New Ulm review., 1912-06-12
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This would not be wrong, but tn
traders were not honest about thei
bills and enlarged them as mucl
l as they could. In this way the
treated the poor helpless Indianf
No wonder that the Indians be
came filled with hatred.
The Indians had heard of tn
Civil war, and this gave them nev
fears that the government nigh
not be able to pay them any o
their money. The Indians wer'
all anxious to receive their money
They therefore went to the agenc,
and asked for their pay, but th'
agents could not give them any
definite answer as to when they
would be able to pay them. This
still increased their fear. A mum.
Der of about five to six thousand In.
dians had gathered at the agency
Many Of them died of hunger. The
Indians could not stand this any
longer and it was noticed that
something was going on among
them. Mostly the younger and hot
headed warriors formed a secret
society called the "Soldiers' Lodge .
They sent messengers from one
tribe to another to inform them
of revolt. The older Indians were
against this, but they could do moth
ing to prevent what was coming.
They we'll knew how their people
were being deceived. The settlers
were soon to find out now how the
Indians would take revenge.
In about the middle part of Au-
gust the Indians held a secret
meeting on the banks of the Wa
bash river, in a ravine. In their
meeting they must have planned
the outbreak, because a few days
before the beginning of the war a
number of Indians decorated in
the brightest colors came to New
Ulm and held war-dance. From
this the people could judge that
they meant great evil. The gov
ernment had now sent the stipulat-
ed amount of money to St. Paul.
The Indians were to receive it inI
gold coin, but the officials to whom
the money was given exchanged it
for paper money for their own good.
They gave the paper money to the
Indians; but these, not knowing
how to use it, became very angry.
The agents wanted to exchange the
paper money for coin again, but
he Indians thought it of no use to
wait that long. On August 18th,
number Of Indians went on a deer
nunt. They were about thirty miles
rom the agency when one of the
Indians found a nest with several
.ggs in it. He took one and mo-
Toned to the others to take the
est. One Of them responded that
he eggs did not belong to them.
They thus kept on quarreling for
ONE time. The latter also told
he other that he was a coward.
he said that he knew what bravery
vas and that he had been in the
var with the Chippeways and had
AIKEN scalps. The Indians then
thought it best to separate, because
hey could not agree. The one that
lad been called a coward said that
le would prove that he was not a
'oward. With this the three Indians
vent with him when he separated.
BY this he meant that he was 60 ,
ng to kill white people. The first
louse they came to belonged to R.
'ones. They entered the house and
oon began a quarrel with Jones ,
bout some eatables. Jones drove ,
hem away. The next place they
anne to belonged to Howard Baker,
Tones' son-in-law. Mr.. Webster and /
lis wife were staying at Bakers
louse at that time. They had
ONE from Wisconsin. After some :
ime Jones and his wife came to
'isit their daughter and son-in-law
7here the Indians renewed the r
uarrel. After quarreling about a
un, which Jones was trying to sell 8
o them, they left the place, but ,
hey had not gone very far when
ne Of the Indians turned around :
nd pointed his gun at Mrs. Baker, ,
Vho was standing on the doorsteps.
When Mr.. Baker noticed this he
umped in front of her and was 3
hot, Jones, Webster and Mrs.
'ones were also shot. Mrs. Baker,