The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-14

0lERS SERAlAGEN.
Prior to 1851 large tract Of lake ter
ritory lying between the Upper Des
Moincs and the Big Sioux rivers was in
tested by one Of the most villainons
bands Of Indian outlaws which tho IN
dian policy Of the government has ever
called into being 10 was the band OF
eleven. led by lnkpaduta-Scarlet Point
who in the winter Of 81 mastered q
half hundred settlers in their scattered
cabins about Okoboii, Spirit and Pelican
lakes. and carried a number Of women
into q captivity far worse than death
These Indians, disaAectcd Wapclsuta
Sioux. had been outlawcd from their
own tribe for the murder of their chief,
Tosagi They wcro tho pest and terror
of settlers in middle and western iowa
frc~, the time that scattering colonies
nrst came in until their deprcdations
and atrocities eliminated Ia the spirit
Lake massacre. ON that occasion whole
settlements wcre auuihilatcd, their in
habitants being generally taken by sur
prise ana Killed inside lhe'r sNo""oui'
cabins.
Previous 10 this massacre, which To-
suited in the capture ana punishment Oh
part of them and the di,5aniing Of
the rest. these Indians subsistcl hy beg
! eing and Numbering among the frontier
settlements, hy hunlneand iiahns about
the northern iaAcs'ani h} as3il OBJ niac"'
mail upon Che Napckuta5, whose village
was i'm the pipe stone region
Tho village Of lnhrdnia was on the
upper Dies holncs' near The Minnesota
line TWAS more Than" hhn.i,n inii'
from amy settlement. until the DID lated
/ squai'crs at the Npft ia.e Tragedy sr''
tlcd about inr l''' amer. were '''
troops stationed WITHIN % "'e" march,
aud thc frontier settlements were 'o.
weak and scattered 60 oileF organized
resistance.
ne.a-ia"auy lo'd tr}nTrr'. "a sli'e o i
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d,nr.r-o,o. of tbe SORT If a3runrer.
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How. 'is race drew nom JUS "...iiA, So.
a bundleoi black looking SKINS. huh'
sand he Vie oli's uh ni'ii"' you give
UNI up gun.
Jake saw az once that inc MN" were
warm weather skins, ana worthless. No
dOub, they were the peliS OF all lhe ninAs
taken or shot 10y lhe members OF the
| band during thc summer ana carry lai
months. and had been intruslcd 10 bie
Face in order that so fine rifle might
belong 90 enc Of the band
| The trappcr drew bach ami shook hi'
head In refusal 90 receive the Sans ie
was about ioeNpiain ".a' u'ey re'''e'''
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sIau'iy sp'""7 '"' " '''' 'i'o' ''''', i'0 s.
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was 'orvou 10 ~ ~ .''9 IT,, - wv ,'i3cI
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'.....'o, ,,.r,,ol rl.,,..t.a
nv MS canoe. m winch he Kept n sQuarr1
rifle for shooting muskrat and other
small game. secured the weapon and
made lis escape through the tail grass
OF the bottom. whittier the Indians did
not pursue him.
lie made his way 60 settlement sixty
miles distant. and tried to raise party
TO 80 and hunt lnkpaduta's band. and
drive them out OF The region but he