Bicentennial Story #55-Indian Scare, New Salem, etc

Bicentennial Story #55-Indian Scare, New Salem, etc

Description of preparations made by western North Dakotans in 1890 in case of an Indian attack.

7/16/1975

Father Louis Pfaller

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mp3

audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape

English

BS-055b

New Salem, ND

Hebron, ND

Blue Grass, ND

Glen Ullin, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

On November 17, 1890, the depot agent at New Salem caused a panic by spreading the news that 150 Indians were about to attack the settlements. The farmers flocked to New Salem and Sims, drilled with sticks for guns, and telegraphed the State Militia for arms. At Blue Grass the people also constructed a fort, while at Glen Ullin the people frantically threw up earthen breastworks by moonlight and quickly organized a militia company, complete with a surgeon, quartermaster and chaplains. But the people of Hebron "took the cake" in constructing Fort Sauerkraut. More on that tomorrow.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 55, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.

N.D.H, Vol. 39, p. 10

Sound recordings

1:05

128kbps

1970 1979

Bicentennial tape #4, Bicentennial stories 51-66

Sims, ND