New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-01-25
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Is stay cooped Up here Ike rat inass
trap
q expect you will have to stay right
here until your company comes back
Well, always was unlucky anyway
but it is ye1y foul wind that blows no
body any good. The sun was just sink !:
ing behind the western hills, and its gol
den rays were playing around the top
most corners of the battered old fort
when went into the back yard to draw
pail Of water. To my surprise found
two pretty girls there drawing water
They had not noticed me. stepped to
the side of the largest one, seized the
we'll rope and said, ..Please let me assist
you, fair lady," They both fell back
startled. said, "Don't be afraid, ladies;
I am not crow, nor a Co.nanche Indian
or the warpath.''
"Oh, you are not to blame,' one re-
piled; eve were just talking about how
long they had been killed by the 1ndi-
ans" :
T "Were your folks killed by the Indi-
ans?" - z.e
eyes," she said, "and we barely escaped
with our lives.' ~.
81 am SOLDIER said I, s'and would
be pleased to have you stay, for have
been a-scouting for six weeks, and have
seen so much of their hellish works, it
moves me with the deepest of sympathy
for the survivors,"
? She then told this story: --
my father moved to the Yellow Me-
dicine last spring, near the Indian village.
All was peace and quiet until the morn
ing Of the outbreak. My mother sent us
to Our neighbors on an Grand. We were
returning home when we met another
neighbor who lived nearer to the Indian
village. He was running and holloing
at the top of his voice: Run for your
lives; the Indians have broken out and
are killing everybody; don't go home.
for your father and mother are both
killed; now, run for your lives We
turned and ran to the woods, and fol-
lowed the timber and windings Of the
river until we reached the fort. We ar
rived here only the night before they at
tackled the fort. That was hard battle.
We thought surely the fort would be
burned. You see the top Of that frame
building?" pointing to the only wooden
building in the fort.
eyes," I said, "Iwas looking that over
yesterday. see the upper story is all
riddled with bullets.'
"The Indians would run up to the fort
and shoot arrows with burning rags
tied to them to set the buildings on fire,
and they nearly accomplished it. The
soldiers cut holes through the roof to
throw water on the fire. The Indians
besieged the fort for three days, but were
finally driven off,
"Well," I said, sit is dark, and am
keeping you out here in the night Can
I see you here to-morrow?''
They replied: I'VE shall go to St.
Peter as soon as we can get there. We
have two uncles living at Forest City.
and intend going to live with Them"
then went to my quarters for the
night. My dreams were troubled. ]
could see burning buildings, flaming ar
rows, and the form of a brawny savage
with long knife pursuing frightened
woman, or about to lift the scalp lock OF
a shrinking, fallen victim, and seemed
to be changed, unable to help them
But at last day broke and J. rushed out tt
get breakfast. O'Conner was alread,
out, and before had breakfast half ready
he came rushing in to say: eff you wan
to go to sibley's camp, now is your time
for Major Shelley has come with
dispatch for sibley, and if you insist OF
going, I will get him to take you in hi
company" ~... - -..-
! Gail right,' said L, "many thanks
Just threw my horse handful or two q
oats, while you are handy by. >Thaal
God, I will get out Of this old disma
fort for while. Now, thea, you take .
canteeR,aad fill it with bread and meat
O'Ceaner gave ne sixty more cart
ridges, saying; "You are going will
strange men, and you want to be pre-
pared for the worst. You don't know
as you will ever get to Sibley's camp
Take enough provisions to last you
week.
/ "We have always found plenty to ca
without carryins IL with l1s ,, T cold