Dakota War Whoop, Or, Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota, of 1862-'3 |
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2d Nebraska 6th Iowa alarm arms attack band battle Big Stone lake Birch Coolie blood body brave buffalo camp Capt captive cavalry CHAPTER Chaska chief Chippewas command commenced Crow's Dakota Dakota Territory danger dead death Devil's lake dians encampment enemy escaped expedition fear fell fifty fight fire force Fort Snelling friends grass guns H. H. SIBLEY half-breed hands heart Henry H horses Huggins hundred Indians James river John Julien killed lake large number Lieut Little Crow living lodge Mackinaw boat ment miles Minnesota Minnesota river Missouri Missouri river morning mother murdered night party passed prairie prisoners reached regiment Ridgley rifle river savage scouts seen sent shot Sibley's Sioux soldiers soon spirit squaws suffering tent tion troops village wagons warriors wife women woods wounded Yellow Medicine Yellow Medicine river
Popular passages
Page 113 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 254 - The Indians that went down with us separated. Eight of them and the squaw went north; the other eight went further down. I have not seen any of them since. After father was killed, I took both guns and the ammunition, and started to go to Devil's Lake, where I expected to find some of my friends. When I got to Beaver Creek I saw the tracks of two Indians, and at Standing Buffalo's village saw where the eight Indians that had gone north had crossed.
Page 78 - Their advance upon the sloping prairie in the bright sunlight was a very fine spectacle, and to such inexperienced soldiers as we all were, intensely exciting. When within about one mile and a half of us the mass began to expand like a fan, and increase in the velocity of its approach, and continued this movement -until within about double rifle-shot, when it had covered our entire front. Then the savages uttered a terrific yell and came down upon us like the wind.
Page 303 - Nebraska, having in the night been ordered to join me, and sent out strong scouting parties in different directions to scour the country to overtake what Indians they could ; but in this they were not very successful, though some of them had some little skirmishes. They found the dead and wounded in all directions...
Page 277 - For the friends and families of our fallen comrades we have our warmest sympathies to offer in their bereavement "General Sibley takes this occasion to express his appreciation of the activity and zeal displayed by the members of his staff, one and all. "By command of "BRIGADIER-GENERAL SlBLEY.
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Page 276 - It would be a gratification if these remorseless savages could have been pursued and literally extirpated, for their crimes and barbarities merited such a full measure of punishment ; but men and animals are alike exhausted after so long a march, and a farther pursuit would only be futile and hopeless. The military results of the campaign have been completely accomplished, for the savages have not only been destroyed in great numbers, and their main strength broken, but their prospects for the future...
Page 287 - ... to 2,500. No such concentration of force has, so far as my information extends, ever been made by the savages of the American continent. It is rendered certain, from information received from various sources, including that obtained from the savages themselves, in their conversations with our half-breed scouts, that the remnant of the bands who escaped with Little Crow had successively joined the Sissetons, the Cut-heads, and finally the Yank-ton-ais...
Page 300 - Mr. La Framboise succeeded in getting away from them after some difficulty, and ran his horse a distance of more than ten miles to give me information, Major House, with his command, still remaining there. He reached me a little alter four o'clock.
Page 216 - Yes, tell our friends that we are being removed from this world over the same path they must shortly travel. We go first, but many of our friends may follow us in a very short time. I expect to go direct to the abode of the Great Spirit, and to be happy when I get there;, but we are told that the road is long and the distance great; therefore, as I am slow in all my movements, it will probably take me a long time to reach the end of the journey, and I should not be surprised if some of the young,...