The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

When father was giving one of the II
clans few gun Caps he sratched til
whole box from his hand. At the sam
time another attempted to take a powtic
| norm from the wall, but was prevented b
Harvey Luce. The Indian drew his gu;
! ana would have shot Mr. Luce had til,
| latter not seized the weapon and turned
it in another direction. About this tim
DE- Hdrriott and Mr.. Snyder, other 81
| tiers, called, knowing of fathers inten-
ton Of SoinS to Fort Dodge and WISHING
TO send some letters to be mailed Fathe
told them that lie could not 81 and leav
his family, as he feared the Indians We,
gong OH the warpatA. He also sugEestc
that the other settlers along the lake be
notified Of the danger and immediate d
rangements made foY the defense OF IN.
| little colony Our house being the larges,
and StrCngts st, his idea was to have the
| settlers gather in it. Dr. HarrIott and
M. Snyder thought that this was only q
little pet of the Indians and that it woul
! soon pass over, so they did some trading
with them and returned to their cabins
The Indians lowered around until noon
ana then went oyer to the house Of James
MattoX, short distance up the lake, am
stole his cattle, which they drove away
ard killed. In the meantime a cOnsulta-
ton had been held at our house and il
was decided that Messrs. Luce and Clark
should go out and notify the settlers Of
the impending danger They started
about O'Clock in the afternoon, never
to return. About o'clock the report OF
guns was heard coming from the direc-
tion of the MattcX house, and then we
Verc no longer III doubt of the awful
danger that was hanging over US,
SEES HER PARENTS BUTCHERED.
Just as the sun was setting. father,
tV M
him to remain within Goors, went out to
| reconnoiter. He, however hastily re-
turned saying:
" Nine Indians are coming now only
short distance from the house and we
are all -Omed to die Ills first thought
was TO barri-aac the door and fight til
the last, saying:
While they are killing US, I win Kill
few Ct them with the two loaded guns
still left n the house
Mother protested. having not vet lost
faith in the savage monsters. They en-
tered the house aud denaade& CoIr; and,
as father turned To get them wnat re-
NAMED Of the 81 anty store, tney shot
him through the heart. He fell upon his
right de and died without a struggle.
When first the Indian raised tne gun on
father. mother or MIS-. Luce seized it by
the muZZle and drew it down. but the
other Indians turned upon them, caught
them by their arms and with the butts
of their guns teat tins m over their heads.
After that they dragged them out of
doors and killed them in the most Shock
ing and brutal manner. They then com
nIenced an indi3criTnnate destruction OF
everything in the house.
when the Indians entered the house
and during these awful scenes |, then
Child Of thirteen years of age. was seate
in a chair. holding my sisters baby in
my arms; her little boy On one side and
my little brother On the other, clinging u
me in terror The Ird.an5 next seized the
children. tearing them from me. one by
one, while they reached their TIT arms
toward me- crying pteously for protec-
ton that I was poWerles5 to give. Heed
less Of the cries the Indians dragged the