The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-09

stone house, elegantly furnished.
One of the daughters was married !
to a white man named Charley
Blair, who was residing with them,
and they also had a German, who
worked on the farm, and a couple |
of young Scotch girls with them.
Blair was awakened on the morn
ing of August 10Th by Peter Rouil-
lard, an old friend who had lived |
with the Indians for number Of
years, who told him of the trouble
at the lower agency, Mr.. Brown
being absent on business at the
time
They all got ready to 90 to Fort
Ridgley and on the way we're cap
tured by Cut Nose. blood thirsty
chief under Little Grow. and anoth
er, Little Six or terrible Shakopee.
At the time Of the capture there
were five white men with the Brown
party.
A friendly Indian. or one that Mrs.
Brown had befriended the winter
previous, spoke up in behalf Of the
Brown party, and urged Cut Nose
to let them 90, but Cut Nose and the
others resolved to kill them all.
Mrs. Brown stood up in the wagon
and waving her shawl to attract
attention made speech to the cut
thrOats, telling that she was rela-
tive Of Scarlet Plume. Ah-ke-pah
Standing Buffalo. and friendly with
the whole SiSsetOn and WahpetOn
tribe, further north (and who had
refused to Join Little Grow in an
outbreak and who had cOunseled for
peace,) and that if he dared to mo-
lest them they would have to ans
wer to Standing Buffalo. who would
wreak terrible vengeance upon
him if be did not let them go. The
Indians withdrew for conference,
and three times was this repeated,
Mrs. Brown demanding that they
do not mOlest her or her friends.
and telling him what be might eX-
pect as result if he did. In the
end Mrs Brown and Blair and the
children were spared and taken to
Little Crows camp, but the other
men of the party were killed. In
the attempt to kill one of the men he
managed to get the thumb of Cut
Nose in his mouth and nearly sew
cred the thumb with his teeth be-
fore he was killed.
In some way the news was car
ried to Standing Buffalo, who was
with his tribe up towards Devil S
Lake or in the Sisseton country.
Most of his warriors were on a buf-
falO hunt, but in a short time Scar
, let Plume and Standing Buffalo
, rode into Little Grow s camp with
fifty picked warriors and demanded
the release of Mrs. Brown and her
property and after some parleying
the demand was complied with, and
t they were released
Cut Nose was hung with the thir-
} ty-eight others afterwards at Man
kato. Little Crow we'll knew of
: Mrs. Brown S influence over Stand
: ing Buffalo, Scarlet Plume, and
] Sweet Corn and other Wahpeton an
Sisseton chiefs. and it was his intiu-
2 ence that saved Blair life while in
his camp. He had to smear Blair's
l face with vermillon and disguise
him as an Indian and hide him in
2 order to save him. aud help him get
away from the camp and to reach
t Fort Ridgley, which .he finally did.
S after prlvations and being very
r much exhausted, taking seven davs
to make the fifteen,miles from Little
: Crows camp to the fort.
Standing Butfalo'was an imposing
and intelligent c looking Indian,
stood six feet two inches in his
T moccasins, and was a friend of the
whites, and counseled for peace on
all occasions. The manner of his
death some time latter is reported
> to have been as follows: Some OF
y the Younger men of his tribe be-
D came dissatisfied with him on ac-
S count of his counseling against a
), raid on band of their ancient enc
S mics, the Pawnees, who were dis