St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-05
A Soldier Tells the Story OF
Gen. Sibley's Expedition
Against the Sioux.
Men From the South Who
Have Come to See How
Cities Grow.
How Shall the Garbage OF the
City Be Gotten Rid
Of?
Summary of the Doings OF
One Day Gathered From
All Sources.
GEN. sIBLEY'S EXPEDITION.
An Interesting Paper Read by
Judge Collins Before the Aoyai
Lection Commandery.

Judge Collins Before the Loyal
Legion Commandery.
One of the most interesting meetings
of the Minnesota cOmmandery Of the
LOYAL Legion was held at the Ryan last
evening and the following new men,
bers were admitted during the business
session: Assistant Adjt. Gen. Thomas
M. Vincent, John Burgess Davis, Ho-
ratio G. Coykendall, Edwin E. Wood
man and John W. Frazer.
At the conclusion of the balloting for
members, Judge l.. W. Collins read
paper entitled "lhe Expedition
Against the Sioux Indians in 1868 Under
Gen. Henry ii. Sibley," and among the
audience was his old commander IN that
campaign, who seemed very much IN
tereSted in the graphic manner with
which the author treated the subject.
AS preface to his paper, Judge Collins
read the following letter from Gen;
John c. Fremont, the pathfinder and
Western pioneer: o
Los ANGELES. Cal, March 9, 1855
Hon. l.. w. Collins-My Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 2Sth OF last
month reached me yesterday. L
was with Mr.. Nicollet on an eX-
NtuIllOI
fS3S up to the British line. Except
some of the most considerable which
bore French and Indian nameS,th many
lakes spotted over that region were
nameless. / gave my wife'S name to
one of them. and it was retained on
the general map of the expedition, and
it is doubtless that which you
describe. | have no map at hand at
this moment, but the lake is we'll up
toward the line. | thank you for your
interest in this particular lake and am
glad to know that you are disposed to
maintain the true history OF our old
Northwest. Early work there has left
to me deep interest in it. Yours truly,
JOHN C. FREMONT.
In the preparation of his paper, Judge
Collins devoted great deal OF time and
lebor to making it historically correct
and JeSS lake, to which Gen. Ere
mont refers in the above communica-
ton. was given as one of the camping
grounds of the expedition against the
Sioux.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
The causes which led to the terrible
scenes throughout Minnesota during
the fall and winter of 1862 and 1868 were
treated at length, as well as an interest
ing account of the death of Little Crow,
who was the leader in the out
break of the aborgines. august 10,
1863 said Judge Collins, "a detach-
ment of our men captured an Indian
bow near the south end of Devils lake
who stated that he was the son of Little
Crow and told a somewhat romantic
story. According to his statement, Lit
tie Grow, in the spring of 1868, was de-
posed as a leader because of his failure
the previous fall, and with few chosen
companies he made his way back to the
settlement near the Minnesota river,
with the intention of stealing horses
and committing such depredationS as
might offer. The party became sep
arated and Little Crow and his son
started toward Hutchinson. Near that
place, while gathering berries in field,
one day they were fred upon by white
men, the chief falling dead at the first
volley. The boy fed, carrying with him
his fathers gun, making his way by
night to point where he eX-
pected to meet his friends, but
instead he fell into the hands Of
the troops of the Sibley expedition.
Subsequently the truth of the boys
story was confirmed by the finding of
the body of Little Crow on the farm of a
HAL HdlilCll l1dHlpoOH, WIN oulNi ulIou llO
shot the warrior the afternoon of July
5, 1863 while picking berries as his son
described. Some enterpriSing doctor
had the head of the noted leader in
pickle, but the withered left arm and
the right arm deformed by fracture
near the wrist had not been molested.
Little Crows son was taken to Fort
Smelling and he lived until about two
years ago, when his spirit was gathered
to the Happy Hunting Grounds of his
ancestors.
A brief treatise on the proposed new
militia laws of the United States was
read by Companion Patterson, and
after a number of selections by the
GIee club of the cOmmandery, the meet
ing adjourned.