St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-09-04
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F. ~ othes--Day, the Hero lnlian.
The following is the narrative Of Other
Day, the heroic Indian, who rescued some
sixty white men and their families, includ-
ing Galbra,th's wife and children, from
the Indian ontbreak the Yellow Medicine
Agency y 2@"1lH
Il: Othcr.Day was brought down from
Shakopee BY the Rev: G! HI. Pond, Who
acted as interpre,e, III his Interview with
the Governor. The STORY as t6luobSy Oh!
er-pay is 3here given with ;isio5h,e ehan$e
in the order in which the factsare recited
nearly in the words of the Interpreter: Il
On Monday, the 18th, about 8 o'clock
A. NJ, word came to the Upper Agency at
Yellow Medicine, that all the white peo.
pie at the Lower or Red Wood A Agency,
had been murdered by tie M'dewakanton
Sioux. Then the Indians, at the call of
their chiefs; assembled in council to the
number of about l0O-Sissetons aud Wax.
petons, and about 80 young Yanktons who
were present, but being without chie'
had no voice in the couLcil. At - NJ,
while they were debating what course to
take, word came that a party of soldiers
had arrived at the Red Mood Agency, and
were all killed. This news still further
agitated the council, which was greatly d.
videl in sentiment The Sissetons urged
the killing of all the whites, sud the ta-
king Of their goods and prs.perty: They
said that the M'dewakantons had already
gone. so far that the worst the whites
could intlict would be sure to come upod
THIN all---that the, whites would regaro
Ithem allalike as enemies; and Stree mat.
tiers ,uld in no event be worse, the best
plan was to kill them all and take their
goods
The Wakpetons agreed with them that
as they were row in for mischief, they
ought to take the goods of the whites, but
opposed killing them. They said they had
nothing against the whites, and insisted
upon sending them off with their horses
and. wagons across the prairie.
Other-Day himself addressed them
He told them that they might easily
enough kill few whites-6ve, ten, or a
hundred. But the consequence would be
that their whole country would be filed
with soldiers of the United States, and all
Of them killed or driven away. "Some of
you" he said, "say you have horses and
may escape to the plains but what will
become of those who have no horses -
They replied to this that all this would
happen anyway.
After long debate, towards evening
the Yanktons, Sissetons, and few of the
Wakpetons, rising from the council, with.
out coming to anv conclusion, moved to-
wards the houses Of the whites, for the
purpose Of killing them.
In the meantime he (Other. Day) took
his wife by the arm, took his gun and
went to the house Of the whites, informed
thom Of their danger (for they had pre-
viously known nothing of the council)
and hurried them all to the Agency house.
brick building about mile from the
place where the council was held. They
assembled here armed, to the number of
over fifty, resolved to defend the mselves
and families to the last extremity Then
be got four Of his relatives to assist him
in guarding the building from assault dur
ing N onday night. While there watch. .
ing, the other Indians came, in groups Of
from five to ten, and formed "a circle
around the building; thinks they intend
ed to Kill himself and his four relatives,
and then, attack the whites. re and his
friends watched there till about daybreak,
when they heard gun near the ware.
houses, and about mile further down !;
then another, and another. and then gen
eral yell from the Indians, as they broke
into the stores. Upon this the Indians
who were sitting around watching him and
his companions ran Of to the. warehouses;
to participate in the booty, ard, his four
friends followed them Then be called to
tho whites inside 70 harness their. horses
and put OF q They soon had five, wagons ...,,,,.
ready In which they put about City men
wonen, and children, and they stated 70
eross tbs siver, snd ascspded ths blua Of