Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-27
back to camp for company.

back to camp FOR company.
On reaching camp Capt Vaughn asked me to
do little interpreting for him from two In
dams. who were found by the same scoats. The
captain said to them: Ibid you all catch sight
Of the buffalo soldiers?'' The Indians call the
negro soldiers buffaloes. One of the Indians
spoke NJ, and said: "If we should have laid our
eyes on them we would have driven, them out
OF the country" There were q great many
teamsters standing around listening to the con-
versation, when they all broke into O roar of
laughter. The Indians looked very savage, but
l did not feel anyways afraid Of them at the
time. The name Of one of them was Wi-Ya-Ka-
Waste, which means in English Good Feather,
and the other was named Tu-We-Wi-ko-Ki-Pe-
mi, which is translated Afraid Of No-O One.
About that time the troops returned home
ward with Big Foot's band Si-Tau-Ka il the
Indian name of the noble Big Foot. But in
my opinion his feet were not any larger than
the general run Of Indians. But he has taken
a furlough to the happy hunting ground, from
which, / think, he will not return very soon.
You must not think he went alone, for he had
with him great many others. His wife did
not go when he did, but about one week later
she passed in her checks very quietly with a
wound in the left thigh, but very severe. She
had the pneumonia with the wound. 1t was q
very heavy burden for her to take, but could not
be helped, as the seventh cavalry wanted to get
even. They did not tell me that. but the way
they fought was enough to tell, and you can bet
l was in the fight and witnessed it all the way
through.
BIO FooT's BAND.
started to tell you about them coming
in camp. They came in that evening and
camped only across the road from the troops
camp and the soldiers divided up their bedding
with some Of the Indians that night. In the
meantime two soldiers and a scout made their
way for the said agency, where they had the
rest OF their company Of troops to come for
help If there should be any trouble, as they
were talking OF taking the guns away from tie
Indians and told them they were going to issue
them to them tomorrow.
On the morning of the battle rose early and
said to one of my friends that 81 will stay until
You all go in and 60 with you all for company"
but at $50 the ball began to roll. and they did
roll for awhile-1 mean cannon balls.
Then soldiers began to search the village
and take the guns. They proceeded
very nicely and quiet going through the
village, but when they got through collecting
guns from the squaws and came back into the
proposed to search the men. There were about
twenty-one on one side who gave up their
guns very peacefully.
THE FIRING.
When the soldiers stepped over to the next
gang and began to disarm them there was
young man by the name Of His Dog, who had
gun and objected to give it up. He had been
quite intimate with the medicine man. When
Ills Dog. refused to give up he fired shot.
Then all of the rest Of the Indians fired a
volley before the soldiers did anything.
Then some of them said, 'Look out!'
several times Then one buck, with painted
ghost shirt on, shot and Capt. Wallace staggered
back. BY that time an Indian came up behind
him, and taking from his hand war club and
struck him several blows on the Uranium until
he fell dead on the ground, but that fellow got
L plugged Vpr fha inn he
hit the captain. Friends. don't say that from
hearsay, but l was in the center Of the fight
without any arms to fight with, except q belt
full OF cartridges. Well, shan't put anything
OF my particulars, as l am all right, but God
was the one who saved me, or at least have
that idea.
AFTER CAPT. VILLAGES DEATH.
When they killed Capt. Wallace they did not
cease shooting. but became all the worse. ]
heard man, whom after the battle found out
was Lieut.. Nicholson, say two or three times
Don't shoot squaws, - and after that several
others repeated the same words. In my judg-
ment. though it could not be helped. as a deep
ravine ran on one side of the battle-ground
with the HotchAiss guns pouring straight into
the men who were at it and it was SO close that
the squaws could not be helped. In those
twenty-one who first came out were some Of
our Ogallalla Sioux. l am acquainted with
some OF them. One is named Carol Hartman,
aged sixteen years, badly wounded in left arm
and thigh. He lives on Wounded Knee creek,
a good young man. Last fall the rule came for
them to cnt the hair of the boys that attended
school He was a day school scholar and had
been in our boarding school at the agency.
His father comes to rec him and is very sorry
for his sons misfortune, but he told me that
the boy deserved what he received, because he
would not listen to. him and ran off from home
to keep from getting his hair cut.
- leila VEsPCCIA.