St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-01-08
Hanging Indians:

sightof his peta, the thifty-ninth being
reprieved. The st. Paul sDsilies are lit
sraily fiied with accounts Of the all-in,-
portant, understanding event. little
print aud big print, loaded matter aud sold,
fash heads, small-cap middle heads, and the
tire art Of printing is brought into req
uisition to dignity the occasion and awak-
en- the worlds deepest interest in the fate
Of "the doomed ones" There are the
names Of the heroes with specification
of that particular crime for which he died.
There is the death-warrant, a history Of
the orders for the postponement Of the ex
ecution, the speech of Col. Miller to the
interesting creatures, the reading Of the
death-warrant and the grunts Of approval,
the particular attitude of each one, his
costume, age, height, expression OF coun-
tenance, length of nose, manner of grunt-
ing and other particulars Of equally alb.
sorbing interest to- a breathlessb waiting
public. Then We have the prayers, ex-
hortations, agonizings and tears of pious
priests and preachers, and confessions over
these precious souls, their sentimental re-
sponses, tten baptisms and communion,
then "confessions," or rather professions
Of injured innocence, in which each name
is once more handed down to Immortality,
with q translation appended. We have
their tender messages to "tAeir avives ao,d
children :" their farewell letters, a fresh
dragging in Of the name of "the blessed
Redeemer" and more twaddle by priest
and Levite-leave-takings and emotions,
visits Of female friends, "the last night of
the doomed ones" Costume again-atti-
tudes -ages-noses-ey ses-lamb-like ex-
preston of countenance-m preach
some more OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
"Fatal Friday."-More priest with some
preach-aoives< and children-christian
faith-hand shakings and good-bycs-boo,
WOO, WOO, woo-vith officers, soldiers and
reporters, who all, and each one fell upon
the necks OF these their red brethren about
to be torn forever from their affectionate
embraces-more boo woos-death- song
and how they sung appropriations. for
the gallows, tying their arms, poor fellows,
more death-song-some more goodbye,
reporters in spasms Of sympathetic grief
more messages to friends-another install
ment OF preach-prayer in two languages
which appeared, in this great feast Of rea-
son and flow of soul, to answer the pur-
pose Of "pickles on two plates ''-address-
es-half heads-white cap-particular des-
cription Of white cap, where material for
white cap was obtained, cost of stuff for
white cap-appearancc of red brethren
done up in white cap-opinion Of red
brethren concerning white cap-tablcau-
looking glasses in demand-still another
installment Of preach, fresh dish Of pray
crater which succession of fare, VOWS
and piety the Indians showed their apprc-
citation Of the affectionate labors Of their
white brethren, by rushing pell nell, from
the prison to the gallows, jostling and
crowding each other as they went "like"
says the polite reporter ofthe Press, "a set
Of hungry boardcrs going to dinner"
We should have said, like set Of hun
cry pigs going to trough then, by sing
ing their Indian death song with a noise
like the breaking loose of Pandamonium,
while one insulted the spectators "by the
most brutal and indecent words, and by
making most indecent exposure of his
carcass" This his brother reporter, of the
Press thinks "a just penalty for the NOR
bid curiosity which drew so many women
from their homes to mingle in the mass Of
spectators at the foot OF the galloWs' We
should like to know what kind Of curios.
ity the Press was creating and feeding by
this report, and how the women present
were to be affected by any exhibition any
or all Of the brutes could make. Nobody
expects women to be mortified because
malo swine 60 through the streets un-
dressed. The keepers Of meuageries do
not put pantaloons on their panthers when
ladies visit them. and why should women
be any more disturbed by seeing an un-
dressed Indian? What blasphemy to
drag the names Of the Deity aud the rites
Of christianity into such drove Of wild
beasts!
The soldiers, reporters, officers aud