New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-10-22
Mic. GALES.

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As We already said last week, this
New Ulm boy is making his mark in
New Mexico. He left this city in
company of Abner Tibbits for New
Mexico a few years ago almost penni-
less, SO to say. But by dint of hard
work, perseverance and economical
habits he has made his little stake, and
now is the senior partner in whole.
sale and retail general merchandise
business, at Hillsborough, N. NJ, and
we understand is doing quite we'll; all
of which must be very pleasing to his
relatives and friends in this city. He
has recently been a sufferer at the
hands of a highway robber, as will be
seen by the following clipped from the
SiIver Record, published at Silver City,
under date of Sept. 18th:
''Last Friday night when Orders
stage was four miles this side of Mule
Springs a man stepped in front and
called halt" and passengers alight."
There was no one on board but the
driver, and when MIR. Road. agent was
satisfied of that fact he requested Mr..
Order to throw out pocket book, and
the contents being small he politely,
at the back of a " inchester told Grid.
er to turn his pockets out; the return
for the robber in this experiment was
$174.OO money which Order was to de.
liver to Mr.. Blum, of Hillsb0rough.
Road-agent was not satisfied with his
haul and ordered express box and mail
to be thrown to the ground, which re.
quest Order promptly, and sensibly
complied with. The mail sack con.
tanned q registered letter for Nick Gal.
les, value $4,000 in currency. This
can not at present be found, and we
guess the daring thief knows more of
its whereabouts than we do. If New
Mexico is to suffer with the same in.
fiction that curses Arizona, the Lord
help her."
The same paper also gives an account
of a fight with the Indian devils, in
which Mr.. Gales took an active part,
but we will give his own version OF
the affair. He says under date of Sept.
9th:
On the 18th inst. we received infor.
nation from the Placar Camp, about
5 miles distant from here, that the In.
dams were raiding the camp. So fit.
teen of us got arms and horses and
started in pursuit. We came on the
Indians about twelve miles from town
and there gave them battle. We fought
only as men can fight when they get
hemmed in by a lot of red devils, and
know that it is slight or die.' We
stood our ground until we saw there
was no possible show-there being ten
Indians to our one, and better armed
then we were-when we retreated
leaving six of our men dead on the
field. While we were retreating the
Indians were shooting into our little
party from all directions. 1t was one
chance out of a hundred that one of us
got out alive. Three days after we had
the fight, u. S. troops, numbering l25
men, got after the redskins and had a
fight with them about 20 miles from
here, but the Indians got away with
the troops-whipped them as bad as
our small party got licked. Now there
are 300 soldiers out after them and
expect they are fighting while / am
penning this.
tell you, Joe, there is no fun in
fighting Indians. got all 1 want.
My horse got shot in the fight-a horse
I bought about one month before for
1880. In about three days lost by
road'agents and Indians, $500 The
road.agents las you will see by tn.
paper)got $500 in currency. and the
Indians the balance in stock. But |
consider myself in luck that got
away with my scalp. I killed two
Indians in the fight, which l know,
and may be more, for 1 consider my.
self good shot and had a good gun,
which l always keep, and intend to
keep, for that is very essential in New
Mexico.
He closes his letter by saying that
he will write more soon if he don't get
scalped before the trouble ends. The
Silver Record say IS that Mr.. Gales de.
serves medal for his gallant conduct
as an Indian fighter.