, 1865-05-22
MINNESOTA LETTER,
I1&EkAto n:Es:acEeA-AlRr1M anon.
the r. ..chlc-'*sa1suttcsky nf 1Ae Eng.
liAh Traders yI1Iisthe Il AvaE.s.

dCuQ &oaIAElE, 81 4uHAuhtt u h1n- 14d AaA
been here week, ard accompanied By bis
accomplished Chief Of Stall, Mai. 7. !. Weed,
and Gen, Siblcy. Commanding this District,
has made tLoroaSh investigation into the
plestnt condition Of our frontier, aud tho
probabilities of. renewed hostilltles thereon
by the bloody Sioux, and Wiuneb.goes.
.7aE MA.;EA7o IAssAcaE5.
To1 have already been informed ct the raid
Eade By the Sayages ut Msnsato, Blue Firth
Co., and the less Of life attending thereon.
F:om Information derived ftusn Col. Smith,
CoismaIdlu., the Stale Militia ID that region,
HAN n1at the skvages numbered only SIX
teen wal1bre, Of TIC Santauk Sioux, the skme
in the Inazeaert Of '62- They were afoot, and
have heeu TeEdesyousing with others Ii tn .
vicinity Gf Devils Lake, or aa the Indians
call 1t, Lake Ni1.iWalao, lar &c body Of fresh
water 1y!r;, about 100 mile. south Of the
B1itlsh line, between the Red and Missouri
James or Jaqucs and Sheyeuue Rivera, and
between the formations Enown rs the P1l-
teaux Du Co.enu Du Missouri, ,and the Coteau
DuS:l u1. This ia l. great leso:t for the Sioux
bands, and IN 1865, Gen. Pope proposed to
establish post there to regulate and con-
south prevented 1lls, both then and last
year:
A half breed named Carpenter was at tscf7
hcad- lie IVES a.;eswardt captured With tue
clothes and money belonging 10 the ht i'd OF
the fatuily mulde.td. N1Ge other parties
we,c reported CT the var p2th, aud more
were to fvllow Then the grass wonld allow.
of cuuIst botEes, next, revenge.
Aboct the 2d Of May they attacked d fsu1-
fly Of whites living tn 1hc WiunehaEo Rescs-
walton named levitt. Fiye Eere murdered
aid the tixth left for dead. He will however
rsccver. The alarm ~Tas Immediate, and the
mcst iHtenBe excist ment pgeyades the entirs
community. A small squad Of cavalry Stu
tioscd about Il miles distant were started iu
pursuit. The Indians have 90 lr succeeded
in evading the pursuit. They took to the
heavy timber of the Minnesota River. Sew
er1l kkhmIslt hare occurred On the 81 inst.
a SOLDIER IVES Killed next dsyu French boy.
Carpenter Nas captured and hung, aul two
other Indians eLot.
G1EaT A1AE,1 PREVAILS.
The carly appearance Of thi. band Is taken
as conclIslre evidence Of the hostile lnteu.
uon5 Of 1hr SIOUX As o Consequence the
greatest aiasm prevails in al this region,
Brackets Independent Battalion Of caSalr7
have been ior loug time stationed Ia this
ntlghbothcod. A fsw v. els since Gen. Pope
ordered thin to proceed to Sioux City, H.,
for the putposo oi taking part ia tue Intend
J
Y.lck.ninsss, IN the Black H,lis s3uth Of the
T,lluUstcnt anl Little Missouri. tbs res
nit Of lLis change was % lea:e TIC Mankato
ard tther X t1eu'ents on the Gr.at Bend Of
tie t1fn1 Ia River optn to the 1nId Of small
battls Of sayages. Tnc state authorities are
taking nc.:on, aud about 200 OF the milltia In
tbut stctiun have been called into active Ser.
vice.
The aiIatr at efankato, If Isolated. 8ou3l
be Of no great importance, but taken II con-
nectNu Will otAe1 ulo7e1tnts, 1t htcones
te1itus.
INDIANS AT FORT wAnswoRTu.
4 todr oi EfvLrn' hu1drtd Sl@scton Sioux
arlpastd III the vicinity Of Foit Wadswortn,
IN i1apottnGt pest established las. Summer
hy Gen. Sialey, situated ntEr the James
River, On o1 contagious to Lake TichancaIchan,
abont lC0 miles West by South Of Ftrt Alb
e1combic, and nearly three hundred miles
north west Of tbs place or Fort Rid Seley.
/. TlcJ claim.d to. .be lestrous Of submitting.
p1cIa1tona were mace to subsist them, WHEN
tlc frosps were ntiacSed by them, snd tv.}
soldiers mostatly vonnded. Two indians
wt1e cap.us! d and at1el wards killed. Oae Of
tltm vas q ntihcT OF 1nka. pedu-ta, the
l-.lt1 cf the Sioux ut the massacre at Spirit
Lake, 20 we'll known in northern Iowa.
Wcta.n also lr.m Forts Union anil Berth
cd, Abr fosmer at tho jnnetien Of Missouri
ard Yellowstone Rivers, und The latter about
Ito mtles below on The Missouri, that the
piclc,s wire driven by large bard Of eioux,
wEo vc1c tor tic TINS driyenof after a Sc
we're skir1ntsh.
Fight At FORT n1cs.,
The rtc1ete at Fort Rice, an Important
most sim lower down the Missouri. was also
alt1c cEcu. in this latter affair TWO sosdirrs
rnd tvo lroi.ns were Filled. N"1t day the
saIae bsuG drove of large ter1 OF cattie,
killing 'hc he:dtman. The a.1acks were
made SIN est simultaneously, and shoW that
die, EFT h:nIs wire engaged.
N1th,ug IDS yet bten heard from Fort
.Atc,ccr 1nl;e ID Ills State, osd!Fo1n tie small
ssati. net,h Il it on the Red River.
TIE EGI1Eu AIDING TIE INDIANS IN THEIR
noS11LIr1Ls.
All the Information yet obtained, show
that the 1osli c saTaycs are armed 2Eu pro-
yid.d with munitions ALMOST entirely from
The l1alt br.ed British settlements on the r ID
or saskateeh. van River. Powder and LEAD
have ht tn furnished literally. and the Indians
utgtd to hcsliaities hy the nest Of cutthruat
trede,s noW located In the Eetkirk Settls-
mtnts. ihc i1ain bsd3 Of the WlnIebag 3es
AZ d Sioux, who hare prcsfs1entIy been hos
tile 20 ua, were ulloTe last fall to cross the
llneslnto The hudson Bay T. rrito:y, aud have
teen lArbo1, d All winter They are now IN
courage 10 make that Territory base for
pr.rrts stop, while those traders use every
eSe5ttou TO inilen,c ard AROUSE the spirit Of
hostility against us.
TIE CuIppEwAs.
Are very restless and s,1llen, owing 10 these
ip1lvtEc,s. s. far no very IMP " sunk net Of
hostility lns otcurrt d in tue SET 1erosut nei.h.
tus ny On, lie Chip! wa country. Yet m
tuib.. ak nay occur any day, md nice mau-
aec;ntnt is required to prevent It. we hare
smllTf rec At -Pemhina and one or two
otler po:ute.
TIE roEI OF THIS p1sTE1CT.
The fo:ce IN the District Of Minnesota,
plumbers less than 2C0 men, with line OF
posts and stations covering font e: of MT
j, he ttnn SCU miles. It is mt more than auf-
h'ien' to ho5d them properly. All Of the
available moyitg force ia row with Breyet
Mnj. Gin. Sibits concentrating At Sloax CITY,
IL, an expedition to The DAcE Hills.
Has Initiated movements far cxpsdit!ons
10 tue vicinity Of Devils Lake. Commands