The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-06-30

site company's building in block 10,
Just where Miss Brandt's store now
stands. Here Evans Goodrich kept a
barrel of salt pork, some sugar ana
other necessaries, together with rib
| bons and other trinkets to trade with
the Sioux Indians for furs, also few
drugs that Mr. Bond of ST. Paul had
sent up in charge of Geo. Cummings.
Among the drugs was lot of Perry
Davis Pain Killer. By midwinter
all the whisky had been consumed and
the old settlers tackled the pain killer.
They would take part of glass of
|! water, dash in quantity of pain kill
er, and drink it without finching.
: Unfortunately the stock of ready
7 made clothing and booUs and shoes,
q that l had shipped from Boston in the
e fall did not reach Galena until the
t Mississippi river had frozen over. and
n they remained there until navigation
J. opened the following spring During
d the winter l made two trips to st.
ls Paul to learn where they were, walk
ing all of the way and taking three
a days each way. The last time, l start
= ed to ride down with q. J. Fuller on
2, his sled drawn by oxen, but l soon got
ne chilly, struck out ahead, and saw him
r. no more | saw no teams anywhere
Id down the valley, going my way, but
g when [ was returning l met Jim Rob
re lin riding on traverse sled drawn
e, by Jackson's pony He told me that
Irs the boys had Clipped in the necessary
5ly money and sent him down to st. Paul
Sc. to get barrel of whisky.
ep The young people had some theatre
ms Gals in the old schoolhouse on the
;" levee, during the winter.
7as Deer were common in the woods,
he but there seemed to be no one among
ort the whites that was skilled in hunt
at ing them. Small punches of them
OK were frequently seen to cross the river
rem and run up the Van Brunt slough
her The Indians occasionally killed one,
BIKE but they had nothing to shoot with
tly except very common muzzle loading
wn shot guns.
ght The settlers lived largely upon sal
am pork, -four and beans, with little o
for no fruit green or dry, or butter, egg
ear or milk. There was, however, hardl
uch any sickness.
o." Belle Warren was born some tim
low during the winter, and the lowe
ira town settlers became jealous declaI
the ing the uptowners were not willln
and they should have anything, SO the
ing consulted together and little later
,ok- the year Fred Kron decided that
led. would be born, thus making thing
was even between the two ends Of town II
emit, the time being.
we're One day early in March some OF
and threw open the door at headquarte
the and said there was a wolf runnlI
nigh through the snow on the little prair
ards towards the stone quarry. Every OF
you present caught up his rifle or shot 81
in and began shooting at long rang
air The wolf ran directly into large g
own eampment of Sioux Indians, just
pity front of the present court house squar
day This locality was then forest
the sugar naples, and the Indians we
the boiling sap. 1 hurried along as fast
Nor [ could through the snow, but wher
and reached the encampment the India
re- had killed the wolf, taken off his SIX
, has and thrown the carcess into
kettle of boiling sap. An Indi
came whom 1 knew invited me to rema
kill until it was cooked and have sol
Mr.. of the meat, but had already eat
river my dinner.
Nor Along in March, the supply OF pol
-four and beans began to run low,
ting those who had mere divided "