The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-10-30

lIlVSI UutGOm nor lar from the Terry.
It was my luck to be on guard that
night and though we were undis-
turbed, there were plenty Of signal
fires indicating that Indians were
about. The next morning Mai.
Brown ordered Capt. Anderson to
cross the river to the agency and
learn what he could there, if any
thing, then to proceed up the river
a few miles and cross back and meet
the infantry in camp on the Birch
Coolle. Grants infantry, after
burying the soldiers who had been
killed. at the ferry, were to proceed
up the river to the mouth Of Beaver
! Creek, to ascend that to our home,
and then cross over to Birch Coolie
for camp. Birch Coolie is the name
of a creek about three miles east of
the Beaver Creek. Chalon and |
were detailed as guides and to scout
IOr the lnIantry.
For some reason now forgotten
was not ready to start with the in
fantry and they had gone quite a
while when started after them and
met a squad of soldiers under a half
breed sergeant on their way back
to the fort. Why they had been
sent along or why now returning |
do not know. This sergeant had
tried to get me to enlist in his COM
pany and | think I had nearly prom
ised to do so, but when Chalon ar
rived at the fort | changed my mind
and told the sergeant so. He seemed
quite disappointed and inclined to be
mad. When | met the sergeant and
his squad, he stopped me again and
asked me to enlist in his company,
but refused and started on, when
he called, you'll never see the fort
again." Whether he thought to
brighten me, or thought | would
while scouting run into a bad place,
or whether he did not realize the
danger the expedition would be in.
| do not know nor did I then stop to
think.
/ was soon in advance of the in
fantry, looking out for possible am
bush. Before noon Chalon and I
found half crazed Swedish woman
who tried to elude US, and we had to
run her down. When we had cap
tured her, we learned that all her
family had been killed, she herself
had been wounded by IA buckshot in
her back, and in this condition had
remained so near the Indians, sup
porting herself ON the food found in
the deserted houses. We halted
and waited until the infantry came
up, when we turned her over to.
Capt. Grant, and we resumed our
scouting.
We reached our house sometime
after noon and it was a sad looking
wreck. We did not care to remain
there long and as our camp for the
night was to be nearly in the direc-
ton of our flight just two weeks be-
fore, we made up our minds to fol-
low that course.
We soon came to the place where
we had left the buggy with Mrs.
Henderson and there we found her
body with a broken jug at her head,
the bodies of her two little girls, and
few feet away the body of Mr..
Wedge.
Mr.. Henderson had accompanied
the expedition and was there to see
the remains Of his wife and children.
He was nearly heart broken but |
think he did not utter word.
| These buried, we followed on and
found the body of Dave Carrothers'
little boy, but did not succeed in
finding the body Of Eugene White.
Chalon soon after called, saying he
had found Eugene, but when |
reached him | at once recognized the
body as Radnor's from the clothir g
! The body was so decomposed as to
unrecognizable. 1t was now getting
late SC. we buried him in a shallow
grave and turned toward the camp