The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
Indian 0utrages.'inSible County.
-nob s6 9aaS -T----s ognal94aaB assss
Indians Engaged in Horse
s soA Stealing. oiia qg

/ 3 sf Gt8ggEGli--T- e3 s@I5sb
The following letter was received Mon
day by the Adjutant General, who i'm
mediately ordered Captain SrURGIs to send
hiteen scouts in pursuit of the marau-
Gers: -gtI.i ats sysatses s,s.s9F lf ~.
HENDERSON, August Z, 1868.
osco" 40dtnros Adjutant General:
SIR: send you the suboined report of In
aiah oepredations which have been recently
committed in this county igr55s
ABOUT ten days ago three horses were taken
from MI Beasing, in the township of Kelso.
about six miles from this town. One of the,
horses, the poorest, was found the following
morning, iour miles west of Mr. Beasing's
farm, on the outskirts of the town. tied to a
fence. 70 at- so
few days after seven very good horses be-
longing to Mr. Gibbs, in the same township
two miles west of Mr.. Beasing's, were taken.
and no tidings have since been received of
them.
Inc Whole community were then aroused
They commenced watching nights, and hunted
all over the country for the horses; but of no
avail. About.the same time these horses were
stolen, three Indian ponies were picked up in
the town of Green Isle, where the day before.
three Indians were seen on horseback. This
was reported by different persons and the con-
sequence was that stampede ensued. and the
settlers collected together in different locali-
ties. In day Or two after they returned to
their homes, but the settlers on the frontier
and in the back end of the county feel rather
insecure at present.
Yesterday morning carly, reports came into
town that two horses were stolen the night be-
fore, from Christian Rishmiller, of the town.
ship OF Arlington in this county, about eight
miles from this town, and that he saw two In
dams in his pasture carly in the morning. TIE
Sheriff and myself started off Immediately to
find cut about this report. On our way out we
met Richmiller on his way to town to see me
to procure some aid for his protection and to
hunt up the Indians. He turned back with us
and went to his house and showed us the
stable out of which the horses were stolen. 1t
was well bolted and secured
Richmiiler said that he got up early in the
morning about break of day, and went out to
feed his horses, but on going to the stable he
found the door unbolted and the horses gone
lie then supposed that the door might have
been left unfistcned, and that the horses might
have gone out into the pasture. He proceeded
Immediately to the pasture, which is adjoining
his house, but lad not gone far when he saw
an Indian step out of the grove near his house
and stand upright. Richmiler at this time
stood by pile of rails. and did not perceive
any motion on the part of the Indian, until an
arrow fired by the Indian struck in an oak rail,
which extended opposite his breast out of the
pile of rails by which he stood, about two and
q half inches deep. Richmiller then yelled,
and two Indians, one of whom was the one
who shot at him, started out of the grove and
ran for the woods. They had no guns. In
their flight in getting over the fence, one of
them broke rail- which threw him down,
and in this fall his cap fell of, which have
now in my possession, with the arrow. 1t is
regular, Indian cap, fully ornamentcd, and
highly favored with smoke. 1t is certainly
miraculous that the arrow did not kill this
man. " A1" tiit '2}a3-1 H-- @1H
: The militia of that township turned out, but
dispersed again in the evening.
S-J& t1IA -r 4 3t 4 * 1.t
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, inc
NJ DONOHUE,
Colonel Goth Regt M. 8. NJ. ~