Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-10-11
TELL OF P[K|NG'S HORROR
A Chicago Woman and Her Daugh-
ter Arrive in San Francisco
from the Orient.
WERE THE GUESTS OF MINISTER CoNG5a
Attempted to Get AVN, before
Trouble Began. hut Did No; sue
ceed-De>cribe> Pri>ations the Lc-
gntioners Had to Endurc-tll in
PerilOus Plight. aud All Ren!i.cd 1t.

San Francisco Oct Mrs. NJ. S.
Woodward ard her daughter lone of
Chicago. We're among the passengers
on the steamer Coptic. which arrived
from the orient. Mrs Woodward and
her daughter were guests OF MINIS
ter Conger at Picking ana We're in The
two months siege with the II enbers
of the legations Mrs. Woodward
said
Two Awful Months.
at is difficult to d, scribe ones feelings
during an experience such as We Went
through during those awful two"nonths III
Picking. We We're all in q ueri.oUs plight
and We all realized it, but We did not dare
to think of our danger AS You may know.
we started to leave Picking ON juno .. but
Were one day too late. Accompanied
by a small guard that Was placed at our
disposal by Minister Conser We Went TO
the railroad depot on the morning OF that
day and waited from seven O'Clock in the
morning until II O'clock at night for a
train to take us to Tientsin.
The Train Never Came.
But the train never came Train con-
nection with the outside world had been
cut off the day before. So We all went
back to the legation and prepared for the
worst. We We're surrounded by a bowling
mob of Chinese at the railroad depot and
made way back to Legation street
with much difficulty although none of the
Chinese offered to do US bodily harm. 1t
was not very long thereafter that the serl-
Gus trouble began, however. The very next
day the missionaries from the burned Cath
Ollie cathedral at Nantung came 10 the le-
cation for protection and We had our hands
full looking after their wants There
were hundreds of MANNED. bleeding and
native Christians who had barely escaped
the wrath OF the mob with their lives.
saw little children with spear wounds all
over their bodies and many others, old
and young, bleeding and burned. be
came a nurse with other ladies at the le-
cation and was assigned TO duty every
other night.
Bnrricadea Erected.
".After we all took refuge in the Brit
ish legation elaborate plans for our de-
| Tense We're undertaken. We experienced
no difficulty in getting to the British le-
cation. although constantly haraSsed by
the Boxer mob. The Russian legation
stood between the American and British
| legations. The men cut through the in
tervening walls and then made retreat
| as secure possible by erecting barri-
| cades.
Continual Fighting.
after this there was continual fighting
|
ing in diligence and one night captured
the wall held by our forces. 1t was the
wall of Picking that separated us from
the native city. We regained it. however.
through the heroism of Capt Jack Myers.
of the Oregon. and 20 of the Newark s
| men. With his score of brave lads he
made a dash for the wall and captured it
without a scratch. Shortly after that Capt.
| Myers received n spear wound and on top
| of that suffered an attack of typhoid fever
| that threatened his life.
No Scarcity of Food.
AT no time was there any scarcity of
| food although it was not of Very de
sirable quality. There were plenty of
| canned meats, vegetables and preserves on
hand and a liberal supply of wines. SO
that the injured and invalids did not want
| for proper nourshmoMt or delicacies. The
! need of fresh meat, however nccC ssitatcd
! the Strengthening of horses and mules At
+, the beginning of the siege there We're 1903
animals at the legations. When the res
cue force arrived only ten were left Some
| of the horses We're priced highly as sad
die ponies by their owners but they had
to be killed to fill the needs OF the lega-
TONERS ~