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mmwsm 1& NEW ULM, MINN. F. W. JOHNSON, Managing Editor. Wednesday, August 26, 1891. NEW ULM'S DEFENDERS. ^Continued, from first page.) ents, the attention of those who do readily understand -vords spoken English. not in the It is 29 years ago this week that battles of New Ulm were fought. Twice since then the old defenders have met here, have renewed old acquaintances and refreshed their memery on incidents that happened at that time. To-day it is the dedication of a monument erect ed by the slate in commemoration of those days ot danger that have brouhht us together. Since the beginning of history, we nnd that people have erect ed monuments to mark great eyents or in memory of great men in order to carry their nnmes down to posterity.Al though it has taken the state years to do that which, under the circunstances is simply an act of justice, we console ourselves with the proverb, better late ihan never. No doubt, some of the old defenders expected something more im posing, especially, considering the im portance to the state of those events and the state's well-known munificence in other matters, but the erection of ev en this monument is ample proof that our deeds aie recognized, and the know ledge of this together with the feeling in every man's breast of having done his duty is fully satisfactory to us all. That there aie errors in the insetlption of the monument is much to be regret ted, but may New Ulm prosper till in the near future the buildings around the monument are so large that they overshadow it, till the traffic in her streets is so large that the monument is in the way, then it will the more re mind the people of the deeds which it was erected to commemorate. As to the causes of the outbreak of the Sioux, I will make no remarks but simply express my honest convicticn that as long as there are a sufficient number ot able-bodied Indians within the territory ot this grandest of Repub lics and as long as they shall be treated as they have been treated by the U. S. government and that part of the white population with whom they come in con tact, so long wi 11 wo have repetitions of the hoirors of '62, '74, and'90. The patience of the red man becomes exhaus ted, he retaliates under the injustice of civilized man and innocent and guilty alike fall under the blow of his toma hawk. As regards the battles of New Ulm you must allow me to give a short sketch for the benefit of those of jou who were not participants. The settlers of the town and surrounding country lived in fuendly communication with their Indian neighbors. None of our settlers of those days had the remotest idea that they would ever harm any of us. The first news of the revolt and of the deeds of horror at the Lower Agen cy arrived here a little after 12 o'clock, noon, on Monday, the 18th of August. A Frenchman came galloping along Minnesota St. on a pony covered with foam, stopped at the socalled French store (now Baarsches building) and told the clerks in that store what had happened at the Lower Agency. The news spread rapidly among the few business men along the street, but very little credence was given the report. The Indian's hypocrisy was incredible. A very short time after the remnants of a recruiting party,that had gone out in the morning through the town of Mil ford to get lecrniii* in odedience to a call from Pres. Lincoln for more forces To suppress the rebel lion,came back to town with several of the party dead and a pumber wounded. This, of course,left no doubt as to the intentions of our red neighbors. The then sheriff of Brown Co., Mr. C. Roos,immediately issued a call to all able-bodied men to organize, and appointed Mr. Jacob Nix commandant of the place. According to Capt. Nix's own state ment there were only from 60 to 70 men in the yarious companies and some of them aimed with nothing but pitch forks, clubs etc. But no case is Known where one of those present failed to do his duty. The afternoon and night of the 18th passed without any disturbance and some most primitive fortifications were erected. A little after 2 o'clock on the 19th the sayages appeared and made an attack on the town, and suc ceeded in firing seven buildings in the northwestern part of town, but our men fought gallantly and when the first help from outsiders arrived, the combat was decided in our favor and the last Indians were fast retreating if thev were not already gone. I give this sketch of the tight on the 19th only be cause seneral historians as well as pub lic speakers have either ignored this first engagement or made it appear as if we had been saved from the" first en gagement or onslougt of the wild herds of Indians by outside assistance. 1 do not in the least wish to cast a doubt upon the bravery of our friends from Mankato, St. Peter and Le Sueur, for we all know that without their gallant assistance we could never have resist ed the second, more violent and better planned attack that followed on Satur day the 23d. The old residents of New Ulm as well as those of to-day will nev er forget what we owe them. Without their help New Ulm wonld have been reduced to a pile of ashjes and all of us would have found our graves beneath it. THE OREATNESS OF IT. Judge Flandrau Dwells upon the Importance of the Hew Ulm Battle Following the address of Mr. Scherer came that of Col. Flandrau, coxnniander of the defenders after the first attack. The Judge spoke in the following elo quent strain: Such along period has elapsed since the battles of New Ulm were fought that nearly a generation has raised and taken possession of the active field of progress and civilization—a, time suffi cient to have calmed down all preju dices and animosities that may have existed between the white man and the red man—that I think 1 am justified in stating my candid opinion in regard to the aborigines of this ountry." At this point the speaker entered into an argument, claiming that the Indian was the original and rightful owner of the soil of what now constitutes the State of Minnesota, aud showed how he hnd been forced to yield to aggressive civilization. Continuing he said: -'Ido not hesitate to say that no grander race of aborigines ever existed on this conti nent than the Sioux of the Northwest. They were magnificent horseman, born hunters, and warriors from the cradle to the grave. The Sioux were at war with all surrounding tribes except tne Winnebagoes, andtoeir life from infan cy to old age was one continual colli sion with their enemies. It is not» for me to criticise the government of the United States in its treaties with these Indians. A great deal has been said about the impositions that were prac ticed upon them by the agents of the government and the traders who were licensed to live among them, but I do not believe that one-half that has been said is true, or nearly true. I do not believe that any of the diffi culties arising under the administration of the treaties with these Indians was the grand cause of the outbreak in 1862. It was the story which nas been reptat ffizM^L from the ear- Wmfa /rfrQW^^ historical \wWB \d Jfl,,*Ml^^ times, of a super ior nation ex panding itself country 5 a and demanding JUOGE FiAND/fAi/. the lands of an inferior nation which previously pos sessed them. It has always been an ir resistible march, carrying with it the success of the superior and humilliation and degredation of the inferior. The Indian was strong, brave and warlike. There was as you can readily see, a nat ural antipathy between him and the ag gressors upon his country. It is deep ly to be regretted that the American Indian could not have been assimilated into our grand and comprehensive civ ilization." Recurring to the scenes that were enac ted here in "62, he gave a short narra tive of the attacks and noble defense, and recalling the Sunday, twenty-nine years ago, when New Ulm was evacu ated, he burst forth in the following. The procession which left New Ulm on that memorable day was perhaps the most graphic and lamentable exhibition that ever was witnessed since the set tlement of the country at Plymouth Rock. It consisted of 153 wagon loads of women, children and wounded men, guarded by about 250 citizen soldiers, and was strung along over the prairies tor a distance of over two miles. These poor people, who had a few days before occupied a beautiful city, and enjoyed a fair degree of prosperity and wealth, found themselves all at once homeless, beggared and with no possessions ex cept the clothes they had on their backs going forth among strangers without hope for the future. But they were hospitably received wherever they went, and in a very short time some of the more enterprising and fearless of the inhabitants returned to their homes and commenced the rehabilitation of their city, and how well they succeeded 70U have but to cast your eyes around on the beautiful prospect which now lies before us and say that the inhabitants of New Ulm have not only been sub jected to terrible calamities, but have bad the strength, intelligence and cour age to live them all down and overcome them. Some critics may say that the battles of New^ere not of'sufficient importance in an historical point of view to justify all this ceremony. I wish to say and emphasize it, that the importance of a battle is never to be measured by the number of men engaged in the con flict, or the amount of slaughter on either side. In the reyolutionary war between this country and Great Britain there was an Indian fight on the Mo hawk in the State of New York at a point called Oriscany. It resembles, as near aa history tells us. very much in all its particulars the battle of New Ulm. I do not think that it was much more of a fight than the one we had upon this historic ground twenty-nine years ago and I doubt if the slaughter was much greater than occurred at this place—yet historians have classified the battle of Oriscany as one of the decisive battles of the world and the reason was this, that had St. Leger succeeded in torming a junction with Burgoyne it is very doubtful whether the inde pendence of America would ever have been achieved. The defeat of St. Leger resulted in the demoralization of Burg oyne and American independence be came possible. Now, while I do claim that the bat tles of New Ulm possess any such in terest or importance as historians have attached to the battle of Oriscany, I do say unhesitatingly that if these savages had not met with the gallant rebuff that they received at Fort Ridgely, and the equally heroic resistance that they met with at New Ulm, they jvould, en couraged by success, have carried everything before them through the whole extent of the valley of the Minne sota even to the capital city of„St. Paul. Therefore, 1 say and insist that these battles are events in the history of Minnesota that the. State does well to commemorate by an ever-living monu ment, which shall speak to future gen erations words of inspiration and pa triotism when they may be called upon to act in defense of their country and its institutions. THE MONUMENT. A History of the Shaft which was the cause of Saturday Celebration. Freeman Talbot of L.e Sueur county, it is admitted, was the first individual to publicly suggest the propriety of a monument in commemoration of the atrocities that were enacted here in 1*862 and the noble defense of our city by its residents and neighbors. He embodied his ideas in resolutions which were sub mitted to the approval of Col, Flandrau and others, and aside from the adoption of the suggestion that the monument be built by the "whole d—4j4tate," as Flandrau said, instead of by the neigh boring counties, the resolutions re mained unchanged. Then in 1889,Sen ator Bowen introduced a bill for an ap propriation of $5,000, and supported it with an able speech, an extract from which is given herewith: It is now over a quarter of a century sinco the event occurred which this bill seeks to commemorate, but during that time no step has been taken by the state to properly recognize the grati tude which it owes to the defenders of New Ulm. Nor has any measure been introduced in the legislature to honor their memory, and the privilege of at tempting to secure from the state this tribute to their heroism has been re served for me Over the battle fields of thef south, Minnesota has already erected monuments that stand as mem orials of the gallant deeds of her sons in defense of the Union, and at Fort Ridge ly and Birch Cooley, she has placed other monuments to mark the resting place of individuals and of soldiers who rendered services against the savages in 1862 but nothing marks the spot where was enacted the greatest and most decisive drama in her history, where the last desperate stand of barbarism in America was made against the inevit able march of civilization, and where the noblest and most generous impulses of man's nature—valor and self-sacrifice —were exhibited. This bill is not local in its character nor is it urged by local prejudice. The city of New Ulm itself would promptly meet this demand if the call were made upon its citizens, but this memorial shaft should come from the state as a willing gift of its entire people— as something broader and grander in its meaning than local enthusiasm." In the house the appropriation was cut down to $3,000. A committee,con sisting of H. H. Sibley, John F. Mae gher, A. W. Daniels and Col. Pfaender with Col. Flandrau as an honorary member, was appointed to prepare de signs and proceed with the construction of a suitable monument. Considerable time was spent in getting down to busi ness, but finally, in the winter of 1890, the shaft was erected. The monument is of white bronze on a stone base 7 feet square by two feet 3 inches high. The spire and cap give a total height of 25 feet. The plinths are 5 feet and 8 inches high and the north and south sides show,in bass-relief, battle scenes, while the east and west plinths with the four tablets bear in scriptions, giving brief and concise ac counts of the purpose of the monument, the event which it commemorates and the roster ot those who were killed. A life-sized medallion of Col. Flandrau al so adorns one side of the shaft. COX'S ELOQUENT SENTIMENTS. The Judge Makes an Address Brilliant Passages To teststhisihang AcnK. full of Capt. E. St. Julian Cox reviewed the historical a o* the great outbreak portraying in vivid manner the scenes in which he himself played a part. The a to concluded his address with the following brilliant peroration: "la conclusion, ladies and gentle men, let it be reverently said, as look ing back through the dimning clouds of time, the fading of a third of a century, many a well-known face, once so fami liar in the midst, is not here to-day. In the roll call of life they answer not. The rude hand of icy death touched the loved ones and snatched them from our midst, and mortality has immortalized them. The beautiful immortelle springs forth over the grassy mound, the weep ing ash, the trembling elder rustle in summer-time verdure, when flowers bloom aud nature is in full grown life, but that mound, sealed by the grim de stroyer, is never to be opened to mor tal eyes. To the survivors of those ter rible days, to the defenders of what is now almost an empire, this state, this nation owes an everlasting debt of gra titude. Faster, faster, they pass away. A grateful people should never forget that the success of the savage Sioux meant the destruction of 20,000 homes in this fair land—a retrograde from civilization to barbarism. The re collection of the trials and sufferings of the men and women of 1862 is now for ever perpetuated by this day's services. Let their memories never die in the hearts of their descendants. Friends of my manhood davs, to whom 1 owe so many a favor shown,we may not, nay, catnot, all meet again to some, perhaps, I must say farewell, but may the ffod of war and peace per serve. guard, guide you and yours many a \e.u from the cruel hand of that inex orable reaper but let us hope that we shall meet and greet, in cloiing ranks of time's declining sun, where the bugles of God shall sound a recall, and the battles of life is won. Farewell— farewell. In his speech last Saturday Mr. Scher er made mention of the*fact that the first battle of New Ulm on August 19th was fought and won by the citizens of New Ulm and vicinity under command of Capt. Jacob Nix before assistance from a distance further than Nicollet arrived. This is a fact to which every defender, now alive, who was present at the time, stands ready to make affidavit. "When the first squad arrived from St. Peter, the Indians had been repulsed, and not one of them was near, nor had a single shot been fired in the first battle after their ar rival. In justice to those, therefore, who defeated the first attack on New Ulm, it is to be hoped that the press of the state, which up to the present time has so per sistently ignored or misrepresented this fact, will make amends or correction. In connection with this it might be said thatthe only assistance received in the first battle came from a Nicollet com pany commanded by A. M. Bean with C. A. Stines and Samuel Coffin as lieuten ants. This company, we believe, has never been given the credit that it de served, Wolff sACMEBlaci-inf Hakes any kind of leather Waterproof, Soft and Durable. Change a Pine Table to Walnut A Poplar Kitchen Press to Antique Caff A Cane Rocker to Mahogany. 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