St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-23

afterward governor of the state, and
William Il. Hayden, in buggy, and by
noon sixteen mounted men, under the
sheriff of the county, l.. NJ. BoaTdman,
had started to the front, and by
l o'clock in the afternoon the
main body of the company was on its
way toward the enemy. wherever he
might be found. Each man had gun
of some kind, bottle of powder, a box
of caps and a pOcketful of bullets. The
advance parties had been sent out to
determine whether we should go to Fort
Ridgely or New Ulm, which was thir-
teen miles nearer than the fort, but on
the other side of the river. We did not
see our advance guards on the march,
and instinct or Judgment, it is difficult
to say which, aided by note from Gov.
Swift, guided us to New Ulm. | should
say here that a large squad from LIE
Sueur, under Capt. TOusley, sheriff of
LIE Sueur county, accompanied us from
st. Peter, aud that at an early hour in
the day squad from Swan Lake. some
fifteen miles nearer to New Ulm than
st. Peter, under Samuel Coffin, had
gone to New Ulm to see what was the
matter.
Our advance guard reached New Ulm
about or O'Clock p. m, just i'll time
to aid the inhabitants in
RepeIIIng an Attack
of about 100 Indians upon the town.
They succeeded in driving the enemy
off, several citizens being killed, and
about five or six houses in the upper
part of the town being fired and de-
strOyed. The main body of my COM
pany reached the ferry, about two miles
below the settled part of the town,
oINo o 1,orr Il ,ir.fN
miles in seven hours in a drenching ram
storm. The blazing houses in the dis
tance gave very threatening aspect to
the situation, but we crossed the ferry
successfully and made the town without
accident. The next day we were rein
forced by full company from MankatO,
under Capt. William Bierbauer. of
whose company l am happy to say [
have complete roster. Several COM
panieS were formed of the citizens
of New Ulm. A full company on the
Goth or 21St arrived fIOm SOuthBend, and
various other squads, greater or less in
number, came in during the week be-
fore Saturday, the Esd, swelling our
effective force to about 800 men, but
nearly all very poorly armed. We
threw up barricadeS, and sent out daily
scouting parties through the surround
ing country, who succeeded in bringing
in many people who were in hiding,
and would undoubtedly have been lost
without this aid. 1t soon became ap-
parent that to maintain any discipline
or order, some one man must be in COM
mand of all the forces. The officers of
the various organizations assembled
and chose commander; the selection
fell to me. A provost guard was at
once established and order inaugurated,
The defenses were strengthened and
we awaited results. Capt. William B.
Dodd, my first lieutenant, was made
second in command, and S.A. Buell., pro-
vost marshal, chief of staff and general
manager. He had been a naval officer
and was good organizer. Capt. s. A.
Georgia young man who had been for
short time in some Eastern regiment, who
Joined us at st. Peter, was made an aid,
and proved very efficient in reducing
matters to a manageable condition.
Nothing of serious consequence oc-
Cured until Saturday morning. when
at about 9:30 o'clock the Indians came
down from Fort Ridgely, thirteen niies
above US, which post they had been Wig
orously but Intellectually besieging since
the goth, As have learned since, from
educated half-breeds who were among
the attacking party, the enemy COM
prised about $50 lighting men, all we'll
armed and many mo6nted. The as
sault was well executed, and resulted in