The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-08
THE INDIAN WAR.
INFORMATION OF THE BATTLE
WITH THE TROOPS.

Join tho HostiIes--No Doubts OF Farther
FightIng-Camp Lights Plainly Visible.
OMAHA, Dec 31.--The Bee correspon.
dent at Pine Ridge telegraphs "Gen.
Brooke has just received news from
the scene of the fight at the Catholic
mission on Clay Creek which states
that six men Of the Seventh CayaI1y
were Killed and many wounded Fur
ther particulars haYe not yet been re-
ceived.
First intimation Of the trouble at
the mission was bought late yesterday
afternoon, by courier who rushed in
with the startling news that the mis-.
sion building, where there are a num-
per or Catholic priests and sisters and
hundreds of children, were surrounded
by hostileS and had been set on Gre.
The cavalrymen, who had scarcely had
any rest for four days, were instantly
IN the saddle, and with n couple Of
iiotchhlSS guns started on gallOp for
the mission. AS the dispatch was be-
ing written the roar of guns could be
neafd, indicating that Il fight was In
progress.
"rwo Strike, Little Wounded, Short
Pull ana other chiefs ran away from
the agency Monday night, after hear
ing Of the Wounded Knee Fight. TAX
ing with them Il hundred warriors.
they also compelled the old chief Red
Cloud TO accompany them under the
threat of death. 1t is these Indians
who attacked the supply train and
ralded the Catholic mission"
The Ninth Cavalry was an hour be-
hlnd the Seventh in reaching the spot
and they found the Seventh in a tight
place surrounded by the Indians. The
latter disappeared, however, when they
saw rein fnrpnnnnt orri> fn I,o
ry. The infantry were also ordered, but
were not needed. The damage done to
the troops is small, Lieutenant Mann
OF Company +. Seventh Cavalry, was
wounded through the side. The first
Sergeant of Company X. was also
wounded.
TREACIIEROUs ACTIONS OF TIN
FRIENDLIES.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 31.-A special to
the Bee from Rushville says: "a
binding snow storm, which is fast as
suming the proportions of a blizzard.
began falling here and at the agency
at o'clock this morning. Advices are
that the fight was kept up nearly all
| night at the late battle ground within
few miles Of the agency.
by reasons of the suspicious actions
of the alleged Friendly Indians in the
camp near the agency, troops were call
ed In from the field. 1t transpired late
yesterday evening that the large camp
OF Friendlies, located South Of the
agency, is made up almost entirely Of
Old men, squawS and children. The
question is what has become of the
supposed large number Of Friendly
bucks located there until yesterday.
A half breed courier who was
| through that camp last night reports
that nearly every able bodied Indian
in this Friendly outfit had slipped
away after dusk and joined the hostiles.
| The Friendly Indians at Pine Ridge
now, he says, are principally squaws,
| o'clock this morning, however, every
thing Is reported to b" quiet, both sides
| resting on their arms and each waiting
for some move from the opposing
forces. That further fighting will oc-
cur there seems no doubt. If the
Indians should make an onslaught
during the storm, they would undoubt-
edly have a great advantage. The
danger is that they will now break
away to stronghOldS in Bad Lands and
he reinforced 10y the Rosebud, Stand
ing Rock and other Indians.
Indian signal lights were again plain
ly visible last night in the rough coun-
try twenty miles North.
| PARTICULARS OF TIE FIGHT
! WOUNDED KNEE CREEK, Dec 90
Bright and early were the troops uD
this morning. At y o'clock they were
ordered to he in readiness to move. At
that hour the cavalry and diSmounted
troops Wcro maSseu about the Indian
village, the llOtchkiss guns overlook
ing the camp not many yards away.
Colonel Forsythe ordered all the In
dians to come forward from the tents.
They Came and sat in half-circle un-
til counted. The dismounted troops
were then thrown around them, Com
pany Is. Captain Wallace, and Com
pany B. Captain Narnum.
The order was then given to twenty
Indians to go and get their guns. Up
on returning it was seen that only two
of them had guns. 4 detachment at
once began to search tn" village, re-
Suting in thirty-eight guns being
found. AS the search was about COM
pleted the Indians, surrounded by Com
panies * and B, began to move. All
of a sudden they threw their hands to
the ground and began to fire rapidly at
the troops not twenty feet away. The
troops were at Il great disadvantage,
fearing that they would shoot their
own comrades. The Indian men, Wo-
men and children then ran to the South
battery, firing rapidly as they ran.
Soon the mounted troops wer6 after
them shooting them down on every side.
The engagement lasted fully an hour
and half. TO the South many took
refuge in a ravine from which it was
difficult to dislodge them. 1t is esti-
mated That the soldiers killed and
wounded number about fftv, Just
now it is impossible to state the exact
number Of dead Indians. There are
many more thun fifty, however, killed
out right.
The soldiers are shooting the Indians
Gown wherever found, no quarter be-
ing given by any one. Captain Wal.
iace, * Troop, Seventh Cavalry, was
Killed and Lieutenant Darlington, of
Arctic fame, was shot throug the arm
at the elbow. The troops are still firing
from the camp and pursuing the
enemy III every direction,
TO say that 1t was a most darino
feat,. twelve Indians attacking 5O
cavalry, expresses the situation bui
family. 1t could only have been in
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