The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-01-16
LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1e 1891.
Gnrrrnt RemB.
A FIGHT WITH INDIANS.


clar1ss eristic Piece of Rsdsiin Treach-
cry.
The Indians In Dakota who had re-
treated 10 the Bad Lands to await the
coming OF thel promised rehabilitation
In the spring have practically all sur
rendered.
When Big Foot's band were overLaken
by Major Whiteslde's cavalry on upper
! Wounded Knee creek, Dec. %, they pro-
fessed a desire TO surrender and came
forward, wrapped Ia their blankets. and
sat down, surrounded by the troops.
Suddenly the Indians threw of their
blankets and rose, rifles In hand. and
began firing on the soldiers at close
range. The soldiers soon returned their
lire aAd the Indians ran, pursued by the
soldiers. Who shot them down as they
ran. They were soon scattered and hid
den in the rough lands. but the soldiers
kept up their hunt as long as a live red
skin could be found
IL Is reported that 1i6 dead Indians
and forty dead squaws were found. The
squaws ran about with scalping knives
during the fight, killing wounded soldiers.
ptain Wallace, twenty-five men OF
Seventh Cavalry and one indian scout
were killed; Lieutenant Darlington.
Seventh Cavalry; Lieute:.ant Hawthorne,
Second Artillery, ana thirty-eight men
were wounded. many of the wounds
being severe. Hospital Steward Pollock
was killed.
The same day, while the seventh and
ninth cavalry were returning from the
scene of the fight a band of Indians
under Two Strike, who had broken away
from Pine Ridge agency when they heard
OF the lighting. attacked the wagon train
which was following the cavalry. The
troops turned beck and killed thirty OF
them. One eoldler was killed and two
wounded. That any of the attacking
Indians escaped alive is doubted.
At latest accounts there were believed
70 be 1000 hostiles in the Bad Lands and
General Miles had them surrounded and
was parleying with them with view to
their peaceful surrender and the yielding
up OF their arms.
Jan. the iiostiles lay, sullen and ugly,
apparently fully determined ON war, as
on the day previous when a messenger
took them a letter from Miles summon
| ing them 10 a conference they tore 1t
up and replied: We want no treaty !;
we came here to fight" Miles was con-
eentratIng all available forces in a corr
don around the Indians. to prevent IL
possible, the escape of maraudlng bands.
Father Craft, a Catholic missionary
who vas thought to have been fatally
stabbed on the Wounded Knee. is re-
covering. He explains the situation as
it has been explained in these columns.
He says: General Crook brought them
hope in their despair. His death, they
felt, was their death-blow. The reduction
of rations increased their fears 1t Is
not 70 be wondered at that they believed
n the messiah. Interested whites took
advantage of this state of affairs and
howled for troops. The army Indignantly
protested against the false statements.
but had TO go to the seen of supposed
danger. The interested whites persuaded
the Indians that their entire destruction
was aimed at, and the Indians ran away
in fear and despair. Jutz calined them
and brought them back TO the agency,
and the kindness of General Brooke con-
vinced them OF their safety. The Gen.
erals plan to send Indians after those
still out was good. and would have sue
eeeded IL the General were left alone
Just as tree can be traced from its
smallest branch TO its root, so can the
Indian troubles be traced to the starva-
tion and misery of the Indians" In
conclusion Father Craft arraigns Com
missioner Morgan In severe terms.
The three companies of the first in
fantry who went a few weeks ago from
San Francisco have been sent to the
front. The Nebraska National Guard Is
also on active duty.