. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . red the charge ofa cordwood landing, with three large woodInirges and twelve negroes, but could notstand it to hear the abuse of the Southernerstoward the Northern men, nor see the abuseof the slaves; so in A]iril he went back tohis liome in Minnesota, where he remainedwith his parents part of the time, and toearn money for the family worked on the river during the summers, on the logs,driving, or on the booms. In August, 1862,he enlisted in Company C, Seventh Minne-sota Volunteer Infantry, and was musteredin at Fort Snell
. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . red the charge ofa cordwood landing, with three large woodInirges and twelve negroes, but could notstand it to hear the abuse of the Southernerstoward the Northern men, nor see the abuseof the slaves; so in A]iril he went back tohis liome in Minnesota, where he remainedwith his parents part of the time, and toearn money for the family worked on the river during the summers, on the logs,driving, or on the booms. In August, 1862,he enlisted in Company C, Seventh Minne-sota Volunteer Infantry, and was musteredin at Fort Snelling, just at the time the SiouxIndians noted massacre broke out in thetown of Acton, where Mr. Linnell now C, of the Seventh jMinnesota Infan-try, was sent on foot, marching to Fort Rip-ley without having time to wait for uni-forms. They received bright, shining Spring-field rifles, but not a single cartridge. Itlooked, as the boys used to ex])ress it, kindof funny to meet the savage Indians withoutpowder or lead, meeting citizens Ijy the linn-. ^<7^^^t!^ MEEKER COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 385 clreds fleeing from their homes for their Foit Eipley the company was ordereJto the Ciiippewa Agenw to guard the gov-ernment stores. Tiiere they were soon sur-rounded by 500 Indian warriors, and as thecompany had only a few rounds of ammuni-tion the position for a time was a dangerousone. Tliey were kept in this shape for fourdays, when the Indians learned that theSioux were defeated at Wood Lake, andwere then very glad to make a treaty. Hadthe Indians known the condition of the sol-diers and made an attack, Company C wouldhave been annihilated. After the treatywas perfected the company was sent back toEipley, where tliey built large barracks, andwith other com])anies expected to camp overwinter, but in the latter part of Xovemberthey received orders to report at Fort Snell-ing, to go South. The compan}^ got a fewdajs furlough to go home to visit friends,and during t
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