St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-09-04

the logs to make port holes; and on, IN.
til laoe If the afternoon she kept tho sava.
gcs atbay. Al length the two last caps
were ou:sthe nipple6a and their means Of
defense was over. She waited and resery.
ed. these precious. shots for sure aim
The sun lEx,s low ii the Western horizon
and with all the days firing no help had
come. The wounded dare not groar lest
the enemy should know their condition.
With her precious last two loads Mrs
Foote watched, but 40 Indian came near
enough ~ risk the loss Of QUE At length
they were seen to disappear carrying their
dead ia Mr.. Foote's wagon, and all=that
hight the besieged party watched for their
return. Next morning, Thursday, the
wounded wanted fresh water, aud Mrs. F.
ventured down TO the Creek aud got 4
bucket full Five moments after she got
in, four Indians rode w the path she had
travelled. With her preciou, last shots
she watched for good aim but they kept
out Of bullet range. STANDARD had fed to
an Island in the morning, and SO the wo.
man spent day aud another night with
their three small children and their, to all
appearance, dying husbands, who contin-
we'd to u:ge them to fly and save the chill
dren. AT length on Friday morning they
started. Ms +. with = child one ye.r
I'D md one six, Mn. E. With one four.-
They travelled all day without finding any
one passing over ~ miles, aud slept at
night in the woods. Next morning they
reached MI. Foo,e's house IT Green Lake
and found it deserted but got III and RE
pared food. While there 4 boy rude W
to the door. He was son Of Mr.. Massey,
Of La Sucur who was out hunting claim,
and conducted them IT, his fathers wagon
who thew out enough of his l>ad to make
room foA them aud brought them to For
est City.
Meantime the wounded men lay wait
ing, Whiting. Each alone aud both to-
gether.-one up the other down stairs,
each supporting himself aud companion dy:
ing, AMI still dreadlng that the Indians
would come and torture them. The flies
got into their wounds. The curse OF Her.
I'd was Gu them and the worn had come
to his feast ere Death bal prepared it.
All Friday passed. Saturday, feve: and
des;riuw set IN with ". +. His gos was
beside him with its precious last eAargc
Offering escape troas his hideous enemies
I lie placed the ,auz3le in his Aa,n.h and
with his toe drew the ,r'gsss, when, Oh.
horror ! the cap explode| anl tl.e charge
remained Thea he tried th4, other bar
reA AVID thas sso failed: Even Death re.
used to eosAe ~ his relief He had his
pocket knife, and making great struggle
he got it cat md made a great cash in his
ktt arm. It bled freely and NOW he saw
an outlet from bis clay prisoe. But, his
e4etkias caught and eooguk.tea the btood
and the Cow stopped, but not uutA he
inaamatieH and fever WIS carried IF, aud
the God-kke resss> w.s once more master:
Of the battered frs Then fife, and to
G''d his family was TIE master rish. Let
whe MAI zbt die he must 1--we. He found
the hs.' j bread III bis reach and dipping
it liz tbs water sucked it, and found aew
strength. Surely dcliverauce wos,ld G, ne :?
o" Saturday, a buy CAME, young A,dvr-
sun, brother u Mrs. Ericsson LIE was
badly wounded, his M,1her hidden in the
woods, his father sbot: bis two sisters one
l8 aud the other 4 years had been tsc en-
prisoners. Then, NJ: r. ,hsssls n.ybe
his daughter bsd been take. s.ive .sa he
must live to avcnge her: .... il.
The buy went for his Mother, AMI wa;h
he hunted upa pair Of oxen and wager,
and brought them to the door this noble
woman came from her hiding place, cut
and tore the clothes from the wounded
men, brought water AMI washed them
pouring it over them BY buckets FULL then
wrapping them in sheets, she tuok hold Of
the bed on which, her Son.in.law lay and
dragged it to the head Of the stairs, then
getting below dragged him on to her
shoulder, and carried HUI, to the wagon
aud got Rim in. while Mr.. F arose and
walked to it. So Mrs Anderson brought
them to Forest City from: whence Mr.. E