Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-01-01
SPECIAL REPORT.
The Omaha Bees Report of the In
dian Rising.
WEAPONS CONCEALED IN BLANKETS.
The Soldiers Shot Down-SOme TOma-
hawked - Captain waIIace's Death -
Father Crafts MortaIly Wounded
Partial List of Victims.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 3O.-The. Bee has
the following from its staff CORE
spOndent.
CANYON WoUSDED-KSEE-CRE ).
D., Dec. 20, via Nashville, Neb.-The
remaining four troops of the Seventh
cavalry arrived from Pine Ridge agency
at Q o'clock last night. At s this morn
ing General Forsythe issued orders to
have the $50 male Indians who had
been prisoners called from the tepees,
saying he wanted to talk to them. They
obeyed slowly and sullenly and ranged
In a semi-circle in front of the tent
where Big Foot, their chief, lay sick
with pneumonia.
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 irritated Major White
side, who was experimenting this
part of the work. After a hasty
consultation with General Forsythe he
gave the order for the cavalrymen, who
were al dismounted and formed in al
most a square about twenty-five PAGES
back, to close In. They did so and took
stand within twenty feet of the In
dians, now in their center. When this
was done detachment of cavalrymen
atOOt were sent to search the tepees.
About sixty guns were found, but while
this work was going on the warriors
held an incarnation powwow.
The tepees having been gone through
an order was given to search the war
riors. All thought of trouble was evil
IDENTIFY wholly out of mind with the
soldiers.
About a dozen of the warriors had
been searched when like fash all of
the rest of them jerked guns from I'M
der their blankets and began pouring
bullets into the ranks of the soldiers
who few minutes before had moved
up within almost gun length. Those
Indians who had no guns rushed on the
soldiers, tomahawk in one hand and
scalping knife in the other. 1t was de-
moniacal, hellishly, horrible rush.
With General Forsythe and Major
Whiteside I stood when the firing
started, within touching distance of
the death dealing devils. The only
thing that saved all three of us from in
slant death was that the IndMns had
their backs turned to us when they be-
gan firing. Their first volley was fired
almost as one man, so that they must
have fired 100 shots before the soldiers
fred one.
But, o, how they were slaughtered
after their first volley! Some, however,
succeeded in getting away to the small
hills to the southwest. The fight lasted
words l hear that Hotchlliss pouring
shots into the gulleys to the north
where a few of the devils have taken
refuge.
The list of killed and wounded sol
diers, so far as we can now ascertain, is
as follows:
Captain Wallace, commander of K
troop.
Private Cook. b troop, wounded.
Father Crafts. Catholic priest. NOR
tally wounded in lungs.
Private Frank Lewis, b troop.
Private Stone, X troop.
Private Sullivan. X troop.
s. +. Smith. X troop
Corporal Clinton, X troop.
The wounded were: Davis, Halle
wood, TOohey. Lieutenant Darlington.
Sergeant Lloyd, Interpreter p. p. ELS,
Lieutenant Kinsie, Trumpeter James c.
Holdenson, mOrtally; Sergeant CAMEL,
Private Seller. \ troop: Sergeant Dyer,
IL. o. Duncan, Private Elliott. X troop;
Sergeant Ward, b troop: Sergeant
Hotchkiss, - troop, mortally; Hipp A.
Cook, / troop; Private Adams. X
troop: Corporal Newell. troop. This
is only partial list About dozen
more are reported seen lying as if dead,
but no more officers were killed While
twenty-five or more are wounded, many
of the wounded will die.
Captain Wallace was tomahawI1ed
squarely in the forehead. Lieutenant
Kinsie received but slight wound in
the ankle. Army surgeons, Captain
HOf, Lieutenant Kenna and Captain
Ewing are caring for the wounded