, 1865-07-21

4 Light Let In Upon Minnesota
Affairs.
GreEs Misrepresentation Corrected
Give us All The Facts.
CAxF Nc. IA. n. Y. 1npIAn ExrED111on, |

CA2r Nc. IA. n. Y. Indian ExrEp.11or,
Editor ctIcsgo Tribune:. t.:
When closed my letter of June 9th I III
tended to speak Ia this Of the Sioux Indians
Is pecple, but must defer It till my next,
and notice, IN brief way, correspondence
from Minnxota.
Some time In May you published an article
over the signature Of Northwest" In which
the wr1let msgelties the dangers that thrcaten
his Stale, and etys: *@ The State 10 In de-
fense1css condition, having not more than
,hree- hundred troops" and that alt the
troops have been withdrawn, aud are congfo-
eating at Sioux City Tor an expedition under
"Brevet Msj. Gen. sibleg" to the Black
HI11a. This u, as, tho *rlter well knew, all
wrong. There EAe, at The time that +" North"
weslr' wrote that article. three Thousand
tropps in Minnesota. There Is one full rega.
uent-the "a MInnesota cavh1ry-fouf com
panles OF tho 1st q. s. Infantry under Z
Lisutenaut Colonel, Hstcher'a battalion o.
sir comoanies, the Sd Minnesota battery,
and rome OF the Veteran Reserve Cons, The
crneditfon now 1poviDE up tne aassonn HAs
int intended for the Biack H.Hs W. ssen
nlsts sn.Ie otheT. has turned It aside and It y
OF aons SH Ss4e, to ,ina1ch. not under Bteyet Ma5.
1u no" StbiIrv. but under Brtvtt M31. ten'
suiiv. Who has been In command ol 1ais s- a.*-
trict for tro ysssr;a ss at, lows o. % csyslry. ii under
f9ents Col Ten Brock ); four companies of
H..cEc1t's battalion, under Mnj. B.aekett
tfrsc companies Of the 7th Iowa cavalry
unicr Licut. Col. Pattce and one hundred
,uen OF the 4th U. 8. Volunteer Infantry
under Capt. Sewel1. and these IN the aggre-
ot-a thr1cor6 rnny1 hpn T5na fSrf "
i've men orct nIz.d as q battery. having four
twelve -ponnaer mountain hOTitzers, under
Capt. Pope.
Another article published Is from cores
Iondent "A-" to the St. Paul Press. dated
Fort Abberc'omoie, June 2. 1865. and Is. I
that all the hostile Sioux West Of the Mis-
sou1i. that fonght Gsn. snl'y last year, hav-
1pg heard that he WAS pnshsng into Their
country again. hare crossed the river and
Joined The Yankton{ne ,ard Ye1tons and other
Stouxs At DEVILS Lake and Turtle Mountain,
making (, 800 lodges. This Is all bosh. There
are only about 5000 lodges in the whole
lodges, and are loyal Indians, and were st
their b, mes near Fort Randall when a y
was writ ing that article. The hos.lle Slou1s
who live west Of the river, were In camp near
Biz knlic kirer ten days agc, aua numbered
1900 lodges. They GRE near where Gen. Sully
fought them en- Tue 1ot1 o1 dQ'J 4ast7 auo
the1e arc 200 lodges Of Cheysnn;s i'd some
that the Sioux call "cat-otfs,f u that we sup
lose are Anspaho's or kioways.
Just stick / pin herr, md see If my state
mcnts arc not proved during the GUNNER.
: Minuesota Il, in my optnl,u, fine State
apd has Aue people, and am not going u
quarrel with them !; but the Indian IS, ani
| has been, 60 thoroughly mixed mp with thel!
electlons. and specially thei1 pecupiA1J ht
fairs ard family affairs. Of 60 many Of thef
| promln ent men that they let 20 the hold the,
have had upon them With great reluctance
All that Gen. Sully hss dine for the last tw'
,eats has been credited to Gen. Sitley By th
s.. Paul ard Milwaukee papers. It Gen
Sully te1teraphs to Milwaukee tha: he hi
had tght with the Indians; inc pap;ts tass ns
S,ble,'s name. 1his has b=eu tbs constau
ptactlce Tor Two years. ......
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