Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-11
THE FINAL HEARING.
Another Conference With the Indiana as the
COMMISSIONER Once
TIKI STORY OF THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KyRE
TOLD Br AMERICAN HoRsE AND REV. MR.. COOK
The RED MEN DoS'r WANT TO Owe Up rHIkR
ARMS.

TOLD Br AMERICAN HoRsE AND REV Mr. COOK
THE RED MEN DON'T WANT TO GIVE Up rHIkR
ARMS.
The final conference Of the Sioux Indians
with Indian Commissioner Morgan was held
this morning. Tomorrow the Indians will see
the President. On FRIDAY they will 60 to Phila-
delphia and be present at public meeting TO be
held there, and then the Indians will go to
Carlisle, Pa, thence home. The conference
this morning was mainly devoted to an account
Of the now famous battle Of Wounded Knee.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE
Turning Hawk gave the principal description
and was succeeded at times by American
Horse, Big Road. White Bird and Rev Mr..
Cook. In his narrative Turning Hawk gave q
graphic picture Of the pursuit by the soldiers
of the unarmed women and children
and their shooting them down in cold blood
One case he cited was that of a woman and
child who were killed by single bullet pene-
trating both mother and child while they were
fleeing. Women. he said. were shot while
said that after the firing began the
men separated from the women and
children. the latter fleeing for safety. They
were unarmed but the soldiers pursued them
and shot them down without mercy when they
came near enough.
Kew Nh COOK STORY.
Rev. Mr.. Cook, the half breed. who is an
Episcopal minister at Pine Ridge. said: Much
has been said about the good spirit with which
the members @: the seventh cavalry wen, to
that scene of action. 1t has been said that the
desire to avengc Clusters death was entirely
absent from their minds.
In coming toward Chicago i'm company with
Gen. Miles talked with one of his own scouts
who was almost killed because he was COM
Tr,.I ha.,,
by the men whom he tried to serve and help.
he told me that after he recovered
from his flight and succeeded in get
ting among the soldiers after they
all got in from killing the Indians, an
officer of high rank. he did not know who. came
to him and said with much gluttonous thought
IN his voice: Now We have avenged Casters
death. and this scout said to him: ''Yes but Won
mad every chance to fight for your lives that
DAY. These poor Indian people did not have
that opportunity TO protect and fight for them
selves Ii that is an indication of the spirit of
number of the men in that company am
sure the seventh cavalry cannot be free from
any charge Of going there with the kindest of
motives, simply to bring these poor people
back.
In addition to that this same scout said to me:
Il went to the hillaide and there I saw young
woman about twenty-three or twenty-four years
old lying apparently dead. / stood over her
and as l was looking into her face saw
opened her eyes and looked at me.
and l said to her: Are YOU dy-
ing!' and she said she was very severely
wounded, but she wonld not die" tie jumped
from his horse; and her horse, which was stand
ing near by, had a number of blankets. &c.
upon the saddle. He took down two
quilts and rolled her up very carefully
IN them and then brought her into the
place where the wounded were being brought
together and l am going TO say this with all
nn1n I H.. -
how to regard the delicate minds Of these good
ladies who are friends. l am sure of the
Indians but must tell the story.
A soldier went to this poor wounded girl and
offered her shining silver dollar SO that he
might crafty his appetite with her and this
upon this soldier and kicked him over and over
with his boots, and he was SO sympathized with
by an officer near by that he said 70 him John.
II you have gun shoot the soldier, kill him.
think these two instances are sad COM
mentary upon your army.
AMERICAN HORSE on GIVING UP THEIR ARMS.
American Horse in answer to a question by
the commissioner said that SO far as he knew
the Indians at the reservation now are not
| well armed. As far as his own people were
concerned he felt sure that if the COM
missioner should ask to have all the
arms given up to the government that
his request would be promptly complied with
He did not think. however, that it would be
safe for the Indians to part with
by lawless set who would take advant-
age of their defenseless condition and
commit acts of depreciation, if not of violence.
| upon them. He did not think that there
was any danger of an uprising among
the younger Indians in the spring. They
had no enemy to fight. Tribes that
were formerly enemies had become their
friends. and If there was any general move
ment among them in the spring it would only
be peaceful visit of members of one tribe to
another. He thought that the recent out
break was hastily gotten up and not
the result of elaboration among the
Indians. He said that he had served his gov
| eminent and people for many years as an ad-
wiser without compensation and he now de-
sired to resign and devote himself hence
S iGF'n family to gaming Mo,s competence S for
that he had no power to accept his resignation
as chief. During these remarks the Indians in
Dictated their displeasure by various grunts 1t
was evident that what he said was not very
palatable to his associates.
| SPOTTED HORSE DESCRIBES THE GHOST DANCE
| Spotted Horse in describing the ghost dance
| in which he admitted he took part, said that all
the Indians joined hands and formed
circle. They took of all the rings
| from their fingers to show God that
| they had nothing to eat. They also closed
| their eyes as if in a dream and looked neither
to the right nor the left, SO that God
might see how weak and powerles they
| were. The Indians believed that the
| dance was a religion and that they thought it
was no harm to dance and pray to God. Never
| have We thought that the dance was wrong
and that TO good would come from it.
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