St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-06-01
IMPORTANT INDIAN NEWS.
THE MURDERERS OF THE JEWETT
FAM1lM INl4DEfFEI eAyl.
KILLED,
now THE SCOUTS fRfAf INDIAN PRls-
/. 0kERS.
No o9per Party tnyfntgye>o tpe
( Frontier. t

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Correspondence ofthe st. Paul Pioneer.
Major Brown receiHed-a dispatch on
the 10th from Ecanajinka, chief Of the
scouts stationed at the Hawks Nest,
conveying the gratifying intelligence
that party ef. ! ten sceqts, under Two
Stars, Hid net fvs 1hdhbs Tetdlhing
from the frontier, and killed four Of
them. The fifth being we'll mounted
ned dafifgItte &9,x.)d va.preasp<
y pursued BY Two Stars and Ore Road,
who pushed him 80 closely that he aban-
doned his horse, and plunged into a
larte laH. He 'bid bssp fired IdtasH
eral times during the pursuit. sed after
he reached the lake-with what sue
cess is not known. The scouts having
Eexpendcd all their ammunition took
the horse and all the plunder Of the In
dian, except his arms, leaving the
scoundrel nothing yst bic bIae"E al9lat
and moccasins in shape of clothing.
The. .onlys casually among the scouts
was occasioned blythe barstingsof gun
during the flight, which terribly laccr-
ateds the hand Of oDesd5ffElthe 1nbst1relia.
Eble, energetic and firm, men E. Of the par.
ty. Two of his fingers were entirely
carried away, and many Of the muscles
Of the hand and wrist utterly destroy
ed. When the messengers lett the
camp he was still bleeding profusely,
and was suffering great pain: 4
During the flight young man of IS
or 10 years was taken, prisoner tempo
rarily, from whom the following lntor-
nation was obtained {: > The party start,
ed from Chef Bluff, Two d thespns
of White Lodge, John Campbell and
nine Others formed the original party,
and their destination was this post, and
the Indian camps in the. VICINITY ). their
objebti aa'ls sztoz sissailss hoNsesIaia d kil'
whites and friendly Indians. -Four
other Indians subsequently, joined them
and the party numbered sixteen when
III reached the Coteau Finding the
chances unfavorable< FIJI their business
ID this vicinity they concluded to go in
search ofIa nore liasorsbl9 locality: |
The four that joined after the party
had started, went toward the James
(they are probably the four that stole
nine horses from the James River
iYanktonais, two Of The original party
went down the Coteau (they returned
from Buffalo Lake <ou foot; and then
kept together until they reached the
9vo y We9s, q PPeea1 Pe NhaleA Rlaee, thsH eb; b
tained two horses, and the White Eoag-
es' sons: ahd' Two 5thets tdfned BACK,
Campbell and five Indians proceeded
toward the settlements, and finally reach
ed the Winnebago reservation, where
kbey mur lered ifamily, and aplandered
the house Of All they could carry
subsequently Campbell was taken pris.
ones :.nd at 81 ths tire Of BE eaptgss =
the entire party was Surrounded. Tie
five Indians were subsequently obliged
to move very cautiously, as they were
pursued by the whites: They finally
eluded the pursuit, and had all reached
|tbho,eins Ntthobt .iojuluo.ss u s ia s:llis party
had gons tofthH sstte ahsIsaidi u
the earnest and. .epFatsd solicitation o.
Campbell.
i When asked it there were any othol
party sb6iDd, sha Siaid- Il tist S6e 9th
er party had visited the settlement
and that no signs had been. seen below
the head Of the Redwood eitber, q the,
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