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

Join the Hostiles--No Doubts of Farther
FiEhting-Camp Lights Plainly Visible.
OMAHA, Dec. 31.-The Bee correspon.
dent at Pine Ridge tclegraphs: "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 Cavalry
we're Killed and many wounded. Fur
ther particulars have not yet been re-
| ceived.
| First intimation Of the trouble M
the mission was bought lato yesterday
afternoon, by courier who rushed in
with the startling news that the mis-.
sion building, where there are num-
Der OF Catholic priests and sisters and
hundreds of children, were surrounded
oy hoStileS and had been set on fire.
The caValrymen, who had scarcely had
any rest for four days, were instantly
IN the saddle, and with a couple of
iiotchklSS guns started on a gallOp for
the mission. AS the dispatch was be-
ing written the roar of guns could be
heafd, indicating that a fight was In
progress.
"Iwo Strike. Little Wounded. Short
pun ana other chiefs ran away from
the agency Monday night, after hear
ing OF the Wounded Knee Fight. TAX
Ihey 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-
hind the Seventh in reaching the spot
ana they found the Seventh in a tight
place surrounded by the Indians. The
latter disappeared, however, when they
n fnr f,f e. 4,
ry. The infantry were also ordered. but
were not needed. The damage done to
the troops is small, Lieutenant Mann
OF Company f. Seventh Cavalry, was
| wounded through the side. The first
Sergeant OF Company *. was also
| wounded.
TREACHEEoUs ACTIONS or 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
a few miles of the agency.
| l}y reasons OF the suspicious actions
) of the alleged Friendly Indians in the
} camp near the agency, troops were call
GU III iiolil 1He ilelu. " IlalSplTeu laCo
! yesterday evening that the large camp
z Of Friendlies, located South of tho
agency, is made up almost entirely of
d old men, Squaws and children. Tho
s question is what has become of the
d supposed large number Of Friendly
g bucks located there until yesterday.
D 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,
and those not able to fight. Up to II
o'clock this morning, however, every
thing is reported to Dn 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 undonbt-
Cdly have 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 agaiu plain
+ ly visible last night in the rough coun-
. try twenty miles North.
Q PARTICULARS OF TIE FIGHT
I WOUNDED KNEE CREEK. Dec. 90
Bright and early were the troops up
}. this morning. At o'clock they were
n ordered to be in readiness to move. At
n that hour the cavalry and dismounted
: troops Woro maSSod about the Indian
village, the llOtchkiss guns overlook
s ing the camp not many yards away.
;, Colonel ForSythe ordered all the In
|. dians to come forward from the tents.
r They Came and sat in a hali-circle un-
0 til counted. The dismounted troops
;, were then thrown around them, Com
= pany *. Captain Wallace and Com
s pany B. Captain Narnum.
+ The order was then given to twenty
t Indians to go and get their guns. Up.
on returning 1t was seen that only two
: Of them had guns. 4 detachment at
!. once began to search the village, re-.
, sulting in thirty-eight guns being
t found. AS the search was about COM
c pleted the Indians, surrounded by Com
d panies IS and B. began to move. All
of 4 sudden they threw their hands Co
g the ground and began to fire rapidly at
G the troops not twenty feet away. The
troops were at Il great disadvantage,
}, fearing that they would shoot their
t own comrades. The Indian men, Wo-
8 men and children then ran to the South
t battery, firing rapidly as they ran.
cOoll VIC iIoullJCll GIOOpS we've Srt0c
f them shooting them down on every side
@ The engagement lasted fully an hour
0 and half. TO the South MANY took
:. refuge in ravine from which it was
o difficult to disiodge them. 1t is esti.
mated that the soldiers killed and
, wounded number about fifty. just
now it is impossible to state the exact
number OF dead Indians. There are
many more thun fifty, however, killed
Y out right.
t The soldiers are shooting the Indians
Gown wherever found, no quarter be.
! ing given by any one. Captain Wal
! lace, X Troop, Seventh Cavalry, was
t Killed and Lieutenant Darlington, OF
o Arctic fame, was shot throug the arm
|. at the elbow. The troops are still firing
!. from the camp and pursuing the
1 enemy i'll every direction,
Q TO say that 1t was Il most darins
t feat, twelve Indians attacking 5O(
Q cavalry, expresses the situation bu
8 family. 1t could only have been in
J, sanity which prompted such q daad