The Princeton union., 1894-07-26

arrows to burn the buildings They seemed
confident Of success, and rode away saving
they tney would not return until the fort was
spoils Of victory, the good things in the
eomamii,ssary, con i,,s the guns, ammunition, etc,
we're fes pfraI fbe% Of da kig the Whites
ing the afternoon an old squaw mounted a
lookout and called my attention to a vast
T0aume ta Of smoke f rising on the prairie in
joyful and said to me: 'sLook| Look! See
the big steamboat coming. Hurry and get
smoke mount higher and higher and Thought
made haste to leave with the penies e isuami ANA
fort. / had Just had an interview with
Frank Roy, a half-breed. and he said he
feared fear, az the Indians would succeed, but if
others had determined to get us away if
possible. Saturday the Indians began to
return in struggling parties, bringing in
ton Some had been to New s'fS GRu uend'' and In In
tales they told nearly froze my blood. The
women and children, and related how they
fought for their lives before they were
killed. Sunday the warriors returned and
We're Toasted, according to their custom.
That day a woman was shot in our camp
for trying to escape.
Rctreating-Escape From the "Cut
Nosc."
Monday morning the tents were taken
down and orders were given to march. All
in the day the cavalcade started. Their
haste was so great that we were
sure the white, troops were after them.
was greatly swollen, and all % on TO foot f'1 We're v
compelled to wade. In the rush and confu-
sion sion OF teams feared we would be crushed.
Wagon, the other climbed up % beRiSd iS hi him a.
and with my baby in my arms l plunged
brave1y in to keep near them. I never knew
how how l. l got got over, over, but when across I missed
them dry when I landed and had to go
on without them. The Indian, in whose
fen6 and had Saa been was wounded at New
had strict orders to keep close to this litter
and not get away from our friends AS we
reached r. a d, the place where Mr.. Reynolds had
the spring. When my turn came. and I
was raising the water to my lips heard a
shout and saw horrible form bending over
had sworn to kill every white man, woman
quickly around behind the litter contain.
saved my life, and after that was careful
to keep as close to our party as possible.
On the March.
%ish could Rroperly describe that
size One Of Wabashas band, ''Old Brave"
had one which he said was given him in
Washington the year before. The negro
Godfrey is most prominent in my memory,
where. Up and down the lines he rode,
passing us several times an hour, and al
ways trying to frighten the captives by his
ladies' bonnets on their heads, furs dragged
from their legs, their breasts were covered
with valuable brooches and chains, and the
wheels of clocks and watches dangled from
their The Si11>S
shirts, and beautiful shawls were used for
saddle cloths and cut up for head dresses
and waist girdles. No device was too
ridiculous for their attire. At night we
often. suffered from cold. I remember one
occasion when the medicine man came to
doctor my wounded friend, who was about
and sat huddled together for warmth till
nearly midnight, when. the evil spirit hav
Ing been elected and shot at as it departed,
weman we r9 named Who had e 6een
kindly treated by Mrs. De Camp here prom
ised the party Some clothing the following
day, but failed to keep her word. That
an old Indian whom she had often befriend-
ed, who gave her children some bread and
hauled one of them on his pony poles"
to comfort u.s. the best he he could. Nothing
could induce him to leave us a moment" y
On our way up we came upon the body of
George Gleason, who had been killed on the
Medicine. I had known him before coming
to the reservation.
AT Rice Creek.
The following morning we were aroused
early. That day we reached Rice Creek,
and here we stayed several days. The camp
was very large and contained about 1000
tents; it was like city. Here I first saw
Mr. Mrs Hsgnter WHOSE husband @ had been
her son Frank were in John Mooer's tent:
We were not far apart and Matte and
often visited Mrs. Hunter and read the
Hunter was the only one that had a prayer
book Mr.. Mooer, a half breed, was very
kind to US, and said he wanted very much
were at Rice Creek the Indians held
council in a large tent over which waved a
United States flag Mr.. Mooer and Frank
we would be sent to Fort Ridgely, but after
the council told us not to 60 even if we
were ordered, for some of the Indians who
wait and murder us. Here I first learned,
from messengers who had been sent down
to see what the whites were willing to do
about the captiyes. that my husband, Dr..
Wakefield, and the agent were alive and at
Ridgely.
Wabashn Will "Shoot Up"
Here also I first net Wabasha after his
leaving us the first day. A large war party
Was . assembling to 60 below and he came to
was surprised to see him and and asked him
where he was going. He pointed to his
face which was painted black with white
lines across it, I asked him if he was going
to kill his white brothers, and said I
thought he was friend Of the whites. He
said he was obliged to go, but that he would
not kill any one; he would ''shoot up" I
war, but he only said, II shake hands"
meaning good bye-and was gone. This
war party was the one that fought at
Birch Coulie.
With the Christian Indians.
In a short time we were again on the
march and camped above the upper (or
Yellow MediciLe) agency next time The
second or third day after the war party left
runners came into camp and ordered the
squaws to run bullets as fast as they could,
and all was CONSERVATION and uproar. I
did not know what had happe led, but after
ward learned there had been a battle. I
here met Lucy, my former domestic. She
had heard I was somewhere in camp and
sought me out. I told her I was nearly
starved and meant to try to escape. She
said that if dare try she would help me
that night to 80 to her uncle, an upper In
dian, and the:e we could get more to eat.
So that night we slipped away very easily;
the warriors had gone and only a few old
men were in camp. We had but three miles
to go, yet found l was very weak. Lucy
carried the baby and the other little one by
turns, and we reached our destination safe
ly. Here Luey's grandmother the mother
OF Lorenzo Lawrence) and her daughter
cooked us a nice supper Of bread and beef,
the first real good food we had eaten for