The Redwood gazette., 1902-08-13
The two New Ulm men went to

Redwood Falls on the morning
train and at that place were taken
tow by Till Tibbetts, Well-known IN
this CITY from the fact that he had
charge of the land Office here in the
early los. and VIM. Pfeiffer. Among
/, the other features which had been
provided for their entertainment
Messrs. Schell and Vogel were
treated to ride on the new lake at
Redwood, formed by the erection OF
! the new Burmeister dam. It is a
body of water three and a half miles
/ in length, and the visitors are loud
in their praises. At the lower end
a ten-acre tract has been set aside
for park purposes and it is the in
/ tention of Redwood Falls people to
gradually transform it into zoolog-
Iical garden. AS nucleus to this
j Otto Schell volunteered to give a
pair. of his deer, and his generous
offer was very gladly accepted.
After the return from the lake
the party drove to the Indian agen,,
cy near Morton and there held a
conference with the tribesmen who
intend coming to our city. Through
an oversight Chief Well, the leader
of that particular band of Sioux: had
not been apprised of the fact that
the New Ulm delegation would Wis
it his camp and he was not on hand
to receive them. Moreover, it was
impossible to find him and the com
mitteemen therefore, could not be
given any definite information as to
how many of the tribe would attend.
They were assured, however, that
the band would be composed of 10
to 20, who would leave the agency
on August I'D and march overland
to New Ulm.
In carrying on their negotiations
Messrs. Schell and Vogel conversed
+ principally with George Crooks, a
full -blooded Sioux and sort of less
+ err chieftain. Among his people
E Crooks is known as Wakan-ajon-jon,
''Holy Lightning, said he, as well
as all Of the other Indians who will
come to New Ulm, were friendly tc
the whites during the uprising.
! According to Wakan-ajon-jon nearly
, all of the thirty families of Sioux
friendlies resided near what is now
the village of Morton and their con
victions caused them to be put tx
o insult and laughed to scorn by theil
! more blood d-thirsty neighbors.
When the fighting began, HI
r says, his parents and their associ
ates, including the well-knownJ Johl
D Other Day, who rendered invalu
/ able assistance to the settlers o
o the region, did everything possible
S to warn their white brethren ane
S help them to escape from Littl,
0 Grow and his savage warriors. A!
Y a reward for his services his fathe
O and mother, Tukan-wi-casta, ''Rocl
Man. and Makata-hi-ya-ye-min
Walk ON the Ground, now hav'
: their names upon the monumen
erected to the friendly Indians upol
S the battle field of Birch Coolie.
During the arduous campaigns o
the hostiles these thirty familie!
were subjected to almost as mucl
y privation as the white settlers, be
: ing driven before the retreatins
> hordes as far as Montevideo. A
7. Camp Release, opp te that city
they were captured by Gen. Sibley
and began their return march. Al
though he was but four years of ag,
5 at that time, Holy Light claim:
that he can distinctly remember th,
experience of the captured band a:
they passed through New Ulm
Angry citizens lined the streets anc
: las the Indians marched oy they
; cursed and tainted, and stones ane
other mistles were thrown amons
them. Taken on down the Mime
sofa Valley they were thrown int,
exile at Chaska. Hastings and Other
towns near ST. Paul and it was sew
: eral years before they were allowed
: to return to their homes at the low
er agency.
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