Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-01-03
DESPERATE REDS
After Being Captured They Attach p,
CaptOrs. "eI

CapCOrS.
WOUNDED KNEE CREEK, Neb Doo
Bright and early were the troon.
this morning. Ats O'Clock they we rs p
dered to be in readiness to move A+a
hour the cavalry and dismounted w.
we're massed about the India 'op
lage, the Hotchkiss guns OVERLAP W
the camp not fifty yards away ''H 6f
Forsythe ordered all the Indian 9l
come forward away from the ' ts.I
They came and sat in a half circle VII" na
counted. The dismounted troons III ulu
then thrown around them, Comn"svan
X, Capt. Wallace, and Comnannppa 1 \
Capt. Varnum. The order was ibdna
given to twenty Indians to 60 and "I 81
their guns. Upon returning it was ss y
that only two guns were had
detachment at once began to search a
village, resulting in thirty-eipht "a am W.
being found. AS this task was a lu
completed, the Indians, surrounded
Companies X and B, began to mnr:
All of sudden they threw their bs v'S
to the ground and began firing RANDI; G
at the troops not twenty feet away T5
troops were at a great disadyantqa
fearing shooting their own comradss
The Indian men, women and cbiIdrS
then ran to the south, the battery fno
rapidly as they ran. Soon the monna
troops were after them, shooting tboa
down on every side. The engaeemsn
lasted fully an hour and half. To A
south many took refuge in rayina
from which itwas difficult to disaae
them. It is estimated that the so]1ie,I
killed and wounded number about fhr
Just now it is impossible to state fl
exact number Of dead Indians. The,I
are many more than fifty, howevpf
killed outright. The soldiers are shoa
ing the Indians down wherever found
no quarter being given to any one.
Capt. Wallace, K. troop, with cavar
was killed, and Lieut.. Darlington,
Arctic fame, was shot through the am
at the elbow. The troops are still firm
from the camp and pursuing the enemI
in every direction.
To say that it was most daring feat
100 Indians attacking 500 cavalry. ez
presses the situation but family
could only have been insanity whd
prompted such a deed. 1t is doulte
if before night either a buck d
squaw out of all Big Foot
band will be left to tell the tale ofth,
days treachery. The members of hI
Seventh Cavalry have once more show
themselves to be heroes in deeds ofda
ing. Single handed conflicts were See
ali over the field. The death of CAPT
Wallace causes much regret. The poo
fellow met his death by a blow on til
head from war club. Full particular
cannot be given until sometime to-mU
row.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 80. Gen
Schofeld this afternoon received u lid
patch from Gen. Miles, dated Hermos
S. D., December 80, as follows: "Gel
Brooke telegraphs as follows: CO
Forsythe says sixty-two dead India
men were counted on the plain wberI
the attempt was made to disarl
Big Foot's band, and where th
fight began; on other parts OF th
ground there were eighteen more
These do not include those killed
ravines where dead warriors were see
but not counted. Six were brought
badly wounded and six Others web
with a party of twenty-three menan
women, which Capt. jackson had
abandon when attacked by about
Brule Indians from the agency. Ih
accounts for ninety-two men killed, am
leaves but few alive and unhurt. III
women and children broke for the hli
when the fight commenced, am
comparatively few of them Tef
hurt and few brought in. Ihf7
nine are here, of which number tEen
ty-one are wounded. Had it not bee
for the attack by the Brules an accnTsp
account would have been made, butt
ravines were not searched aterWStEai
think this shows very little apprenel
sion from Big Foot's band in the tqtue
A party of forty is reported as nelG
the scouts at the head of MeXlc
Creek. These consist of all sizes, al
the cavalry from Rosebud Will! OfA
them in if it is true"