The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-24
NEW ULM MASSACRE
Continued From First Page.

near Hauenstein's brewery, at a point
where the hills form a natural amphi-
theater, and where spectators could
follow every incident from first to last.
Debouehing from the woods near Hun
ter's Rest the attacking force crossed
the bridge, and, driving in the enc
my's pickets, advanced up little val
ley and finally captured the big guns.
It was a magnificent spectacle and
one which will be long remembered.
Reception to the Governor.
Turner hall was scene Of merrf-
ment, for it was in that magnificent
structure that the reception to Gov.
Van SAINT and his staff and officers of
the Second regiment was held. Re-
freshments were followed by dancing.
Sundays programme includes
Sons of Hermann picnic, beginning at
l p. m, with a parade and a review
Of troops at $3.50 o'clock.
History of Massacre.
Aug. %, 1852. What flood of mem
cries the mention of that date to the
oldest resident Of New Ulm, and to all
others familiar with the history of
Minnesota. How recital of the terri
BILE experience Of that bloody day thrills
and animates and arouses within the
minds of all a sense of the keenest adj
miration for the adventurous party of
men and women who formed human
barrier against the relentless tide.
Forty years ago today New Ulm was
the center of scene of strife and
bloodshed. In the beleaguered city,
surrounded on every hand by the pitt
less Sioux Savages, completely isolated
from friends and eountrymen, and abb
SOlutely cut off from communication
] from the outside world, a devoted little
band battled bravely for their homes
syz1,+ g. -
well they succeeded in their unequal
combat is a matter of record. Threat
ened with humiliation, they fought on
and on with a logged determination
and, in a word, monument on Stats
street now designates the high water
mark of the great Sioux Indian upris-
ing of 1862.
In these days of peace and plenty 1T
is difficult to realize that within a gen.
Grafton the quiet streets where today
thousands will pass unframed, and
which will ring with merriment and re-
jofcfng, echoed with the whoops of In
dian warriors, the sharp crack of the
rifles and the shrieks and groans of
wounded and dying men, all of the flu
ries of hell seemed loosed, but through
out it all the citizen soldiers stood to
their posts unf1inching1y, and in the
end repulSed a cowed and beaten foe.
The causes of the outbreak, unques-
Honably the greatest Indian war of his
tory, doubtless were the failure of the
government to pay the annuity upon the
date promised, and also that the fact
of so many men being absent fighting
the battles in the South, appealed to
the sayages also as a glorious oppor-
tunity for recovering the lands from
which they were gradually being
driven. Prior to and at the time of the
uprising the Sioux nation was compos-
ed Of four principal tribes, the M'day-
wa -kon-tous, WAX ay-koo- tas, Si-si-
tons and WAX pay-tons. In 1851, by
the treaty Of Traverse des- Sioux, the
government purchased all the land be-
longing to the to latter tribes, except
reservation twenty miles In width
and 100 miles long, for which it agreed
to pay SITE, geo annually to the chiefs,
and also to spend $4,000 for their ed
ucation. The M'day-wa -kon- tons and
Wax pay-koo- tas were to receive $780,
goo annually, and likewise $4,000 for
school purposes, and they were given