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EIGHTEENTH YEAR
CONFLICT AT LAST.
While Disarming Bier Foot's Band
4.,
»f Hostiles, a Disastrous
V. Fight Occurs.
Captain Wallace of the Seventh Cav
airy Killed, and Lieutenant.
Garlington Wounded.
life Other Soldiers Killed and
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Fif-
teen Wounded in the
Conflict.
Pine Ridge Greatly Excited, but Col­
onel Forsythe Believes the
Worst is over.
Members of the Seventh Cavalry
Again Show Themselves
to be Heroes.
Efaptain Wallace Met His Death by a
Blow on the Head by a
War Club.
Partial List of the Killed
Wounded—Complete Details
Not Yet Attainable.
and
The President Approves the Fargo
.• Public Building Bill, and it's
Now a Sure Thing.
A Fight With Hostiles.
GENERAL MILES TO COLONEL CORBIN.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—The following was
received at army headquarters to night at
a late hoar:
Rapid City, S. D., Dec. 29,1890.—Col. H. C.
Corbin, Army Headquarters, Chicago,
111.
__ Colonel Forsythe reports that while dis­
arming Big Foot's band a fight occurred.
Captain Wallace and a few soldiers were
killed. Lieutenant Garlington and fifteen
men were wounded. This again compli­
cates the surrender of all the Indians,
which would have taken place in a short
time had this ijpt occurred. Forsythe had
two battalions and Hotchkiss guns. Quite
a large numb of young warriors have
been away from the camp that were going
from the Bad Lands, also quite if number
of Two strike's band going toward For­
sythe. The troops are in close proximity.
(Signed) MILKS, Commanding.
OFFICIAL FROM MILES.
WASHINGTON,
Dec. 29.—Official dis­
patches from General Miles, dated Rapid
City, S. T., were received to-night by Gen­
eral Schofleld, telling of a fight in the Bad
Lands to-day between Indian hostiles and
white troops. The dispatches were first
.sent to General Brooke, then to General
Wiles. The first was as follows: "White
tide had four troops of cavalry and held
ifie Indians till Forsythe reached him with
four more troops last night. At 8:80 this
morning, while disarming the Indians, a
fight commenced. I thinjc very few In
dians escaped. 1 think we will have this
matter In hand assoon as all are in posi
don* There was* no~pfecSuflon omitted.
The fight accurred near the head of
Wounded Knee creek. I have just seen
many of the Indians, who went out to­
wards Forsythe this morning, come back."
The next dispatch was: "General Brooke
telegraphs from Forsy the the report that
while disarming Big Foot's band this morn
^ing a fight occurred. Captain Wallace and
five soldiers were killed. Lieutenant Gar­
lington and fifteen men were wounded
The Indians are being hunted up in all
directions. None are known to have got­
ten their ponies. General Brooke also re­
ports that many of the young warriors
that were going out from camp in the
Bad Lands to the agency bave goneto
•afd Forsythe. All the troops have been
notified- Colonel Forsythe had two bat­
talion of the Seventh cavalry and Hotch­
kiss guns. Other troops were in close
Imity." A later dispatch says: "Gen
Brooke reports that two shots were
™Cli®J!itbe Piua Rldge agency by some
one and several more were fired In-ceturn.
trite a number of Two Strike's band ran
Si
iray and all at the agency are greatly ex
^lted. All this makes matters loqk more
^egous.*?
"J4^'V:V ftf••£
MORE THAN FIFTY KILLED.
WOUNDED KNEE CAMP,
Dee.
29.—Bright
^dearly were the troops up. this morning.
8 O'clock they were ordered tolieln
readiness to move. At that bout the cav­
alry and dismounted troops were massed
Indlw* village, and Hotehklu
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iiiunui.iviiiuiiii'tiii'imiu&iiiM.iiliiliiriiifiin
guns overlooking the camp not fifty vards
away. Colonel Forsythe ordered all the
Indians to come forward and away from
their tents. They came and sat in a half
circle until counted. The dismounted
troops were then thrown around them—
company K, Captain Wallace, company
and Captain Varnum. The order was
then given to twenty Indians to go and get
their arms. Upon returning it was seen
that only two guns were had and detach­
ments at once began to search the village,
resulting in thirty-eight guns being found.
As this task was about completed
the Indians, surrounded by companies
and B, began to move. All of a sudden
they threw their hands to the ground and
began firing rapidly at the troops, not
twenty feet away. The troops were at a
disadvantage, fearing the shooting of their
own comrades. Indian men, women and
children then ran to the south battery,
firing rapidly as they ran. Soon the mount­
ed troops were after then ^hooting them
down on every side, 'iv.^engagement
lasted fully an hour and a To the
south many took refuge in a A vine, from
which it was difficult to dislodge them,
it is estimated that the soldiers killed and
wounded number about fifty. Just now it
Is impossible to state the exact number of
dead Indians. Many more than fifty, how­
ever, were killed outright. The soldiers
are shooting Indians down wherever
found, «r quarter being given by
anyo^T Captain Wallace, troop,
wiZu the cavalry, was killed and Lieuten­
ant Garlington, of Arctic fame, was shot
through the arm at the elbow. The troops
are still firing from the camp and pursu­
ing the enemy in every direction. To say
it was a most daring feat, 120 Indians at­
tacking 600 cavalry, expresses the situa­
tion but faintly. It could have only been
Insanity which prompted such a deed. It
is doubted that before night neither a buck
or squaw out of all of Big Footed band will
be left to tell the tale of this day's treach­
ery. Members of the Seventh cavalry
have once more shown themselves to be
heroes in deeds of daring. Single handed
conflicts were seon all over the eld. The
death of Captain Wallace
remorse. The poor fellow mei
by a blow on the head by a wi
much
death
PARTIAL LIST OF KILLED A!
OMAHA, Dec. 29—The list "of killed and
wounded soldiers, so far as now ascer­
tained, is.as follows:
WOUNDED.
KILLED.
Captain Wallace, commander of troop
Private Cook, troop.
WOUNDED.
Father Croftus, a Catholic priest, mor­
tally wounded in lungs.
Private Frank Lewis, troop.
Private Stone.
Private Sullivan, troop.
S. F. Smith, troop.
Corporal Clifton, troop.
Davis, Hazelwood, Toohey, Lieutenant
Garlington, Sergeant Lloyd, Interpreter P.
T. Wells, Lieutenant Kinzig, Trumpeter
James Choldinson, mortally wounded.
Sergeant Camell, Private Zetter, A troop.
Sergeant Dyer, N. O. Duncan, George
Elliott, troop.
Sergeant Ward, troop.
Sergeant Hotckiss, mortally,
Hipp a cook, 1 troop.
Private Adams. troop.
Corporal JSewell, troop.
This is only a partial list. About a dozen
more are reported as dead, but no more
officers are killed. While twenty-five or
more are wounded, many of the wounded
may die. Captain Wallace was toma
hawked squarely in the forehead. Lieu­
tenant Einzey received but a slight Wound
in the cord of his ankle. 1
Fargo Gets There.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—PresidentHarri­
son has approved the act for a public^
building at Fargo.
THE MARKETS BY TlUISIUrS.
stronger.
Market.
CHICAGO, Deo. 31.
and lower, bat became
WHEAT MO. 2.
Open­
ing.
High­
est.
December
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Minneapolis Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, DM. SI.
Closing quotations: No. 1 hard, Deoember
and January, 93Kc on track, 91K@e2c: No. 1
northern, Deoember and Jannary, 87Vic Hay,
95o on traek, 88M@89c No. 2 northern, D»
eember8ie ontraok, 85K686e.
Daluth Market.
DOMTH.
Deo. 81.-
Wheat was stronger to-day and adranoed Me
from opening. Beoelpts were 25 aim. Closing:
Deoember. and January, 80c: Hay, Wife No. 1
hard 80@80Ho No. 1 northern, 86Koi No. 2 north
am. Mo. ^,'1
Sixty Dead Indian Meu Were Counted
on the Plain Where the At
tempt Was Made
And in a Moment the Whole Front
Was in a Sheet of Fin
and Smoke.
Wounded Indians and Soldiers Lay
Together, and Fought on
the Ground.
A Half Hour of Heavy Firing With
Hotchkiss and Oat
ling Gun*.
Thirty of Two Strike's Indians Try to
Capture a Provision Train
and are All Killed.
More Than 100 Killed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80—General Scho­
field this afternoon received a dispatch
from General Miles dated H^rmosa, S. D.,
December 80th, as follows: "General
Brooke telegraphs as. follows: 'Colonel
Forsythe says sixty dead Indian men were
counted on the plain, where the attempt
was made to disarm Big Foot's band, and
where the fight begun. On other parts of
the ground there were eighteen more.
These do not include those killed in, the
ravines, where the dead warriors were
seen, but not counted. Six were brought
in badly wounded, and six others were
with a party ot twenty-three men and
women which Captain Jackson had to
abandon when attacked by about 160 Brule
Indians from the agency. This accounts
for
NINETY-TWO MEN KILLED
and leaves but few alive and nnhurt. The
women and children brolr|. for the hills
when the fight commenced and compara­
tively few of them were hurt and few were
brought in. Thirty-nine are here, of which
number twenty-one are wounded. Had it
not been for the attack by the Brules, an
accurate account would have been made,
blii' the ravines were not searched after­
wards. I think this shows vtry little ap­
prehension from Big Foot's band in the
future.- A party of forty is reported to be
held by scoute at the headof Mexican
creek. These consist of all isizfts, and the
cavalry from Rosebud will te^ng them in
if it is true. (Signed) JOHN A. BROOKE.'
"These Indians under Big Foot were
among the most desperate' There were
thirty-eight of the j-eu}aiufor of Sitting
Bull's following that joined Big Foot on
the Cheyenne river and tlii^y that broke
jaway from Hump's following when he
took his band and Sitting Bull's Indians to
Fort Bennett, making in ail nearly 160
warriors. Before leaving their camps on
Cheyenne river, they tat Up their harness,
broke their wagons and started south for
the Bad Lands, evidently intending not to
return, but to go to war. Troops were
placed between them and the Bad Lands
and they never succeeded in joining the
hostiles there. All their'movements were
anticipated and their' severe loss at the
hands of the*
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WORSE AND WORS1
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To Disarm Bis: Foot's Band
Where the Fight Begun,
and on Othei
and
Parts of the Ground There Were 18
More} Wot Including Those
Killed in the Ravines.
General Schofield Bays he Thinks
Miles Will be Blaster of the Sit­
uation Very Soon.
Besides Captain Wallace, SJC 'Men of
the Seventh Cavalry and'an In­
dian Scout Were Killed.
Forty Man Wounded, Many Severely
—About 30 Wounded Indian Men,
Women and Children.
When the Soldiers Were Ordered to
Search the TepeeB
ISO
Indians
Turned Upon Them,
Seventh cavalry may be a
wholesome lesson to the other Sioux.
(Signed)
MILES."
General Schofield said this afternoon
that the fight was a most unfortunate oc­
«ty«.
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currence, but he did not see how it could
have been avoided. He sent a telegram to
General Miles, saying he regarded the
news received as still encouraging, and ex­
pressing the opinion that lie (Miles) would
be master of the situation very soon. He
also expressed his thanks to the officers
and men of the Seventh cavalry for the
gallaut conduct displayed by them.
The following telegram was received by
the surgeon general of the United States
army this afternoon, dated Pine Ridef,
agency, S. D.: "I reported during the elj?
gagement with Indians yesterday, fifteen
miles from here, the following casualties:
Captain Wallace, twenty-five men of the
Seventh cavalry and one l/ 4ian /Scout
killed. .Lieutenant Garlingi&L Seventh
cavalry Lieutenant Hawthorne, Second
artillery, and
THIRTY-EIGHT MEN WOUNDED.
This includes two men of the Second in­
fantry. Many of the wounds are severe.
Hospital Steward Pollock was killed.
Have also about thirty wounded Indian
men, women and children.
(Signed) BACHE, Medical Director."
The commissioner of Indian affairs late
this afternoon received a telegram from
Special Agent Cooper at Pine Ridge, dated
to-day, confirming previous reports of yes­
terday's fight at Wounded Knee creek, in
which he says twenty-five soldiers were
killed,'thirty-five wounded and about 160
Indians were killed and thirty wounded
and captured. Special Agent Cooper's
telegram also states that the Indians at­
tacked the Ninth cavalry wagon train this
(Tuesday) morning, two miles north of
the agency, killing one soldier of the ad
vance.
Further Details of Monday's Battle.
OMAHA, Dec. 80.—The Bee's correspond­
ent at Camp on Wounded Knee creek tele­
graphs as follows concerning yesterday's
battle: In the morning, as soon as the or­
dinary military work of early day was
done, Major Whitesides determined upon
disarming the Indians at once, and at 6
o'clock the camp of Big Foot was sur­
rounded by the Seventh cavalry and Tay­
lor's scouts. The Indians were sitting In
a half circle. Four Hotchkiss guns were
were placed upon the hill about 200 yards
distant. Every preparation was made, not
especially to fight, but to show the Indians
the futility of resistance. They seemed to
recognize this fact, and when Major
Whitesides ordered them to come up,
twenty at a time, and give up their arms,
they came, but not with their guns in sight.
Of the first twenty but two or three dis­
played arms. These they gave up sullen­
ly, and observing the futility of that
method of procedure Major Whitesides
ordered a detachment of the and A
troops, on foot, to enter the tepees and
search them. This work had hardly been
entered upon when
120 DESPERATE INDIANS
turned upon the soldiers, who were gath­
ered closely about the tepees, and immedi­
ately a storm of firing was poured upon
the military. It was as though the order
to search had been a signal. The latter,
not anticipating any such action, had been
gathered in very closely, and the first fir­
ing was terribly disastrous to them. The
reply was immediate, however, and in an
instant it seemed as if the draw in which
the Indian camp was set was a sunken
Vesuvius. The soldiers, maddened at the
sight of their falling comrades, hardly
awaited the command, and in a moment
the whole front was a sheet of fire, above
which the smoke rolled, obscuring the cen­
tral scene from view. Through this horri­
ble curtain, single Indians could be seen at
times flying before the fiie, but after the
first discharge from the carbines of the
troopers, there were but few of them left.
They
FELL ON A^PSIDJTA LIKE GRAIN
in the course of a scathe. Indians and
soldiers lay together, and the wounded
fought on the ground. Off through the
draw toward the bluffc the few remaining
warriors fled, turning occasionally to fire,
but now evidently caring more for escape
than battle. Only the wounded Indians
seemed possessed of the courage of devils.
From the ground where they had fallen
they continued to fire until their ammuni­
tion was gone, or until killed by soldiers.
Both sides forgot everything excepting
only the loading and discharging of guns.
It was only in the early part of the affray
that hand-to-hand fighting was seen. Car­
bines were clubbed,
SABRES GLEAMED AND WAR-CLUBS
CIRCLED
in the air and came down like thunder­
bolts. But this was only for a short time.
The Indians could not stand that storm
from the soldiers they had hoped to. It
was only a stroke of life before death. The
remnant iled and the battle became a hunt
It 'was now that the artillery was called
into requisition. Before, the fighting was
so close that guns could not be trained
without danger of death to the soldiers.
Now, with Indians flying where they
might, it waB easier to reach them. Gat
tling and Hotohkiss guns were trained and
FR'
OMAHA, Dt
Rosebud agen
of the Ninth ca.
of the eight infanti.
to move at a momei
orders can?e for
the Bad Ltids.
seen Indians sign
glass. A scheme oi
men to steal horses
Lands was discover
first man who tried
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then began heavy firing, whic. lasted a
half hour, with frequent heavy vo. iys of
musketry and cannon. Ii. was a war of
extermination now with the troopers. It
was difficult to restrain the troops. Tac­
tics were almost abandoned. About the
only tactic was to kill while it could be
done. Wherever an Indian could be seen
down into the creek and up over bare hills
they were followed by artillery and mus­
ketry fire and for several minutes the en­
gagement went on until not a live Indian
was in sight.
ANOTHER ENCOUNTKR.
OMAHA, Dec. 80.—The Bee's special from
Rushville, Neb., says:. Advices from the
seat of war give the news of another en­
counter between troops and Indians at
point within four miles of the a"
The Seventh and Ninth cavalry
coming in from yesterday's
followed at some distance by
ion train. On reaching the
a large band of Indians,
Two Strike, dashed sud
train, captured it and
towards the Bad
wheeled aud gave
which followed
wounded, but
cording to the
Indians had
peaceable ar
change of
CAU81
here that
friendlies
word from
day is some
effect that
mained lo
all the rel
the settle
Reliable
Henry is
700 Indie
This is
of rebels
are enter
has cost
and twe
and woui
deed, it
tablished
Wallace
noon fro
to Fort'
post. Rt
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open and
the refuge^
as previous
eral Brooke.
defend their
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OMAHA, Dec. 30.
from Rushville ss
morning thirty Inu
Strike's band tried
train of the N inth
Pine Ridge. The I
Died for 1(1 Is
WASHINOTON,
rison, with the aisl
General Wannaiuai
field, first assistant
making an investiga
killing of J. P. Ma
Carro'lton, Miss. Ai
for the place when Mi.
ed, was Miss V. A. E
application for office si.
er was at one time
postD
ton, and "died for ills re,
NOT ON ACCOUNT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80.—
to-day received a letter froi
ister at Carrollton. Miss.,
home, in regard to the killin
ter Matthews. The writer s.
was ttie unfortunate result
difficulty between the two
tics did not enter into the
slightest degree.
A Murderer Stands Off 200
MARQUETTE, Mich., Dec. SO.
Downey of Saginaw was shot and ki
Ewen, Ontonagon county, this afteru
by Joe Thomas. Downey fell at the 1
fire, but Thomas continued to fire into
victim's prostrate body until his revolvt
was emptied. The murderer then fled to
the woods, pursued by over 200 men. He
took refuge under the bed in a homestead­
er's cabin, and being fully armed,
was able to stand off the crowd for
two hours, but finally surrendered,
no motive is known for the crime. Ewen
Is in a newly settled homestead country,
and is the toughest hole In the unper pen­
insula. The village is full of lumbermen
to-night, who have come in to finish their
NewTear's celebration in the shape of a
finish prize fight and four sparring match­
es. There are no police, and Thomas will
probably be lynched before morning.
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HOME NEWS.
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Writes an Interesting Letter
From Denver.
He Tells of the Novel
the Top of Pikr"