The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-14
The Indians to Start for Home To-
morrow on Next Day by Way
Of Philadelphia and
Carlisle.
CONSIDERABLE SPEAKING INDUCED IN,
General Sherman Muck Worse This
Morning. His Condition
PrecariOus.
At 1:l5 He is Reported as Being
Much WOrse-At 2:3O Sink
ing Fast.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Sioux
Indian conference was concluded
today, and the Indians will to-
morrow or Friday start for home, going
by the way of Philadelphia and Carlisle.
The feature of today's meeting was the
story of the fight at Wounded Knee,
which was told by Tnrning Hawk and
American Horse. Turning Hawk said:
when our people who had been scared
away were returning to Pine Ridge and
when they had almost reached the
agency they were met by the soldiers and
surrounded, and finally taken to Wounded
Knee creek, and there at a given time
their guns were demanded, and when
| they had delivered them up the men were
separated from their families, from their
tepees and taken to certain spot, their
guns having been given up. When the
guns were thus taken and the men thus
separated, there was crazy mana
young man of very bad influence, and In
fact, nobody, among bunch of the In
dians, who fred his gun, and of course
the firing of gun must have been the
breaking of military rule OF some sort,
because Immediately the soldiers returned
| the fire, and indiscriminate killing fol-
lowed" The commissioner of Indian
affairs here interrupted to ask: "Did
the man fire at the soldiers, or did he
simply shoot In the ar?"
Spotted Horse-He shot an officer In
the army; first shot killed the officer.
Commissioner-Did tho soldiers return
the fire Immediately, or did the Indians
keep up their firing?
Spotted Horse--As soon as the first
shot was FREQ the Indians Immediately
began drawing their knives and they
we're exhorted from all sides to desist, but
this was not obeyed, consequently firing
began Immediately on the part of the
soldiers.
Turning Hawk-All the men who were
in bunch were killed right there, and
those who escaped that first fire gol
into ravine, and as they went along uE
the ravine for long distance they were
pursued on all sides by soldiers and sho
down, as the dead bodies showed after
waid.
Commissioner--In this fight did tn,
women take any partP
Turning Hawk-They had NO firearm
to fight with. The women we're standin!
at differenr place from that where thu
men were stationed, and when the flrinl
began those of the men who escaped th'
first onslaught went in one direction up
ravine, and then the women who wer'
punched together at another place wen
entirely in different direction througl
an open field, and the women Jared th
same fate as the men who went up tn
ravine.
American Horse said-"Ths men wer
separated, as has already been said, from
the women, and they were surrounded b.
soldiers and then came next to the villag
of the Indians, and that was entirely SUI
rounded by soldiers also. When tn
firing began Of course the people wb
were standing Immediately around tn
young man who fired the first shot wer
killed right together, and then thf
turned their guns-Hotchkiss guns, Ell
, upon the women who were in th
lodges, standing there under llag
truce, and of course as soon as they wei
fired upon they fed, the men heein
in one direction and the women rrnnin
in two different directions, SO that thel
were three general directions in whic
r they took flight. There was a woms
r. with AL infant in her arms who was klilt
v as she almost touched the flag OF true
~ and the women and children OF cour
!, were strewn all along the circular villa
70 until they were despatched. Right ne
10 the flag Of truce another was shot dov
~ with her infant, the Guild not KNOWN
80 that its mother waH dead was still nu
10 ing, and that was especially very s
Nh sight. The women as they were Heel
h, with tbetr babes on their backs We
nd killed together, shot right through, a
,sr women who were very heavy with ch
~ were also killed. All the Indians fled
W. these three directions. After most
,,s them had all been killed, cry was mi
inn that all those who were not killed
81. wounded should come forth and Il
ra. would be safe and the little boy v
,o were not wounded came out ot III
nlaces of refuge, and as soon as Il
came In sight number of the so di
"9 srrronnded them and butchered IN
the snrrouhue"
sin there. ...... q,
a." a' commissioner to Interpreter--I d"
'e' vou would say to him that these
Gu very serious charges to m'
'"e AGAINST the United States arr
NV do not want any stateme
'"y' made that are not absolutely true, An
want auy one mere that leels that
oct ,,.,omsnts are TOO strong 10 corr
um- them. @
ari- American Horse--Of cou 4
low. have beeu all right If only TIE
up killed; we would feel almost graz,
non It. But the fact of the killing OF W.
ubs. and more especially the killing OF y'
rob- boys and girls who are to go TO may
ar. rho future strength of the Indian pc
those being killed is the sadoes' pa