New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-09-11
TO MARK HISTORIC SPOTS
Hon. G. D. Gll6llan Engaged in Noble
Work. ..,s

The Redwood Gazette of last week
says: Hon. G. D. Gilfllan of the Birch
Coulec monument commission was in the
city last Friday. Mr.. Gilfillan is taking
exceptional interest in the marking of
the early battle grounds and camping
places of the hostile armies during the
Indian outbreak. In order to carry out
his ideas he is interesting large number
of people in the organization of the Min
nesota Valley Historical society, the OBJ
iect of which is to secure correct date
and determine upon accurate locations of
battle grounds.
One of the first fields that Mr.. Gilfl-
Ian has in view for marking is about
four miles from this city, across the
Minnesota river. It is on farm belong
ing to retired farmer named Jos. Fisch-
er. On this farm, in the neighborhood
of twenty or thirty people, men, women
and children, were massacred by the In
dians during the terrible outbreak of
1862. The murdered people comprised
g colony that had recently located there
from Wisconsin. They; were all Ger
mans. AS soon as they learned the ap-
proach OF Indians they attempted to hide
IN corn field on the farm now owned by
Fisher, but the Indians passed through
the field, discovered and slaughtered
their victims without mercy. It is un-
derstood that Mr.. Fispher will donate the
ground to the Historical society, provid-
ing the society causes suitable monu-
ment to be erected on thespot. Mr.. Gill
fillan is of the opinion that the next leg
islature will be quick to order the erec-
ton of suitable shaft.
Another spot which Mr.. Gilfllan is de-
sirous of having marked at once is the
camping grounds of Gen. Pope, known
as Camp Pope. while chasing Indians
in this vicinity. The camp is about one
mile north of this city and but very little
if any trace of it remains. A mound, in
which many dead Indians were thrown
after the battle, once marked the spot,
but relic hunters have dug down into
this mound and taken from it skulls and
bones of Indian warriors, spear heads,
buttons, and the like. IT has been decid-
ed by the valley historical society that
when the spot is definitely located, to
ind huge stone and place it there, have
the same polished and suitably inscribed
until a Legislature orders shaft or a suit
able stone to take its place.
Another point, the exact location of
which is causing a great deal of discus
sion, is the exact spot on which Little
Crow and his followers camped during
the massacre. Some of the soldiers living
who participated in the campaign are of a
decided opinion that Little Crows house
stood west of Crow Creek, three miles
east of here, while there are others who.
insist that the chieftan camped east of
the Creek. near the Minnesota river. Col.
Crooks may be able to throw some
light on that subject when he looks
over the ground, and if the spot is sat.
isfactorily located, a suitably inscribed
stone Will mark the chleftan's last camp
on the Minnesota river, east of Redwood
Falls.
Ferdinand Crone transacted business
in St. Paul last Wednesday and Thurs.
day.
G. 3. Liver of Omaha was in the city
the forepart of the week visiting rela-
tiyes and incidentally looking after his
customers