The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-09
MURDERED BY AN INDIAN.

Lieutenant Casey Trcacherously Killed
y by u Hostile Enthusiastically Warm
ing Unheedet-Red Cloud Leaves tho
Savage Camp.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, s. D., Jan. s.
Through the biting winds that swept
ouer the buttes lust night there rode a
courier on afoam-flecked pony bearing
startling message from General
Brooke To General Miles. The mes
miles OF hostile country told OF the
assassination OF Lieutenant Casey in
command Of tho Cheyenne scouts, and
one Of the r1ost popular young officers
In the army. The report caused
tremendous sensation among the Off
eeas. General Miles, who was an
ardent admirer OF the dashing Lieut.
tenant, paced up and down his room,
only stopping now and then to give
expression to his anger, which was
plainly bitter and lasting.
There was postscript to the mes
cage which told OF heavy firing in the
direction of the hostile camp. IL was
not until nearly morning that details
of the murder of Lieutenant Casey
were received hore. A furious blizzard
was raging when Iankton Charlie, an
( Ogalalla scout, dashed his horse into
the trail lending to General Miles
headquarters. lanktoH Charlie had
long aud interesting story to tell.
lieutenant Casey, who was attached
to the Twenty-second Infantry. and
was In command of large body OF
Cheyenne scouts. left General Brooke
yesterday morning to recOnnoitre In
the direction of the big hostile village
on White Clay Creek near White River.
He was accompanied by one of his
scouts. Before the Lieutenant started
he was cautioned by General Brooke
not TO go too near the sayages, who
were said to he holding dance. After
riding eight miles, Lieutenant Casey
came upon the village. His coming
was noticed by IN Ogalalla and a
Brule. The Ogalalla, who was not so
fanatlcal as his Rosebud companion,
dashed into the village and told Red
Cloud that an army officer was conf
ing.
The camp was in commotion in an
instant. Rcd Cloud, who has claimed
that he was held prisoner by ghost
dances sent Jack Richards back to
Lieutenant Casey to warn the officer of
his peril II he remained near the viii
lage Richards, who is IA French half
breed, was i'll the camp at the time to
rescue his family, who are held prls-
oners.
SHOT by TREACHERoUs FOE.
Richards gallopcd back TO Lieuten
ant Casey and delivered Red Clouds
warming. The Ogalalla picket and the
Brule followed on horses. When tie
three horsemcn reached Casey, the
0galalla,. speaking in Sioux, also
warned the officer that the Brltle had a
black heart The Lieutenant thanked
Richards and the Ogalalla, but said he
wanted to go TO the top of a tall neigh
boriug butte and take one peep at the
great village of hostiles. lie had
reached the crest OF the hill when the
Brule raised his gun TO lire.
The Ogalalla, IL is said. lcapcd upon
him, wrenched the gun from his grasp
and withdrew the charge Then he
handed the weapon back TO the ghost
dancer, begging him at the same time
not to fire on the officer. The Brule
dashed away few yards, reached his
rifle, and then circllng around Lleuten-
ant casey and singing all The time,
suddenly leyelled the weapon al the
officer and fired. The bullet struck
the Lieutenant in the back of the
head and came out of his forehead
He died almost instantly.
sttiTINY AMONG THE HosrILEs.
After Lieutenant Gettyhad recovered
the body OF Lieutenant Casey a inu-
tiny broke out in the hostile camp.
The OEalallas, under the leadership of
old Red Cloud, denounced the assns-
6ination and predicted swift and mer-
cllesS vengeance from the soldiers.
They also renewed their threats OF re-
turning to the agency and surrender
ing to General Miles. The Hrnles, the
Uneapapas and tlse AnnktonaiSe ghost
Ogalallas towards and Threatened to
kill them and their families II they at
tempted to break away. Red Cloud
and his men werc either heartily dis
gusted or badly scared, for they at
once set to work TO make their escape.
A wagon WAS hitched to two horses
about two miles from the village, and
Into this vehicle Red Cloud and his
wife were told to scramble and make
for the agency during the night. II
was nearly midnight when old Red
Cloud and twenty members of his
family made dash from the village.
The ghost dancers set up II howl aud
began circlmg and singing. Then they
started furious fusilade at the ground
and over the heads of the Ogalallas,
who were making dash to tho south.
They did not fire at the fugitives owing
TO their 10 destroy mcni-
bers OF their own tribe.
II Yes. an all-night ride for Rcd Cloud
ana his little band, and IL was terri
BILE ride, too. A blizzard came up In
all its fury, and the cold was intense
But the Ogalalas kept humping along
and at sunrise this morning they were
at the agency. The first thing Red
Cloud did was TO go to sleep. WheT
he awoke he went to General Miles
headquarters for a pow-wow. He was
accompanied by his big family.
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