History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . ken. The prairies, the roads, ly^d thelittle farms were strewn with mangled bod-ies; murder and rai)ine were in the air; theglare of burning buildings illuminated thesky. The savages had besel the fort and(lie surrounding country. The fort wasmerely a military i)ost. a collection of build-ings about a sipiare with not a stone inplace as a fortification, not a spadeful ofearth thrown u]) as a breastwork. As agarrison to defend
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . ken. The prairies, the roads, ly^d thelittle farms were strewn with mangled bod-ies; murder and rai)ine were in the air; theglare of burning buildings illuminated thesky. The savages had besel the fort and(lie surrounding country. The fort wasmerely a military i)ost. a collection of build-ings about a sipiare with not a stone inplace as a fortification, not a spadeful ofearth thrown u]) as a breastwork. As agarrison to defend the place, there were buttwenty-nine men with muskets, under Lieut,(icre, a young officer only nineteen years ofage. Following is an extract from account of the situation at this time: The Indians, hilarious at the desolationthey had wrought during the day. were at(he agency, celebrating in mad orgies theirsuccesses, and neglected their opjiorlunity(o capture what proved to be the barrier to(he devastation of the ilinnesota nuirning dawned on mingled Iiojkand a|ii)rehension for the coming hours, andwhen sunlight shone upon the prairies,. TIMOTHY J. SHEEHAN. HISTORY OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST. every quarter was closely soanned fromthe roof of the highest building throughthe powerful telescoi)e fortunately at about !) oclock Indians began congregat-ing on the prairie some two miles west ofthe fort, mounted, on foot and in wagons,where, in plain view of the fort, a councilwas held. This council was addressed byLittle Crow and their movements for the daydecided upon. While this was in progress,cheers of welcome announced the arrival atthe fort of Lieut. Sheehan with his fifty menof Company C. The courier dispatched byCapt. Marsh on the previous day hadreached this comnmnd at evening soon sifterIt had gone into camp, forty-two miles fromFort Ridgely, between New Auburn andCrlencoe. Iromptly obeying the order forhis return, Lieut. Sheehan at once struc
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