The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01
, thousand Red Men Are
a. the War Trail.
, NEW YEAR IN DAKOTA.
"a Cloud, Greatest of Warriors,
Is In the Saddle.
Kindred Indians Burn . School
p,ne Ridge and Beat Back SOL
"A Blizzard is Raging, Which
m he savsges.

smer AGENCY. Dec s1.-(special.l-
geSt ii s.srtv minutes after courier arrived
alih,,s ~ v,fh word that the Catholic mission
- 4, snd the inmates being massacred
-. hungry and exhausted csvalrymen
E best -. more mounted. They found that the
800 smoke OF which could be plainly
a The day school, one mile this
barley n 4 the mission. The mission
Harmed as yet The Indians were found
- $50 and over. The Seventh cavalry
ator tor II 4 Inc and began the fighting, which
-rrsd on By only 800 400 Indians at
sAile the great mass kept concealed. Col
PIhps q eusahe suspected an ambush and did not
her Ill y. drsw him onto dangerous ground.
a.. - Henry started one hour later than
~ii@ ~ md owing TO the exhaustion of his
inter 4 "a % travel slowly. The Seventh had
!, ba. !. rsmr,oinded by Indians, but just as the
w - ready to charge the Ninth broke in
PTceS NJ AZ ,uxr ard they fell back. The weary
is ia .,rnesfed reaching the agency at dark
ssnfYy had been ordered out, but was
81 n she sight OF the column OF cavalry.
coIdef aad;ers brave and heroic as they are
nfpowered There are not enough troops
= point to clean out these Indians, who
10000 "a nnped within several miles of the
oufnnt = Eight soldiers were killed In the fight
nav Indars.
- Miles Is expected to arrive here this
brDorafio With endorsements of cavalry, and 400
~ ,y,rS nrnen have been ordered here from Rush
Ant1V "A will arrive tonight. Three or four
fdnore are on the way from Fort Doug
millions q ), ). .o.,.,,.a ,,,ona,,o. now :.
ny Is composed principally of old men.
varied nsnd children. Nearly ALL if not all the
- kdied bucks, ran away Monday and yes
they 4 ,md have joined the hostiles. 1t is be-
ihst not less than 5000 bucks are out, and
niued to fight.
~ kxldiers have a hard campaign ahead Of
IIs 0ueoi the officers said today that there
IN mxg OF settling the matter now but by
liz tnerng such lesson to the hostiles as
nain fresh for twenty years in the minds
h.1 who survive the campaign.
DSSt DMs from the Nebraska state line are TO
the e. ~ that rowing bands of hostiles are
nar ~ rsnches again. and the governor of
Gla has ordered out the militia.
eImsut Herman Krantzberg, company A,
me shf 10 cavalry, shot at Wounded Knee, died
oper The russops church has BEEN turned u
len blckG hospital and contains wounded hos
Most of them are sQuaws, and
ing wiz die. In addition TO Cars
md the Seventeenth infantry and all
Xaalr at Rosebud viii be here tonight
evening a scout brought in word that the
u, enboldened by the retiring of the
~ M had planned to attack and burn the
n with fire arrows, then stampede the
- md massacre the inhabitants. The re-
~ proven true 20 some extent, but heavy
b $r,oc p'efs's frustrated and stopped the
in COD uise blizzard struck the agency this morn
shows d he mir is filed with binding snow, and
ezruzs Is falling rapidly
pmlS, Neb., Dec si-Governor Thayer to-
have bc6 1tsived telegram from the sheriff at
oa, Neb,, asking him to order out the mil
90 Nnd arms, as Indians have been fight
= ees Tor two days, and that city is full of
WI md children The governor immedf-
lepied hy ordering Company Z, Second
I'm Smith 1irnrv sa< bod
% dufy, for the protection of people in the
AID country. 1t is understood rowing
ma wne o. hoeiiles have renewed their depreda
rt;seuar Kong the Nebraska, Dakota border.
NEVILLE, Seb, Dec. Sl-A binding snow
taicnte which is fast assuming the proportions OF
nna has been raging.here ana at the agency
ks0cock this morning
deC " question on every hand is, what has be-
lind cul0 o NE supposed large number of friendly
dvsed ss ssusn o. the agency until yes'e,
and q anp last night reports that nearly every
N agent y s ss.. indian in this outfit had quietly
lords a. N''- anu '''Ae0 'Hs H0s'''e
= indians should make an onslaught dur
80 q sufm they would undoubtedly have a
ICY sasaatage, as they are in their element at
sumo. The danger is that the Indians
sm break away to their strongholds in the
M and viii be reinforced by Rosebud,
aas Rock and Others.
~ Naneers found murdered within 200
IL ane sgency yesterday are now believed
eansiers nom Rushviile.
Was2 ha senai lights have been again seen in the
VIZ es4hsfy twenty miles north. IL has been
eus suggested here that in the event of
ncstiities part OF the state militia might
v seod advantage in the small towns
= VIC reservation to guard against strag-
Aaas, inssmuch as in a general fight the
NI lecps would have all they could take
the seat of war.
soS, aeo, Dec. s1.--A Journals Pine Ridge
vrI @N The list Of the dead was augment
III IIWSo " TIE death of Private shettie, OF G
kNN N'saln cavalry, and Private Kranberg. of
y. LUIS makes a total of thirty-fve fatali-
-yyr ~ ~ we Two battles Foriy-one of the seri-
ItLi seunoed are in an improvised hospital at
lore con 49, and many OF them will die. Little
a as n expressed Of the recovery OF Father
- - ! ~. nc ,athohc priest stabbed at the battle
Wounded Knee.
-, zee. Sl.--A Bee late special from Pine
Ns; Nearly all the able-hodied bucks
s4N 70 Join the hostlles. Red Cloud and
80 saieis, except Little Wound and
- Horse, have Joined hostiles for the
esM struggle.
~% noar tonight fierce blizzard is still
~ more advantageous TO the Indians