Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-07-23

The Indians in Minnesota.
The red devils are again at work
in Minnesota. The following accoun,
OF a late massacre we clip from the
st. Paul Press of the 7th inst.
From the persons who found and
buried the members of the Dustin
family, whose murder we chronicIcd
in Fridays Press, we learn some par
ticulars of the scene, which shows the
barbarities Of last summer are being
re-enacted. The family were travelling
in an open lumber box wagon, and
were attacked on Monday, the goth
ult. II was not until the Wednesday
following, that they were found, and
the sight of their decomposcd and
manglcd bodies was truly awful.
Amos Dustin, the father, was sitting
in the front part of the wagon, dead,
with an arrow sticking in his body,
and deep wound in his breast, prob
ably made by a tomahawk or war
club. His left hand had been cut of,
and carried away by the Indians.
Beneath his seat crouched little
child OF six years, who had concealed
herself there when the attack was
made. The life blood of her father
had streamed down over her face and
clothes, and her shoes were literally
filled with the blood that had trickied
from the mangled body. She says
that the Indians saw her, and looked
quite sharply at her, but did not offer
violence. 1t is probable that she is
mistaken about this, as she is the only
member Of the family uninjured, and
from the displays we have had of
savage ferocity, we should not infer
that they would knowingly spare
victim in their power.
In another part Of the wagon, lay
the corpse of Mrs. Dustin, the grand,
mother of the children. An arrow
was in her body also, and her head
was hanging over the side of the
wagon, her long hair dishevelled and
streaming in the air, filled with the
clotted blood that had flowed from her
wounds.
The mother, and child twelve years
of age, were in the wagon, still alive,
but SO badly wounded that no hopes
are entertained Of their recovery.
For two days they had lain and suf-
fered beside the dead bodies of their
friends, unable to procure sustenance
or assistance"
A st. Paul despatch of the llth
inst. says, it is generally believed
that Gen. Sibley's Indian expedition
is failure, and must return, owing to
the total destruction of grass beyond
Red River towards Devils Lake.
Nine families have just come in
from Waverly, in Wright county, fifty
miles Northwest. They report four
more murders by the Indians, who are
prowling around. They came to leave
their women, and return with arms
and ammunition to protect their crops.
"Hatch's battalion has 60 volun-
teers enrolled in this city, and about
as many more at st. Anthony and
Minneapolis. This battalion will clear
Minnesota of the remotest danger of a
draft, the State being now more than
1900 over her quota, which covers
call for zoo, 900 more men. This is
q good State to immigrate to for per-
sons who wish to avoid the draft"
The authorities of Minnesota are
waking up to the fact that her citi.
zens are being butchered, and that it
is useless to rely upon the General
Government for protection. An order
from Adjntant General Malmros has
been issued, calling for volunteer
scouts to enlist for sixty days, unless
sooner discharged. They are design
ed to scour the Big Woods from Sank
Centre to the line of Sibley county. II
is proposed to have one Captain for
every forty or sixty men who will d.
vide their force into squads of not less
than five. Each man is to arm, equip
and subsist himself. and will receive
for compensation one dollar and fifty
cents day.
In addition to this the Adjutant Gener.
al offers reward of twenty-five dollars
for each scalp of male Sioux deliv-
cred at his Office. This order is da.
ted on the 4th inst. and the bounty
was claimed in one instance on the
9th