The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-31

\ Nnfniry.
! WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 3o-fSpe-
| cial The Commissioner of Indian AZ
fairs this afternoon received the follow
ing dispatch from Agent D. Il. Rover.
dated Pine Ridge Indian agency, De-
ccmber 20: ION Wounded Knee creek.
this afternoon, while tho soldiers were
disarniing Big Foot and his band after
their surrender. fight took place,
which resulted in tho killing OF about
three hundred Indians and several OF
the soldiers, including Captain WAL
lace, with number OF wounded
Two Strike and his party, who were
c"mped on White Clay Creek, just be-
low Rcd Clouds house, opened fro on
tho agency from tho hilltops opposite
boarding school, wounding two soldiers.
Tho police returned tho fire, killing
two OF Two Strikes Indians and wound
ing two others. Two Strike and his
band have retrcated in uorthwestorly
direction from the agency, and it is sup
posed they are trying to mako thoir way
to tho Bad Lands.
Thus far Pine Ridge Indians have
taken no active part in the WAT. but Big
root Slow Bear, Kicking Bear and Two
Strike bands have been and are active
i'll the disturbances.
WOUNDED KNEE CREEK, Neb., Doc.
3o.-lSpccial Bright and early were
the troops up this morning At s O'Clock
they were ordered to be in readiness to
move. at that hour tho cavalry and
dismountcd troops wcro massed about
the Indian village, the Hotchkiss guns
ofcrlooking tho camp. not fifty yarns
No,
Indians TO come forward away from the
tents.
Inc came and sat in n half circle un-
til counted. Tho disnountod troops
wcro then thrown around Thorn. Com
pany Is, Captain Wallace, and Company
Is, Captain Varnum. Tho order wa.
then given to twcnty Indians to go and
get their guns. Upon returning 1t WAS
seen That only two guns were had. A
urtachmcnt At once began to search the
village, resulting in thirty-eight guns
being found.
AS this task was about completed, tho
Indians, surrounded 10y companies X
and Il. began to move. AN OF Il sudden
they threw thcir hands to the groL nd
and began i'rirg rapidly 1T tho troops
not twenty feet away. Tho troops were
AT IL great disadvantages, fearing shoot
ing OF their comrades. The Indian
men, women and children then ran to
the south, tho battery firing rapidly as
they ran.
Soon tho mounted troops were after
them, shooting them down on overy
sido Tho engagement lasted fully an
hour ana a-half. TO the south many
took refuge in II ravne, from which Il
was difficult to dislolge them. Il is cs-
timatod that the soldiers killed and
wounded number about fifty just now
IL is IN possible to state the exact NUM-
Der of dead Indians.
There arc many more than fiftv,
however. killed outright. The soldiers
are shooting the Indians down wherever
found no quarter being given by any
one.
Captain Wallace, X troop, Seventh
Crvalry, WAS killed, and Lieutenant
darlington, of Arctic fame, was shot
through the arm ut the elbow.
The troops arc still firing from the
camp and pursuing the enemy in every
direction
TO say that it was most daring feat
-l2O Indians attacking 500 cavalry
expresses the situation but family. 1t
could only havo been insanity which
prompted such deed. 1t Is doubted
that If before night either Il buck or q
squaw out OF all Big Foot's band will be
left to tell the talc OF this days treaoh-
cry. The members Of Seventh Cavalry
have onco more shown themselves to TO
heroes in deeds of daring. Single
handed conflicts wcrc seen all over tho
field.
The death of Captain Wallace causea
much regret. The poor follow met his
death by blow Oh the head from war
club.
The Seventh cavalry is tho regiment
the contingent OF which died around
Custer in 1878, and the fate OF some of
It's members now will have an effect on
the survivors which will not DO at all
friendly toward the hostilcs