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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
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1900 @ortons Sirainid SeeeIine U.
400 Nicsliua Wirslinse fuh au be5sn
bel D. 3.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
Rls tocrmictbell /!

Sas 8oumann'ids SGus an bet 3tta
Strose 1T bilia ,n miethen. Ra&au
frasen BEL Sefepb &effItt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
Ttdus, Sptkentrasen, II. I. III.
bie nmfausret@fe Ausuabl i'm
&utben Store pom .. :. Wer=
tens.

2cbten Montn9 itnrb 9err Gbriltopb
Strn0t, Elm etwa 3 MeLen oltIid bon
9ermann wObnen6er 6armer, nod
fur3em SronfIein I'M Glitter bon So
Sabren. Die 8eeroi9uns fano Iesten
@oataa auf Dem futboIifdsH Sirdbots
III Berger TAFT.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
Sinia

SerreE.Sennben, S~olenIrdser, Nsdties,
So6en, Sanbidube II. /. IL. i'm 8otbsn
Store.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Gine prd6ti9e Nuewabl bon Set
tags. @cibenfen fnbet man bel
@bns. 6u9gcr.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
9erutanutr WOlksblatt

Catered q ns Post Once at Hermann, Mo-, and
admlt1sA % transmission through the mails at
so0aa ola. rates.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Samen WanteI in sroBer &usnabI
bel SEQ. SraettIp.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

@orme Winter'S dube oIsr groBen
biuia in W. q. 8enfnes Sduh'S Store.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
Die beribmte @bite 3dbmafdine 1T
am b~iui9lten 3u faufen bel


Die beriibmte @bite Ndbmafdine IL
ont bili9iten gu faufen bel
so onnig' s.
Sic eroBte uub bette NuswubI feincr
StiefeI, Sdu5e, slippers fir 9rOB
uuO SIetu gu nieoeren Yrciien finbet
man int S9ublabsn BON SObn- &.
GeiseI.
Gin Curriculum in Der Sorm elmer
Betauntmaduue Ole Elm S6Idhter in
Dem feline 1000 Meileu bon bier emit
ferntsn Stdot@en on9eidta8eu bat, lit
uus bon cinsm 6reuute ;u9eitelt pOr'
be1. 0ir Iniien 6aS Iiterariide Mei-
It rftif HE rmit verbatim ct literatim
t0!aen:
,SefanO ma49cn baS i'd mi6t nler
,auiseb gu s9Iadten bas Sober
,Wfann IS weis. SD i9laats mic'
der fir meine Sunoen Sriei6e
,8unben mer6cn aud @ei6ia6tet.
Saffee beim Cad ODER beim Dollars
+ rtb ;u ct. 2ouis Yreiicu bel
SO Ount9 s.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Meinc Ian0idbriac UIfobrung III
obigem @cih0it beiaBi8en mid meine
&unbcn NIT Den bcltcu @Oorcu i'm
Wartte 3u 6eu moaIidlt u~ie6riafen
Yrcilcu bcbicncu III f6nutn.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Sni@entit@er, GOriets, mol
lene Masen, Nubias, SbaDls II.
striimpfe ftn6et man am biais=
tten BET 8. 8. Mertens.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

@ummi ueberI@ube fur 9erren isbr
bldg BEL Sobn 6. Seisel.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Summit uebcrl4ube fur Sameu unb
Ginosr su bilisen Yrcifeu BEL SsibeIs.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
T1rmer

Ia i6 ttir3Ii6 msin 8ahbaus btetuisnN
SersrGBsrt un6 beauemer einerri@itt babe,
fam i'd MN mcinsn aunhen unb tt1snstTS
brn 5armrrn rsbr 9rautmlitFeittu rFtriren
ais fribrr. Die StaGlungsn, bic in BtTbiRo
buns nit benz SOtel frbsn, Tne isst 70 srr6a.
mig eingeribtet nm 40 pferbea Sbha& AZ ses
rpdbrrn. Scrn, Seu un6 Snfsr Tnb immeT
unb gu md6issm prsiie bel mir ;u tabtA.
40-5 Spbn g.. @iRter.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Ssftass Sefdente fur Se6ermann
su Fiuisen Breifen BEL Gbas. SHsser.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Mcin 9Iotto 1T: Senc Yretle.
Sd bctrcibc feline 8aUcruf0n9erci unb
beI1Gftige Nicm0nben Suuoen fir
mein @rldait OufSutrcibcn. un0 bin
Der Inlidt, bab cute 8anrcn uno
recHe Seoiemu9 uur oUeia ci1
@eI16ft accommodated loIcu.
Wau IafIc Il If DIT per
bIIffcn 6urd 8ercbc bon Yerionen,
melde Elm Snterc6e babel baben, 9e8en
mid su orbciten, lOnocrn UberSeu9e
f6 ieIbl Il, no man ont bcltcn uno
tiuioiteu bcbjcnt miro.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

Nrbn6els serOfetem &afee
tanft man am biatgftrn bei u.
s. YrnoS'. Nnr IL 1-2 Gents
Sns EfmnS SOer ;net YfunS=
Yafete fir rnr % Gents.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
Das 6e5dmHiR

oe5 a~usemeinen GrfoIses pom
8rorpn's Giien=8 itters 1T ems
fab bieies: IS lit bic bette Giz
fenzBraporotion, mel9e ie onz
9eferti9t wurbe, lit S%uiommen=
9eiebt auf our6auS wifenfdaft=
.Ii6en, 6emii6en unO mcbieini=
i6e Yrincipien un6 erfitut eeraoe
bos, wofur es ouS9e9e6eu wiro
- weoer mebr nod iueniser.
8ei uoIli9er unb f6nener 8erz
men8un9 NIT benz 8lut, errei6t
es ieoen TbeiL oes SpItems,
beiIeno, reini9en6 un6 ftdrfen6.
Snoem es pom @runo aus be-
9innt, baut es auf uno felt
uerIorene 8eiunobeit mieber ber
- auf anoerem gSe9e fam Elm
onbaItenoer Nuben ni6t errei3t
meroen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

70 Dearborn Nos., GbIeosc, Sos. z.
So hit u~nstbeutr en I6wa6tm
9laatr. SotbreHneu uub Dpspepfe In
itrer f6iimmfeR Dirt. Seindbe Gnes.
ras ID gu mir u1hm, rerurfd4te mir
6nmtrSsn une fpnnte th nur msnia
fdtH. Sd ptrIutte @1es mas mir
e~npfcSIen rurbe, natm 8etl4ret-
buHaen uon miHbeieHs tinem DHsenb
GtrIteR Elm, cbne inhes SeGeruRe ~
fuhItn bic i6 Brprn's Giien. 9itttrB
ndbm. SD futle MIN Ietue mehr bar
alien Pldetn nne Bin elm dubtrrr
Ntuih. So rreret edrIsr unh fatle
1useeJei6ntt. Sd bin Elm Giltnbdbn.
Sustnisur unb made nun msint 6ahrs
ten rtseImd6ts.- SD idnn ni6t "a
ricl ldser, Jun Robe Strer puRherbas
rtn y1huI.
z q mo6
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15

9rown's GiIen=8 itters ents
96lt weber @bisten nod Spirit
tus unb f9wdrst rueber Die 3Gbs
ne nod uerurfa9t es 9opfneb
ODER 8erftopfung. Gs furirt
0pspepiie, rlnperbaulidfeit,
Sobbrennen S9IafIofigfeit,
S9winbeI, neru0ie S6wa9e,
Sdwa5beit &C.
@etrdr4t nur grcpR's Gifsns Bttters IA.
eririrt zen Der Srcpn GtemiedI Co., Bait.
urrt. Huf hem umf&ldse befnbsu fA rrth
e~tIEruItt SiHisR uni bic SAusmaris.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1882-12-15
Neue NGbmai6tmen.
~ bsri6iebcnr Surtcn ban $4,000
nuFmnrfs.

&beile, Na0eln uno Sci. Ncparn-
turcn on N0Bmoihinm mctHCn prompt
uuo gut beIor9t.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
How Birds Learn TO Sing.

A wren built her nest in box on II
New Jersey farm. The occupants OF the
farm house saw the mother teach her
young to sing She sat in front of them
and sang her whole song very distinctly
One of the young attempted to initiate
her. After proceeding through few
notes its voice broke and it lost the tune.
The mother Immediately recommended
where the young one had failed, and
went very distinctly through with the
remainder. The young bird made II
second attempt, commencing where it
had ceased before, aud continuing the
song as long as it was able; aud when
the note was again lost the mother be-
gan anew where it had stopped, and
completed it. Then the young one
resumed the tune, and finished it. This
done, the mother sang over the whole
series of notes a second time with great
precision, and second of the young
attempted to follow her The wren
pursued the same course with this one
as with the first; and so with the third
and fourth. This was repeated day
after day and several times a day, until
each of the birds became perfect
songster. Holden'S Bird Magazine.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
A Baptist Minister'S Experience.

| am Baptist minister, and before
even thought of being a clergyman, grad
uated in medicine, but left lucrative prac-
tice for my present profession, 40 years ago.
| was Tor many years sufferer from quinsy
"rhomas' Eclectric Oil cured me-" | was
also troubled with hoarseness, and Thomas
Ecectric Oil always relieved me, My wife
and child had diphtheria, and "Thomas'
Eclectric Oil cured them,' and if taken in
time it will cure seven times0ut of ten. | am
confident it is cure for the most obstinate
cold or cough, and if any one will take n
small teaspoon and half ill it with the Oil
and then place the end of the spoon in one
nostril and draw the Oil out of the spoon
into the head by shifting as hard as they
can, until the Oil falls over into the throat,
and practice that twice a week, don't care
how offensive their head may be, il will
clean il out and cure their Catarrh For
deafness and earache i,has done wonders To
my certain knowledge, 1t is the only
medicine dubbed patent medicine that |
have ever felt like recommending, and am
very anxious to see it in every place, for I
tell you that would not be without il in NV
house for any consideration. am now
suffering with pain like rheumatism in
my right limb, and nothing relieves me like
Thomas Ecectrc Oil.
DR., Il. +, CRANE, Cory, Pa.
| Paul G.. Schulz, Agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
The Bells of UppertendOm

patronize Sozodont because it perpetuates
and increases the most important item in
the sum of loneliness, beauty of the teeth
Let the mouth be ever 80 smell, very
cupid's bow, if filed with discoored teeth
it is repulsive. Whitened and preserved
with this peerless dentfce, the teeth form
a delightful contrast to the roseate hue and
lovely curve of pretty mouth Sozodont
is far preferable to gritty tooth powders.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01

PERSONS whose blood has been corrupted
and the circulation deranged by fou
secretons-the results Of the disordered
chemistry of the body--need for their
publication something like an inward
baptism at the hands of Mrs. Lydia f.
Pinkham, whose laboratory is at No. 233
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Her Vege.
table Compound is fairly inundating the
country with river of life.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
Experientia DOcet.

We must tell some men great deal to
teach thema little, but the knowledge of
the curative properties Of Spring Blossom
in case of sick headache, indigestion and
billiousness Is bought by experience
Price so cents, Paul G. Schulz, Agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
TOBACCO.
RATES OF FREIGHT.
If You are Ruined

in health from any cause, especially from
the use Of any of the thousand nostrums
that promise so largely, with long fictitious
testimonials have no fear. Resort to Hop
Bitters at once, and in short time you
will have the most robust and blooming
health
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
Honorable Mention.

Of all the remedies on earth that well
may claim attention, DR.. Thomas Elec-
tric Oh commands especial mention. For
wondrous power to cure disease, Its fame
theirs aone can throttle Its merits are
not in the puff, but are inside the bottle.
Rheumatism, neuralgia, sore throat, asthma,
bronchitis diphtheria, etc., are all cured by
Thomas Eclectrc Oil.
Paul G.. Schulz, Agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
Universal Appreciation i.

BY the community at large has been Civ
en- to Burdock Blood Btters. No instance
is known where dissatisfaction has been
manifested by their use, or where aught
but benefit followed their administration.
Price 81 90, Paul G. Schulz, Agent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
Sowing and Reaplng.

Whom young lady hens handkerchiefs
for arich bachelor, she sews that she may
reap. When seeds of disease are planted
through over indulgence, you can prevent
the undertaken from reaping the benefit by
using Spriag Blossom. Price so cents,
Paul G.. Schulz Agent.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01

THE Grand Central Hotel, 6G7 Broad
way, New York city, is more centrally To-
Gated than any other first class hotel on
the American plan in that city. Don't for.
get this when you visit Gotham and give
them a call. 200 rooms on European plan
at $l.00 and upwards per day, also good
restaurant attached
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01

"SELLER's LIVER Pills" have been the
standard remedy for malaria, liver com.
plant, costlveness, ETC., for fifty years.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01

Mus. DUKES, of Colfax, Indiana, has run.
ming sore on her ankle for two wears.
"Lindsey's Blood sesrcher" cared it.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
Pain Cannot STAY Where
1t Is Used.

Rhuemstism il cured by
THOMAS ECLRCTRIC OIL.
A lame back Of eight years standing was positive
~ cured by 90 cents worth OF
TAOMAs' ECLECTRIC OIL
Common sore throat Ia cured with one dose Of
THOMAS ECLECTRIC OIL.
Coughs and colds are cured by
THOMAS ECLECTRIC OIL,
All throat and lung diseases are cured by
THOMAS BCLECTRlC OIL
Asthma lie cured by
THOMAS ECLECTRlC OIL,
Burns and frost bites are relieved at once by
THOMAS ECLkCTRlC OIL,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01

y coons mixed Observation-Disclosures. 90
coup Nnolce nehN'' aud 3Jlbt "
coop choice young .....,,,.,....."...2 25lt2 70
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
FRUIT

~ boxes peaches
nlouNOr TOMATOES .,'",l2i7ttab
lVW ~ grapes ,'''.....'.'' bn7
~ cfates pumB commitment bJUl 10
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
WHEAT.
NJ RAl.

No, Red, per bn ...,.,..,...,....,......
No. Mediterranean .".,... ,,,,..,.,.,.,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
TURKEYS.
CHICKENS.

live choice ,...''.'.."'"'""'.... s.oO9ii
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
OATS.

3 cars choice In bulk on track .....,"......
5 car new ......,... -, ,...,.,.,..,",..,n.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-01
FLOUR
HAY

cars white IN bulk...".., ..,..". ........ s.
b cars mixed .....,",.,.,".....,. 80
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-02
EXPLANATORY.

Feeling that the tide of immigra-
ton now flowing into the Great
Northwest might be benefited by
perusing literature based on facts,
and that capitalists now seeking per
manent and profitable .lveStment,
might be induced TO look with favor
upon lis by the proper presentmcnt
of the advantages Mankato and Blue
Earth County offer, the publishers of
The FREE PRESS have been led 10
compile matter of such 4 character rs
IN their judgement shall meet the re-
qurementS of the classes mentioned.
The labor required on work of this
nature Is arduouS and comparativcl,
unremunerative 10 lis in point of dol
lars and cents. hut If we shall pro
ducc a favorable impression upon
those seeking homes. and the invest
ment of capital. our reward will be
ample and the mission sought crown
ed with Success.
One thing may be implicitly relied
upon by all who receive 4 copy of
this paper. and that is. no fancy
pictures have been painted in the
presentation of single subject treat
ed upon. In compiling the work. a
strict adherence Ia facts has been
northumberland whatcvcrmay he lack
ing IN full representation OF our
various industries must be attributed
TO the want of time and space. and
from no desire TO slight any one OF
overlook single interesting point.
We only ask that those who receive
the paper will read it. consider well
the arguments presented in behalf of
our locality. and write for further
desired information.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-02
of the Sioux Indians in Mankato December &C. 1862

ii fight. and they were in SEEM
ingly hopeless condition. Fortu-
nately for them IA party of eighteen
men, well armed, from Nicollet and
st. Peter, had reached the town
at about one o'clock that day.
As early us the 10Th day of Au-
gust, upon the first news of the
outbreak. a meeting of the citizens
was called at MankatO for the pur-
pose Of forming ii military company
for Immediate service against the
savagcs. A company was formed
in pursuance thereof, comprising
eighty-two men, officers and pri-
Yates, and the captaincy was be-
slowed by the company upon Will
liam Bicrbaucr, who on the next
day marched with his command for
New ulm. After taking i'm active
part in the subsequent battles
fought at that place, and losing two
Of the members killed and five
wounded. the company returned to
MankatO and was disbanded.
On the 3lst day of August, how
ever, at the solicitation Of Colonel
Flandrau, the company was reor-
ganizcd, with forty-four members,
and sworn into the service for the
period of thirty days. On the fol-
lowing day Captain Bicrbauer re-
ported his company at South Bend,
ut which place Colonel Flandrau
had established his headquarters.
They remained at this point, en-
gagged in erecting breastwOrks,
scouting the country i'll the vicin-
ity and afforded such aid as seemed
necessary to the settlers in securing
their property until their term of
service had expired.
All the vast region over which
these savage monsters swept in
their dcsolating march was aban-
doncd by such of the inhabitants
as survived, and in one week from
the morning of the 18th of August
all that scene of smiling beauty was
an utter desolation, and from po-
sition of comfort and plenty those
many thousands of flying fugitives
were reduced, many of them, to ut
ter want and beggary. During that
entire week, over all that wide re-
gion, the midnight sky was red with
the lurid flames of burning build
ings and stacks of the hardy frontier
man. The losses by fire were i'm
mense. The household goods of
these people, including even their
personal clothing, were either car
ried away by the Indians or broken
up and utterly destroyed.
After the campaign of 1862 was
over, and the troops had gone into
winter quarters, and the participa-
tiers in the savage massacre had been
found guilty by military court, in
stituted for that purpose, the ques-
ton arose whether all those con-
demned ought to suffer the extreme
penalty of the law. Three hundred
and three of them had been recon-
mended for capital punishment
These were confined at Camp Lin.
coin, between Mankato and South
Bend, on the Minnesota river, to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-02
THE INDIAN MASSACRE!
A Brief Synopsis Of Frontier
Life as Experienced in
Minnesota in 1862.
The Execution of 80 Sioux Graph
ically Illustrated and
Portrayed.
Subsequent Developments which
eliminated i'm the Capture
and Final Execution Of
the MurderOus In
dams mt MankatO.
A Marvellous Tale of BlOOdShed
and Terror Reproduced.
SCRAPS OF THE PAST.

The interest which has been man
Tested for some time past regarding
the issuance Of the present MANI
moth edition of THE FREE Press,
especially among the old settlers,
has created strong desire for us to
reproduce. for the edification and
enlightenment of the present gen.
Grafton, brief history of the early
days of Mankato, together with a
scene which, for thrilling interest
and excitement. stands unequalcd
i'm the annals of Minnesota history.
Complying with such desire we
present in brief and condensed
manner a few OF the many Incl
dents which occurred at that date,
and which are so interviewer with
our city's whole history as to be al
most inseparablc. We are under
obligation to Mr.. James Shoemaker
for the loan of Bryant's history of
the great massacre and other valu-
able particulars bearing upon that
event, and from which we have COM
piled the appended historical MARIA
tive
The massacre in Minnesota, by
the Annuity Sioux Indians, in Au-
gust, 1862, marks an epoch in the
history of savage races. In their
westward march across the Amer
lean continent, in the van of a
higher civilization, the native red
men have, at different times, given
sad and fearful evidences of theil
enmity to the dominant white race
but, from the landing of the Phi.
grim Fathers on the rOck-bOund
coast of New England. in the win.
ter of 1920, until their descendant.
had passed the center of the cont
nent, and reached the lovely plain,
of Minnesota, no exhibition of In
dian character had so afflicted ant
appalled, the soul of humanity as tn,
fearful and deliberate massacre per
petrated by them in August; 1862
On Monday morning, the 18th O
August, party of men, citizens O
New Ulm, left that place to recruit
for volunteers, under the call of tn,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-02

President of the United States. for
the Union army i'll the South.
When some seven or ei ght miles
west of New Ulm they came across
several dead bodies of white persons,
lying in the road. Becoming salts
fled that it was the work of Indians
they turned to rctrace their steps.
While on their way back to the
town, and while yet some miles
out, a party of Indians fired upon
them from an ambush by the road
side, killing several of the party and
two of their horses. Those not
killed made their escape to the vii
lage and gave the alarm. At about
the same time Frederick Bclislc, il
Frenchmm in the employment Of
the government at the Upper
Agency, accompanied by two other
young men, had left New UIm, with
a two-horsc team. for the Lower
Agency. With them was II man
with Il onc-hOrsc wagon. When
near the "Travclcrs Home" seven
miles above New Ulm, about fifty
Indians were observed near the
road, and us BcliSlr, who was ahead.
came opposite to them they fired,
killing all three of the men. The
man in the other wagon turned and
fled back to New Ulm, reaching
there about the same time that the
remnant of the recruiting party
from toward the Cottonwood re-
turned. As he fled along the road
he saw the Indians shoot Il man on
"A stack of grain, and ut the same
time he saw them pursue and kill
the men who were gathering grain
in the field.
The people from the surrounding
country soon began to pour into
and through the place, fleeing for
their lives, and bringing the news
of a general massacre in the cOun-
try above, and back of that point,
many of them leaving portions Of
their families murdered, or in the
hands of the savages. Some stopped
in the town, others fled to st. Peter
and points below. An indescriba-
BILE panic at once seized upon the
inhabitants of this hitherto quiet
German town. Many of them I'M
mediately sent their women and
children to st. Peter for safety !;
and, at about midnight, the stream
of frightened fugitives were filling
that place.
During all that night and the
next day the Indians overran the
country around, numbering the in
habitants, burning the buildings
and stacks of the farmers, and driv-
ing off the horses and cattle and.
about four o'clock on the afternoon
of Tuesday party of mounted In
dams appeared on the outskirts OF
the town, in the rear of the first
table-land, lying parallel with the
Minnesota river, and dismounting
advanced at once upon the place,
The people were gathered together
in the buildings, in the center Of
the village, perfectly panic-stricken
and nearly helpless. Their arms
were most of them unfit for use in