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IN THESE UNITED STATES
Minnesota Fete Recalls
Historic Indian Uprising
WNU Features.
NEW ULM, MINN.— Eighty-five years ago this month the
Sioux Indians under command of Chief Little Crow struck out
in a last desperate attempt to drive the white man from their
rapidly shrinking empire in the Midwest states. Center of the
attack, which occurred at a period when America was en¬
gaged in bitter civil war between the states, was New Ulm,
early German settlement in Minnesota. The Indians struck
with sudden, savage fury in what history has recorded as the
Indians’ cause was hopeless from
the outset, it cost the lives of more
than 700 men, women and children
of Southwestern Minnesota.
The Indians were, in the end, bad¬
ly defeated and driven from the
state into Dakota territory. Many
were captured and more than 300
were sentenced to hang. Interven¬
tion of President Lincoln spared the
lives of the great majority of these,
but 38 eventually died in the grea
est mass hanging America ever has
recorded.
There are different versions
of the incident that touched off
the trouble, conceded to have
been one of the most serious of
all American Indian uprisings.
Accepted by many is the story
that it was provoked by the
craving of a renegade Indian,
named One Who Kills Ghosts,
for a mess of eggs for break¬
fast.
The story has it that one of his
companions ordered One Who Kills
Ghosts to put down the eggs to avoid
starting trouble. One Who Kills
Ghosts thereupon accused the other
of being a coward and afraid of
the white man.
Muster for War.
That, allegedly, set off the spark.
In the quarrel that followed, the
young bucks decided to prove their
valor and went to a nearby settler's
home and shot up members of the
family. Indians throughout the Min¬
nesota river valley immediately be¬
gan mustering for war and the
ver^ next day whites at the lower
agency were attacked. The Indians
spread out over the country on both
sides of the river, despoiling every
settlement by torch, tomahawk and
terror.
Terrified settlers hurried their
families to New Ulm as the Indians
massed for attack. Milford, a rural
settlement seven miles west of New
Ulm was attacked and many of
its inhabitants killed on August 18.
The following day a force of war¬
riors hit at New Ulm, killing sev¬
eral persons and burning a number
of buildings. The defense held, how¬
ever, and after some spirited fight¬
ing, the savages withdrew.
During the battle reinforcements
arrived from St. Peter, Mankato,
Le Sueur and other neighboring
settlements, bringing the defense
forces to around 800. Maj. Charles
E. Flandrau, a former Indian
agent, was placed in command and
defenses of the town were strength¬
ened.
Path of Destruction.
Four days later, on August 23, the
Indians attacked New Ulm in great¬
er number. Fighting continued un¬
til noon of the following day. when
the attackers withdrew. Of the
New Ulm defenders, 34 had been
killed, 60 wounded. Nearly 200
buildings had been destroyed.
During the same time the Indians
also laid siege to Fort Ridgely, a
United States military post estab¬
lished in 1853. 18 miles up the river
from New Ulm. During the nine
day siege, two formidable assaults
were made and repulsed. The In
dians then retreated into the Da¬
kotas, taking with them many
captives. started
Whatever It was that
the uprising, historians are
agreed that it wasn’t a mere
sudden whim. The Indians were
well prepared when they
launched their attack. Their
leaders knew well what they
were doing when they chose
Fort Ridgelv and the settlement
of New Ulm as their main ob¬
jectives.
It is felt that the underlying cause
goes back to 1851, before the state
of Minnesota was founded, when
treaties were negotiated with the
upper and lower branches of the
Sioux nation for the transfer of most
of their vast lands in southern Min¬
nesota and in Iowa to the govern¬
ment in return for specified pay¬
ments. The Indians were to make
their homes on a reservation con¬
sisting of a 10-mile strip on both
sides of the Minnesota river, near
Fort Ridgely. unpopular with
The treaty was for they had
many of the Indians,
exchanged a big empire for a nar¬
row strip of not very suitable land,
and payments were not as large
they had expected. Other fac¬
as contributed to the hostile
tors too, becoming more
feeling which was when able
pronounced at a time
bodied men were being sent out of
the state to fight in the Civil war.
Twins Pose Problem
’SBURGH, PA. — Identical
who are as alike mentally as
ally posed an unusual prob
, r Mrs. Edith Sleath, history
tor at Latimer junior high
when the two were nominat
the same merit award,
ices and Nancy Borich are
ins involved. Their physical
teristics are so identical that
i frequently have difficulty
LEADS UPRISING . . . Chief Lit¬
tle Crow of the Sioux Indian tribe
led more than 4.000 warriors in
the historic raid against New
Ulm, pioneer southern Minnesota
farming center. Little Crow es¬
caped U. S. troops sent in pursuit
after the Indians were driven off
in a climactic battle August 18,
1862. Thirty-eight of his warriors
were hanged later at Mankato,
Minn. Little Crow escaped that
fate, but later was found and shot.
Bravery of their hardy forefathers
whose valiant defense once and for
all destroyed the war-making power
of the Sioux in the Midwest and
made the area safe for settlers, will
be commemorated in a huge six-day
observance, August 12-17, by resi¬
dents of New Ulm. None of the
actual defenders is known to sur¬
vive, but still living are more than
a score of men and women who, as
children, shared the anxious mo¬
ments of those trying days. Some,
despite their advanced ages, can
vividly recall many harrowing ex¬
periences. Descendants of the de¬
fenders today make up much of the
city’s population.
The observance not only will hon¬
or the pioneer settlers of the region
but also will serve as the official
homecoming for several thousand
New Ulm and Brown county vet¬
erans of World War II. Attendance
of residents from throughout the
Midwest is expected to swell attend¬
ance at the six-day program to 150,
000 and the city will be appropri¬
ately decked out for the event, which
commemorates so vital a period in
the history of the Plains states.
Texans May Resort
To Law of Six Gun
To Guard Property
AMARILLO, TEX. — Sturdy
Texas plainsmen again may
have to resort to the law of the
six-gun in order to protect their
property. But this time the
war will be against wheat
thieves, not cattle rustlers.
Bandits are making steady
forays on huge piles of wheat,
dumped on the ground at har¬
vesting time as a result of short¬
age of shipping facilities.
Wheat rustlers, it is reported,
are especially active on the
south plains. Floyd county farm¬
ers have reported large losses
from their estimated million
bushels of grain left In huge
piles on the ground.
Fancy Names Abound
In South, State Finds
MONTGOMERY, ALA.—First of
September has a brother named
First of August, it is revealed in a
list of fancy names compiled from
records of the Alabama department
of industrial relations.
Pearly Gates, another unusual
monicker, may be indicative of a
fond mother’s future hopes for her
new-born baby. Then, too, there’s
actually a person with the name
Ima Hogg.
Among others included in the list
are Dixie Cola, Square Bell, Main
Line Harris, General Davis, Presi¬
dent Dickinson, Apt Greene, Effort
Hicks, Stonewall Jackson and Early
Jones.
identifying them. Proof that their
mental capabilities also are identi¬
cal was contained in a report show¬
ing their final grades for the past
two years were the same in every
subject. nominated for the DAR
Both were
American history merit award. Aft¬
er several conferences, the DAR de¬
cided a choice between the two was
unnecessary. Medals were given to
both girls.
CLEVELAND COURIER
Phenothiazine Will
Kill Nodular Worms
Common Insect of Hogs
Present on Most Farms
You’ve heard so much about
swine roundworms that you may
think they are the only internal par¬
asites that cause hog losses. If so,
you’re wrong. You’re overlooking
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The USDA says the nodular worm
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states, practically all hogs raised
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Research workers in animal para¬
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weak and tear easily, and this de¬
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This plywood self-feeder con¬
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ridding hogs of nodular worms.
passed along to the hog raiser in
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Hogs entertain four species of
nodular worms. The nodular worm
gets to be only about a half inch
long, hence is not as readily seen
as the roundworm, which gets to be
as thick as a lead pencil and more
than a foot long. Hog raisers see¬
ing roundworms may blame them
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harder-to-see nodular worms.
Phenothiazine is the only effective
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per cent of them. Phenothiazine is
easily given in feed—in fact, that
is the safest way for a hog raiser
to administer it.
Cattle Horn-Fly Trap
Considerable success has been at¬
tained in Australia using a horn-fly
trap constructed in a gateway or
lane through which the cattle must
pass once or twice a day. The pas¬
sageway through the trap is 33
inches wide and 100 feet long.
The glass in the roof is coated on
the inside with DDT and protected
from the cattle by coarse screen
Type of cattle horn-fly trap rec¬
ommended by Macdonald college.
wire. The animal passing through
the trap has to brush between and
under two sets of curtains, and eight
weighted strips, brush her legs and
belly, dislodging the flies which rise
to the light and contact the treated
glass.
Rnaplasmosis Gains
Foothold on Range
Anaplasmosis is a febrile, infec¬
tious disease, transmitted from sick
or carrier cattle or by ticks, horse¬
flies and other biting insects. Young
animals are seldom affected.
The treatment is still in the ex¬
perimental stage and is largely a
veterinary problem. Animals af¬
flicted with the malady should be
kept in the shade, given plenty of
clean water, a little green feed,
and protected against flies. Intro
venous injection of mercurochrome
has been used with success as well
as a modified sodium-cacodylate
treatment.
Remedy for Black Rot
Disease Among Grapes
Use of bordeau mixture 4-4-100
plus one pound of rosin fish oil soap
per 100 gallons of spray mixture is
recommended for those vineyards
where black,rot and downy mildew
have been serious. This spray is
applied just before bloom, just after
bloom and two weeks after bloom.
If rainfall is above normal, it may
be necessaary to make a fourth
application two weeks after $he third
treatment.
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2. How did the ancient Romans
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3. How many passenger trains
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7. In 1932.
8. The Bay of Rio de Janeiro,
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Piranha of South America
Finny Fiend "W ithout Fear
A finny fiend common in some
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