The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-12

o., ma 81 s,ss.c. Va. Il. same.
~ ~ ll{nt T O. Louis, 10 was
aS{d tle&Ah - military prison.
FH bsks the company went 10
I'd d{ Hhann. Here John amused
hid ~ NJ ~ could steal Of in scour-
inf 90 3os hieses, and selling them
fof -1DtSeeI or otleF small sums, which he
vel 81 Snee inve1f ip> whisky.
Hs nGxt SfationIwn Fort Donelson. Here
his bad Asbib ,iHcfeaSed tenfold. He became
20 troublaom ala reckless that tho officers
could do:bdt Iltils With him. He marched
from Donslson with. scouting party some 20
miles, to the house Of an old man named VIM
tiers. John, who was sly, insinuating fellow,
stole off from the rest, and persuaded the ne
groes to tell him where their masters money
was hid. Through their information he found
some i've or six thousand dollars In the smoke
house. After the return, some of the boys
at the Fort found out what a good thing
John had, and started with him again to VIM
ters houss. This they reached about ~ o'clock
him to tell where the money was. On his
declining to comply, they pulled hin, out of
bed, put rope about his neck, and hauled him
up several times, and continued to haul him .
up until he told, ...srr,y,s s4i tsEi al ad4
An officer In the battalion told me that the .
amount was $14O0, in Tennessee money, but a
soldier informed me that Campbell this year
said they got $4,000 in greenbacks. Camp !
bell was kept in the guard-house some time
for this offence, tried by court martial and six !
months Of his pay stopped. - ,l... tot
At Donelson he was carrying on q criminal
intercourse with married woman by the name .
of Underwood. Her husband suddenly died 4
and it was current report among the men, 1
beers Of the company that she and Campbell .
poisoned him. He afterwards acted Is scout !
for General Thomas, and his company officers
were very glad to get rid of him. In the win /
ter of 1864, he re-enlisted with the greater por-
ton of his company, and was furloughed, but
instead of coming home as other members did,
while they were going north he went south to
Smithfeld and robbed his mistress, Mrs. Un- /
derwood, of her money and then left for the .
North and reported to Gen. Sibley in the latter
part of March, 1864, and requested to be made
Chief of Scouts. He was not made Chief
of Scouts although he was dressed in a very
fine suit of clothes and had fancy gilt band
around his cap and presented every evidence
of an elaborate toilet.
Instead of being made chief of scouts, he
was sent to Fort Smelling One night he went
70 p1o<o 9TH fxroA
recruits, and got into drunken difficulty with
them. Within very few days after the
both died. 1t was matter of common belief
and statement among the soldiers that Camp.
bell had poisoned them. About this time he
was detailed to accompany detachment to
La Crosse after horses, but was absent with
out leave. He was afterwards found and
placed in the Guard House, from whence he
escaped on the 18th day Of August, 1854, in
company with an ex-rebel named Jones. Steal
ing couple Of horses between Shakopee and
Belle PLANE, they both made their escape.
Jones was from North Carolina. His father
was killed in brothel in fight He has
since been heard of in one of the States. John
sought refuge among the Indians with whom
ed at MankatO.g :. ..-gE zy1lls .Su -
: His officers represent him to have been very
neat and Clearly in his person, and in taking
care Of his arms, and that he always bestowed
great care upon his horse. Inappearancehe
Is said to have borne strong resemblance to
his father. Like his father, and unlike, most
half-breeds. his hair was curly, and he allowed
It to grow quite long. His age was about 80
when he was executed, although he looked
much younger. D.n l'gG TsFa aAi yJ5iA
THR OTHER BROTHERS; sgl aHQ3
NJ Hypolite, who is called 1.-THE Blacksmith"
and az who was once employed By the govern
Possessions according to last accounts. W.
o. Baptiste was executed at Mankato in 1862for
shooting Q white man. He admitted that he
aimed and fired to hit, but that he didn't think
he shot him. as one of the Indians who was
with him crept mp closer and got better shot.
He did not look like bad man, but like 20
showed him 70 be. The court did not suspect
he was implicated when he was summoned be-
fore them. He was called as witness In favor
Of one Milor Zone Of the party and also execut-
edl, and asked If he knew anything about the
matter. He astonished the listeners by saying
:. Yes; we all shot and tried to hit him, but
The Indian killed him. Scott is reported, to
be quiet, inofensfve man. -. g.
: 20. the eldest was present at Myrick's store
when the Massacre Of 1852 commenced. 9m.j
He afterwards wrote at Crowb dictafion
the letters which that Chief directed to Gen.
sibley about the delivery Of the white capuYea
party 70 the Big Woods which party fought
the battle Of Acton and burned the town Of
Hutchinson. He did many kind acts t0 tho
prisoners, and there was NO evidence to show
that he participated by word or act IN The mas.
sacre. .6oiys3.II9 i'Si.I= DCG ss1Is5i
He is married to pure white woman Who
tn u "a 7 >-f-
dren were educated at the Catholic Seminary
IN 81 Paul. - 10 N 70 H..
John Wilkes Booths Last Letter %
90 l5l}i BOG his Mother. rug 5Ybt
A letter written by joins WHKEs BoorH
to his mother, dated On the morning of