St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-01-29

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any effort at effect, relates these. horrible
pfoofasof the treachery and Dloodthirstl.
ness sofsthc Indian, and the audience shud-
Eders at the recital. zu,;e., ,>~,.,,,. .
Mrs. Swisshelm broke upon tho Red
man as a. Wild beast, and she believes
that Minnesota is staggering under debt
of.vengeance that will be Cancelled in the
determination of.the Sioux. =. : T. t.,
I The general government in her opinion
had treated the savages too tenderly.' { It
had not hunted them down to their dens,
it sent officers and men who congregated
at St, Paul and guarded the Indians from
the outraged white men Of the State, and
the murderers and violatorsi it. reprieved
Or allowed to escape in obedience to- the
dictates OF a sickly humanitarinpism Id
|. .Bostone1nd New York, which held that
the Indian could murder BY divine right
+" Mrs. Swisshelm is lady of sremarka-
bly, pleasant, if not intellectual face. She
delivered her lecture sitting, owing to fa-
lt;gue and indisposition. But tho simple
coiloquisl style, the unassuning air, and.
the intensely interesting story, which for
horror and heroism recalls the early times
of the settler in Kentucky, soon fac:nated
her, audience, and held them spell bound
). Her delivery is not remarkab able, her voice
is weak but soft and flexible: She i is at
times sarcastic and frequently says things
ina quaint and quiet way which istotery
charming,. 1t is plain to be seen that she
is woman of plain sound sense, al from
tier woman, who can be lady and a her
oine. She designs visiting the large East,
erni cities to deliver her lecture, and we
bespcak for her everywhere attentive and
intelligent audiences. .....: ....
From the Chicago Tribune. ii -: ! -.'. Il:
The Lecture by Mrs. J. G. .swisshelm. =
Mrs. Swi>shelm has for q. number Of
years been engaged in publishing news
paper at St. Cloud, Minnesota-the most
northern publication in the United States
hence her Intimacy with all the current
n ii Il her to give an accurate ana ucta11eu
description of the "Indian Massacre
which was the subject Of the Lecture on
Saturday evening, while the keen percep-:
tion and bold expression which have ever
characterized her writings also form
prominent feature in her lecture. Hav-
ing passed number Of years in a sparse.
lg settled country, as pioneer, she had
studied the Indian character as only pio-:
neer can, and in her lecture, though she
relates incidents stranger than fiction; she
states only what she knows, and what her
self and her neighbors have experienced:
The lecturcss stated that the people OF
| Minnesota arc engaged in deadly con:
fiict for the ascendancy-that that; beauti-
full land cannot be inhabited longer by
| both tie whites and savaSes:: Either 1t
must be given up to the savages and oe-
come again an uncultivated and uncivil:
(ized territory, (which God forbid J or tue
savages must be removed from 1t entirely
Tho public certainly have no just concep.
ton, no correct idea Of the eaormity and
(extent OF the outraxes committed by the
sayases, else they would not voluntarily
come forward to shield the savage murder
ers from deserved punishment, which +
the ouly safety for the whites: Hence
her mission to set the public mind rig yht on
,thi,s subject by plain Statement ofiacts
| Mrs. s. related the statements anc
Threats that we're made by the chiefs al
I loliniy; ago as September; 1851, which have
lsiuce been executed, according to the pro
ramme they had been years in planning
! Many of the particular incidents OF thf
Eexhibitions of bravery on: the part ;ef wo
inen aud children, wcre"stEanger than nc
ton" Mrs. Foote, after her?husband har
! been disabled by a shot from savage to'
seven long hours held the gun, loading
:: aud firing, and successfully defended tht
i house AGAINST thirteen armed savages, anc
after holding them at bay till they with
j drew,she craw1ea csteathiiy atnrsugh tn
Grass. i; ana skulked through ahe awoods,
distan nee of twenty miles, before she couao
|sound the alarm to her neighbors, leaving
1hsF husband and aepeBhbop bg1h wound
ed. to the mercy Of the savages:. Some o
the corpses of tie wounded whites had
tstfpKs' thrust :thfoughs their rhesh, others
their ears -aad-hands cut of, and evidences
) that they had been manned in every pos
sible manner while still alive: Slany o.
those. whose bodies. bore evidence Of the
greatest e cruelty, Z We're 4 Che most quiet and
inoffeusiyc men III the country, and those hos
Who whhto fla aftical&ly ftiendty' to tht
treacherous savsges, for years had, fse
them and ministered to their wants. Sev
!: e1si. nursing infants were nailed to ~!
3. sides Of houses, their feet, up|Tard9, | nal
thus left to die after numbering ail ~ e
adults in the houses, the savage had !,
sope instances placed thebabes iu1 oo'
stovesbuilt q fire; M left them "a h;tn 9ta'
death; E'ght sal ehildREs%f IT, W. se sta1e ,@1
ina close and the:r !e.s 20 t;.n si%sJ b.y
. recital Of decds SO iinhuman-so 'unworth
: Of even s.vag ge." -'o's@'''fo y.'~:"> 80"
j: The lee .uress stated that the people
t Minnesota after these: horrible ,fIa outrage
Is have lost all re- pect and sympathy 1or IN