Telegram-herald., 1890-12-31

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vising prisoners ts> srperts t~ensy-
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Ihzou9h Che sse&ehsry ~ Big Feat the
cid camp ~ Wou1des knss WAS ca Nsa-
day lnerainx Ne sesns Of desperate
b1ttie, IN wAish seven soldiefs and six-
seeo in1inns we're killed Among the
seldisrs who rseeirei mortal wounds
ys1 Captain y2liaee, commanding
rrsop & - the Seventh Cavalry. whose
Bnen were detailed by Colonel fsrsy the
- dis1rn - captured sioux- During
- neree hxht, which lasted ten min
vtM IL indiana tried 90 escape north
Nsee1woxa, bat those who were spt shot
d0wn wsfs recaptared and are now be-
hs brought - this agency. whsss they
vii arrive about noon to-day.
hunst4y >ftarnooa Mzjor whitsside
ssh across Big Fcot's band Of $50
braves. Major whifrssde demanded
an Unconditional Immediate Surrender.
TO this Big Foot asssnted and the
Indians peaeeahiy gave up The
Indians. over fe3 in nurahss. in
ctud1ns the women and chill
dren were surrounded by two
baEtalions ef the seventh Cavalry and
moved downs 10 P,int on the Wounded
Knee. where Preparations were made
60 spend ths night. In the
suorning. after consultation with
his officers, Major Whiteside or
d>red Coloael Forsythe To disarn the
Indians. Big Foot professsd undying
friendship for the fsoyernusent, but in
sisted that he had been promised to be
allowed 10 rstain his Ninshesters- His
demurrer. however, went UNDECIDED,
and Troop X marched out 10 begin the
work OF disarmlng the hostiles- BY
twenties they were ordered to give up
their arms.
The first twenty went To their tents
and came back with only two guns
This irritsted Major whiteside, who
waS experimenting this part of the
work. Afsera hasty consultation with
General Forsythe he gave the order for
The cavalrymen. who were all dis
mounted and formed in almost a
square about twenty-five PAGES back,
to close Ia They did so and took
. stand within twenty feet of the In
dizns now In their center. When this
was done . detachment of cavalrymen
ofoot was sent 10 search the tepees.
About sixty guns were found, but while
this work wz& going on the warriors
held an incsntation powwow. The
tepsss having been gone through an
prder was given TO search the warriors.
All thought of trouble was evidently
wholly out of mind with the soldiers
About dozen of the warriors had bee n
searched when, like fash. all the rest
a. them jerked guns from under their
blankets and began pouring bullets
INTO the ranks of the soldiers who
3 few minutes before had moyed
np within almost gun length.
Those Indians who had no guns
rushed on to the soldiers with toma-
hawk In one hand and scalping knife
IN ths other. Their first volley was al
most - one man. so that they must
have fred one hundred shots before the
soldiers fred one. but how they were
slaughtered after their frst volley.
Some, however, succeeded in getting
through the lines and away 10 the small
hills 70 the southwest The firing
Jzstsd half an hour.
Captain Wallace was killed at the
6rst Ore snd Lieutenant Darlington
was shot through the left yrm- Seven
pxivates were killed and fifteen others
wounded The list of killed and
wounded soldiers, so far as can now be
axcsrfaiaed. IA rs follows:
Killed: Captain wallacs Commander of X
{soop, Privass Cook, troop Wounded:
YstsT Crafts. Catholic pyiest. mortzliy
wonadsd; Private Frsak Lewis. troop. Pri
vass Stone; Private salhvan, X troop; g. =.
enisa. X sroop: Corporal Clifton. X troop;
pavts, Rosewood, Toeheg Lieutenant Gar
Hnxssu. esrgesns Lisyd. Interpreter p. F..
Wells. Lseuscnzcs Einxie. frampetsr James
choedenssu mortaly. Sergeant Cameh. Prt
vase zestcs. 4 troop, Sergeant Dyer Hocun
Gar. George Eliot. X trcsp; Sergeant Ward
troop: Sergeant Hotchdss. nostsily; Hipp
A. ceoR- sroop: Private Adams. troop
corpsrss Nsvsn. s<ocp.
This is only . partial list About a
dozen more - reported lying rs il
dead. but no more officers are killed,
while swenty Ave or more are wounded
Many Of the wounded win die Captain
Wallace wac tomshawked squsrely in
the head Lieutenant Kinzie received
but slight wound in the cord ef the
nn<fe.
tcaptsn s-orzs .. Wsllscs Vas born :,
ssufa esro.ins s"ne ~. ss sssaas. r.. !.
e. 80 sslx~s as s.ssms sseend rsep,sr
an. AZ tss Seventh Cavalry Juse a 1874. ans