St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-10

oio hhOuuu, anu HIS DOuy was nearly
erect; his musket was grasped tightly
in the right hand between the second
and third bands, the butt resting ON the
ground, with the hammer downwards;
In this position / found him; the body
must have become rigid instantly upon
being shot and the gun served as prop
TO brace him mp. Sergeant John Col
lege, of Company A. of st. Paul, was
Shot Through the Heart;
Cornelius f. Coyle and George Golfer,
of st. Paul, were lying dead, side by
side, and Chauncey L. King, Henry
Roleau, Willie Russell and Henry Nets
Ter, all st. Paul boys, all lay dead, the
victims of the hostile bullet.
After burying the dead, we returned
to Ridgely with the wounded, where we
found Col. John S. Prince in waiting
with dispatches from Gov Ramsey to
Col. Sibiey. As there was hardly force
enough left to protect Fort Ridgeley, no
escort could be obtained to proceed fur
ther, so the colonel waited for Sibley's
return. When the dispatches were de-
llvered. Col. Sibley was completely IA
tigued. but read them and attempted
reply, but did not finish the same, for
he fell asleep from pure exhaustion, and
his letter was not finished until noon.
receiving orders TO accompany Col.
Prince as bearer of dispatches to Gov.
Ramsey, L went to the hospital and
asked the wounded men if they had anv
messages to send to their friends III st.
Paul. Old Mr.. Barton, who lived on the
Fort road, said: ''Stees, hand down
that thar deerskin vest hanging OH the
wall thar" did so, and he took two
bullets from the pocket that the sur
geons had taken from his body, and,
handing them to me. said: ''Take these
to my wife, with my compliment, and
say will be down home III a few DAYS"
Leaving Fort Ridgely in the after
noon. nothing of interest occurred ex-
cept meeting a couple of the Seventh
Minnesota Oh their way to join their
regiment, and we reached st. Peter
about 10 O'Clock at night. took supper,
changed horses and proceeded on our
way. At or near Traverse des Sioux
we stopped to see Judge Flandlau. with
whom Col. FRINGE had some business:
the judge and Harry Lamberton were
taking care Of the house, the ladies
being absent. Being up two nights pre-
vlous and being exhausted from laying
| out the dead at Birch Coolie, dropped
on the porch and was asleep in an in
slant. Col. Prince knocked at the door.
| and after considerable delay a light ap-
peared, and voice from inside asked:
who's there?" Mayor Prince, from
st. Paul" was the reply. After some
parleying the door was opened about a
foot by Mr.. Lamberton, with a lamp in
one baud and a gun in the other. reveal
ing Judge Flandrau at the head Of the
stairs with dOuble-barreled shotgun
cooked, and bearing upon his untime-
ly visitors. Those two holes wrapped
around with iron, filled with powder and
shot, and Judge Flandrau behind them,
were not pleasant things to look into:
Lamberton held the door until Flandrau
reported the visitors 20. X" and they
were admitted. After the business was
transacted and the news of the Birch
Coolie massacre was given, and a lunch
discussed and washed down, we took
our departure for st. Paul. Soon Col.
Prince remarked: "Stees. will drive
while you take nap; then you relieve
me while L take snatch of sleep" l
replied: mo, colonel, you need sleep
, more than L do; besides, | had good
nap on the porch, while you were
pounding up your friends" So the
colonel braced himself for nap by fold
ing his arms and resting his chin on his
breast. The buggy was an open one,
with low back, and the position of the
colonel most uncomfortable one, but
he and exhausted nature sought and
i
don't know how far we had proceeded
when followed suit, or how long | slept,
but we both awoke together, ana Prince
exclaimed: 'Stees, Pm afraid you have
been sasleep." | pleaded guilty to the
charge, and the colonel said he would
drive; / assured him that | was suffi-
GENTLY refreshed to keep awake, and
4he colonel soon dropped off into
another doze. Things progressed
splendidly for several miles, and put
the ponies to their mettle, which served
to keep me awake, but soon the drowsy
god, with his tempting charms, had me
In his power, and L was unconscious of
everything but ''sweet repose." Time
passed and distance covered. and was
oblivious to it all, until the colonel
awakened me. The ponies were going
along at dog trot, with the reins drag
ging upon the ground. but at the word
of command they stopped and jumped
out and took up the reins. ran around
a little and beat myself across the
breast with my arms, as we do in cold
weather when we want to get warm. |
then assured Col. Prince that | was O.
K, and would not go to sleep
Under Penalty of Death,
jumped into the buggy and took up the
line of march. Prince was soon asleep
again, and | did bravely for about an
hour, when "Old Morpheus" commenced
to tackle me again, but I fouget him
bravely, for | was somewhat ashamed
that the colonel should think of me as a
soldier sleeping at his post. ] pounded
myself and pinched myself, but it served
me no good. L soon surrendered and
fell by the wayside. How long | slept,
or how far we travelled, deponent say
eth not. but we were awakened by the
team coming to Stand-Still. The night
was dark, and the sky black as ink.
Where are we?' asked the colonel.
81 don't know" quoth |, "but | will get
out and see." | got ever the front
wheel, put my. foot on the hub, but met
with an obstruction In trying to reach
terra firma. We struck matches and
of sawmills logs. The colonel said we
must be in the neighborhood of LIE
Sueur. This was about 4 o'clock in the
morning. We found that we could
not back out. SO we took our
blankets and lay upon the logs
till day break. Oh, what a sweet sleep
that was! The colonel had to pound
Inc to wake me up. How the horses
got in there l can't imagine. We had
to unhitch them to get the buggy out.
We were soon on our way, and took
DItdhldSl DIT Dellt EldlH. Large CROWDS
OF citizens gathered around US every
where we stopped, for everybody seemed
to know Col. Prince, of st. Paul, and
they took in eagerly every word of the
colonel as he related of the fight at
Birch Coolie, and they were anxious to
know the chances of Little Crow get
ting down to their neighborhood. After
INDUCING i'll the luxury of thorough
good washing and partaking of the hos
FATALITIES of ''mine host" we proceeded
on our way new set of men, entirely
refreshed. After passing Black Dog
village and other places, where we an
swered eager crowds full of anxious
questions, we reached Mendoza, the
home of Col. Sibley. After leaving let
tiers and messages with Mrs. Sibley and
answering her anxious inquiries, we
started for st. Paul. stopping at
Mrs. Barton's and delivering her hus