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over night. Foot sat guard all night with his rifle and
with his faithful dog, ready to give alarm if anyone
should approach the cabin at night. In the morning
the Indians came up and asked for potatoes. Foot gave
them a kettle and told them to dig their own potatoes,
showing them the patch. An Indian, whom Foot knew
well, came up to the rail fence that encircled the cabin
and asked for an interview. By this time Foot had started
to doubt that the Indians had any evil intentions and
stepped out to pow-wow with this brave. But on catching
the eye of the Indian he instantly wheeled about and
rushed for the cabin. The Indian whipped out a shotgun
hidden under his blanket and gave Foot a charge of
buckshot which however did not entirely disable him.
At the same moment Charles J. Carlson,(8> who had
heedlessly volunteered to dig potatoes for the Indians,
was killed in the potato patch. Foot and Erickson
opened fire from the cabin. Three Indiaps were hit,
and the rest, who had great respect for Foot’s unerring
aim, rushed for cover. They continued to shoot at the
cabin and again succeeded in seriously wounding both
Foot and Erickson, who were rendered helpless.
Ammunition was getting low. The women shot occasionally
to make the Indians believe that the defenders were still
on duty. Finally the Indians moved on to find more
easy victims. The Swansons had left early in the
afternoon to hide on the island in Foot Lake. The women
and children were prevailed upon by their wounded men
to seek help and safety at Green Lake. They succeeded
(8) Carl Johan Carlson (known in most records of the
outbreak as “Swede Charlie,”) was bom at Hogrums parish, ttland,
Sweden, Aug. 14, 1825. His family record is in the New Sweden
church book.
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