New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-30
Held in Captivity.
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Zimmerman, q young man Of about
twenty one lying in such position that
i believed he was taking q nap IN the
shade. I tried to arouse him, at which
the Indians smiled, but soon found that
he was sleeping 9 sleep from which there
is no waking, / had always been much.
attached to John and il was hard for me
to meet HIM thus. His brother lay in
the creek little below the ford and their.
father in the road on the side of the creek.
nearest the house. My captors seemed.
to see to see some signs of life in him.,
turned him over and crushed his skull.
with the but Of the gun. Here our house
hold goods, such as had been hastily,
loaded in the morning lay scattered. e
occurred to me that in my captivity :
might not know how to pass the time 4
therefore picked up our family bible
which knew would afford me material
for thought and reflection. Much to my
surprise was ordered to drop it. It
seems they did not wish to have my
march impeded BY luggage.
was hurried along tillwe approached
the ferry. Here / saw Mrs. Eisenrelch
with her five children, some of them
bleeding from tomahaWk wounds, coming
through the tall grass followed by a half
breed on horseback who urged them on
with the cuts Of long whip. I now
think that this half breed was Henry
Milford who was hung with the Indians
at Mankato. A halt had to be made here
to transfer the teams and people to the
other side of the Minnesota River. Mrs.
Eisenreich and her children were suffer-
ing from thirst but did not dare to stir
to get near the water. She begged me to
fetch her some which I did. As there
| was no other vessel at hand took the
pail from the ferry which was used for
watering horses and oxen but we all
drank with relish the warm river water.
On seeing an Indian whom / knew ap.
preaching with horse and buggy I called
his attention to the woman and her child.
lren and he took them from their tor.
mentor and made room for them in his
buggy, took them to his lodge and
cared for them during the remainder Of
their captivity. According to last &C,
counts she is still living in the vicinity o.
Morton.
Horses and cattle have manifested
Imore or less repugnance to the prgximi.
ty of the red man. A number of teams
mostly OK teams had now accumulated al
the ferry and their new drivers expert
|enced considerable difficulty in getting
them to- venture on to the ferry.
stepped up to the foremost pair ane
spoke to them in the language of the pal,
face. The result so pleased the Indian,
that my reputation as driver was mad,
not only fol. that day but for future oc
cassions as you will later learn. "
had to take all the teams across and wa
rewarded By many wash do and grun
of satisfaction.
After having crossed the river my cap
tor who also assumed the role of my pro
tector waited sometime before proceed
ing to the Agency which was situated
on the brow Of the southern bluff. Th'
young 1ndiaDs mostly armed with new
shot guns, some double barreled and SOM
single barreled, among the latter. q few
f1intlocks, focked to the ferry with full
[. powder horns and shot bags filled will
freshly cast balls, hardly cold from tn,
mould. I later, upon my arrival at tn,
village, witnessed the work of convert
ing the shot into balls by the squaw
For targets new tin pans, Of which sever
al stacks had been brought down from
the stores, were used. The pans wer
thrown into the river and allowed to flea
!, down stream some distance; each marks
man watching his own pan, then firing q