The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-12
BLOOD FOR BLOOD y!
MORE INDIAN MURDERS \!
JOHN : lcsAMPREnaIII,II:YKGAEO..
From Our Special Correspondent.

,.v,,,, AASkATo Alppn. Nay as q, h!o'V', u
To tie Editor, Of the Pioneer :,n encourage
About one o'clock this afternoons messenger
arrived at this place with the startling intelli'
genee that Mr.. Andrew j. Jewett and family
consisting of his wife. father. mother and hired
boy-had been murdered by indians. 4 u I.2.i
The murders were committed this morning
about breakfast time, as the table Is still stand
ing, with evidences that the family were at
breakfast. g. --s 81 - S4-"i7-i5u9'
Mr.. Jewett lived on the Winnebago Reser-
walton, east of the Blue Earth river, and on the
State road from Garden City to Milton. about
seven miles southeast of Mankato, and in the
newly organized township of Rapidan. Itisa
new Settlement, the township Containing in all
about thirty families. Some neighbOrs say
that they heard the guns in the morning, but
did not deem them strange or aneomnoh, and
paid no attention to them! q q eAoiiay1
The discovery of the murders was made this
morning BY Mr.. Burgess, who went to Jewetts
house to borrow his wagon He found Mr..
Jewett's body in the garden. His wounds were
in the head, and he had evidently been muir
had been shot and we're dead. =, His father was
severely wounded in the head by; 9, gun shot,,
and was not vet dead It Is reported that he
was conscious for While this morning aad said
that the family Was attacked by six, OF eight
Indians, by whom. the murders were COM
United. Jewetts little Daughter; aged about
not dangerously. I His father, it Ia believed,
cannot recover. At last accounts be was un-
conscious and breathing heavily. .o. s..-..,,
The hired boy, Charles Tyler, II. Is reported
by later eourierp, wasialse murdered. He was
the son Of widow iady'residing I'M Garden
City,, g. ~ :. 7f9gs nj ..,ro.z ,.sE
house were rifed, the murderets probably
searching for money. His team was stolen. g
After leaving the house, the Indians were
tracked in this direction short distance when
they changed their course and took up ra-
vine leading In "a westerly direction. ''@s3oj De-
Other families lived within o. half or three
quarters of mile, but were not disturbed.
Yesterday party of three Indians were seen
in Shelby and Vernon townships, southwest
from the scene of these murders, where they
stole horse from Mr.. Geo. w. Cooper. They
were on foot and were pursued by settlers, but
their track was lost in consequence of the rain
and snow storm then prevailing" They made
for the timber on the Blue Earth, where they
left the horse, taking the bride, The horse
was recovered.
News Of the latter affair reached us only an
hour previous to the announcement of the
murder of the Jewett family. gIgf - .-aa. f.,
Mr.. Jewett was an old settler in this section.
though comparatively young man and was
lawyer ny cprofessioni though latterly he
abandoned that, and WAS Engaged in opening
fine farm ON the Winnebago Reservation rj
This is the third annual outbreak In this Sec
ton of the State, all occurring about the open
inn 1BETPig1 HnHlJHf
The greatest indignation prevails in this
place against the military authorities for their
MAY On r. M.-A Sioux half.brsed hss just
been brought In. ! He first gave his name a.
Pelky, and said he served in the Second Mime
sofa, under Capt. DIN. When told that Capt
o. belonged to the Third, he claimed that to
be his regiment. He said her had been dis
charged, and Afterwards, Joined Brackett's
Battalion from which q he had also been dis
When oloselylcornered he took Col. Smith
and ex-sherif Tyner into o private room. and
said that his, right name was Campbell, aud
that be had deserted from Go. D, Brackett,s
Battalion, and desired his Captain TO be mott.
He was caught few miles, from where the
murders were committed, and the trail of, the
Indians was tracked tn the direction Of where
he was caught. Sn!Li yI5T3 SI,0D etg bGG 9doA
A man just from New Ulm says that Lonis
Robert told him that party Of hostile sioux
were on the way down to the settlement and
that John Cdmp6A was With them. u give you
this for what Il b worth. The man we have u
q Campbell , 20 ba,,3ri Z. .~ys-sJ .gJ, mo:
Major Clarke, with 90 mounted militia, are
on the track of the Indians, who ore evidently
In the timber on the Blue Earth, and men are
being sent up to- picket on the other sise.l 4
|o.ae M r.; gI Yours ,JnC.l WISE.
40 s5iaus 8 WEDNESDAY,, May al. r. II !
To tIe Editor of dte Pioneer: l1sI ro5 -.Ji =.
This has been an exciting day in Sfankato
John L. Campbell the Sioux halfbreed whose