St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-17
q, RETURN OF CAPTAIN bqsaL .s,s,
Detslls u the Attack On 'AlsfArtt and
sstkeirI lelief and Retd 1kTo Fort IS q
s,s Rice. u xss11
t,ros. lhe 81 Paul Press.

CaptsFisk reached this city Y an,
curly hour yesterday. morning, having
come down the Missouri from Fort
Rice to Sioux City, aud from thence.
travelling across the country to. Man
kato. He leitjthe Fort four'weeks ago
and was accompanied by Dr.: Dibb,
Chemidlan, his commisssry, and Eve
others.
We have already published full do.
tails Of the Captains Expedition up to
the time that the messengers left bis
camp to 90 back to Fort Rice for help.
Early next morning after the messeu-
gers left, reconnaissance was made for
water, and fortunately q living spring
was found within halt \ mile Of the
camp.
/ The Indians were in force that day,
icing about 900 strong, while Captain
Fisk had only - available mem: and
harrasscd his camp On one side with a
strong partya while they eadesvorsd to
break through his line, on the other.
They were repulsed with the loss Of a,
number of braves and .iually gathered
together on an eminence> and sent
flag Of truce, asking council with
Captain Fisk. This was refused, after
which they demanded large quantity
Of supplies, ammunition, beef cattle
and iron for arrow heads, upon the re-
ception Of which they modestly agreed
to raise the siege.
The next communication was let-
ter written by white woman, Mrs.
Fannie Kelley, who they held captive.
The head men dictated what she was
to write but at the end Of each sentence
she applied for aid to. secure her re-
lease. The Indians being unable to
read she was in this broken way ena-
bl d to inform the Captain that she was
captured on the 10th Of July near Fort
Laramie, with a large emigrant train.
The truce ground was maintained for
two days to secure her release. Capt.
Fisk offered them his best saddle horse
and span of horses harnessed to a wag=
on loaded with provisions, if they
would surrender her and they agreed to
do SO the next day, but during the
night they moved their camp, aud sent
word that they would carry her to some
Fort and get provisions enough for the
winter.
She wrote Capt. Fisk that he had
killed large number with bullets, and
others were very sick and dying. The
sickness was readily explained as a
quantity Of hard tack, with a little
stryehniue mixed in, had been left
where the indians could capture it. aud
their indisposition followed.
The third day after the messengers
left, the Indians took their departure
and nothing more was seen of them
Capt. Fisk was anxious to proceed, but
the emigrants desired to wait thinking
Gen. Sully would send large force to
take them through. They remaiucd
there sixteen days, when Col. Dill ar
rived with positive orders to take them
back to Fort Rice, and the emigrants
then regretted, when too late, that they
had not advanced. Capt. Fisk asked
Col. Dill to let his infantry rest, escort
them two days on the journey with
cavalry, and then leave them without
any troops; but he stated that his or.
ders would not permit him to advance
an inch. -, 49,: T..
No Que was killed after the messen.
gers left, and but one man was wound.
ed. ":. ...
Capt. Fisk had stuck the plateau be.
tween the Bad Land aud the Black
Hills, and found the route open, and he
considered it entirely feasible to reach
the gold fields in that way. IT,.
The ladians now trying to make
peace at Fort Rice are the Unk.ba-pas
band which attacked the Captains
train. The Captain is in good health
and spirits and his men generally were
we'll. Lieut.. johnson will spend the
winter at Fort Rice having charge Of
the train which was brought back: as
"A little boy OF ". L. Wilson,
while, at play turning somersaults on
Saturday last, seriously injured his