St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-11
the INDIAN MURDERS IN Blue
j.. ','':'',' HK1h COUNTY, .,s.5 ,.n.I
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The PaAicutats. a.'a


Is We visited Garden City late Tues:
day night, to'~hict, plscc ssshe dead
bodies cfothe anardered 'faipily' i. .d]
been taken, for the purpose of getting
the full particulars Of this sad affair,
.na sss Meias isSJn1etlySasiPds iPdssible 4
a21tt Tha f. 9I.t ~ Ath.t u see4n .ipfa Indians
was on Monday in the vicinity Of .Sbelt|
1byville.H They svideqtlysoaue th'oughI
the frontier l;.is by 41.ynofs Willow
Greek, and follo.aal ndown aEos Itths east
side Of tie, sBlus1 Earth River. 80 They
stoleitvo horsas; and7ohs ueighbmsgpur.
sued them and pressed them 90 close
that they lot one dfo fothe horses, so.2w 4
Il zAasthere lis 10 one left ito tell the
story of how the Indians, catered Mr.
IaNetts si hoqas,awe, havddtd judge I.
great deal from thii position Of sthiigs
Id the bense. sonse' three aosss afterthe
nnrdard Merss eohsrhitted.:rcq u IS {;
Mr.. Jewett's farm is on the rcsersa-
ton; five miley from Garden City. The
house IS Is baiit, Il lqasss, asdi aand has two
doom, one oai the moth and, thetothe.
on'1bei east tside:siIt VAS about'o half
Fpast sixiu: the ,anornisez that, the Indi.
asa .approaehedst!e house add entered
by the east door. The family had; just
! gets though fbreAk kfaass ,>A.,sJ Jewett
fras oht Of doors:ia,o eahe ,garde. is the
aireetion ofsa tasiue non ,tha inorth, side
Of stheIihouse, svheze thev hired, man; !;
Chaslet Tyler; .w.sats work.sxsAn In:
d;.hoerddaupos him vhssss about fou r
rods from the house, tho, ball sfriking
him inIths :bneass,n Elon, thel appear.
saseof the.grDasd irheras til tell ,iit is
theushts he was aQtikined BY, the shot; J,
rs it passed to'' thas fright OF, the heart.
A,strnsgle tool, ,plaa. betvesn.them,, as
the blow which, killed him. was ,iqaict-'
4edhy astomahawk oser1the right, eye,
which .ftactarea the sska)ly j Bis wife
spstohea up heallittlA by, about two
fyeeras Ok, " and Ea@ ont door, along .,
path leading; to asar d, the .'peighbcrs.s
She, was shot Hhaa about eight, rods
from The hoNses ths ball entering close
to the heart. There,Mefe no other in
fjuries found upon her psrsou:ss About
tea;feet to; the risht'l.y:she,lita ehild, !
iessosihle. IiIts hal eteoeivedl : =: ,seseres
blow just forward >f and upon thalsft
ear, dealt BY swsr club or the breech,
Of gun. FL +rs, r.
& The hired iiimas, Mr.. Tyler, aged.
}.bopt 70 geess,waesati n ~osk in aixavine
north. of the :house, distant about 90
rods. He: Vas SHOT; by il rifle ball. In,
the, breast, about an, inch below where
ithe ball entered, N.s a, a,buckshot vound,
and, about the; same elistancs above AN
arr>1sxasstiokin ia. .his, breast When
found be- was lying, on his back in {.
poo ofwatez. et,oi4ag 7ofes ,as,w .ayf.s :
(.ia<Mark 1evett, the eh gentleman had
|apRareltlyo,just ,noyed back from .he
,Etable.i wAp, ,Indiea, bot, him. the ball
eh.e1iag the forehead aad coming out
.tanr the orpvssof the Aead.sz This did,
taotikill bi~ :Hs,te)l H. the, floor, and
ono Of the ,saveges sksaeka him ioa the
4headlt~o fearful blons With u, tom.!
hawk, ono Of them, satiqe e. g4sh Eve
inches in alsngth, and. extending from
1.-The top fe5the, head toll year: the right
/ Fcrj the other cash, Ma an inch for.
:xaFd eftshe first three inches in length.
Both; Of these ont deep into the .br.ip;
which was sleylys oaiae out i and. run
oing on the floors He was lying near
}the tabh rhan found, :alivs, bat' una.
fblesta move He. could talk, some.< He
said there we're Ave or. six Ipdiaas in
the Ps1ty, and that theyi,were dressed
in Indian eaetune;; and i; armed with
fguns and 4 Arrows. HI eadeavored to
tell more o about them,s but, they could
not p.ks out what be, sid. Wednes-
day, morning he was still alive... 81, 1
4 sMn. Su.ah 'Jswett, the old lady, WAS
\ killed bysa otomshswk,1hils In bed.
4 tbhs was in,feebae health, and uot,iex-
! 1pentsd to live, long, She had on her
night dress. The ssvage, approached
the bed, and-ons Of them struck her
With the tacks Of His it5dS ito5mdSahiix.K 81 her
forshead, just over the nose. Thas
;tEporti0nt Of, tho, forehead s1.ssall aimash.
i ed.ia: On tho top, and7to the right Of
her forihead was a6othep sfnghtful cut;
d made with The ,blade d: d tom shavk.
,fsbs' 'xas: killed iastahtly;s.aso :,a;s ;,
; pr The editor. says that the firing Wa
4 heartily = neighborj but nothing was
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