The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-23
RECALLS DAYS
OF TERROR
Continued From First Pace,

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ms companions ran off to the ware
| houses to participate in the booty, and
MS four friends followed them
Ihen he called to the whites to har-
ness their horses and put off as quick
| Iy as possible. They soon had FIVE
wagons ready, in which they put about
| nfty men, women and children, and
they started to cross the Minnesota
river little before daybreak. After
| they had crossed the river and as
cended the bluff on the opposite side,
there Was general rush for the
agency. After untold hardships, suf-
/ Ierlng from hunger, thirst and staying
awake nights the little band under the
guidance of Other Day reached Shalxo
pee.
Just before they started for the
agency, Muzza- moni, a chief of the
| Wanpeton bands. came to them. 9th
/ ef Day asked MuZza-mOni if all the
CIVILIZED, or farmer, Indians were en-
| gagged IN the outbreak. Muzza-moni
/ Fepned that part of them were in it
MOST or those composing the Halle
wood Republic had gone to guard the
rev. MI. Riggs, their old missionary.
Whom they dearly loved.
Could Do Nothing With Them.
In answer to miscellaneous cues
! tions by the governor. Other Day said
that MuzZa-moni urged him to to All
he could to save the whites: that he
could do nothing whatever with the
Indians o
He had taken away from the agency
all the whites, but a few whom he
could not reach-two sawyers and a
/ woman, three clerks in Louis Roherts'
warehouse and one in each of the 9th.
ef warehouses;, the clerks of which
nad locked the doors and run off in
the night. Don't know what became of
| them. -
Just as they had harnessed their
horses one of the traders cama To
them wounded with a charge of shot
IN the abdomen They brought him
along. He said that 10 Browns fam
Ivy a1rale of being seen if they went
away In wagons, made their escape in
small canoes and foated down the
river in the night, stopping at Red
wood on the way and finally reaching
the fort in safety
In reference to the Indians engaged
IN the outbreak, he said there is a
stream half way between Yellow
Medlc1ne and Lac qui Parle The IN
alans above that stream knew moth
ing Of the fracas, and were not in anv
manner connected with it.
Reason for the KiIIinc.
| At the council the Sissetons were al
| most unit in urging the killing of the
/ whites, While the Wahpetons opposed
/ this course. The only reason given
by the Sissetons for killing was that
already Stated-that the outrages of
/ tne lower agency would make them
1nplacabIe enemies, that all the IN
d1ans would suffer for it and that it
| would be no worse if they killed all
| the white settlers
Before the disturbance a war party
| OF Sioux went from the country above
| renew Medicine against the Chippe-
was. They knew nothing of this af-
ialr when they went and had not come
back when it occurred
Other Day thinks there was no pre-
concert in the outbreak He had been
generally present in their councils, but
never heard such a thing limited.
1here was no preparation at the up
per agency at the time of the trouble
none Of the usual preparations for
| going to war.
The following part Of Other Days
narrative is of the utmost Importance.
lie says that the whole mischief began
with four young men of Little SKIS
/ band, who went out from the lower
agency and on Sunday murdered six
| white people doubtless the six per
sons killed at Acton, Meeker county,.
lie says that Susinaki. young man Of
the Wahpeton band of Yellow Medi-
cine, had been down to the lower
agency, and was there when the out
break occurred, and when he came
back related to Other Day what fol-
lows.
When the four young men Of Little
SKIS band had committed the muir
ders above mentioned they came back
to Redwood and made known what
they had done. In a. short time the
greatest excitement prevailed and the
Indians present, consisting Of the
bands of Little Six, Little Crow, Grey
Iron and Good Road and a part of the
Lake Calhoun band, gathered around
and crowded into the warehouses. At
this juncture Wabashaw, who lives
about mile from Redwood, came in.
and, surprised at the excitement, ask
| ed: What is this all about?" They
replied that they heard the Chippewas
were on the other side of the river
and We're making preparations to meet
them At this instant a gun was fired
| and general rush was made for the
warehouses.
Came in for Spells.
Susinaki told him that Wabashaw's,
Wacouta's, Red Legs and a part of the
Lake Calhoun band were absent at
the time OF the outbreak and did not
| participate in it, though he thinks 1t
probable they came In afterwards to
share the spoils
| The above narrative, which is given
| In nearly the exact words of the inter-
prefer, Rev. G. H Pond, is plain re-
cltal of what came within the mar
| rator's observation and hearing, and
throws great light on the origin of the
awful massacre which followed
He said that the white men collected
| at the agency with their families dur
ing that Monday night, behaved very
cooily and brayely. They said that
those were their wives and children
and that they would die in their de-
| tense.
On the journey down some of the
party seemed to be suspicious of him.
| Mr.. Sinks only seemed to have entire
confidence in him. He felt very sad at
| this. He would say something occa-
sionally to reassure them. His wife
would interpret it, and that seemed to
make them more cheerful
He also said that a party of 200
whites on horseback would be suffi
Gent to go by the way of Kandiyohi
lake, get on the other side Of the In
dams at Fort Ripley, and, in conjunc-
ton with force operating on this
side, cut them off. He himself would
undertake to guide them. and thought
1t was perfectly feasible for such q
force to go to Yellow Medicine and
rescue the missionaries, If alive He
said that the Plain Indians had mostly |
gone West with their wives and fam
lies, and that they knew nothing Of |
the outbreak.
Among the people in the rescued |
party are Mrs. Galbraith and family. |
Mr.. Sinks and family, Mr.. Owens and |
FAMILY, Mr.. Goodell and family, r. |
Rider, John German, Mr.. Miller, Mr.. |
Cramsie, Mr.. Hawkins. Parker Pierce, |
Mr.. Ashley Mr. PatweH and family, |
Mr.. Fadden and family. IF. H M.