New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-31
Visiting cd Scenes


Judge G. 3. Flandrau and Judge Hall,
of st. Paul. arrived here on Sunday even
ing, refur ming from very pleasant trip
through the upper Minnesota valley, with.
which Judge Flandrau was very familiar
! and in defense Of which against the nIlr-
derous Sioux he bore conspicuous part
thirty years ago.
The trip was one Of pleasure and rec
reation and thirty years having passed
since the judge was last there, he wanted
to witness the changes which time had
worked in that period.
The party left St. Peter last Wednes-
day, in one Of Frank Brady's comfort
able vehicles driven by that gentleman.
They made New Tin the first day! where
they were royalty received and screen e
AIDED by old settlers.
Fort Rid gle.v was the NEST objective
point, and here the situation was greatly
changed. The old fort had been re-.
removed, and all that remains to mark
this historic ground is part Of one.
stone corner of the old comnlissary
building. The parade ground is now a
barnyard, and woman was at work TX
washing upon the site where thirty years
ago a terrible conflict ragged between
the small garrison and few whites who
had taken shelter within the walls of
the fort, and the Sioux nation.
At the fort graveyard monument
has been erected by the state to the
memory of the twenty-four members OF
Capt Marsh's company, garrisoning the
fort, but who had started to the relief Of
the whites at the lower agency and were
entrapped and murdered in crossing the.
ferry.
The battle ground Of Birch Coolie,
probably the severest fight of the Indian
war, where a burial party with small
military escort was surprised and besleged
for several days by large party Of In In
dams, and whose heroic resistance under
al verse circumstances alone saved them
from being wholly wiped out, remains
unmarked, and with some difficulty ean
be located. A suitable monument should
be placed on these grounds some per
manent reminder of this bloody conflict.
Redwood Falls, the uppertagency and
other historic scenes in that ever memoir
able conflict between red and white men,
were visited and all brought up bright
scenes and incidents Of long ago.
One. Of the most pleasing sights Wit
messed on the trip, was the pretty Indian z
church, built by Bishop Whipple at the
old chief Good Thunder's farm. The
christian Sioux subscribed literally to
this worthy enterprise, and the old chief
himself gave 30 acres of his farm for the
site Of the church and school buildings
where the children Of his tribe can be
educated il the language and habits OF
christian whites. The walls Of the church
are built of boulders gathered on the prai-
ries. and which are blended together
prettily, making most pleasing and at
tractive appearance.
Here the Judge met and recognized
the old chief, whom he had not seen for
more than quarter of a century. They
met on the public road, and the judge
recognizing stopped the vehicle and spoke
to him in the Sioux language. The old
warrior knew and remembered the judge
and addressed him by his Indian name,
which signifies the ssgreat father who did
not steal.'' The judge was Sioux agent
under the Buchanan administration, and
this title which the Indians gave him is
the highest tribute to the fidelity with
which he discharged his duties. The old
chiefs eyes filled with tears as he recalled
the past, and reminding the judge of the
changes time had worked his pers6nalap
| pearance pointed to his beard, now white,
saying that it once was yellow. They
parted, as they always had been warm,
friends, their regard for each other
strengthened by the progress Of time and
the great events in which both had acted
a conspicuous part.
A complete Transformation Of the
country has taken place in the years thai
have followed the Indian war. Their
the country west Of Fort Ridgley to thu
/ Dakota line was embraced in the Sioux
Preservation, constituting the hunting
grounds Of that tribe, with only sucl
buildings and Improvements as were
i necessary to the proper transaction Q:
/ their business. Now the region is thu