The Sun. — 1863-01-22 (London, England)

EXECUTION OF THE INDIANS.  A Minnesota paper, giving an account of the execution, states that it was limited to such as had been guilty of murder or rape. Most of the condemned freely admitted having been engaged in the several battles, but denied the charge of having " wantonly and wickedly" murdered white people. On the morning of the execution they shook hands with the officer who came in among them, bidding them good-bye as if they were going on a long and pleasant journey. They had added some fresh streaks of vermillion and ultramarine to their countenances, as their fancy suggested, evidently intending to trick themselves off as gaily as possible. They commenced singing their death song. White Dog requested that he might not be pinioned, and said he would keep his hands down, but of course his request could not be complied with. After all were properly fastened they stood up in a row round the room, and another exciting death song was sung, Father Rav,ux came in, and, after addressing them a few moments, knelt in prayer, reading from a prayer-book in the Dakota language, which a portion of the condemned repeated after him. The raps were then put on their heads; they only came down to the forehead, and allowed their painiocl to ut, seen. lney bore this with evident dislike and shame. Chains and cords had not moved them —their wear was not considered dishonourable, but this covering of the head with a white cap was humiliating. There was no more singing, and but little conversation and smoking now. All sat around the room, most of them in crouching position, awaiting their doom in silence, or ssed:cosnsit n aci ad at listening to the remarks of Father Ravoux, who still them. Once in a while they brought tathaeneiitc; Precisely u a e all lookin .. e v e to glasses before their faces, to see thiatp hi yet preserved the proper modicum o 10 o'clock they were marshalled in mthaereshcaeffdoold. out across T the hey wentstreet a gt ehrrloyugathon a filescheerfully, of soldiers crowding and jostling each other to be ahead, just like a lot of hungry boarders rushing to dinner in a hotel. As they commenced the ascent of the scaffold the death-song was again started, and when they had all got up the noise they made was truly hideous. It seemed as if Pandemoinnigumuphtandebirrokeoenurlaogoe. se. olnto unhyaodagwonderful effect in keepwho had been given a cigar by one of the reporters, just before marching from their quarters, was smoking it on the stand, puffing away very coolly during the intervals of the hideous " Yi-Yi," "lii-yi-yi," and even after the cap was drawn over his face he managed to get it up over his mouth and smoke. Another was smoking his pipe. The gallows was 24 feet square, and was so arranged as to afford room for ten Indians on each side. Three slow, measured and distinct beats on the drum, and the rope was cut, the scaffold fell, and 37 lifeless bodies were left dangling between heaven and earth. One of the ropes was broken, and the body of Rattling Runner fell to the ground. The neck had probably been broken, as but little signs of life were observed, but he was immediately hung up again. While the signal beat was being given, numbers were seen to clasp the hands of t bth neighbours, which in several instances continued clasped till the bodies were cut down. As the platformo fell there was one, not loud, but prolonged chaenedr frothethenmtlhl wesf zeoldiery and citizens who were spectators, quienind earnest witnesses of the seen For so many there was but little suffering ; the necks of all, or nearly all, were evidently dislocated by the fall, and the after struggle was slight. They were all deposited in one grave, 30 feet in length by 12 inches wide, and four feet deep, being laid on the bottom in two rows, with their feet together and their were simply covered with their er them. blankets heads tandhe otuhtesiedaer.thThtheryo thrown ov  The National Council of Switzerland yesterdaY ratified the treaty with the French Government relative to the Valley of the Diippeg.