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Show ESE UNITED STATESnnesota STATESnnesta STATES STATESnnesota nnesota nnesta Fete Recalls Recallstoric Recallstonic Recallstoric , toric tonic Indian Uprising UprisingVNU UprisingWNU t . \VNU VNU WNU \ Features- Features FeaturesW Feattlres Features - W W VIM ULM MINNEIghty MINN -EIghty EIghty - Eighty five years ago this month theIndian the 0 0w under command ' of ChIef ' LIttle Crow struck struckout out outst Ergi.iiTi ErgiiiTi IndIans Indian Indianera st heirst desperate desp despattempt era . attempt attempt attemptt attemptly f . i to t drIve the theLittle Littleto whIte Lmj.rjy Lmjrjy Lmj.rjyi to men . from theIr heir theIrIy Iyshrmkmg lyshrinking shrinking shrmkmg empire in the Midwest states Center of the thewhIch thewhich the'which thewhich \i\ i \ ishrinking \ Iy ly ' whIch occurred at a period when America was en enlD enin enin lD in bitter civil war between the states was New UlmGerman Ulm UlmGerman UlmGerman German settlement in Mmne Minnesota < ; ota The Indians struckdden struckdden struck struckdden dden savage fury in what history has recorded as theMassacre theMassacre the - Massacre - - - - - - - - _ Althoueh Although Al ough . t the e < " . - _ cause was tram tramct , cost the lives l1ves of moremen moremen more morento , ct et , , K .It It . 1I 1Iet men women and chIldren chIldrenwestern childreni4 i4 i4western western Mmnesota Minnesota Mmnesotadans Minnesotat t i dans d ans were lD in the end bad badested badOt Ot Oteated ested eated and dnven driven from the theto theto Manysptured Manyb1 Many Manyfcptured [ nto to Dakota territory terntory b1 b1aptured fcptured sptured aptured , and nd more than 300 300cntel 300lI 300cnteiced lI lIentei cntel entei ced to hanff hang Interven IntervenPreSldent Intervenpresident Intervenpresident PreSldent president Lincoln spared thef the thet t f the ereat great majority of these theseeventually theseeventually theseeventually eventually d ed in lD the great greatss : ss hantinfi hangmg hanging @merica @ merica merlca ever hased hased has hased ere edere ed arc are different versions versionse Incident incldcnt tha that t touched oft off ofttronble offtrouble offtriable ; e tronble trouble conceded to have haveone haveone haveone one of the most nlOst roost serious of ofmerlcan ofmerican oimencan ( merlcan merican Indian upnsJngspled uprisingspted upnsincs upnsJngs uprisings upnsincsted pled pted ted by many is tlie the storyI storyII storyit story II it , t was proTOkcd provolccd provoked by the theing theleg thetins ing leg of a renegade IndianeJ Indian Indiancd Indianed , cd ed One Ore Who Kills hills Lolls GhostsI Ghostsa Ghostss Ghosts a s * mess of o ( CCES eggs tor for breakstory break breaki i story has bas it that one of o hIS hISaJUons hisanions hisanions aJUons anions ordered One Who KIlls Killss s to put down the esss eggs to a'v av avoid avoidg avoidng ' old oldg g trouble One Who KIlls KIllsts Killsis Killsfts ts is thereupon accused the other otheremg othereing othertins emg eing a coward and afl afiaid aId otivhite of ofhlte ofbite hlte bite man many man'luster manMuster ' Muster 'luster luster for War War'hat Warbat Warlat 'hat hat bat ' aUeeedb allegedl allegedly ) set off the spark sparke spark'he sparkhe ' e quarrel that followed the theg theg the'if theif ' g bucks decided to prove thel their theirand theirr ! and went to a nearby settler s sand sand se and shot sbot up members membcrs of the theIndians theIndians theEly Indians throughout the Mm\i Mm i Mm Mm.ner Mmrner \ .ner ner rner . jiv er valley immediately trnmewately bemustermg bemustering be mustering mustermg tor for war and thenext thenext the ? next day wh tes at the lower lowerlere lowersere lowericy \ were \lere lere sere attacked The Indiansd Indiansad Indians : ad ) out over the country on bothof both 01 of c ( the river nver despo despoiling mg eery e\ e es ecrytment \ ery eryemcnt erymeat crytment emcnt meat by torch tomahawk and andr andrr andrifled andit andita r a rr rifled ltd Bcd settlers hurried hurned theIr theIres theiris theirits [ es is to New Ulm mm as the IndIans IndIanscd Indiansed Indiansd cd ed ( for ( or attack MIUord Millord Milford , , a rural ruralment ruralinent ruraliaent ment inent seven m miles es west ot of Newwas Newwas New Newwas was attacked and many of ofab ofab oflhab ab tants killed on August 18 18follow 18follow 18follow follow ng day a force of war warh warh warht h t at New Ulm k killing lmg sevpersons sev sevID ID ( ersons and burning burnmg a number numberiD1ldmgs numberiildings numberuildmp iD1ldmgs iildings The defense held howr1.8nd howF howand how r1.8nd r18nd F , and after some spirited spmted fight'the fight fighthk hk 'the the 'the the fight'the . ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .n.a- n.a .n.a na . .n.airuig . . _ - . . . savages savageslthdrpw \\lthdrpw lthdrpw Luthdrew Luthdrewwing \ lthdrpwU'mg \ iruig U'mg Umg wing ' the battle reinforcementsd remforcementsed reinforcementsed remforcements reinforcements ed ( from St Peter Mankato MankatoSueur MankatoSueur MankatoSueur Sueur and other nelghbonng neighboring nelghbonngments neighboringments neighboringments ments bringing brmgmg the defense defenses s to around 600 800 Ma MaJ ] ) CharlesFlandrau Charles CharlesFlandrau CharlesFlandrau Flandrau a former Indiant IndianI Indian t \I I \ was as placed in command and anduses andises uses ses of the to vn va were strengthPath strength strengthPath Path of Destruction Destruchon Destructiontir Destruchonur Destructionur tir ur days later on August 23 the theans theins theins ans ins attacked New Ulm UIm Uhn m in great greatumber greatumber greatumber umber Fighting Fightmg continued cO'1tmued cO1tmued ' woon un tin unoon tinion oon ion of the following foIfowmg day when whenattackers whenattackers whenattackers attackers attackersuthdrew \ withdrew \uthdrew uthdrew Of Ot O1 the theUlm theUlm theUlm Ulm defenders 34 had been beend beend 11 d 60 wounded Nearly 200 200i 200dings 200lings i dings ngs had been destro destroyed destroyedft ) ed edill ill ' r ng the same time hme the Ind ans ansla ansla ansla la d s ege to Fort Ridgley aled akd a ad led kd d States mil tary post estab estabd d in on 1853 18 miles up the rIver riverl rivern n New Ulm During Durmg the nine DIne nineege < . ege age two formidable assaults assaults6 assaultse assaultst e t made and repulsed The In Inthen Inthen Inl then retreated into mto the DaI Das Da I s taking takmg with them many manyyes manyyes manyIves11'hatever manyIves11hatever yes yeslbatever yes'hatever lbatever 'hatever hatever ' It was that startedupnsrng starteduprising started starteduprising uprising upnsrng historians areecd areeed are 'reed reed ' ecd eed that it at " wasn "asn asn t a mere meredcn mereden meredc dcn den wbim whJm whim The Indians IndJans were wereU werell wereB U ll prepared prevared when they theyehed theyched theynched ehed ched their theJr attack Theirders Theirders Their Theircrs ders * crs knew well what tbey they tbeyre theyre theyK re doing " tthen "hen hen when they chose chosert rt Ridtely Ridgely Ridgeey and the settlement settlementNew settlementNew settlementNew New Vim Ulm as J Jelr Uicir Uidr elr main ob-ctiies ob ctiies obctiiesis ob- ob oh- oh obties ohtites - - - ti\es ti es tites \ tiesIS titesis is felt that the underlying underlymg causeI causec cause I c ' back to 1851 before the state statellnnosota Mmnesota fiinnesota stateMmnesota statefiinnesota was founded whent whenft when whents ft , t ts es were negot ated with the thetr ler kr theler thekr and lower branches of the ther theix thex r . ix nat oat on for the transfer of mostbte most bte Mmta Minto " e r vast lands in southern Mm Min Mm"a Mma " ta to and In Iowa to the govern t governt Inreturn in return for spec fled fied pay payI pay8 payis \8 8 is \ * The Indians were to make ' makehomes homes on a reservation can con cang cong con"t cont " g ol of a 10 ! mile IDle strip on bothc both 8 c ' of the tbe Minnesota Mmnesota river near R nearR dgelye dgely ! e treaty y v vas as unpopular WIth WIthy withI withy y I ' of 1 the Indians for they had bad"nged badnged hadanged " anged a b g empire tor for a narItr naratr nar Itr atr * tr nartr p of not very suitable land landpaYl1ents landpayments landPayments paYl1ents payments ! v.eTe veTe .ere ere were . . not as large largeley largeey largehey hey ey factoo had expected Other fac ( ac * too t contributed to the host hostile hostileg hostile"e hostilee e eg " g which Whlch was becoming more more'ounced moreounced moreollDced ' able"d abled ableed ollDced ounced at a time bme when able ed " ofltate ofstate men were being sent ent out of"te ofte of ltate state ' " to fight in the Civil CIVll Cavil war \ 1 1r . r k kat at atLEADS LEADS LIADS : UPRISING UPRISI'G UPRISIG UPRISPiG " ' Chief Cwcf LIt- LIt LIttle Little Lit Little - - tle Crow of the Sioux Indian IndJan tnbe tribe tnbeled tribeled tribeled led more than 4 000 warriors 10 in 10the inthe mthe the historic hIstone raid against agamst NewUlm New NewUlm NewUlm Ulm pioneer southern lUmnesota Minnesota lUmnesotafarmmg Minnesotafarming Minnesotafarming farmmg farming center Little Crow es escaped escaped escaped caped U S troops sent in 10 purSUit purSUitafter pursuitafter pursuitalter after tI tie e Indians " were "ere ere driven olr off olrm offan offin m an a climactic cbmachc battle August 18 18I8G IS1S6 186 I8G ' > ' ' Thirty-eight Thirty eight Tlurty-eJght Tlurty eJght - - - of his Jus lus warriors warriorswere warriorswere warriorswere were hanged lat later r at l\laIlliato l laIlliato Manl.ato Manlato llaIlliato1Imn Manl.atoMinn \ MankatoBlinn . 1\Imn 1 Imn Minn \ Little Crow escaped escapcd that thatfate thatfate thatfate fate but later was found and shotBravery shot shotBravery Bravery of their hardy forefathers forefatherswhose forefatherswhose forefatherswhose whose vabant valIant vahant defense once and for forall forall forall all destroyed the war making makmg po ver verof verof verof of the Sioux m ill in the M dwest and andmade andmade andmade made the area sale safe for settlers w will willbe willbe l lbe be commemorated in lD a huge six day dayobsen dayobser dayobsen obsen obser ance August 12 17 by reSl rest reSldents restdents residents dents of New Ulm UIm None of the theactual theactual theactual actual defenders is known to sur survlve survive survive vlve vive but still living lIvmg are more than thana a score of men and women who as aschIldren aschildren aschildren chIldren shared the anxious amaous mo moments moments moments ments of those trying trymg days Some Somedespite Somedespite Somedespite despite their advanced ages can canvIvIdly canvividly canvividly vIvIdly recall many harrowing harrowmg eipenences ex ee experlences eeperiences perlences periences Descendants of the de defenders defenders defenders fenders today make up much of the thecIty thecity thecity cIty s populationThe populationThe population populationThe The observance not only w will l hon honor honor honor or the pioneer settlers of the regIOn regIOnbut regionbut regionbut but also will serve as the officIal officIalhome officialhomecom officialhomecom home homecom com ng tor for several thousandlew thousand thousandew l\ew l ew 1 \ ew Ulm UIm and Brown county vet vetcrans veterans veterans crans erans of World War II Attendance Attendanceof of residents from throughout the theM theM theM M dwest is expected to Sell swell sw S\\ S \ ell attend attendance attendance attendance ance at the six day program to 150 150000 000 and the city clty will be approprl appropri approprlately appropriately ippropnately ately decked out for the event whIch whIchcommemorates whichcommemorates whichcommemorates commemorates so vital a period ill in illthe inthe mthe the history of at the Plains Plams states |