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Mankato, Minn. The rear of the Normal School is shown on the left, the Court
House on the right, and the High School building is in the centre.
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Grove of Humphrey J. Roberts, Esq., Judson, Minn.
Where the “Big Meetings” of the C.M. Churches have been held for years.
(x81) from Sergeant Jones’ cannon set these on fire and they burned to the
ground. The Indians tried to fire the fort by shooting burning arrows into the
roofs but the shingles being wet from recent rain refused to burn. A number of
Indians were massed in the ravine on the north-east corner and a fierce charge
was made from that quarter, but it was repulsed. Keeping up a hot fire from
this side the Indians tried to hold the attention of the whites here, while
they secretly massed a large force in the ravine on the south-west to make
another charge from that quarter. The movement was fortunately discovered and
one of the unused cannons was put in position on the west side with Sergeant
McGraw in charge and the shells from this piece added to those from Jones’
piece soon dispersed the savages.
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No sooner had the chiefs massed a number of their warriors at some special
point than a shell from one of the cannons would scatter them like autumn
leaves. The whites were running short of ammunition and a number of men and
women were kept busy making bullets. Nail rods were also cut into slugs and
used as bullets, making a most unearthly noise as they passed through the air,
greatly terrifying the Indians.
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The Indian bullets, which fell thick within the fort, were also gathered and
remoulded to be sent back on a second mission of death. Toward night the
Indians retired and the second attack on Ft. Ridgely was over. That night
Little Crow received words from his scouts which directed his attention
elsewhere, and the fort was saved. The whites fought from under cover and hence
their loss was very small - only three killed and thirteen wounded. The Indians
claim their loss in killed was only two, but the whites estimated from fresh
graves found around the fort their dead must have been over a hundred. It is
alleged that when the last attempt to mass there forces for a charge was made,
that Sergeant Jones slew seventeen of them with one shell. The truth probably
lies somewhere between the two reports, as the Indians usually greatly under
estimated their loss while the whites generally over estimated it.
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