St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-04-02

IL camp positively refusing to- send a. man
to the aid Of the few hundred who were
| lighting the enemy he was sent to56ght,
11sed ayhtingIthem against an odd, Il fou..
tosone ;sbqt, when it PROVED : victory he
made oat = Rompous oaicia report, ~oly
taking the'ciedit and nevdt noticing the
Third exeeptAin that last cba.gesiu $the
ravine. Such is the account given me by
different men, in different places and a,
different times. These 'all1argued thatil
Sibley had reinforced the Third, they
would have engaged the whole II dian
forcs, drawn them away from their camp
and'gone around and captured it, captives
and all. Before they could have had
time to murder the prisoners, We would
have had enough Indian ,oaptives to have
taken life for life and 50 have debarred
them from this means Of conquering dis:
graceful peace-a peace forcibly wrested
by few thousand lousy sayages from o
civilized people vastly their superiors in
arms, power Of endurance, numbers and
all that gives military superiority. .:,a.
For this infamous peace we are iudcbt-
cd to sibley, the Minnesota State Under
taker, who has not yet with all the forces
Of the State at his command, succeeded in
giving burial to hose he, as military CON-
mauder, failed to protect. = -"
1t is less than just that he should fail to
gain promotion by his exploits and if l
am not greatly mistaken our people need
expect no protection from Indians while
he occupies the place he does s~,a.:.. =
The weather here is horrible Snow,
slush, hail, rain, mud, a little sunshine
and then more snow. Six inches, some-
times ten, will fall in night and go of the
next two days and by the time the street
crossings are dry there will be another
snow. On Sabbath afternoon and night
it hailed, sleeted, Numbered, lightcned,
showed and bloaoed. On Monday the
street rails were so filed that the cars
stopped on all the routes except Penn
sylvania avenue and here they we're off
and on the track, on an average of about
five times trip. 1t reminded one of the
old stories Of staging in illinois, to see the
passengers get out and lift, and tug, and
pry, and shout to get the cars on the
track, then get in and ride few squares,
to get out and repeat the operation. 1
fear that more than one span Of horses
were killed, or seriously injured for life,
while all were more or less abused.
I went to the War Department that
day, aud took the oath of allegiance as adj
ministered by Gen. Thomas, and became
one Of Uncle Samuels paid servants. As
have served him good while for moth
ing and found myself, I agreed that I
would not go to work until he sends after
ME and finds me when he gets my room
ready. -
Oh Dear! Don't I wish were in St.
Cloud, in that old, dingy Office, distribu-
ting typo? But guess I shall feel better
when l get Nettie here, and maybe l. can
stand it until 1 am turned out; but
can: do more for Minnesota here than
could there and l feel about her as the
captive Jews did about Jerusalem when
hanging their harps upon the willows of
Babylon. -
have pleasant room on pleasant
street, 1913, 9th St. and my Windows look
out on beautiful yard, with an arbor
covered with an evergreen honeysuckle
arbor vitae fruit trees and rose bushes.
My room is on the first floor and am in
the house with kind western people, and
but one square from Dr. FelPs So I try
to think it is home, and fancy it will not
be long until the rive- will open and can
go for Nettic-if I get leave of absence
but as am servant of servants my time
is no longer my own to 90 and Come at
pleasure. ~. ..'~
l hope the readers Of the DEMOCRAT
} will keepa green spot in their memories
for me, and that I may live to sit at that
old table once more, from whence I have
talked to them SO often. .,l.,. .
! 80. JANE G. SWISSHELM..
,P.jS. X. Q. V. D. (which mea,is,
forgot to send you the enclosed cards which
explains the difficulty I had in getting d
hall for a lecture. If it had not been
that our Delegation were united in the
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