What other of the patriotic defend the Union against traitors in arms. The following table embraces a list of the regiments, date of organization, discharge, etc.: 66 66 66 ક 66 66 bome SHARPSHOOTERS. 1861. .1862. The last named company was on duty with the First Regiment in the Army of the Potomac. The war ended, and, honorably discharged, the survivors of the dangers incident to life on war's tented fields, returned to their homes to receive ovations of honor from the people from whose midst they had gone out, and who had eagerly, zealously watched their movements, and marches and battles, from the day they were first borne away towards the South. The welcomes over, the returned volunteers laid aside their soldier's garb, donned the citizen's dress, and fell back upon their old avocations-on the farm, in the shop, at the forge, or whatever else their hands found to do. Brave men are honorable always, and no class of Minnesota's men deserve better than those who offered their had bee away from devilis Fed only b rads asse ed cutting Blanca dow ounding order States, the early settlers of Minnesota were subces and incursions from the Indians, and many an honest, le, inoffensive pioneer man and woman, intent only on they could call their own, became victims, in some way dian savagery. Some of them were murdered, others was worse. ese savage butcheries occurred at Spirit Lake, in the art of Iowa, close to the Minnesota State line, in March, at Springfield, in this State, about fifteen or twenty Spirit Lake. of 1856, Red Wing enterprise fitted out a company of of G. W. Granger, Barttell Snyder and Isaac Harriett, own to Spirit Lake to select land claims and found a all of 1856 there were seven cabins around the lake, all Occupied. The occupants were a man named Thatcher ble and family, Judge Howe and family, Marble and and family, and Isaac Harriett, Barton Snyder and G. e three last named occupying one cabin and keeping rs previous to this outrage, a few Dakota Indians and the lead of an excommunicated Dakota named Inkpaen roving through that part of Iowa. They had been m their own people, and were a band unto themselvessh, murderous wretches; and on Sunday, the 8th of ey came to Spirit Lake, and almost immediately comellish work. Mr. Neill says they proceeded to a cabin by men, and asked for beef. Understanding, as they erted, to kill one of the cattle, they did so, and comup, when one of the white men went out and knocked vn. In retaliation the white man was shot and killed; git killed the occupants as they attempted to escape from the burning building-eleven in all. Other authorities say there was no beef demanded by the Indiansno beef killed, and that Inkpadootah was not assaulted by any of the white men, but that the attack was instigated solely and simply by Indian treachery and thirst for blood. This version of the affair is maintained by Isaac Lauver, W. W. DeKay, George Huntington, and a Mr. Patten, who went down to Spirit Lake from Red Wing about the 31st of March, as soon they heard of the massacre, to bury the remains of the murdered victims, and look after the claim interests. At about the same time, the murdering wretches went to a cabin occupied by a man named Gardner and his family, and asked for something to eat. Everything in the house was given them. While they were disposing of Gardner's hospitality, his son-in-law, and another man who was there, went out to see if everything was right at the neighboring cabin-the one just mentioned as being set on fire. It was their last mission, for some of the Indians were in ambush, and shot and killed them also. The Indians left Gardner's, after securing all the food the cabin contained, but returned in the latter part of the afternoon and killed Gardner, his wife, two daughters, and his grandchildren, and carried away, as a prisoner, one other, named Abby. That night, or the next morning, they visited the homes of Noble and Thatcher, who had settled there, and carried Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Thatcher prisoners to their camp. On Monday, a man named Markham, went to Gardner's on some errand, and found the murdered bodies of the entire family. Markham hid himself until darkness came on, and then went to Springfield, and reported the murder. The following Thursday, March 12, an Indian called at Marble's cabin, three miles above Thatcher's, and told her that the white people down on the lake had been nipped (killed) a day or two before. This intelligence alarmed the Marbles, the more so, as the great depth of snow then on the ground had prevented communication with the settlement below for some days; but, fearing the worst, it was impossible for the Marble family to inaugurate any measures for flight, or other means of safety. The next morning, Friday, the 13th, four Indians, with friendly bearing, came to Marble's and bantered him to trade rifles. The trade was made, after which they prevailed on Marble to go out on the lake and shoot at a mark. After a few shots they turned in the direction of the house, and managing to get Marble in advance of them the Indians |