Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-21
IN Indian BN' tie Scene.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette gives another account of tn
late Indian attacks on Col. Forsyth
command. The following extract, how
eve, is sufficiently in 'esting to quote
-. ain the men dug for their lives
ard soon were tolerably well shielde
by the friendly sand which, being soft
they had tLr)wn up W .th great lapidity
A hole was scrapeu out, in the cent?
OF the little island, and in this the dea
and wounded were laid. The Indian
wer, now seen approaching again, an,
the d.voted blnd pre- .,arel to sell thei
lives "a dearly as possible. Their faint
ing ard ticeding leader, as he hear
the yells of the coming savages, raise
himself up and cautioned his comrade
to be cool and make every shot tell, f.
they had only siXty-five rounds to tn
man. The stru = Gle was fierce and bio )dy
bat he Indians were again repulse0
Once more the ch ie $ rallied their war
riors, and sought inspire them
brave deeds by hlran linz them
Some of these adj dresses werc delivere
in SO loud voice, and so near the b;
81 iged that nearly ev ry word could b
distinctly heard. Sharp, who had 70
m eriy lived with the Indians, and I'LL
der.tOod their lang .ge well, interpre
ed wnaC vas being said. One Sioa.
chief, pointing to the sixty horses
or scouts, said: "sce their ponies
they have only a few, and these me
ride singly, and there are no more me,
than horses, for they never go IS we OF
ten do, two upon one II, rse. We al
hundreds; they less than one to GU
Shame oh you, warriors, to let this hand
full Of ale fac drive yOI back" The
the women and cnIid,en appeared OF
the hills, Gaping their han Is and sing
ing re war song, and the chief cortin
ued: Look at your WON. d Chi
d en-; they com, down to SEE you b
brave, but you run way from the wait
s,idlers, ana they are ashamed of you
Co ne, nov, LIT us kill the pale fac s..
While these speeches were going on
the gr ,at Med enc Man appeared il
fun .e2al.a, and, beating his dram, hi
sang song, which amounted in sub
stance to this:
The Medicine is good the Grea
Spirit is with us the bullets of the pal,
faces won't strike the brave only COW
ards ar. killed by them 1 am no.
a raid of them. You must k II the whit,
soldiers, or the Great Spirit will torsak,
US; our medicine be bad, our children
and women de OF starvation. Warriors.
he b.ave." He sang in loud mono
tonous voice riding around IN circles
swinging his body to a.-d fro, and beat
ing furiously with a stick upon his
dram. 70 show how harmless the bull
leUs OF the whites Were, the medicine
man rode around the fort, beating tie
drum, and singing about his good medi
cine and bravery. An old scout, VIII,
hau been wounded early in the fight
and who had been watching the medl-
cine man, fired ut him, ami the ball
whlstled 50 close, that the great Medi-
cine man withdrew to "a greater distanc.
to perform his antics, and preach to the
young braves abOut the safety of fight
ing the pale faces. Raising himself up
in the SAM hole, the young scout gain
drew bead on the Great Medicine AS he
approached, and this time with etfect, for
the Indian was seen to reel in his saddle,
and drop his Crum stick, as his pony
carried him off. He has got his medi-
c.ne," said the scout, as, exhausted with
pain. he fell down. in the damp trench"