Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-28
THOUSANDS GATHER IN THE CITY
TO WITNESS THE CERE-
MONIES.
DAYS THAT TRIED MEMS SOULS
FEATURES AND INCIDENTS OF BAT
TILE OF LONG AGO ARE
LIVED OVER.

sacre. All trains into the city were
packed and visitors from the surround
ing country swelled the number of
sightseers into the thousands. An APP
propriate program had been prepared
and was carried out to the letter.
The program for Saturday was as
follows:
$3.50 a. m.-Grand historic, military
and civil parade, in which Gov. Van
Cant and staff ~(mounted). defenders,
the Second regiment. N. 9. s. M, Capt
Burg's battery, twenty historical floats
New Ulm fire department and apparat-
us and all civil societies of New Ulm
participated. #..-
1880 a. m.-Speeches. vocal music at
German Park: address of welcome by
Mayor Charles Weschcke; orator of the
day, Moses E. Clapp. Addresses were
also made by Gov. Van SAINT, ex-Gov.
John Lind and others. "
2 2. m.-Speeches in German by Rev.
at German Park.
$3.50 p. m.-Sham battle by the Second
regiment and Capt. Berg's battery.
6 p. m.-Review and parade.
$50 D. IN. -- Reception to Gov. Var
SAINT and staff, defenders, officers of
Second regiment, Capt. Berg's battery
and invited guests at Turner hall.
Band concerts on Minnesota street.
Sundays program was as follows;
1 p. m.-Grand picnic at Hermann's
Heights.
$3.50 p. m.-Review and parade by Sec
ond regiment and Berg's battery.
Visitors appreciated a plan to portray
the great battle of 1862 by a series of
descriptive tablets. At every point
where important battles were fought,
tsrricades erected or the slaughter
great these ~placards. whose iuscrip-
tions deal fully with details, were
placed. The positions occupied by the
defenders and by the Indians were in
dicated in full, and in this way strang-
ers In the city were able to secure a
good impression of the great conflict.
A band OF Sioux Indians, descendants
of the once famous nation which ter
rorized the Minnesota valley in the year
1862, camped on the principal street of
New Ulm.
battle of New Ulm.
Much has been written OF the battle
OF New Ulm and the credit of the sue
cessful resistance of the Indians has
been largely given to the soldiers who
came from st. Peter, but this is unjust,
for the night was over when the troops
arrived, and though they took no part
In the first battle they relieved the
anxiety, and when the second fight took
place a week later they were on hand
and did good work. Had New Ulm
fallen on the first day the butchery that
would have resulted would have been
indescribable
Ulm have been estimated in numbers at
500. They advanced upon the city in A
solid body until within ebout a mile,
when the mass began to spread out like
q far and come on with increasing
rapidity until the horde OF vag were
within rifle shot, when they covered the
entire front of the village. Then, as
With one accord, they uttered a ter
rife yell and charged like the wind.
The vel; unsettled the men, and before
q shot was fired they made the mistake
of falling back, which allowed the In
dams to occupy the buildings in the
outskirts OF the village. The men then
rallied, and the firing on both sides be-
came general, every man doing his own
work in his own fashion.
The fight was waged for two hours
with very little loss to the town people,
while the Indians suffered heavily. The
rife men sought good positions from
which they could keep the enemy at a
distance, and only three houses. Crop
per's, Belm's and Steinhauser's, were
fired during the attack. Luckily It COM
menced to rain after the fight had ragged
about ar hour. and the burning OF
buildings was thus hindered to a great
degree. During this rain the squad that
had gon to L~eavenworth in the morn
ing returned. They were attacked with
in hearing distance OF the town by the
ferocious Indians and nine OF ,hem were
killed. Coming in two sQ.rsds they fell
easy victims to their red skinned enc
mics. and the names OF Carroll, Lemon,
the LOOMS brothers, Lamb, Ryan ana
futile appear mons he slaughtered.
In the town ne lighting continued
slowly. Both whites and reds sought
cover as much as possible, and the res
idents soon gained courage. Between
4 and 5 o'cl6Sk seventy men under COM
mand OF A. M. Bean and Samuel CONN
Gr-ived from Nicollet. Some OF these
we're in favor OF an immediate attack
On the part OF the besieged forces so as
to obtain additional ground and re-
strain the Indians from burning any
more buildings. Twenty men volun-
teered to undertake this, n running
from house to house they soon reached
the home OF Mr.. Rehfcid. This was at
once garrisoned SO that further advance
from that section OF the town was pre-
vented. Ten men remained there till
night, exchanging shots with the In
dams at every opportunity. The enemy
Don disappeared from view, and a fear
full anxiety as to the future settled over
the town until q clomor was heard In
the lower part OF the village. Every
body was at once possessed with the
idea that am attack was being made on
the rear. and hose stationed In the