The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-30
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BLACK HILLS ATROCITIES
TWENTY-FOUR MEN OF A PARTY OF
TWENTY FIVE KILLED.
Six Boiiet Holes aud ak Knife Stabs In Every
Corpse thousand Men who are nes
Making as NJ uch n Dollar n Day.

Six BuIiet Holes aud ak Kn,fc stabs In Every
Corp-e-Fo Thousand Men who are nss
Making as Much ms n Dollar a Day.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, May 29.-Tho Trt-
bune this afternoon publishes the followiDe
facts from Israel Hawes, Just arrived this noon
from the Black Hills. He corroboratss the In
dian scalping stories, and adds that they are not
half as startling as the facts. He helped bury
persons killed by the Indians every day. The
bodies OF those murdered are always found
with six bullet holes, aud six knife stabs In them.
besides the loss OF the scalp, which they take
on by cutting tho head open In the shape OF
letter from the back Of the head dows to tho
eyes, which presents a beart-sickening sight.
lie has had some narrow escapes.
one party OF them went out and were at
tackled by the red skins, but they were such
poor shots that no harm was done. Indians arc
party that attempts to iosve or enter gt the % s
Is attacked, and more or less fall victims. Ono
party party OF , Twenty-Five ettempted to escape nd
butchered and scalped. More parties are leav-
ing every day than arrive in a week.
There are some 5000 men In the Hills among
whom there are probably 70 that are making go
per day 10 lOOD VINO make g.
ono party OF eight men set their sluice going
at noon and worked till sundJwn, ana thoir
total earnings were fifteen cents. There were
slxty-three men In his party who went into tho
Hills. Seven will never return, and four were
lost coming out. None of his party returned
with enough TO pay sheir ehhnenses h, The cities
az dead as though they never existed: The best
claims are along Rapid Creek aud Deadwood,
and were taken previous to January. There ara
only two paying Claims oil h'",H n.c OK. U1e "a
these turns out about two dollars and n half
each day per man. Others 81 per man. Claims
were sold on Deadwood previous to January for
&l,5OO.
OMAHA, May ga citizen OF this place Just
arrived from Custer City saws that on tho night
OF the ~ h that place was attacked by Indians,
who burned the ammunition house In the centre
OF the city, which, In blowing up. destroyed sew
era houses His party, numbering ninety-six,
lett at daylight the next morning, apd he snnot
give rarticulars. The party buried John Schenok.
OF Yankton, who had been shot eight miles from
Buffalo Gap. On the north side Of the Platte, be-
tween Red Cloud and sidney, they found the
BODY OF II. p. Hermann OF Carlisle, Penn, who
had $500 In cnecks and s21 In greenbacks with
him. The Indians left these, but stripped him
of everything else and run on his stock. The
body was taken to Sidney and thence forward
ed home, and the money was placed IN the
hands OF Mr.. Moore, a citizen of Sidney.
On the 18th the Indians attacked n miners
cabin % midnight at Rosebud, tetween Custer
and DeadwoOd. / hey surprised and killed all
the occu pants, literally hacking them to pieces.
There are about t00) people in Custer ana 1,sC0
houses, but nothing can ne done on account OF
the Indians. II a man goes mile from camp
alone he loses his scalp.