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tablets by the Kandiyohi County Old Settlers’ Association,
with the exception of those of Lorentson and Backlund,
which have not been located up to the present time. But
by far the best monument provided for these victims is
the History of Kandiyohi County, a large folio volume,
the publication of which was made possible by the
generous co-operation of the surviving families and other
early settlers of Kandiyohi County. In this history is
given the entire story of the outbreak in this section
very much in detail as a general narrative and also
personal experiences in the outbreak by some
representative of practically every family involved.
When the State later organized to fight the Indians
and break the power of the hostile Sioux in the
Northwest most of the ablebodied young men among the
refugees of the Kandiyohi region enlisted in the regiment
of Mounted Rangers and other military organizations.
The contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the
massacre in Monongalia County were very fragmentary
and unsatisfactory. Rarely do they give correctly the
names of the people involved. Hearsay reports among
excited refugees naturally would not be accurate.
Aspersions made by some articles as to the conduct
of the Scandinavians and especially the contemptuous
comment on their resort to prayer when in danger would
be unworthy of notice had they not created an erroneous
impression with some writers. The panicky feeling on
hearing the reports of the butchery on the frontier was
not confined to the Scandinavians. Neither were acts
of bravery when face to face with death unknown among
them. Considering their lack of knowledge of Indian
treachery, lack of guns and ammunitions, their behavior
will average up well with any other class of settlers.
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