The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-01-03
General Miles Says BE Has Had .
Sufficient Number of Troops
at His Command.
Red Cloud and Other Chiefs Have
Joined Their Brethren for the
Last Great Fight.
Number of Dead Soldiers, 3O-116
Dead Bucks-4O or so Dead
>squaws and Children.
A Number Of the Wounded Dying.

OMAHA, Dec. 31.-A Bee special from
Pine Ridge agency, 5. d., says: Lieuten-
ant Herman Knanlzerg, Company A, Sew
enth cavalry, who was shot in the arm
and side at Wounded Knee, died last night.
Several others are nearing deaths door,
although most of the wounded are doing
as we'll as could be expected. Francis
Schett, troop &, Seventh cavalry, is the
name of the other soldier killed yesterday
in the battle that took place six miles west
of here. The Episcopal church has been
turned into a hospital, and this morning it
contains thirty-eight of the hostile Indians,
wounded and captured at Wounded Knee.
Most OF them are squaws and a majority
will die. In addition to Carr's command,
the Seventeenth infantry and all the caval-
ry at Rosebud will be here.
RANCHERs KILLED.
OMAHA, Dec. 3l.-General Miles left
Chadron at 4 a. n. for Pine Ridge, with a
large force of cavalry. 1t is reported that
the ranches IN White river have been pill
LACED, horses stolen and cattle killed. John
Dyer, chief herder of the government herd,
has abandoned his herd. Three ranchers
are reported killed on White river. The
Catholic mission near Chadr0n was burned
by Indians this morning. General Brooke
ordered a detachment there to guard the
town. 1t is now showing or the reserva-
ton and a blizzard IS setting in. Ranchers
are leaving their homes n tiocking into
Chadron. The loss of life and property is
great. Three thousand Indians are said t
have broken away from the agency and to
have gone on the warpath.
INTERMENT OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-At army headquar-
ters here tonight it was understood that
the bodies of the soldiers slain in the
Wounded Knee battle were buried at Pine
Ridge to-day. Details of the obsequies
had not been received at $50 p. %. nor had
any particulars OF the fighting near the
agency yet arrived. The arduous services
of troops and watchfulness required of all
hands in Pine Ridge must, it is surmised,
have rendered interment this bleak wintry
day one of touching brevity and absence
Of ceremony.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF TROOPS
CHICAGO, Dec. Yl.-Assistant Adju-
tant General Corbin, speaking to-day of the
Indian war, said: "The troops are behaving
s%plendidly. 1 am in hopes of hearing good
news soon. You may say General Miles
reports he had a sufficient number Of
troops at his command at all points. l see
some of the newspaper dispatches hint
at the contrary"
HOsTILEs PREPARING FOR THE LAST
GREAT FIGHT.
OMAHA, Dec. 31.-A Bee special from
Nashville, Neb., says: Fears were ex-
pressed in advices received this morning
and have been realized. Chief Two Strike
and a large body of his followers left the
agency during the day and started either
for the Bad Lands or a point near Rosebud
agency. 1t is not definitely known which.
Word has been sent to the commander Of
troops at Rosebud to try and intercept the
band. Other OBJECTIONS are momentarily
expected, so much so that n we'll up in
authority says that by morning he does
not expect to see q single hostile remain
ing at Pine Ridge. That includes now
nearly every able.bodied Indian except the
police. Some few Cheyennes and scouts,
Red Cloud and all lesser chiefs, except
American Horse, h%avesjoined their breth-
rem for the last great fight. The storm
still RACES and gives every advantage to
the Indians, either for fighting or escaping
to some safe retreat. The end is not yet.
FRIENDLY INDIANS TURNING HOSTILE.
OMAHA, Dec. STA special to the Bee
from Nashville says: A binding snow
storm, which Is fast assuming the proper.
lions Of . blizzard, has been raging here
and at the agency since . O'clock this
morning. Advices are that . desultory
fight was kept up nearly all night At the
late battlefield within q few miles Of the
agency until, by reaso of the suspicious
actions Of alleged friendly Indians in camp
near the agency, the troops we're called
from the field. It transpired yesterday
evening that q large camp Of friendly In
dams located south Of the agency is made
up almost entirely Of old men, squsws and
children. The question on every hand Is:
What has become Of the supposedly large