Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-01-17
GEOGRAPHIC
IsrsclAL pnrArcurs TO TEE Coin HUI
DAILY Nsws.l
CHEYENNE DEsPERAD0ES.
0f1clal Report OF the Recent Out.
break OF the Indian Prisoners.

CHICAGO, Jan. lG.-Ths officer sent
from Omaha by General Crook to invss'
tigats the recent Cheyenne outbreak has
made an official report. He says: Upon
the Sd instant the chiefs we're notified
tina. the Washington authorities had do
cidsd they must return South. They
consulted with their people and next day
Wild Hog gave IN unevuivooal refusal,
saying they would die nrst. The At
tempt to starvs and freeze them out wal
last alternative. On the 9th Wild Hog
was arrested as the leading opposihonisl
and ironed. after stabbing . soldier In
the struggle. The prison whore the re.
mainder OF the Indians were confined
was by them barricaded and the windows
draped to conceal their movements. II
became dangerous for white men to &c
inside the door. a. the Indians had
knives and would use them. Il was NOT
known they had guns. but on the 9th
they fred four shots, killing two Of the
six sentinels, and made rush
through all the windows with the
intention OF killing or being killed.
The guard and others pursued them.
In the firing which was now going on
several women and children, who were
going In the crowd with the men. were
Internationally killed, though many Of
the officers bravely tried to save them.
All the men refused to surrender and
when exhausted stood at bay. Several
soldiers we're killed In trying to capture
them. Nome were killed who could DO
captured. They had concealed their
arms under the prison floors. They had
fifteen guns, q few r~evolver. and many
knives. A desperate outbreak had doubt
less long BEEN premsditatsd. The
squaws say that the men feared hanging
IL they returned south, and that In this
affair all expected to die. The casual
ties to date arc: Soldisrs-Killed, 8;
wounded. 4. Indians-Captursd, IL;
killed, 80. A company resumed the
trail to-day (January 15.)
Colonel Schuyler. the officer who
makes this report, having intimated that
the Indians had concealed arms. II 10
probable that an investigation will be
made into the manner In which theo re-
ceived them. Press dispatches have
mentioned the fact that the Red Cloud
Indians visited the prisoners, q fact that
il not stated in the official report.
Fohr RoBissoS. Neb., Jan. lG.-Yss.
terday ct noon Captain Lainson. CON.
manding Company E, Third Cavalry,
started In pursuit OF tho fleeing savagss,
who are said to be making a dstour In
the direction Of the Pine Ridge or Rose.
bud Indian camps. and the prospects Of
reaching the wigwams OF their sympa-
thizing red brethren are greatly In their
favor despite the sanguine hopes Of the
military to capture them ere they can
reach there. The savagss have q good
thirty hours' start OF the troops, and
should they succeed In stealing enough
horses to mount themselves, which ID
not improbable. they will escape and be
the mean OF getting young warriors Of
the powerful Sioux nations TO dig up the
hatchet and avonge their wrongs. The
prevalent impression here Is that we are
near the eve Of q bloody Indian war.
The mail carrier just In from Pine Ridge
Agency-Red Clouds new location
states that since the news OF the Chsy-
enne outbreak and It's results became
known to Red Clouds people there Is
much weeping and wailing among them.