St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05
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The principal he ws I have lv2communicate
from this point relates to rece1lsdevelopments.
indicating in marked mannsEth the determin-
alton of the hostile Indians to take ofensiye
measures ut an! early day., In thespositionsI'
now eceupy,,I feel it TO- be: a, sacred duty i'm
posed upon me to give the widest circulatidn!i iR
| my power to all the facts connected with the
Indian depredations in this State, as they mn
occdr, and trust the efforts here made, through
! tour Journal, may serve to impress your read-
ers in the East with the 'nccessty Of pr1mpf
and vigorous measures being taken TO- insure,
safety in the future to em'grants to this. The
fairest portion Of our domain: Thsough thee
Kindness Of Gen: Sibley, have been permitted
TO make extracts from p.pers just recei7ed az
his headquarters, and the following ssae6I
ment. embodise thasfaets contained therein.-au-<
! Capt. Oscar Tay lor. in COMMAND Of SauK
Centre, says sthe@ inh abitan,ssare daily :eon,-
planning to him of so ne new depreda' ions or
outrage committed by the Chippewas liz lis
vicinity: Houses are entered with perfec, int
Epuniy sfurniture brokep,up, and valuables re-
moved, the superior Numbers of the indians
always precluding Ithe idea Of otferiHg th.m
fany resistance. On the 9th ut, Big Dog q
Pillager Chief visited Capt: Taylor at his post.
Big 1egs. band consistsof about. 100 warriors,
and is located OF Round Prairie, abou: ten:
/ lmiles north Of Sauk Centre
+ Capt. demonstrated with the Chief upon
the impropriety Of allowing bis band 70 leave
| their reservations, inasmuch as it was i'm.
| hundred to distinguish Chippewa from q
Sioux, and the latter we're liable at any die
to suffer death if found in hetyicinity Of yhits
/ settlement. This Chief also gives the follow
ing important infotmation: H essays last fall
three Chippewas Of the PHlager hand, viz:
Half Sioux, Ualf, Belly and Little Stocking,
killed a white man near Chippewa Lake, and
robbedhiu Of his effects and also, that an j.
Otter Tail-Rabbit-has possession Of the
murdered mans horse. It is presumed the
man refe, red to is one Benz Lewis, who sud.
denly disappearsd,' or was found murdered;
and his house plundered.
THE correspondent here gives the details Of
the capture Of the eight Chippewas by CAPT.
Mccoy, full account Of which, written by
our sauk Centre correspondent, was published
in the DEMOCRAT Of January 18Th = -
:er.leip..>s> AZ acs j,1st- taaren !iate
here. Chaska who saved the life of Geo. Spen-.
Ger, at the imminent risk of his own, has been
informed against BY Gid Wabash Tone of the
reliable ''good Injins:') >Thetes,imonyis is clear
and concise, an shows conclusively that Chas-
ka killed a. white man just before he rescued
Spencer, and the probaoilityis that had not.
his. whole tine been occupied in protecting
this friend of his boyhood, his hands would
have been deeply dyed. T., 4. :; III. :
, Another 1ndian at Mankato was tried, and
no evidence appearing against him, was dis
charged. Recently acitizs n recognized him AZ
a participant in the battle at New Ulm. Col.
Miller has placed him in irons. And SO new
phases are developed every day in this trouble
perhaps just begun, Gen Sibley has for,
warded new list Of ''the Condemned TO the
President, urging their immediate :executions
He says many have been hanged who we're far
less guilty than those left unpunished
s.- 49, F.S. T.;