The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-01-27
Mr.. Carr Denies Rebels
Helped Quel Indians

back l met Col. McLaren at st.
Paul. He told me Co. G had been
ordered to FIT. Ridgley to organ
ize to go after the Indians. l met
the company at Fit. Ridgley in
camp with Brackets battalion
Hatche's battalion, the 9Th Mimi.
INIT. (Mounted) 3rd MINI. Light
Artillery, and eight companies of
End Mimi. cavalry.
On June 6 we marched up the
Minnesota river and camped at
Redwood Agency to wait for the
supply train. Later we marched to
the Missouri river, where we met
Gen. Sully with a Brigade from
Iowa. We all moved up the river
and established Fl. Rice on the
west bank of the river.
On July IL we were ferried ov-
er the river on steamboats, and
camped near the 1st Brigade. We
lay here until July 10 when four
men from Co. &c" were detailed
to stay there and work on the
Fort. All Of the sick We're sent
to the hospital. We started west,
Indians killed one sof Brackets
men. We marched at daybreak.
July "a, camped on Hart river.
Here we left our camp and train
at 800 P. M. and marched un-
til 100 A. M. July the 81 we
stopped two hours and held horses,
because we expected an attack.
Marched until $500 A. M. About
900 we came to creek of clear,
cool water, unsaddled our horses
and made coffee, had good
breakfast. ~
We mounted and marched. I
went to sleep and one of my men
woke me up and said "we are go
ing to fight" The ammunition wa
CONS were surrounded by men, and
boxes were thrown out, and brok-
en- open and every man filled his
cartridge boxes and hayersacks and
pockets with ! cartridges. We
marched by platoons in close ord
er, where we could see the main
camp of the Blackfoot Sioux, 1900
tents, just at the foot of the noun
tains. We moved on and the In
dams came out to fight us. Our
company was on left flank. One
Indian came out holdinga white
blanket. Several hundred Indians
charged the rear guards. Lieut..
Whipple gave the order for No. L
Timber to the rear and when the
Indians made arush the lieutenant
sighted the gun and stepped back
and raised his hand and double
charge Of canister cut swath
through the Indians killing horses
and men. Two more shots quickly
followed before the Indians could
get started the other way. We
charged the camp and the Indians
ran into the mountains leaving
their tents partly torn down. We
destroyed the camp, tents and
winter supply Of meat and dried
berries. We then returned to
Hart River and resumed our march
into the mountains and "Bad
Lands" We had fought the battle
of Takha o Kuty.
Sunday Aug. z we camped in the
Bad Lands. Indians around camp
all night. Built bridges across
canyons for wagons. Camped on
Little Missouri river, good grass.
Indians fired on Idaho train. Just
before dark saw the picket guard
come sliding down hill on the
west of the river after firing sew
eral shots. An Indian on a white
horse with many on foot appear
ed on the hill. Lieut.. Whipple
called No. 1 to timber and sent a
shell that exploded so close to the
horse we could not see him, and
when the smoke cleared there were
no Indians on the hill.
Aug. 8, 1864. Co sc" was put
on left front flank with orders to
keep evens with advance guard.
The artillery threw shells to drive
Indians back while the pioneers"
were building bridges for wagons
Capt. Nix marched about half a
mile ahead Of orders. I called his
attention to it, and he said "shut
your mouth I command this COM
pany." Before we had gone so
feet farther the Indians began
fanking us both ways. I again
called. Do you see this flank move
ment? He looked both ways and
yelled "Run, every man look out
for himself" And he ran. I saw
this would not do and called, "Stop
boys and fight" BY the time we
could stop the Indians were among
us and II men stopped and turned
and fired. The Indians retreated,
but left six wounded men out of
the eighteen of us. saw wash
out and spring and called to the
boys to "get in there and have
good breast works" I ran across
and heard an Indian giving orders.
I raised up with gun sighted and
could see into Old Feathers ear not
fifty feet from me. / fired,
dropped down and loaded and rails
ed up again to look into the muz-
zle of rifle and see the eye of an
Indian, sighting. I think we both
fired at the same time, for my hair
was wet just at my hat rim. | sat
down. The boys came in bunch.
I called them to scatter and stat
toned them around the circle with
revolvers on the ground. No. !
were to shoot while No. 2 loaded,
and they were to keep revolvers
loaded for charge. The Indians
made three charges, but the boys
always broke the charge and killed