The sun., 1891-01-09
KILLED BY A SIOUX BRAVE.
,,xur CASEY snor DEAD NEAR rHE
cIxp OF THE HoST1LBS

,,xur. CASEY sHor DEAD xszh THE
cIxp OF THE HoST1LB&
60. with the Indians He
Wisss S,.h,. eupshot-Sevensy Fersons
~. HestIie CaMp surreuder-A
or the Situation In tho Field.
p,,or AGENCY. via Rushville. Eeb.. Jan.
rMs ,.,oh ,be biting wind that swept over
~. la, night there rode courier on
tns s..s Al pony bearing startling message
iosm n"a brooke to Gen. Miles. 1t was
Itoi vh.n tho courier dashed up to head.
oeIo, ,,.r. The message he had carried through
.N.ntv miles OF hostile country told OF the as.
s"s.,n.tlon OF Lieut. Casey, In command OF
Ch.,enpo scouts. and one OF the most
". ,iar Young officers in the army. The
ps.. poo c.used tremendous sensation among
~. of,c.rs. Con. Miles. who was an ardent
'4,v,i,oy 'Is of the dashing Lieutenant. paced up
"a aoxn his room only stopping now and
AZ, n rive expression 10 his anger. which
Wv" ,,,s,nlv bitter and lasting. There was
r,.,script 10 the message, which told OF heavy
s,ino In tho direction OF tho hostile CAMP 1t
"a. mot until early morning that details OF the
,,urder OF Lieut.. Casey were received hore.
A furious blizzard was raging when sehkton
charlie. an Ogallala scout, dashed mis- morse
into tho trail leading to Gen. Mies's headauar-
tara. Yankton Charlie had long anu inter-
ssting story to te'i.
n. second Infantry. and was IN command OF
i.r,s body OF Cheyenne scouts. left Gen.
Brooke yesterday morning to reconnoitrs IN
,hs direction of the bi. hostile village on White
c,sv Crock, near the White River. He was &C.
.onnanled by one Of his scouts Before tho
I,.ut,nant started ne was cautioned BY Gen.
prooke not to 20 too near the savages, who were
aid to be holding u dance. After riding eight
mil.s Lieut.. Casey came upon tho village. His
coming was noticed by an Ogallala and
nrue. The Ogallala. who was not so fanatical
A. his Rosebud companion. dashed into tho
vi,,are and told Rcd Cloud that an army officer
vas coming The camp was In commotion In
An Instant
Red Cloud sent Jack Richards back to Lieut..
Casey 10 warn tho olIicer Of his peril IL he re-
maiped near the village. Richards. who Is a
French halt breed was In camp at tho time TO
rescue his family. who are hold prisoners.
Richards ealloped back to Lieut. Casey
and delivered Red Clouds warning. The
Ogallsla picket and tho Bruls fol-
lowed on horses. The Brule is Grip
p)e and Is said to be son-in.law
Of Lmping Bear Of Rosebud agency. When
the three horsemen reached Casey the Ogal-
lsla speaking in Sioux also. warned the officer
that tho Brule hal black heart. The Lieu-
snant thanked Richards and the Ogallala,
but said he wanted TO 20 to the top OF q tall
neighboring butte and take one peep at the
great village of hostiles. which Is pitched in a
sort OF ravine.
He had reached the crest Of the hill when
tho Brule raised his gun I'd fire. The Ogallala,
It 10 said. leaped upon him. wrenched the gun
from his grasp, and withdrew the charge.
Then he handed tho weapon back to tho ghost
dancer, begging him at the same time not to
fro on tho oficsr. The Brule dashed away a
few yards. reached his rife. and then circliDe
around Lieut. Casey and singing all the time
suddenly leveled the weapon at the officer
and hrsd. The bullet struck the Lieutenant in
tho back OF the head and came out OF his FORE
hssd. He died almost instantly.
q. The assassination caused tremendous excite
msnt Ia camp. ITO Osslia;as o. Tlns E::.ks
Indians wsre angry at the murder and threat
snsd TO leave the village in body. Old Red
Cloud and party Of his mon went to recover
tho body and save 1t from mutiation. Mean
time Richards was galloping furiously to Gen.
Brooke's command. where he brought the first
Intelligence Of the cowardly murder.
LA0ut. OllSys Will - AOdSy OCtoCuH0uL VI LuO
Ninth Cavalry. started out at once to get the
body. They found 1t in charge OF the ORalla-
la. who readily turned it over to the
soldiers. There had been no mutilation.
The body was taken to Gen. Brooke's head
quarters ard then to Oslrichs. where it will be
sent on the railroad to the officers late home.
Lieut.. Casey was a Southerner. about 40
years old. and was one OF the best known SOL
diers In the West. After Lieut.. City had re-
covered the body Of Lieut.. Casey a mutiny
sISSS ont ~ in r. hostile osmn Ths
Soldiers sss!'ssi They also 'e"sssRsdd rensWed
to rhs hs sTsss ssspsy fns I'D
Uncspapas. and tho Yanktonaise ghost dane
srs who number 1910. called the Ogallalas
families II they attempted to break away. Red
esied a, or 6HiIy scared for they at once set to
Two horses were hitched to a wagon about
WS SeIs niSs nsS nS from The village and Into this W
aud make Tor ,hc agency during the nirht.
b sSon, ,,e,rnsl: when Old i led H'.t Cloud and and
sdash from the Village. The ab"st 3aneers
sln ss.s up howl and began circi.ng and singing
s,o' ssn at 'hSs 1. s1SId 'urou. rnc but dd
nsts to destroy mead ,bers 81 their own tribe
NJ Was an allnI lit nd, Tor Hod Cloud and
III iltlie band. and II was terrible ride. zoo
IN IN n',.Eard zane up in all Its Jury. and the
S@Um @ vas intense. But tho Ogallnlns kapt
Iumpng along, md ut sunrise this morninG
Ih.y We. o at tile agency
Iue Efst thing led Cloud did WAS TO 40 ia
S,aen. Mhen ne awok0 ho went to Gen, Miles q
nesdnparlers for now WOW. lie wns aeon.
panied y his big family. At one tina dnrino
ths night He'd Cloud and his family hid in q
hs prulss While they we're under coysi
!esy heard q furious battle raging betWeen
yne oRaialas WHO we're loft behind aud the
nIules The report Of this battle has been
ssNHhIhrned by scouts. who have hecn coming HI
asy' put there are no details as 10 casuaIties
,:.. Ssck Ned Clouds squaw nccompanied The
cssH o. refugees She said that the families
WTl the He'd Clouds stole away late at night
Hoa mat they had suffered terribly from ex
ESshre, JACK, however rema ineu behind Will
ttSe tSe nostiles. he Is a young daredevil WIthou
SS sense o. his father and II is probabie b,
VII stay with the Brules. A'
i ei tneie WAS more nrng last night along tn.
nSiSes sSiSes OF huttes aboutthe agency. About mid
~S'sstt neop!e were startled BY five shot
TS.Snn TSSn seemed to come from the northen t
dSISsy Old no damage. But this harasslnl
'sHhS recalls American Horses story
i's were sending men to the agenc,
~ ms ones aud twos for the purbos