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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 29 (search)
very closely with reference to the prisoners, their number and condition, the location of the Indian camp, the intention of the leaders, and state concisely the substance of their replies. They say the white women and children number one hundred or more; that no violence has been offered the former; that they are as well taken care of by the farmer Indians as circumstances will permit; that they are allowed full liberty during the day, but are quartered at night; that only one half-breed, L. Labathe, was killed, and he would not have been had he not resisted. The other half-breeds are kept as prisoners, although unguarded. It is announced to them that, if they attempt to escape, they and their families will be killed. They have, in many instances, been forced to participate in the fights that have occurred, under penalty of being killed. They say many of the Sioux, indeed all of the lower bands, were in favor of giving up the white prisoners, but the upper Indians object, which