The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-14

IN the 4th article 1t said trerty.
At the time Of tho outbreak of|
the Mdewakanton Sioux, in Min
nesota in 1862, the sail Enoch fed
with the hostile elemenS when the
troops moved into the country In
pursuit and finally reached thes)
British possessions where he was
employed by the Canadian fur
traders and used in the Sioux
trade. AS his employment depenl-
ed upon retaining the Sioux onthe
plains he resorted to all sorts G
|expedient is to affect his object. -
During the summer Of 1864, he
visited scout station near Fort
Wadworth, Oak. for the pourpose,
as he said, Of seeing how the In
dams were treated, so that he
could tell the Indians on the plains
and induce them to make peace.
Instead of doing so, however, on
his return he reported that all the
Indians that had been captured by
Gen. Sibley had been hung, and
that the bones of the Indians were
hanging on trees from Yellow
Medicine to Lake Traverse. That
the same fate would be met by all,
whether friendly or not, should
they tall into the hands of "Sib-
iey's hirelings, as he termed the
Sisseton scouts, which report so
exasperated the young men that
the Chiefs and the older heads who
had been counseling peace since
the thrashing Gen. Sibley gave
them the summer before, lost all
control over them, and the Indian
war, so far as raiding parties were
concerned, was renewed with such
vigor that it became necessary, in
view Of the exposed condition of
the frontier settlements in Mime
sofa to employ more scouts, which
was done and an organization was
effected that fall, and early the
following spring, before the scout
ing stations were established, a
war party Of sixteen made it's way
to the settlements and committed
those horrible butcheries known
as the "Jewett'' murders near
Mankato, MINI.
This Mankato affair was I'M
doubtedly the outgrowth of
Enoch's visit as above stated as the
old fellow has an oily tongue and
is capable of winning cohorts. He
not only kept the young men on
the war-path (the scouts intercept
ted and killed thirteen of the ras-
Gals during the month of May
1859, but he con tinually kept the
Chiefs and old men in fear, by just
such reports, circulated from time
to time, to counterfeit any DISPOSE
ton for peace. Gen. John NJ.
Corse, who relieved Gen. Sibley as
District commander, in an official
dispatch, dated, Headquarters,
District Of Mimi, ST, Paul, Mimi. ),
| Feb. Is, 1866, said eff those bands
DESTROYS Of coming in will do so,
| the accomplishment Of a very de-
sirable object will be affected. For
the remnant will be so small, I
could afford to buy their scalp.
| do not know what can be done
with Enoch but | expect the old
rascal had better be bought.s
Now, after all this, and after an
absence Of twenty years four years
as a refugee under the protection
Of the British flag, during many
years Of which he labored assidu-
ously to keep the Indians on the
| war path, and during all Of which
time he nursed (and still nurses)
a revengeful spirit and most bit
| ter hatred against all Indians who
acted as scouts, the man Enoch
comes sneaking into the reserva-
| ton that was set apart for sSib-
1ley's hifehng,n claims residence
among those Of his tribe that Ito
quote from the treaty. freely
perilled their lives In behalf Of the
whites
The treaty Of 1867 provided a
reservations at lake Traverse for
that portion Of the Sissetons and