. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . h speed,but on arriving at the house of Mr. Gates hefound a number of the settlers ready to start,but calmly preparing their breakfast. tidings of the nearness of the ruthlesssavages altered all this, and, abandoning thehalf-prepared meal, they quickly betookthemselves to flight, he riding with them,for by this time the pain in his feet had be-come insupportable. Behind them, a fewmiles, they could see a train of fleeing set-tlers, who were attacked about two mileswest of Swede Grove, but who beat off thesavages by drawi
. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . h speed,but on arriving at the house of Mr. Gates hefound a number of the settlers ready to start,but calmly preparing their breakfast. tidings of the nearness of the ruthlesssavages altered all this, and, abandoning thehalf-prepared meal, they quickly betookthemselves to flight, he riding with them,for by this time the pain in his feet had be-come insupportable. Behind them, a fewmiles, they could see a train of fleeing set-tlers, who were attacked about two mileswest of Swede Grove, but who beat off thesavages by drawing up their wagons in acircle around a hole in the earth, corral-ine: their animals and fighting it out withthe Indians, losing two of their number,Lorenson and Bucklin. The band withwhom the subject of this sketch was arrivedat Forest City, and pi-epared to go on eastbeyond the Big Woods for safety. went with them as far as Kings-ton, where, through the kindness of , the miller, ami his wife, he hadhis feet washed and the wounds dressed.
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