Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-12
The Indian Wlr.

mat considerable. excitement has pre-
varied at thls agency for the last few
days, caused by the declared purpose of
crazy Horse and Tohch-the Cloud to
leave the reservation. All the available
cavalry IN this vicinity was ordered to
Camp Robinson, for~tfTe purpose of sur
rounding Crazy Horses village and
taking him with his band prisoners.
This morning about five COMPANIES of
cavalry and one piece Of artillery. nm
dersconmand of Col Mason, proceeded
to this village, accompanied bv two hnn-
dred Arrapahoe scouts and a number Of
friendly Sioux. On nearing the village
crazy Horse sent word to the command
that =
h3 So HE WOULD FIGHT THEM.
Ills camp was situated on White river
speiOW the mouth of the Little White
Clay. Part of the command took a:no-
sltlon at the mouth Of the Little White
Clay, while the remainder made a de-
tour around the village and came up
from the rear. At this movement the
Indians began to break camp and scat
ter IN different directions toward the
bluffs, but were speedily overtaken by
the Indians and soldiers, who brought
them back prisoners. At the first ad-
vance OF the troops
ONE INDIAN, Drawer THAN THE REST
rode up to Crazy Horses scouts and
commenced abusing them, when he
was struck over the head several times
with guns, and finally shot and his horse
Killed. This IS the only collision which
| occurred IN capturing the band. It was
4 tfren learned that Crazy Horse had fled.
! and is supposed to have gone to Spotted
Tail agency Thirty soldiers we're i'm
medlately dispatched in pursuit. and.
shortly afterward Lieut.. Clark, COM
I1nanding the scouts, sent eight OF ten
Indians after him, telling their leader
he would pay 5000 reward to the man
who brought the renegade chief back
dead or alive. Some of his band who
got away into the bluffs early this morn
ing have returnedto-nightto the agency
\ v,svf 3 SURRENDER OF HosTILEs.
A courier just in from Spotted Tail
brings the following. Shedding Bear
with fifteen lodges of Lame Deer's band,
numbering fifty persons, surrenderd to
Mai Burke of the 18th infantry, COM
nlandmg Camp Sheridan, this morning.
Fast Bull with the remainder of the
bard numbering between four and five
hundred, will arrive in two or three
days. These are the Indians who have
been committing depredations in the
vicinity of the Black Hills, and their
coming IN leaves that country and the
Big Horn entirely free from the Indians.
| The delegates sent. out by Mai. Burke
succeeded in inducing these Indians to
| return. a 3F8fss@ G@S 93s3 e
A Camp Rohnnsentelegra1n of-the 5th
says CrazyHorse with anIin1ber of1odges
left this agency last night, and the rest
commenced leaving this morning. Six
companies of cavalry and about two
hundred and fifty friendly Indians left
here OF 9;30this morning and succeeded
ggin Earning nearly all back. The mill
tary expected to have them all back
T by tomorrow. No fighting or casualties
occurred. -.68 aa4I
A CRAZY PRISONER.
Dispatches of the 9th from Red Cloud
Agency Neb., state that the arrival of
Crazy Horse as prisoner from Spotted
Tail agency, this evening, was attended
with a number of exciting events. About
6 o'clock an ambulance drove up to the
Fguard-house at Camp Robinson, bring
hing Lieut.. Lee, Indian agent at Spotted
tail agency Crazy Horse, the fallen chief;
Spotted Tail himself, and several Indians
as guards. The ambulance was escor-
Eted~by about eighty Indian soldiers,
partly from this agency and partly from
Spotted Tail. On arriving at camp
| Robinson Crazy Horse was led by Little
Big Man and Touch-the-C Cloud into the
post adjutant's Office, which place was
at once
SURROUNDED BY INDIAN SCOUTS
and United States soldiers. The inter
prefer was then instructed to tell all the
EIndians that Crazy Horse would not be
harmed, but would be put in the guard
house and be taken charge of by the
soldiers When they started to move
him to the guard-house he held back,
but was forced along by Capt. Kenning-
ton, who was officer Of the day, assisted
by Little Big Man. 1t appears that
Crazy Horses revolver and knife had
not been taken from him, and on being
disarmed in the guard-house he secured
his knife and attempted to make his
escape Little Big man, however, hung
on to him like a tiger and received Il
1T@ A SEVERE CUT ON THE ARM :,
from Crazy Horse. On emerging from
the guard-house he was at once sur
rounded byssoldieps, som q 9th en- with
fixed bayonets. In the scuffle which
ensued Crazy Horse recelvedaa wound
-, tho ohdoro on which ~viS ~snriO,1s h11t
may not prove fatal. During the strug-
gle to retain him O. number of the Ind
ians who escorted him from Spotted
Tail rushed up, guns and revolvers,
cooked in hand, motioning for the crowd
to open SO they might get shot at him,
but on receiving this wound
3 CRAZY HORSE SANK TO THE GROUND
grooming piteously. The Indians then
refused to have him taken into the
guard-house,, and when Capt. Kenning-
ton ordered four men to carry him in,
one Indian, evidently a. friend of Crazy