The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-12-27
THEEARLYDAYS
The Movements of the Pioneers
of this Section of Min
neSOtd.
Sensational Narrative Relating to
Chasing the Sioux In
dams.
= copyrighted. All rights reserved by the
Author, Charles E. Flandrau)

We took the squaw and put her in
to one of the wagons, and started
down the river to the Agency. The
object of taking the squaw, was to
find out from her who the Indian was
whom we had killed, and to get such
other information from her as we
could; but we had not calculated all
the consequences of making her a
prisoner, which developed afterwards.
In going from the point where we
had killed the Indian to the Agency
we had to pass through the camps of
from seven to ten thousand Indians.
The excitement among them was
terrible. The squaw kept up a howl
ing such as squaw in distress only
can make. The Indians swarmed
about us, guns in hand, and scowled
upon US in the most threatening man
ner, making demonstrations that
made our little band feel how utterly
we were at their mercy had they open
ed on us. l then began to realize the
desperate temerity of the enterprise.
Our salvation was simply the moral
force of the government that was be-
hind us. We reached the Agency
buildings in safety, and took pos
session of a log house, where we re-
manned several days in state of sleep
less anxiety, until relieved by Major
Sherman with the famous old Buena
Vista battery, who had been ordered
up from Fort Smelling to attend the
payment.
We felt, while holding our position
in this house, very much like the man
who was chased by bear, and finally
seized his paws around tree; he
wanted somebody to help him let go.
The Major had about sixty men
with the battery, and we afterwards
received reinforcement of several
companies under Major Patten, who
was on his way to Ridgley from some
point on the Missouri, either Pierre or
Randall, or Laramie to the west, | do
not remember.
The Indian we killed was the eldest
son of Ink-pa-duta, and one of the
head devils in the Spirit Lake and
Springfield massacres. He had a wife
or a sweetheart among the Indians at
the Yellow Medicine river, and had
ventured to come over to see her. His
visit cost him his life. There was no
others of the band at the agency, or
probably l would not have been here
to tell the story.
Colonel Alexander, who aided me
in all these matters so materially, is
now retired officer of the army, re-
siding in St. Paul, esteemed by all
who know him, as a gallant soldier
and a genial gentleman should be.
Captain Bee was by force of circum-
stances, and against his better judg-
ment, induced to go into the Con-
federacy, and was killed at the first
battle of Bull Run, while gallantly
leading his brigade in that action.
Lieutenant Murray did good service
for the Union in the war as a soldier,
and I heard that he was retired on &C.
count of wounds or of some other dis
ability.
Ink-pa-du-ta is dead, and / am sorry
to say, died a natural death, honored
by his people as one of the best haters
Of the whites in the whole Sioux
nation. No other member of his band
was ever punished for the Spirit Lake
massacre that ever heard of.
have penned this narrative largely
from memory, having few documents
to refer to, SO there may be some in
accuracies in the recital; but | can
safely say it is substantially correct in
all material particulars.
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