New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-11-22

cemetery, about two miles from town.
If we had owned a cannon we could have
wiped them out. They halted long
enough to send swarm Of Indians down
the river through the timber, so that we
could not see their move from the village.
Another swarm went through the woods
along the high ridge west Of town,
reaching a point mile south of town,
the Indians attacking from all sides.
'"The St. Peter men, as we'll as all the
others were formed in battle line outside
of the barricade, on a ridge several
hundred yards south of the village, when
we saw the Indians moving through
town and firing on us. All at once they
came from every direction. We ran
down towards town and behind the
barricade and then the hard fighting
commenced. A row of houses standing
on the main street, a block below the
barricade was set on fire by the Indians.
A hard east wind was blowing, driving
the smoke and flames through the
barricade. Behind that smoke the In
dians came close onto us. With fire
raging, women and children crying, all
went to make terrible racket. For a
time l did not believe that one of us
would come out alive On the north
side the Indians were close up to the
breastworks.
"This hard fighting lasted until 4
o'clock in the afternoon; then the
Indians were driven back. They took
their dead and wounded along so far as
possible. Some of their dead were so
close to our lines that they were obliged
to leave without, them. We buried our
dead in the main street of New .Ulm.
Later the bodies of all were removed to
the cemetery and buried there. :,
'There was some fighting going OF,
throughout the night and Sunday morn
ing, but by that time the Indians were
pretty well routed and contented to
leave us alone. However Captain Cox
arrived with another force of men and
the New Ulm people were pretty well
protected.
Monday morning we left New Ulm,
the supply of provisions having run 50
low that there was barely enough for the
inhabitants.
''This is true account of that bloody
week in New Ul1n. A few days later
Gen. Sibley arrived from Fort Smelling
with large number of troops Of infantry
and there was little more fighting with
the Indians
Children Badly Wounded
OF the three wounded children brought
into New Ulm, by rescue parties, men,
toned in the above narrative, two are still
living. They are Mrs. Joseph Gales
of this city, and Mrs. Schotzko of
Springfield. Their brother, Fred May,
left here several years ago, and is be-
lieved to be dead.
Capt. William B. Dodd who came with
the St. Peter soldiers, and was in COM
mand of that company, was killed in
action on Saturday, the last day of the
attack. He was shot by three bullets
and died a few minutes later. After
addressing message to be delivered to
his wife, he remarked that he had done
his duty and was ready to die. The
Captains body was buried with other
victims in what is now Minnesota street,
but was later removed and buried at St..
Peter.
The barricade mentioned occupied
about three blocks, the south end being
where the Review building now stands.
During the battle a party consisting
of Rev. B. Y. Coffin of Manka5o, George
B. Stewart of LIE Sueur, and J. B. frog
don of Nicollet, and thirteen others,
fought their way to wind mill, long
narrow four story building in the rear