The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-13
THEEARLY DAYS
The Movements of the Pioneers
of this Section of Min
nesOta.
sensational Narrative Relating to
Chasing the Sioux In
dams.

Chasing the Sioux In
dams.
copyrighted. All rights reserved by the
Author, Charles E. Flandrau.)
(The concluding portion of Judge Fland-
rau's remarks on the Ink-pa-du-ta massacre
was withheld from pulication owing to the e
campaign ccOwding our columns. Now that
the Campaign is over The GAZETTE is able to
publish and complete the history)
The pleasantest part of this nara
tive is yet to come. It treats of ven
geance and retribution. Just about
the time had settled up with Miss
Gardner, either the latter part of June
or the first of July, received a note
from Sam Brown, a brother or cousin
of Joseph R. Brown, who was trader
at the Yellow Medicine river. The
note was written at his trading house,
and delivered to me at Redwood by
an Indian. It contained the startling
information that Ink-pa-du-ta and
several of his band were at the Yellow,
Medicine, and that he thought some
thing should be done to either arrest
or destroy them. held the mes
senger until 1 could go to the fort and
consult Colonel Alexander, as to the
best measures to be taken to meet the
emergency. The Colonel agreed
with me that an effort should be made
to punish the rascals, and he gave me
a lieutenant and fifteen men for the
duty. 1t fell to Mr.. Murray, of Cap
tain Bees company, to command the
squad, the same officer who had been
on the Spirit Lake expedition. He
marched his men up to the Redwood
Agency, a distance of thirteen miles,
where he arrived at about 5, p. m. I
was ready for him, and had wagons
to transport his men to the Yellow
Medicine. distance of thirty miles.
There we're several young gentlemen
visiting me at the Agency at that
time, among whom I remember son
of Professor Morse, of Geographic
fame, who had been West Pointer;
and Mr.. Charles Jenney, friend of
the Fullers; having visited nearly all
parts of the world, but most of his
voyaging had been by sea, so he had
not learned to ride on horseback. He
was bound to go on the expedition,
but he absolutely refused to mount a
horse, so we had to put him in the
wagons with the soldiers. My contri-
button to the outfit consisted of Joe
Campbell, my interpreter; John
Campbell, his brother, (who was after
wards hanged at Mankato by the peo-
pie, for his participation in the muir
der of the Jewett family, in that vi
cinity,) Pippolyte Campbell, (who was
my blacksmith at the time,) James
Magner, (who was my chief farmer, a
young Irishman of great promise, a
splendid horseman and splendid
fellow generally; he was killed in the
late war, while leading his company,
of which he was captain, in an engage
ment, the name of which cannot re-
call,) and some half dozen more of
white men and halfbreeds, together
with Morse, Jenny and myself. l
mounted all my men but Jenny, and
each man had shot gun and re-
volver.
As soon as I had learned that l
could get the soldiers, I sent the In
dian messenger back to Sam Brown,
with note telling him that should
leave the Redwood Agency for the
Yellow Medicine river at dark, and
that he must send party to meet
me on the road, who could guide the
expedition to the camp where Ink pa
du-ta and his people we're supposed
to be.
With these preparations we set out
about dark. The distance from the
Redwood Agency to the Yellow Medi-
cine river is about thirty miles. The
Redwood and Yellow Medicine rivers
Aou, ;,,&o @ho M;pnoco&o IN about
parallel lines, from the west, with a
distance between them of about TWEEN
ty miles by the road as travelled in
those days. The country between the
two rivers is level prairie, with a
curious Butte, or elevation, situated
about half way between them. This
Butte is famous as being the point
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