Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-01-01
Further Detail. of Monday. Battle.

OMAHA, Dec. Neb., 80 The Bees
correspondent at Camp on Wounded
Knee creek telezrsphs ss fOlo ows con
cerniDg yesterdays battle: ID the NOR
ming, a. soon as the ordinary military
work Of early day WIS done, Major
Whitssides determined upon di-arm-
ing the Indians at once. and at 8
O'Clock the csmp Gf Big Foot Yves sur
rounded by the 9TH cavalry and Tsy-
lor's scouts. the Indians were sitting
I'm half circle. Four Hotchkiss guns
were placed upon the hin about 200
ysrds distant. Every PREPARATION was
msde, not especially To fght, but to
show the Indians the ~ iliiy OF re
-istance. They seemed to recOgniz.
this. and when Major W1iteside-
order, ther 80 come NJ, tw' nty at y
time, and give up their arms, they
came. hut not With their arms IN
sight. Oithe first twenty only two or
three di~pla,ei arms. These they
gave up .lllenlv, and ob-eTving the
futility ~ that method of procedure
Msi"r Whi'e-ide- ordered a detach-
ment of the X and A trnoIs on foo,
tn enter the tepee- and search them.
This work had hardy been started
when
t2O DESPERATE INDIANS
turned upon the soldi r.. who were
gathered closely about the tepee-. and
Immediately a storm II firing was
poured upon the military. IL was ~
though the order to search hsd been a
signal. The latter. not anticipating
sny such action, had been gathered in
very closely. and the fret firing was
terribly disastrous to them. The re-
ply WIS Immediate, however, and In
q moment the whole front was q sheet
Of fire, shove which the smoke rolled 4.
obscuring the central scene from
view. Through this horrible curtain,
single Indians could be seen 1T times
f, flying before the fire, hut after q
first discharge from the carbines of the
troopers, there were but few OF them
left. They
YELL ON ALL SIDES LIKE GRAIN
In the course Of q seythe. indians
and soldiers lay together, and the
wounded fought on the ground. Of
through the draw toward the bluff
the few remaining warriors fled, turn
ing occasionally to fire. but now car
ing more for escape than battle. Only
the wounded Indians seemed nos
sessed Of .he courage OF devils. From
the ground wher' they had falleI
they continued to fire until their am
munitlOn wss gone, OF until illed bl
: soldiers Both sides forgot everything
but loading and shooting. IL wa
only In the early part of tne sffra.
that hand 20 hand fighting was seen
: Carblnes were elubbed, ssbrss gleame'
= and wAr-clubs circled in the air AM
T came down like thunderbol's. But
! lssted only tor a short time. The In
= dIans fed and the battle became
e hunt. IL WIS now that the artiller
d wss called into requisltion. Before
n the fighting was 81 Close that gun
II could not be trained without danger
II death to the soldiers. Now, wit
= Indians flying where they might.
e was easier To reach them. Gatlin
and Hoichkiss guns were trained an
then hogan heavy firing, which Taste
n half an hour, with frequent heav
ie volleys Of muskCtry and cannon.
II ives a war Of determination with II
a troopers. II was difficult to restral
=. the troops. Wherever an Indian wi
J. seen down irtothe creek and up ov'
N the hills they were followed by arti
he lery fire.