The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-06

house or some Of the warriors will kill you'''I
He really seemed anxious to keep me from
ha1ng harmed, and perhaps was In danger, /
for the Indians We're all excited and many
Of them were intoxicated. ( went into The
house and sat behind the door with Tommy |
in my lap and my little girl by my side.
There were other white women in and about
the bonse; a brother Of Little Grow came ne
e the rest Il U.S. This ~ S Is my sauaW Te
vas rather nan ta ths Formed man.
to-naska''--th White Spider. He told me
that Johns tepee was ready for u.s. and
that we must &c. to it with him ut once
Becon.tnE sssquaw.''
arriving at the tepee we found it all
prepared in. the Indian fashion ''John',
seei@ed to consider himself our master ard
acts1 as If we were to remain With !. him in
tepee,, and we sat DOM around the ire,
but scarcely had We been seated when
sauaw come and took Mrs: Barle and her
saw 10 more Of them We ate supper a
second time, and while were eating "John's''
eqaaW fitted d up dc the tePg PEI, CROW to
see. us again; never knew why he showed
such = Interest; mt, In U.S. He had quite con
Mth u.s. but he did most Of the
great success and that the whites had Gil
been driven cut Of the country aud III ne
meant 70 arlye them stu furtner. a1d tnat
site of the town of st. Peter :>.-@ = 5
The next day, Wednesday, was the day of
received the news that the Indians had been
repulsed, and that John was killed. His
sQuaw was greatly affected and lamented
and mourned so piteously that I symp athized
with her, especially as I then feared that
my husband had been killed and that /,
too, was q widow i Ri
Little Crow Settles II Dispute.
I think it was about noon of the following
day when Little Crow and others came to
| our tepee,f and there was very heated con-
sultation among them heard the word
| ''nepo" tkilD pronounced many times, ana
| knew, they We're talking about killing some
| one, but as / did not understand the Ian
| guage perfectly aud as they talked very
/ rapidly did not know who it was. They
retired, and then .'John's" widow, told me
| that 1t was l that was to be Killed. She
| said now that John was dead each OF four
other Indians wanted me for his wife, and
who should have me Little Crow had been
asked to decide. He had grown angry, and
said that rather than have his warriors
quarreling about such a matter he would
! end the dispute by having me killed. She
| said: ''The chief has ordered me to take you
and your children into that cornield and
come and kill you. Let us go at once" At
! that time was SO excited Though tried
to appear composed) that it did not occur
to me that this was a rather singular way
| Of executing a prisOner-tO send her away
into cornf1eld and expect her to stay there
| unguarded until some one should come and
nothing then but preparing for death, though
I demonstrated as best could against my
fate. .-
The Prisoner Rever.es the De-
cision. -5s+ f..
The squaw took me out deep Into 1e !, the
corn field, she carrying one of the children
Father t eSrt gheF aS sse Of stoP }Rs
protested a little and she went on: 'Yoil
are to be killed and that skirt is new ard
for me- 1 asked her to bring me some
thing to wear in its place and she ran b I
to the tepee and brought me an old quilted tex
exchange She then babe me good bye and
went Off. A terrible thunder storm was
approaching and as soon as she started on
I went fu! Their into the corn field and sat
down. Soon an Indian came to us and said
they We're not going to kill me, and hurried
off, seemingly to get out OF the storm; .,l
first time it occurred to me that I might
escape. cav another India apparently
searchi3g for me, but I crenched down Wlth
six rows of me the corn and the rain, now
falling in torrents, prevented his seeing NE
As he disappeared went on STOPPING and ID
potato patch, when, taking Tommy in my
aims and bidding little Anthem keep close
by me, I ran boldly across the little open
field and soon reached the shelter of the
good thick brush and woods on the slope OF
the bluff along the south side Of the Min
nesota. Ny daughter now Mrs. Saul 81 10y,
time, distinctly remembers this cir. nm
stance and often reminds me how excite'
have been to crouch am and v etep
right across it in full view Of the indiar
as ws ana as Whethsr the indians really
assured the squaw that was to be killed
as she told me, or whether her taking M
before me was only a ruse to enable me t
escape. Nor do I know whether Little
Grow directed her to do as she did in order
that I might run away. st. a-g..
Wife and Weans in the WiIds.
went tearing along through the brush
and woods, carrying Tommy and dragging
Althea after me for some time. plunged
, into the most tangled thickets could find
from choice. Soon my sack was In ribbons
and the lower half OF my skirt was CON com
limbs were bare and torn and bleeding.
had taken off my shoes when became ian
whaf fe Clothing
: on was soaking wet with the terrible rain
At last Althea was exhausted was out O
gan to think. Not Of home, husband
!, friends or anything sentimental but how
might best complete my escape: | said t
:: strong, fully developed, and healthy, and
will save myself and my " children II It car a
in this region In a few days, and car
easily hold, out tn they come, and car
care for the children somehow" Then
{ sued me they would think 1 had got som.
distance away, andTwouId not look for M
near the village, and determined that
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