The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-12-16
An Aged German Who Claims
to Have Been Captured
by Sitting Bull.
He Gives a Thrilling Descrip-
ton of General Clusters
Death.
A Year and q half of FruitIess
Search for His Captive
Family.

wss IN the city yesterday ends avoring to
secure aid to help him reach ST. Louis,
which lie claims ~ be his home Bee K is a
German, about 6tty years of age and below
medium IN size His story is that together
with some % OF! or families, be left ST.
Louis with HE ale ard three children in
1875 for the lockwood gold mines. The
company were IL charge of Captain Car
penter and ali sr-ived at Deadwood gulch
in safety, where they Immediately sunk a
shaft and after several weeks work, bad ia
ken out some 5000 of gold ole. One day
they were suddenly surrounded by about
5000 Sioux of
SITTING ULL'ScARMY,
who took them prisoners and conveyed them
to Rosewood river where they remained six
weeks. Then they We're transferred TO the
mountsins IN the Little Big Horn neigh
borbood where the balance of Sitting
Bulls army were encamped and
there they were placed IN camp
and given full Indian outfits including,
blankets, paints and feathers.
AT the end of a week rumors were circu-
lated that
GENERAL CUSTER WAS ADVANCING.
upon them. Mr.. Beck says that q day or
two after, Clusters cOluml came in sight
moving up the canyon and Sitting Bull, az
ter examining them through his glass came
TO their camp and ted them General Gus
Ter had been sent cut by the Big Father at
Washington and would soon be there,
when they would I'll! be paid for and set
free. They were then given back their
cloths, stripped of their Indian outfit and
told to keep quiet, guard being placed
over them TO prevent them from talking.
The Indians, we've encamped on the
heights and Custer advanced up the cam
yop, arriving in hciiing distance of them
that evening. Beck says that the Indians
awaited him with the expectation of hav-
ing an interview but were surprised when
Clusters advance came in range by
voLLEY OF dUsKETRY.
Fastening out of range they pro.
ceeded TO guard the approaches
TO the camp, and after max
ing the prisoners, of whom they had 600,
kiodle fires In the bark tents and in front
of them, they quietly Withdrew, removing
!ha prisoners to an adjacent hill, and leav-
ing them in charge of guard, SittiugBull,
proceeded to march his troops around
Clusters forces, and await daylight. Next
morning, Beck says, Clusters men pro-
ceedsd TO
ATTACK THE CAMP ON THE HILL
Sitting Bull lay quietly in ambush until
the camp was taken, and when Clusters
men, who had just discovered their mistake,
returned 10 the canyon, they were at
tackled from all sides. Having expended
nearly all their ammunitioD, they were IN
a comparatively defeaseless condition, and
every avenue of escape being cut of, were
easily massacred. Speaking OF
Clusters DEATH,
Beck says he was slain by Chief Rainy
Face, and was one of the last men killed,
Beck's story being that Rainy Face reached
Gust er's SIDE and begged him to sur
render. Custer refusing, Rainy
Face, pointing to Clusters dead comrades,
said, "See your men lying there all killed.
You must surrender or die. Give me
your arms
Custer, Beck says, drew his sword with
a sudden fash, Kissing between his
teeth,
st WILL NEVER SURRENDER
to scuh a "a you" As the brave
general raised his weapon to strike a ball
from Rainy Fees revolver crashed
through his forehead and he fell dead.
From this point Sitting Bull retreated TO
Manitoba, Canada, taking his prisoners
with him, and they we're not released IN
til after his surrender.
Beck says he returned 10 Standing Rock
aseucy a year and half ago, and has
since been searching, FOR his wife and chill
dren, the latter Consisting of boy aged IL.
aud two daughters aged respectively 16
and II years. He says the families OF tn Q
miners were captured by another detach-
ment of
SITTING BULLS FORCES,
and he has not seen or heard from them
since his capture. He claims to have
formerly resided In Carondeiet
where he run q saloon, and to be
we'll known to Anheuser. Busch and other
brewers in ST. Louis, his present desire is
to get to st. Louis to raise funds to prose-
cute his search for his family. As to the
truth of his story the BAzoo cannot say.
But there is no question about his having
BEEN among the Indians and ss his de-
scription of the terrible massacre is different
from any previously published it is given
for what II is worth.
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