A mob attacks the Brainerd jail, where two Ojibwe brothers, Te-be-ke-ke-sheck-wabe and Go-go-once, are being held for allegedly murdering a woman. The men are taken to a nearby pine tree and hanged in front of a crowd of 1,000. After the lynching, a rumor spreads among Brainerd's residents that angry Ojibwe are planning to attack the town. Sheriff John Gurrell telegraphs Governor Horace Austin for help. Three companies of troops are sent out, arriving on July 25. The troops find the Ojibwe in the woods picking blueberries, and the entire incident becomes known as the "Blueberry War."