The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-04-20
A RACE FOB LIFE.


From calsetio~. Of Ai.se.a;s Hs.;orsaal saay.
= Like the old man in Dick emf .sChild's
Story = II am always remembering :.
come and remember with me" -.*s
~ 1 close ny eyes and recall an even
ing some forty.txo years ego, when, 10 !
one Of the stone houses near Fort Smell.
ling, which Vas our hou.e It that time.
. pleasant company Of officers and their,
families we're spending the evening with
my parents. The doors we're open, for
the weather was warm, and Of one the.
officers, Captain Cruger, Was walking.
on the piazza, when We were Ill startled
by the sound Of rapid firing very near
rs. The Captain rushed into the.
houfe much ,gitated, exclaiming; That
bullet almost grazed my carp @ What
could it mean? were the Indians sur
rounding rs o - @.s=@s =. 2!',2" /.
Soon the loud yells and shrieks from
the Indian camp near our house msde
it evident that the treaty Of peace,
inside hat1afternoon between the Sioux.
and tChippevas, had ended, .. Ill these,
treaties, in treachery aud bloodshed.-
The principal men Of the two natioosi
had met At the Indian Agency, and 10!
the preeenooof Major T.lisferro, their
white Father had made solsmol
trraty Of peace. In the evening" At
the svigwam OF the Chippewa chief
they had ratified thist'eaty BY smoking.
the pipe Of peace together; aud then.
before the smoke of the sublematic
pipe had cleared away, the treaeherous5
Sioux had gone out and deliberately
fred into the wigwam, killing and
wounding several Of the unsuspecting
inmates. The Chippev,s, of course,
returned the fire, and this was what had
broken up the pleasant little party at
my fathers house. .acas >etgzs -
II The Chippevas sought refuge and
protection within the walls of the fort,
commanded At that time by Col Js-
.siah Smelling, from whom it was named.
They were kindly cared for. One, !
little girl, daughter Of the Chief, excl
ted much sympathy, and I cannot for
got the interest I felt in her..
for she Was but > year or two old
er than myself, and it seemed to me
8, cruel 70 ruthlessly put out her young
life. She fingered but few days in
great agony, and then God took her
out Of her pain. ...... 1.
Meanwhile our Colonel, = prompt
and efficient officer, demanded Of the
Sioux the murderers, and in very
few days body Of Sioux we're seen
advancing toward the fort, Is vas SUP
posed, to deliver up the criminals.
Two companys we're sent out to meet
them and receive the murderers at their
hands. Strange 70 Say, although they
had the men, they refused to give them
up. Our interpreter, I cannot recall
his name, stepped out from among our
soldiers, and said /: e.
I'd eff you do not yield up these men
peaceably, then Is many leaves Is are
on these trees, and IS many bladee
Of grass IS you see beneath your feet,
80 many white men will come upon you,
burn your villages, and destroy your
nation" :. .sw ...s,. =: r.s,s. Jar.
lea A few moments consideration. .
few hurried words Of conversation, and
the guilty men We handed over to our
troops. The tribe followed . they we're
taken into the fort, and making asmall
Gre within the vail, tho condemned
marched round and round it, singing
their death songs, and then we're Civ
en- up to be put in irons and held in
custody until time should determine
how many lives .hould pay the forfeit
for 1t Is well known that Iodian re-
venge g literally : life for ! lie, and
the Colonel had decided to give them
into the hands Of the injured tribe, to
do With them q they would. ~ ,s.~si
Some weeks raised, and it WAS found
that Eve lives were to be paid for IN
kind. A council Of Cbippewas deci-
ded that the Eve selected from the pris.