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MALL, MESSENGERS: SENT BACK. NO WORD FROM SIBLEY UP TO AUG. 71H. Maat: OUR, CORRESPONDENT THINKS ¥, THE EXPEDITION, PULL, AND INTERESTING PARTIC ULARS, Cane Arximson,'D.T., July Riot, 1803, Correspondence of The St. Cloud Democrat: ”' Earron Danoonar.We were startled, yes terday evening, by the announcement in our camp, that Lieutenant Ambrose Freeman, Co. P, Mounted Rangers, had fallen a victim to the savage foe. As the particulars of this un fortunate affair will be of melancholy interest to his friends and whom that knew him was not his friend I give them ‘ae related to me by Mr. Brackett, who was with him all the time, . When we came to this camp, some two weeks ago, Gen. Sibley directed to leave part of the trpin and commissary at area here, till he ‘ex pedition ‘should be this far on its return.— Pour '‘soulpanics from’ each regiment, trith all the men who Wert unable to rmnake long imarch 8, of which there were some.im each compa ny were left here to guard, the stores, conva lescent mules, and part of the ont lo drove. On the Sith day after they left this ‘camp, Lieut. Freeman and Me, George Brackett, ‘who is 'beef contractor, had failed behind the train ‘and turned to the loft in search of gun. Having ¢hdied’ and killed an antelope, they concluded to push on to overtake the train or reach the camp, an it may then Past, nogn.— They soon discovered three Indians whom they resolved to chase, and Kill if they conta, t approaching them they recognised them as home of our own depute. Coming up to them, they saw some horsemen on a rise-of-ground, some three miles distant,, which they suppos ed to be, the rear guard.of the train. The cnt into a ravine to y : 08, while Brackett and Freeman rode on. Not long’ afterward’ they’ observed’ part ‘of the opposed cavalry force c oming toward them. It being a somewhat common thing for, mount ies men to,thus ride back and forth, thoy, that some of the officers probably ,were coming back to meet them. Owing to the formation of the ground, they did not see tose in Tropt| of them fot ime, i ws ™ lding’home distance, a party of armed and painted warriors—about fifteen in number, Mr. B. thinks—bearing 9 flag of Aruos, ‘¢ume | azar tio.crest. of a ill meeting, thats, about twenty rods distent, . With,a yell thy Tndigne dashed at them, Sting their guns as they came. [Brackett déew'noU know whether Fediaan' Wwe hit or not,Hink# he probably wae. They de cided, when they saw the'Indians, to retreat to the scouts,who were coming behind them, and with them to stand and fight. ‘The Indi ans soon, overtook them and,‘spread out on either flank as if trying to surround them,.— While ‘their attention was Afrected to this movement, one of them made's rapid ash at te Lieutenant, coming directly behind hin, Freeman Was turning to gets his gun in posi tion to fire, when the Indian, having come so nar that their horses, very nearly if not,quite toughing, discharged an arrow which struck Freeman under the shoulder near the back bend. Phasing early, if not quite, through blo ody. Another fred-a’ gun at Brackett, but missed him; one of the squats, then fired int “Yn dismounting, Prvimidii fell to the ground ; ‘naked Breckett, who went to h him, to put a atraip that wad for his shoulder aid, 1T'mt pearly, gone—some meter,” dropped his hand to the ground and expired in a few minutes, they ran their horses four miles when the Ine ians overtook, them peat... They, dismount ed the sooutaaurrendared ; die of the mo Honing to ‘Brackett to ‘hide in The tall gras andl bushiée Heat ‘BY; whee did,” The Tactic ‘commenced'a’ quatre athong: theinsalive about the horses, of which they now bed five, so it voted in excitement Mose 1 t a8 he wi ng hwr started to find Be 1, ~fligh night tire they beca meas. Travelling two days and camping two nights on the came river—he was evidently 1 pen gars an 94 lost—he changed his course 0 more days got back to the trail, 4 near where Freeman was killed. Starting on ly to over as the train fean moce astat| dead the rogdjang Prpidet to tut ack to ! During this time he had exten only some bullslo hich he killed at theitive? ; oft the Tetterdie anid? that all ex cept the limbs and breasts were so hard and tough he could socreely beat them, and they seemed to do him bat ittle good. His feet had become very sore—being hurt by his He bind Joat nihia, knives, but had the igre forline to find one in the road, and alad som alrings. Cutting off his boot lege he antag * pair of mocelsine, to which he could walk faater and with Te prin. When he came to one of the off camps, he found some pieces of, uri bead, which had been dropped about on the ground. These, muddy and dirty as they wore, he saga tasted as good to lum as any food he ever ate. “This renewed his strength so he made forty’ miles’ the day he came in. He was pretty well used up, but ie doing fell and in good spirits. His feet were much swollen, his head blistered—he lut his lat in the race— and his mind seems a little affected, all he had been in a severe fever. There is a little confusion in some of the details of the Hory, but the main facts we have no reason to doubt. Freeman's gun hw carried till the third lay, when his weakness and exhaustion com pelled him to leave it. It had been wet and 40 could not frest. Taking out the trigger to make it useless to the enemy,he stuck the muscle in the ground, and wrote the fate of the owner on the breech. The revolver he brought in. A minute account has been sent to the expedition, to enable them if they did not find out, to find the body on their return. We have no force here that can be sent after ty and no one to guide us to it. Every possi ble effort will be made to obtain the body, if it is not foung already. On'the aboté hamed facts, we need not 'com ment. A braté‘and’ dod'man has'falen. It 's humiliating’ to think that ‘one ‘6 Skilled'in the use of fire-armis—in this’ respect he was probably without an equal to the Brigade, should fall by the arrow of anyagey that his' feadly riffle should fall from his hiind ‘with its six laden messer of death in its chambers, and his blood be usiaveniged .' Hut such is war. The announcement caused déep sainnss in the senms of those ‘here who’ had known him ‘at home, and those who had become acquainted ‘with him in the army. His company will sincerely mourn him, for he was a popular officer. The public, where ‘ois so well known, will hear of his death with unfeigned regret. To his family it will be a ‘errible Man, and an irreparable fos8, Of his virtues much wight be said, but they ‘are well known. A. characier go unsullied, honor 80 untarnished, Needs not te aborn mal of my poor praise, ‘ Sill remembering him ag the kind-hearted, frank, honest, hos pitable man; ‘energetic and spright in busi ness, sincere and consivicha a Christian 5 and my witin ‘persorial, friend, I feel to ex claim with the old prophet, “Maal my broth er. Another ‘spirit has gone up to join the society of just pion “yinde perfect, and his thristly ‘remains, even if unburied, God will keep ill that day When the “moral shall put on iummortality.”” Prospects are not very encouraging for the success of the expedition, but the boys feel well concerning Vickvburg and Tort: Hudson. All are hopeful of the suppression of the re bellion, and generally’ didgualéd' with then, tion Expedition,” We’ have “hear ‘nothing from Sibley ‘ for ‘tom days. A detrohiment which went to Devil's Lake ‘with “eight days’ rations has been gone days and not heard from. Some apprehension is felt for them.— if somothing is not done soon) we shall hate ‘a return ‘The lord tack wiil'#con tail, Youtis;WON, DARNELL! Avavet Ist. To the letter of yesterday, Y mentioned the tachment Whidh' hdd gone to Devil'd Leke. They came both’ today ‘about Hidoh. They captured and brought none hudjan who is said to be a son of Little Crow. Up ways the same himself, and is well known to some of the scouts, he confirms the opinion, entartained here for some time past, that the Indian Killed mear Hutchison by Mesure, Lampson, too the veri table Little Crow himself. This fellow was one of the party which went down with his father and was with him when he, was killed, and had the gun which Crow, Sen,, had at fe ime, with a bullet hole in the butt” of the stock. I think there “is no doubt’ but. “L. Crow, Esq.” is effectually dispoac. of, ‘Thin fellow, , after his father was killed, went to Dig Stone Lake and there found our trail, which he fole lowed—getting hie living by picking up sho tcraps which had been dropped. After get ting bore he «lid, mobs like Bibby’s course, amt started for Devil's hake,on his own hook. Hie powder had all been expanded while in Minnesota, though he had read and ape — Somewhere on the way,he found 8, cerbieg cartridge, which he saved, with great care.t=|| ing ® obanco, which he Would risk, to use ‘hte! Joat load. He had goons wolf run ino « hpie |' and sat down and watched for him: to Y font, . Here, he watched for three, daya,, till Mr. Wolf came out, i rund to ourrenter, ae one 1G lest Toad of powder. Having hi Wed hoping to make im, whin the scouts came upon him, he re and with nothing to fight bh be give it up. They fed him up if: ight is, it is not impossible Wedhelmey be IE at $2 per day, before t he war in over. Let me ome pay after this, chat the expedition is = Soe ae ert tured one Tndian, ‘ me ny wae ign_of Indiane ie some time. reas naw s tral'wherei they had fed! They 2 Ue Luke tat ie, a which rik ‘think the Indiane might hold out much longer than ‘our rations. ‘Dire-greve eerie fate-de-nil burned’ t meaese th no nae ur. They not the south of us. If Sibley gets on their treck, and obey Bet to hungry they can't go any, further, far may capture some of them. The detachment which had just come in were on half ration four days and made long marches—one way about thirty aites. Those who staid here wanted to go, but they now think i good joke on those who went, that they captured a ‘dead Indian.' I think there is some reason to hope that ‘this Sioux’ war will end when the Sioux are ‘individually not collectively” all dead .— Which may be sometime in the present cen tury, is not proper for soldier to publish erit Adhma, on the conduct of his superiors, but ‘men in command, and those commanded, some times have vastly different opinions. w. M.D. Avavar 2d. This correspondence, intended at frat to be embraced‘in one brief letter,” seems likely to grow to voluminous dimensions. With the return of the Devil's Lake expedition, and the sailors of young Crow, thought I lad the latest inteligerice that could be,obtained to tend by this mail. This morning at reveille, messengers, who lef this camp yesterday morning With the mail to go to Sibley, came she went to the first camp which, Sibley's train made, and saw one In- One of the Indians came to meet them, and one of the mail carriers, ‘Who are Red River half-breeds, rode forward to meet the Indian. With their guns cocked, and Lath er Kittle ‘courtesies, they met and spoke. The Indian’ wanted to“know what the other was doing there. “He told him he waa going o Gen. Sibley. The Indian told him he could not go;that’the country wax full of Indian’ and he would be,» dead as it be any further, “the messenger old: itm Hin be wat oom the British Possessions with letters. Irom the Governor, who had written to Gen. Sibley not to fight the Indiana, but to snake ‘peace with them. To this” story he Persistently ad hered. ‘The Tydian however, did not seem to believe it, but told him he was carrying the mail to Sibley, and he would be killed went on! ‘He questioned the Indian} who” re fused to talk much, but told him that sitive was camped’ near the ‘Missouri; that ‘more People” were coming from below and were near Sibley's c that the whole Sieve ma ton, excepting Standing Buffalo, Sweet Corn, and their bands, who had gans to St. Jo, to give themselves up, were gathered:opether and campers neat to Sibley, that there were about 2,000 lodges of them thatt famiies 01 with them, and, that they were to attack Sibley’s camp titee days before that. The “nore piroplay referred to grerenppoped to be Sully's loy troops, which Sibley has been ex pecting some time to meet. If there ‘are 3,000 Jolges i is estimated that there are from four to six thousand warriors. Thu half breed, who talked with thie’ “Infifan, says he knowy athe place pwell. That the und is very broken, all hills and ravines. The distance he estimates Af from 100 to 120 miles, ‘The Indie he says, are well supplied have but little powder, but, abundance of ar rows; and,hal they are ponies, which are all me Tedian ‘aha (old hind GL tae hak he babk alone to this'baimpl 'The half- cry him Ahat‘could | 204 dstroy thine chara, were othr: with bi: and naked what! beekine ‘or ‘then. ‘The Jidian | taughea' ‘and typed Wid hood—asl Kiva a way he could ta if he would ‘The lone man, of occu TR ANGOLA SET ye the fate of Freeman and the scouts the Indigo probably knew, Company I, of the [Uh Regiment, ie heves be ing one of tt the ent wae en. Nerthe’ndaethe tte dh; we * six or 2étéh handed men here in all, faa are ‘ell Torlifed. We expect’ rather interesting News from “Gin. Sibley cowed hoor froar'dhem agua ‘vara in re eh by ri Peavy bey y Metal ite Wemmre;also indebted Sra J. pst and “Cor Lit ota Will WOOL. OE Wa letter we 7 [in are asked ay eae ii ae our outside, haa since Wied! 2A ELE Nothing ‘had “beat Hostal trea: ‘Bibley ti th eir Th io 53 eRe mee wiade ore
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