The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
RECALL PAST EVENTS
Interesting Papers Read
At Meet In St. Clair
HISTORY THE COUNTY
Tracing Movements of Whine.
bago Indians From Wiscon-
sin to Minnesota

Residents Of this county interest
ed in the early history of this inn
mediate vicinity assembled at st.
Clair, the site of the old Winnebago
Indian agency, Saturday, afternoon,
and carried out a program OF speak
ing and reading OF historical papers
on the lawn at Clay Boswelrs home.
The Boswell Grounds are supposed
to be the actual site of the Winnie
bago Indian Agency headquarters.
Thomas Hughes, Blue Earth county's
historian, read q very interesting
paper giving a history Of the Win
nebagos, telling where they were
they were first located in Wiscon-
sin. Later how they were removed
thence to Long Prairie, Mimi, in
lS46 and to the agency at st. Clai-
in 1885. The removal to South Oak
ota and finally to their present re-
servation at Winnebago, Neb. Mr..
Hughes paper dealt especially with
the relation of the Winnebagos to
the Sioux in the Indian outbreak OF
1862.
Professor John Hancock read a
paper prepared some years ago by
Judge Edgertonn who was at the
agency at st. Clair during the Sioux
Indian outbreak in 1862. Judge Ed
bago at that time with 200 men
guarding the Winnebagos SO that
they could not join their Sioux breth-
ern in the attack on the white set
Elements farther west.
George M. Palmer gave . paper
prepared several years ago by the
late J. B. Hubbell, who ran a gov
eminent store at the Winnebago
agency during the Sioux trouble.
This paper recited many very thrill
ing and interesting incidents in and
about what is now St. Clair.
Mrs. o. ]. Wilson's paper which
had been prepared several years ago
by Joseph Campbell, brother of
Baptiste Campbell, who was hanged
with the thirty eight Indians at this
city in 1852 and John Campbell, who
was hanged In this city for the muir
der OF the Jewett family, proved to
be very interesting. This paper
dealt with the relations between the
Winnebagos and the Sioux particu-
larly during the outbreak of 1852.
Attorney Raymond Hughes's paper
prepared by himself, dealt with a
description of the council chambers
of Little Hill and Little Priest, which
were located on Matt Atcherson's
farm, in Medo on the Little Cobb
river, and another on the banks OF
Rice Lake.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes gave a
sketch written by Mrs. Richard Jones
OF Cambria, who at the time of the
Indian outbreak of 1862, was work
ing in one OF the government stores
at the Winnebago agency.
DR.. ]. w. Andrews read an account
which was written by Walking
Priest, a son of Little Priest, giving
an account of his father death.
Mrs. Chase Of st. Clair recited an
written by soldier stationed at the
Winnebago agency many years ago.
Told Of Soldiers Letters
Judge Lorin Gray told Of mum
Der of letters written by Winnebago
soldiers during the Indian uprising
of 1862. Many of these valuable
historical papers are now the pro-
perry of Mrs. H. A. Campbell of this
city, niece Of the late Henry Eos
ter, who was at one time store
keeper at the Winnebago agency
he read were only few Of the hun
dreds of valuable papers and his
torical records, which are stored
away in musty vaults. He urged the
necessity of providing suitable his
torical building where these price
less historical papers might be pre-
served to future generations.
On the trip home Chief Winnie
sheik's village site in Decoria town
ship on Winnesheik creek was visit
ed, and the village site of Little De-
g.
Mankato was also visited. The next
meeting will be held at Good Thun-
der, when the history and locations
Of the Winnebagoes will be continu-
ed. On August 81, New Ulm will be
visited.
Those taking part in the trip from
this city last Saturday were: Thorn
as Hughes and wife and son Ray
mond, DR.. George Arlington, Judge
Lorin Cray and wife, George M.
Palmer and wife, DR.. John Hancock.
Mrs. Cora Waters, A. C. Barney
DR.: J. w. Andrews and wife. Miss
ward Foster. Mrs. J.. A. Baker. Mr..
and Mrs. C. H. Loucks, e. C. Will
lard and family, Miss Mabel Thorn
as Hannah Pearson, DR.. l.. Osborn
and Miss Luella Osborn ]. r. Brand
rup and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H
Pay, Matt Atcherson and wife, Mrs
o. J. Wilson and daughter, DR.. and
Mrs. C. ]. Holman and Mr.. and Mrs
Fred o. True. There were also a
very large number of people present
from St. Clair and vicinity.
Miss Emma O'Donnell, Miss Bow
den, Miss Hopkins and Mr.. A. J.
Wingen.
HLRSCH BEFORE COURT