidently
killed in the road. - blood was found there.
He was killed by 4 gunshot, and was robbsd
Of his eoat, hat, gold watch snd pocket book.
On the Goth ult. IN emisrsnt fsmily, con.
sisting Of Amos Dustin. his wife, mother,
and three children. while going from Waver.
ly, in Wright county, to Moor's Point, in
Carver county, were attacked by lAve In.
dams, who used bows and arrows exclusive
". and three Of the party were killed and
Two wounded. r. -'0' 4" . ~j"&' D..
About the LIT inst. Mr.. MeCurdy, ped.
Iar. LEFT Hutchinson in tho morning to 30 to
Glencoe in Mcleod county. While on hil
way hs discovered two men on horseback,
on tho p'airis, trying to conceal themselves
from his Iiew. Ho at once suspected that
they weN Indians, and being provided with
good team be rode up 10 within one hun
dred rods ef them, when he found his sus.
picious corroboratsd. He then turned and
fed and tho Indians pursued him two miles.
The citisens and soldiers x 0lencos imms.
diately eave chase, bat without SUCCESS
Afterwards the two we're discovered BY 4
Mr. kmpson and his con who were ou,
hunting, about six miles from Hutchinson.
Mr.. Lampaon shot Que ~ them, was himself
wounded 10 the shoulder BY the other who
escaped. The Indian killed had on ci,i-
zens coat, which wss identified Is the coat
worn by Mr.. McGannop, who vas killed
between Kensington and Fair Haven. A'> g.
The next and las. reported sight Of In:
dams, is probably . "scare." I. IL said
that Indian camp tlres have been seen in
several places in Hennepin county ba,
nobody have been near enough to k:ow
whether they sr, Indian camp fires or not.
II is also said that sparsy q seven Indian,
were seen u Lake Maahop. in H.pnspin
county, last week, BY . farmer a.d his son,
AMI that their trail was followed 70 within
six miles Of Minneapolis. This may b 70,
but We greatly doubt it,. In TINES ei szcits.
'nent people have strange hnc;sa A COW
boy is dsSrmsd and multiplied inte doss,
Indians. and The we'll known eow-pasA -.
sumes The shaps and loem Of ssesst India,
trail: Nobody saw the Indians last men.
TONED, bat ~ frightened farmer AID biz
still mors. frightened ION. and when tha q.
cited nsishboss had tollewsd their trail =.