SAINT PAUL, MINN.,
November 24, 1862
– 12.20 p m.
His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President of the United States:
Official information has reached me from the officer in
charge of the condemned Indians that organizations of inhabitants are being
rapidly made with the purpose of massacring these Indians. He has been obliged
in consequence to concentrate a considerable force for their protection, and
during the cold weather it is impracticable to protect so large a body of
troops and Indians from the weather. I trust that your decision and orders in
the case will be transmitted as soon as practicable, as humanity to both the
troops and Indians requires an immediate disposition of the case. I apprehend
serious trouble with the people of this State, who are much exasperated against
the criminal Indians.
JNO. POPE,
Major-general.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
22, Part 1 (Serial No. 32), p. 790-1
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