The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-11-13
INDIAN UPRISING OF 81
Thrilling Story Of Dr.. t. v. Earle Of
Rochester, N. Y, a Beaver Falls
Boy in 1862.

river steamer, the Ariel, for st.
Paul. While waiting for the boat
to finish loading / wandered in
through the streets of the town and
CHANGED to meet Mr.. Enoch Blaisdell
whom the old friends Of father and
Mr.. White had dispatched to find
them and to take them a:purse of
nearly 5000 to be divided between
them as they should decide. OF
course this was big streak of
fortune for neither of them, or at
least father, had a cent. You re-
member that Mr.. White was away
from home at the time of the out
break. We met him at St. Peter.
He and father divided the money
and we started for our old home in
Wisconsin where father proposed to
leave me during my recovery, for
even now my hand showed signs of
improvement.
The boat soon started. AS we
could not get meals on board, father
decided to try to get something to
eat at the first landing which was
Henderson. Father asked the cap
tain if there would be time TO go
to the hotel and get breakfast and
was told that there would be plenty
of time. While we were eating the
bell rang and the boat left. The
river is very crooked so there were
two chances to cut across country
and intercept it. To one place it
was three miles and to the other.
Belleplain, eleven miles. 1t hap
pened that there were TWO teams
there, one going to each place, but
neither could carry us all. have
forgotten to say that father had
previously left Hermon at St. Peter
and he was now with us. So it was
arranged and father and Hermon
went with the team to the three
mile place, and | went to Belleplain.
The village is more than mile from
the landing and on inquiry | learned
that the boat would not be down
for several hours. So remained at
the village. They soon learned that
| was refugee and seemed to be
much interested in my story. But
though noon came ami went no one
seemed enough interested in me to
ask me to dinner and | was not yet
ready to beg.
About one o'clock | thought |
would start for the landing, and had
not gone far when | met man who
told me that the boat had already
passed. l began to inquire for an
other chance to intercept it and
learned that Shakopee, 18 miles dis
tant, was the only place. AS was
getting this information stage
drove up to the hotel and the man
said that that was my chance, for
the stage route was to Shakopee.
But | did not have cent and |
would not beg a ride. So at about
two o'clock l pulled off my shoes
and, carrying them in my hand, my
other hand and my stomach ernpty,
| started for Shakopee. 1t was af-
ter dark when / reached there but
was cheered to learn that the Ariel
had not yet passed. 1t was getting
quite chilly for it was late in Sen
TENDER. So | went into a little
store to get warm. | had not been
there long when the storekeeper
asked me if | was refugee. I told
him was. He asked me if | had
had any supper to which |, of course,
answered no at which he handed me
twenty-five cents and told me to 90
to the hotel end get something to
eat. | never acted more willingly
in my life and was soon very well
supplied in that respect. To my sur
prise at | entered the hotel en-
countered Dave Carrothers.
remained in the hotel and stores
until they closed for the night, when
|, of course, found myself in the
street. wandered about for awhile
always within easy reach of the
landing until about eleven o'clock
when | went to the landing and
curled myself up on a box and went
to sleep.
About two o'clock boat came
down and landed and | found father
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