Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-05-16
The n aInaia4 MAr4s1ers A. Pest NJ.


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- O.. the night Of the 2lss iass, sbs con.
adsnued Minnesota indians, ~ apmbs,ing
.21s S;osx bss,sss tiselsdiog one Wieae.
bAgo) vsrs quietly removed from their log
prison as Aaukaso, Ainu., where ,shey, had
besa confined and strictly snarisd since
last Dece uber, And nArehed on board the
steamer Fsvori,e, Cspk Hstchins, and
started down .he river for this point. The
night, time WA taken for ,tbe movement,
and great secrecy VA observed in order
to elads any Demonstration that the out.
ragsd Minneso.ians might .nake-they
having mads the threat land taken mess
urss 70 pa: it into execptionl that TIE
Hoodthirsty copperskins, who had 90 say
agely murdered theis 4wisos, their children,
brothers and sons, should never leave tho
State Alive. But the boat aud it, heavy
freight Of murderers got of without trou.
Bile. In addition to the Sioux warriors,
there we're sixteen squaws and two papoo'
ass that embared and came down also-
The prisoners, while at Mankato, were
guarded BY the 7th Minnesota Volunteers,
Col. S. Miller. The guard under which
they csne vas company G, IA men, Capt.
Burt, lst Lieut. Winscow, I'd Lieut. Pratt,
/ detschmema Of the 7th Minnesota. Maj.
Brown, Of the same regiment, who for the
last forty .6ve years has resided With the
Indian tribes Of the Northwest was With
the party. The other officers were Quar-
ternas,er Red6eld aud DE-. Sigaearete,
the Surgeon Of ,he Regiment. With the
lndisns came shree inte rpretsrs: David
Ferribault, . hafbreed Sioux, who speaks
English aueualy end writes ahsndsornc
hand, he having received son,e education
at school at Prairie du Chen; Antoine
Proyicill, another French aud Indian half
breed; and George Godfrey, . half breed
Indian negro. the same who escaped
hanging with the thirty -niae who we're
executed last winter, BY turning States
evidence, and who i under sentence Of
imprisonsssus for ten years. altis said
| that he alone murdered f8 men, Y omen
| and children in that awful massacre.
The Favori.e arrived here on Saturday
morning. She landed above East Daven
port in front Of Post Mcclellan. Capt.
L;alsr wss ready with his command, and
IN thirty minutes after the landing Of the
prisoners we're all in quarters q camp
The pen made for their reception is 200
feet square, and enclases four buildings,
formerly barracks. The hunks are oil
taken. out. Two of these barracks are
occupied BY the prisoners as sleeping
qusrters, one is assigned for hospital and
the occupation Of tho women, and the
other 10 ths guard house Of the Post-
Outside Of the fence and four feet from
the top is = staging running clear round
on which the sen,ries walk.
| Major Brown complimen.ed Capt Lit
tier very highly upon his judgment IN
designing and carrying out his plan, AND
assured the Captain that had he seen con
suited be could have suggested nothing
better. .. 80.
Most Of these Indians we're taken b.
Gen sibley, who led the attack against
them. though considerable number o
them, came in and gave themselves up
that bsing their bes. cb bance for life. Their
average age 10 % years, though among
them are some very old men with era!
hairs, just totsering on the brink Of th'
grave. Their captivity is fast ending shei
days. Nineteen. Of them are sentenced /,
imprisonment for terms varying from on
to ten years, and 253 are sentenced 10 b,
hung. OF the sqoaws,, Capt Li,tler ba
| detailed ten too cook ratinns, four TO d,
the Washing, and two have been assigned
to hospital duty. ..tf 49, 81 .1% ',. s,." -
"a Oss Of tho squsws is tho daughter Of
noted Sioux chief, who died in eouso
quence Of gounds received 10 the 6gh
With, the Minnesota troops. She j.
splendid specimen Of an Indian princes
-;s very agreeable in appearsuc@--prot
ably decided belle smong the. India
I damssls. She dresses better, has 6ne
blankets and orn.men,s than the rest q
The females, and has really distingpi,he
sir. An in.erprstsr told ~ that she "a
the vito Of Geld officer of one Of th
/ Minnesota regiments. b" .'""... *.%>3 s."
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! Ths sgssaser portion Of these prisoner
ore rrofessisg Chris,isas, small aunbe
. are gsnt,les, some ars' Catholics. bss III
great majority belong to the Presbyteria
I order d Pfotsstants 'Thess 'koA felig
II ;ou,, ceremonies in one II tss bArrscA
/ three imss saeh day. Tbs. Rev. Cake
n (srss male 'elildb d;spssses she sespsl i
The Sioux langusge. W. hsa'ths plsa'