Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-02-23

the next morning On the afternoon o.
the attack about half Of the whites were
killed. During the night firing continued,
but only one man was wounded. The
Indians adopted their own peculiar man
ner Of warfare, skulhing among the tim
ber which grew upon the cliff and picking
off the men with rifles with which they
were we'll provided. When the fight ended
only thirteen of the company were alive,
and they Immediately y became prisoners.
A sister Of Mrs. kimball was among the
killed. Mrs. X. was badly wounded. The
Indians took their prisoners up on what
they call Rattlesnake MoaGtcin, seventeen
miles from the scene Of the fight, and
many Of the whites being grievously
wounded, the march was painful on. in
the extreme Arrived there couucil was
beld to decide what disposition should be
made of the prisoners. 1t WAS decided
that all but tive should run the gauntlet.
One Of those exempted was the noun
tain pilot, hired at independence, who was
! part Indian; the other was the missionary
Mcneil, Mrs. kimhalI's father, who was
reserved to be burned at the stake to ap-
! pease the spirits of the warriors who fell
in battle Mr.. ran the gauntlet, first
for himself and AZ gain for his wife lie ran
| naked between two lines Of Indians, fifty
in each line, al. armed with clubs. He was
allowed a cluh and pistol, the rules of
the race permitting him to shoot down
any person who stepped in front of him
while he was running. lie shot one Indian
dead who Jumped in front of him lie
escaped both races with but two blows
from clubs, one en- the back Of his head
and the other on the back Of his aeck.
Mr. Mcneil was burned before the eyes
! of bis friends amid dreadful tortures.-
His body was oristled with pinc spHnters
which were driven into bis flesh before the
. fire was bull; about him, causing fearful
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their victim with iend;sh yells.
The next day the Indians continued OF
with their prisoners to he territory prin-
cjpaiIy inhabited by their tribe The whites
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