New Ulm review., 1912-06-12

d come quite close. They began 7
:. fire on the outlying pickets. Tn
: people were not prepared for an at
d tack and therefore several were kill
K ed by the first shots. Lieutenan
e Sheban ordered the soldiers GU
/ to defend the fort. There wer
; only about 13O to defend it. Their
d were many buildings to be protect
y ed, the storehouse, the warehouses
e the houses of the officers, and few
/. small building that belonged to tn
8 fort. If the Indians would hav'
y y|been successful in taking thes'
e buildings, the Fort would have beer
lost. They set fire to some of tn,
8 houses. but it was kept away from
e the main buildings. The peopl,
could hear Little Crow encourage
: his warriors although the roaring O.
; the cannon and the yelling of thu
!, Indians made great noise. During
the fight half-breed, named Fra.
zier, succeeded in getting through
the Indians. He first went to St.
Peter. There he met General Sib-
ley to whom he reported the great
danger. General Sibley at once
came with a company Of cavalry to
assist the people at the Fort. The
Indians now began to retreat and
the people felt safe. Physicians
had also come along and they took
care of the wounded and dying.
The people of New Ulm heard
the roaring Of the cannon at Fort
Ridgely and they at once began to
strengthen their Notifications, be-
cause they feared that the Indians
might return. They were not a
minute too soon in preparing them
selves, for on the 23rd of August,
smoke could be seen at different
places in the country. The In
dams had set fire to the farmhouses
that were in the neighborhood. The
Indians could be seen coming from
all directions. They soon nearel
New Ulm. The pickets that had
been outside of the Notifications
were driven back. Every building
that the Indians could reach was
burned. Several houses that were
outside of the Notifications were
used by the Indians 10 shelter
themselves. From behind these
houses a deadly fire was kept on
Minnesota street by them. Flan-
dreau, the commander in chief,
knew that if New Ulm should be
saved these Indians must be driven
back. He therefore sent Captain
Nix with fifty men to make them
retreat. The Indians tried their
best to keep what they had so cas-
lily taken, but in the afternoon they
were driven back. All buildings
were now burned that were not
within the fortified zone. The
fight went on with great fury.
Many braves lost their lives. They
had to fight very hard in order to
keep back the dreaded enemy. The
Indians fought to their utmost.
Captain Todd with several others
went beyond the barricades to try
to drive the Indians back, but they
were all murdered in a short time.
The Indians, seeing that they could
not accomplish anything, began to
retreat on August "a. The settlers
were almost overwhelmed with Joy
when they saw this. At about nine
o'clock Captain Cox with about
seventy-fve men arrived at New
Ulm. The Indians feared nothing
so much as artillery. They would
not stay near a place if they knew
that a cannon was close at hand.
They were also partly frightened
away from New Ulm when they
made their retreat. One of the
settlers (his name is not given)
took stove pipe and place it upon ,
q cart; he then took two anvils for I
noise which sounded like
the pounding Of a canon. The 6
Indians we're made to believe that {
, cannon had arrived during the .
night. and this made them retreat
'till faster. How many of the In
lians were killed cannot be told,
out judging by the blood that was
seen on the ground where the mass {
acre had taken place, they must
have lost a great number. New
Ulm had only eight dead persons I
and about sixty wounded. Some
If these wounded died soon after!
ward.
The Governor had given orders
tO Cantain Cov that +lo ..1