The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-06-22
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Excerpts from St Paul Papers of June
18th, 1864.

twenty-seven more of the Sioux
murderers convicted of participa
ton in the dreadful massacre which
desolated our frontier in 1862, who
for year past have been enter
tanned at Rock Island, at govern
ment expense. These cold-blooded
murderers find that, after all, this
shooting and Staying and Draining
and chopping to pieces and burning
alive and worse. of helpless Ameri-
can women and children is not such
bad thing. And they may very
Justly assume that their past ex-
ploits in this line have received the
official sanction of the president OF
the United States, as well as the
appreciation of many eminent phil
anthropists and ministers of the
gospel. These mobile redmen : are
anxiously looking forward to the
time when they can again mingle
with the wild beasts of the prairie
and luxuriate in another carnival of
blood.
Thirty thousand wounded soldiers
the bloody drift of last month S
battles between the Rapidan and
the Chicahominy-have arrived in
Washington. Thirty thousand men
crushed and torn by bullet and can
non ball, in head and foot and leg
and arm. and breast and thigh and
cheek and eye-everywhere in the
human anatomy except in the back.
A collection for the comfort of these
brave fellows is in order. The
ladies of ST. Paul could do their
part here by acting as collection
agents for the fund.
The ladies of the city have organ
lied for combined hostility against
loose spikes in the sidewalk, and
yesterday morning the fair sex was
seen in various parts of the city
armed with hammer and axes driv-
ing down the projecting nails. In
some places they protrude an inch
above the boards, tearing ladies'
dresses as well as cutting and in
iuring shoes, and sometimes even
1 the feet of persons who happen to
sep on them, which noone can help
doing, so many of the pests are on
every square.
4 The Minnesota branch of the In
dian expedition left Fort Ridgley
last week, under command of Col
Thomas, of the Eighth regiment
with orders to form junction with
Gen. Sully of the upper Missouri
DR.. Murphy of St. Paul has charge
of the medical department.
The Indians who so kindly sur
rendered themselves during til,
winter and have been kept at tn
fort regardless of expense" left b.
steamer last evening for Rock Is
land. The son of Little Grow, VIII
was sentenced to be hung, but after
wards reprieved, was among tn
passengers. Little Six and Med
cine Bottle are now the only repre-
sentatives of the noble race remain
ing at the fort.
\ Gov. Miller arrived home on th
Mankato yesterday. He says Grant
army is inYincible.
/ ~
III Company F. of the Thirtieth VII
consin arrived on the Lansing ye'
terday. They will garrison OF
N posts IN the state just vacated o
Minnesota regiments that haye gor
: south.
I'll The Ninth Minnesota, Col. w
kin, has about 100 Chippewa Indian
in his ranks, scattered througho
different companies. They are IN
formed and have a good record
drill and routine duties, and wi
no doubt, give good account
themselves in action.
Mr.. Eames, in charge Of the &C
mines on the Cottonwood river,
forms US that the work there h
been abandoned for the present
account of the Indians who ha