New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-16

the belief that it was not best but I
thought I must 60 with my band and
my nation, and I sand to my men that I
would lead them into the war, and we
would all act like brave Dakotas and do.
the best we could. All my men were with
me; none had gone off on raids, but We.
did not have guns for all at first. s4 {.
That afternoon word came to my via
lage that soldiers were coming to the
agency from Fort Smelling. (These we're
Capt. Marsh and his men, At once l
mounted noun the best horse had, and, with
some OF my men, rode. as fast as5I could
to meet them at the ferry. But when I
got there the fight was over, and I well
remember that . cloud Of powder smoke
was rising r slowly from the low, wet
ground where the firing had been. 4
heard few scattering shots, down the
river, where the Indians were still pursu-.
ing the soldiers but I took no part. I
crossed the river and saw the bodies of
the soldiers that had been killed, think
Mr.. Quinn, the interpreter, was shot sew
veral times after he had been killed. The
Indians told me that the most of them
who fired on Capt. Marsh and his men
were on the same side of the river; that
only q few shots came from the opposite
or south side. They said that White
Dog did not tell Mr.. Quinn to come over,
but told him to go back. OF course I do
not know what the truth is about this.
White Deg was the Indian farmer who
had been replaced by Taopi and was
hung at Mankato.a *.&s@ sy5s @at@s:5 f.
The Attack on New Ulm. Fs8
was not in the first light at New Ulm
nor the first attack On Fort Ridgely Here
let me say that the Indian names of those
and otherplaces ii Minnesota arediferent
from the English names. St. Paul is '.the
White Rock Minneapolis is "the Place
Where the Water Falls;" New Ulmis ssthe
Place Where There Is a Cottonwood
Grove on the RIVER" Fort Ridgely was
g.sthe soldiers, House .; !" Birch Coulee was
|scalled 'sBirch Greek ,'''tetc. ID I wasain the
second fight at New Ulm and in the sec
lond attack On Fort .Rldgely At New
Ulm had but a few sof my band with
Eme. We lost none of them We had
but few if any, Of the INDIANS killed; At
least I did not hear Of but a few. A half
breed named George lie Blame, who was
with us, was killed. There wassno onae
in chief command of the Indians at New
Ulm. a few snbchiefs like myself and
the head soldiers led them, and the lead
Eers agreed among themselves What'was to
BE done. lido not think there was a chief
present OF the first fight. ! think thatat-
tack was made BY aranding Indians
from several bands, every mansfor5 him
self, but when we heard they were fight
ing. we went doWnt to help them. / think
Sc probable that the fret attack on. Fort
sRdgely was made in the same way at
any rate 7 do not remember that there
was q chief there. 81 saa a.53
7 5sa Fort RldgeIy. 70 80
The second fight at Fort Ridgely was
fmadesa grand. affair. Little Crow was
with us. Mr.. Good Thunder, now at
Birch Coulie agency, was with us. he
counted the Indians as they filed past
him on the march to the attack, and re-.
ported that there were s0OEof us. He act
ed very bravely il the fight, and dis
tinguished himself By running close up
to the fort and bringing away e horse.
He is now married to the former widow