The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-05-27
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Redwood Ou3ette
WEDNESDAY. MAY 81, 1908.
~ AIKEN Z scHmAHL.
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Excerpts From St. Paul Papers Forty
Years Ag0May 10th Last.


may arise, the city has been subdi-
vided into militia districts, and it
is the purpose to put every avail
ably male citizen through course
of military drill. In each district
officers have been elected, and
among them we notice: Captains,
L. A. Dayton, S. S. Eaton, 0. F.
Ford, G.. G. Griswold, j. @. A.
Ward, Jacob Manner, Chas. Mich
OILS, William B. Dean; lieutenants:
H. B. Constans. George H. Col
grave, D. D. Merrill, John Grace,
William P. Murray, R. P. Lewis.
John H. Wiley, R. G. Munger, Rob-
ert A. Smith, and D. Monfort. st.
Paul's home guard will be we'll
differed, and if the worst comes to
the worst, we will be able to give
the enemy a hot finish. 1t would
be well to keep the fact before the
public that privates will be fined 50
for each drill day they are absent.
The Davenport returned from her
contraband trip to the fort yester-
day morning with AT Winnebagoes
in charge of Justus Ramsey. A
portion Of Compan Tenth regiment
accompanied them as guard. The
Davenport lay at the levee about
three hours, and large numbers Of
citizens visited her to view the ma
tive Americans, and purchase
trinkets. Many bows, arrows and
strings of beads were disposed Of
at good prices. There will be an
other detachment of Indians pass
down the river next Monday on
their way to the Dakota reserva-
ton.
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A great event has happened.
What St. Patrick did for the snakes
in Ireland the government has done
for the Indians in Minnesota. They
have sowed the wind and they have
reaped the whirlwind which has
swept them, root and branch, from
the soil they have desecrated. At
the beginning of last August 1O,
600 Sioux and Winnebagoes roamed
over and infested the southwestern
districts. Now not an Indian lodge
is to be found from the Iowa line to
the Otter Tail river. For this hap
DIV deliverance, which is worth
millions to our State, we have paid
dear price. Over 500 men, wom-
en- and children, stricken down in
one awful holocaust of blood and
fire in the sacrifice we have paid
for the removal of this curse from
our midst.
The war feeling in England against
the United States is getting to it's
height. The public mind in Brit
ain has not been so excited since
the affair of the Trent. A single
spark may kindle war at any mo-
ment. AS for getting out armed
vessels at British ports to destroy
| American commerce there is full
determination that it shall go on in
spite of congressional protests.
The ten bands of WinnebagOes
which arrived at Mankato during
the week were temporarily en-.
camped on the fiat below the fort
near the original Sioux encamp.
ment. Their dwellings consisted
Of rush mating laid upon poles
Their favorite pastime is scalE
dances. Near the center of the en-
campment they placed young sap
ling and fastened to this number
OF scalps that had been captured BY
them from the Sioux who were muir
dered by them last week. Two
dances were held during the day
A circle was formed about tht
scalps, the men beating upon drums
and sticks, while the squaws car
ried the scalps and other CHASTITY
relics, and all shouted and suns
their wild war songs as they movet
in the misty mazes of the dance.
This continues for an hour and