The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-14
Vanity OF FULL COMMUNICATION
the Secretary of War sustaihs f"''S
Col. Fors, the's Management
of His Men at Wounded
Knee.
sherman Still Very Sick-At
/ O'clock this Morning He is
Reported rs Being
Asleep.

8YYtFAsH1NeToN, Feb. 10. The secretary
I&gSwar this afternoon made public thu
issuit of the Investigation Of the battle
Il Wounded Knee and Col. Forsythe's
l3nduct on that occasion. In indorsing
tyee scores Col. t'orsythe IN Il merclless
RS5hsper. He accuses Gel. Forsythe of
IgGflecr of duty, disobedience OF orders,
ISsXeral incompetence, and lack of judg-
i(6N Z and discretion.
IA y Schofield, in indorsing the report,
20xthe interests Of the service do not
~sand a continuance of Col Forsy he's
4 y yepsion, and states the record Of the
IM3fSdfft shows that great care was taken ty
0flcers and enlisted men OF the
|2yfnth cavalry, and that, in his ludg-
1sxt. the .conduct of the regiment was
worthy of the cnmm"ndati"n be-
Ned upo it by me IN my first tile
H123sl after the engagement" The sec
Of war reviews the evidence taken
VI length, and in conclusion sus-
fully Col. Forsythe's management
! men. The president sustains See
Proctor In his decision.
h1NaToN, Feb. 12.-ln course OF
TIERS Secretary Proctor says:"Notl
3nstrates madness of the outbreak
E8hun the fuct that the Indians first
Nv 10 directed that every shot that
81 hit IA soldier must have gone
Il their W village. There is lit
i'll but what the first killing of
and child en- was by this first fire
indians themselves. They then
j1ESiald22SSx rush to break through and around
121ssnks of troop X, commanded by the
'5f21E fiSk captain Wallace, and reach their
ri ~ where many of them had left
*&ftns with squaws, and they CON
3Ipue6 Bring from among their "
Jw6fhe& aud children, and when they
IstStf&6 rom their camp their women and
INkilS1HSN swere mingled with them. Tue
sw1rn41n md children were never away
Sft1aaISS0Je Immediate vicinity of the com
pahySS6N men after the latter broke rom
~ Gflels. Many of the men and women
Ra1d4i56SG34 their ponies and it islmpossible tt
Sdfn&a1 12&tsh Il buck from asquaw at IA lit
at3 nee when mounted. The mrr
Gbin among the ome and child
Y %1l 4eJ&keir retreat.
s sS asfzx&ttDns were repeadly gwen by boil
Sand commissioned Officers
n q 3SSukspt squaws or children, and thu
4 e cautioned individually tina
4 III such Indians were squaws
4ll*&ng by the troops was entirely dl
#4pil1 the men in the circle and in
opposite from the tepees unit
16djaus, after their break, mingled
heir women and children, thus ex
n them to the fire of the troops, ant
E8Opsequence, some were unavolda
1Ryited and wounded, Il fact which wa
%efsally regretted by the officers an
Enf the Seventh cavalry. This TN
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NAV tney mighI not ehoangtr ihe l'vfs !
&3heir comrades, but Major Kent and Gu
&1ain Baldwin concur ia finding that til
.y;d.nca fails IN astah,;sh thut n sing
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man Vi .o'. r"F'sy'he o"''''""o w
1 Killed or wounded by his followers.
This fact. and, indeed, the conduct
Eho,, ,,8oors aud mo, thr .n,b the WIN
Il wv ~ S..,.r,
aHalr aemohs'rates eAeeeu'hs'y sa''s'a
II torily the state of discipline In Il
HI Seventh cavalry. Their behavior W
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