The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-10-23

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knowing probably that at least three
of our guns only carried shot, while
theirs carried ounce bullets, they
kept beyond the range of our guns,
while keeping US still within the
range of theirs.
i OF course the pressure from the
Indians compelled us to catch up
| with the women and children,
though we delayed it as long as
possible. When we finally overlook
1 them / found Mrs. Dave Carrothers
nearly giving out, as she had to
/ carry her baby, so | took the baby
which greatly relieved her and she
was able to keep up with the rest.
i think we must have continued in
this way for about a mile farther
| when Mrs. White, who was very
| fleshy woman and was carrying a
baby, stopped and said that she
could go no farther. So we passed
on and left her standing there. We
watched as we fled to see what her
/ treatment would be, and were much
surprised to see an Indian go up to
her and shake hands and motion to
her to go back. Seeing that she
wasn't hurt, she called out to the
rest and waved a white handker-
chief.
| 1t then seemed that it was the
intention of the Indians to capture
the women and children, and as it
was utterly impossible for them to
escape by fleeing and as we could
not defend them, they deemed it
best to stop which they did. So |
gave the baby to its mother and
kept on.
Dave Carrothers' oldest child was
boy about five years old. AS he
saw his father running on ahead, he
ran after him as fast as his legs
could carry him. calling to his father
to wait. But his father did not
wait for some time, but finally
stopped and turned the little fellow
around and told him to go back to
his mother, while he himself re-
sumed his flight. The boy remained
where he was, crying, until the In
dams came up. Finding him alone
they killed him.
/ The average distance which the
Indians kept from US was about Is
or, possibly 20 rods, and as they
were expert marksmen it is remark
able that any escaped. That they
did is due to two reasons. First,
their guns were poorly loaded as the
bullets were simply dropped in with
out any patch. Second, we kept
our eyes to the rear and jumped to
one side or fell as we saw a gun
discharged at us. This may seem
like fiction to claim that we lodged
their bullets, but it is nevertheless
true, and more than one owed his
life that day to his agility.
We were stretched out in sort
of line at distance of several feet
apart, and being separated could
judge quite accurately whether an
Indian were aiming at ones self or
not. At one time Chalon and l
were quite close to each other,
Eugene White was few rods ahead,
and the ground was rising. AS we
were watching we saw an Indian
level his gun at one Of us but being
so close together we could not tell
which one, so at the flash we both
fell. It proved that it was intended
for Chalon. and only that he lodged
it would have struck him between
the shoulders. Missing him it went
on and struck Eugene White on the
inside of the right knee. He fell,
but Immediately rose to a sitting
position and grasped his knee with
his hands. l ran up and asked him
if he was hit add he replied that his
leg was broken, but he Immediately
jumped up and ran on with a bad
limp. Soon / noticed that he turned
to the left and ran a little to one
side and lay down behind bunch of
tall grass or weeds. perhaps think
ing that it concealed him, but more
likely he realized that he could GO
no farther. By this time the firing
had become quite rapid and there
was little chance for one to help