The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-08-23
THE EEARLY LYDAYS
The Movements of the pioneers
OF this Section of Min
neS0ta.
Sensational Narrative Relatinn to
Chasing the Sioux In
dldnS
copyrighted. All rights reserved by the
Author, Charles E. Flandrau.)

Here must say, that before had
time to try the effect of Mrs. Longs
art On the public. meeting was held
in the office of the hotel, and one
thousand dollars was raised for Mrs
Marble, and handed to me to be used
Tor her as I should think best.
turned the woman and the money
over to Governor Medary. She re.
manned several weeks in St. Paul, and
then she went down the river; when
she left, the Governor gave her $3.50
OF the money, and deposited the bal
ancealn one of our banks, at three per
cent per month, for her benefit. OF
course the bank failed. and that was
the end of Mrs Marble so far as ]
know, except that I heard that she ex-
hibited herself in the east, in the role
OF rescued captive, and the very last
information l had of her, was, that she
went up in balloon at New Orleans.
l leave to future historians the solu
ton OF the problem, whether she ever
came down again?
was in St. Paul when my expedi-
ton arrived at the agency. cannot
state the date exactly, but it must
have been about the tenth or twelfth
day OF June, as they did not bring
Miss Gardner to me at st. Paul, un-
til about June 20. She was accom-
panied by her rescuers, and one of the
Yanktons who came in with the ex-
pedition. On the 23d day of June,
she was formally delivered over to the
governor by the Indians, at the Fuller
House, IN the presence of quite large
compsny Of ladies and gentleman,who
assembled to witness the ceremony,
The usual amount Of speech-making
took place, and at the end of the in
terview, the Yankton Indian presented
to Miss Gardner a head dress compos-
ed of thirty splendid eagle feathers,
called W'mdi-wa-pa-ha, or war cap.
Miss Gardner was young woman
OF about eighteen years of age, good
looking, robust, and apparently not
much injured in body by her terrible
trial. She went to her friends in the
neighborhood of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Some time afterwards I received q
pamphlet written by some one in Iowa,
giving history of the family, and the
tribulations of this particular member
of it. I regret that 1 did not save it
for record in the achives of the State
Historical society. It would have af-
forded amusem ant for future antiquar-
les who will be digging among those
files some of these days.
returned at once to the Indian
country, after disposing of Miss Gard.
ner, and on the 9th day of June, 1857
settled with my Indians for their SER
vices in her rescue. I paid each OF
the three Indians $4OO, and took the
following voucher:
Territory of Minnesota. To Maza-
ku-ta-ma-ni, An-pe-tu-tok-cha and
Che-tan-maza, debtor. June q, 1857
For rescuing Miss Gardner from
captivity among Ink-pa-du-ta's band
of Indians, and for services performed
in attempting the rescue of Mrs
Mobiles from the same Indians. and for
all services performed by them in and
about said matter. 81, 10000
Received, Sioux Agency, June q,
1857, of Samuel Medary, Governor OF
Minnesota, twelve hundred dollars in
full of this account.
Maza-ku-ta-mani, < mark.
An-pe-tu-tok-cha, < mark.
Che tan-maza, K mark.
certify on honor that the above is