Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-02
III DEATH ROLL.
Several Ranchers Killed and the
Government Herder Abandons
His Herd.
Three Thousand Indians Broken
Away from the Agency and Gone
on the WNrpath. 81
TIE Soldiers Slain in the Wounded
Knee Battle Were Buried at
Pine Ridge Yesterday.
lieutenant Knanizerg Has Died and
Several Other Wounded Soldiers
Nearing Deaths Door.
j The Episcopal Church at Pine Ridge
Contains 80 Wounded and
5 Captured Hostiles.
General Miles Says He Has Had .
Sufficient Number of Troops
at His Command.
Red Cloud and Other Chiefs Have
w Joined Their Brethren for the
@ #$ Last Great F. ght.
General Miles Says He Has Had .
Sufficient Number of Troops
at His Command.
Red Cloud and Other Chiefs Have
~ Joined Their Brethren for the
Last Great Fight.
Number of Dead Soldiers, 3O-116
Dead Bucks-4O or so Dead
squaws and Children.
"A Number of the Wounded Dying.

Z Is OMAHA, DeC. OLA Dco SpcCAd1 AloAA
Pine Ridge agency, s. D., says: Lieuten-
ant Herman Knanlzerg, Company A, Sew
enth cavalry, who was shot in the arm
and side at Wounded Knee, died last night.
Several others are nearing deaths door,
although most of the wounded are doing
as well as could be expected. Francis
Schett, troop G, Seventh cavalry, is the
name of the other soldier killed yesterday
in the battle that took place six miles west
of here. The Episcopal church has been
turned into a hospital, and this morning it
contains ~thirty-eight of the hostile Indians.
wounded and captured at Wounded Knu.:
Most of them are squaws and a majority
will die. In addition to Cars command,
the Seventeenth infantry and all the caval-
ry at Rosebud will be here.
| RANCHERs LIE
OMAHA, Dec. 3l.-General Miles left
Chadron at 4 a. m. for Pine Ridge, with q
Arge force of cavalry. 1t is reported that
CHE ranches on White river have been pill
klaged, horses stolen and cattle killed. John
Dyer, chs der of the government herd,
fhas abandO, his herd. Three ranchers
are reported ed on White river. The
Catholic missiUn near Chadron was burned
bylndians this morning. General Brooke
ordered a detachment there to guard the
town. 1t is now showing on the reserva-
ton and a blizzard IS setting in. Ranchers
are leaving their homes and t1ocking into
ChadTon. The loss Of life and property is
great. Three thousand Indians are said to
have broken away from the agency and to
have gone on the warpaJh.
1NTERMENT OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS.
CHICAGO, Dec. B1.-At army headquar-
tiers here tonight it was understood that
the bodies of the soldiers slain in the
Wounded Knee battle were buried ct Pine
Ridge to-day. Details of the obsequies
had not been received at $50 p. m. nor had
any particulars OF the fighting near the
agency yet arrived. The arduous services
Il of troops and watchfulness required of all
hands in Pine Ridge must, it is surmised,
have rendered interment this bleak wintry
day one of touching brevity and absence
Of ceremony.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF TROOPS.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-Assistant = Adju-
tant General Corbin, speaking to-day of the
Indian war, said: 1.-THE troops are behaving
splendidly, I am in hopes of hearing good
news soon. You nay say General Miles
4 reports he had a sufficient number of
troops at his command at all points. l see
some Of the newspaper dispatches hint
at the contrary"
HOsTILEs PREPARING o THE LAST
RE- FIGHT.
OMAHA, Dec. 91.-A Bee special from
h Rushville, Neb., says: Fears were ex-
pressed in advices received this morning
and have been realized. Chief Two Strike
and large body of his followers left the
agency during the day and started either
for the Bad Lands or a point near Rosebud
agency. 1t is not definitely known which.
Word has been sent to the commander of
81 troops at Rosebud to try and intercept the
band Other OBJECTIONS are momentarily
expected, SO much so that n well up in
authority says that by morning he does
not expect to see a single hostile remain
ing at Pine Ridge. That includes now
nearly every able. bodied Indian except the
police. Some few Cheyennes and scouts.
Red Cloud and all lesser chiefs, except
American Horse, have. Joined their breth-
ren for the last great fight. The storm
still RACES and gives every advantage to
the Indians, either for fighting or escaping
10 some safe retreat. The end is not yet.
s8H FRIENDLY INDIANS TURNING HOSTILE.
OMAHA, Dec. 31.-A special to the Bee
from Nashville says: A binding o
storm, which is fast assuming the proper
stiesasof a blizzard, has been raging here
and at the agency since 9 o'clock this.
morning. Advices are that a desultory
fight wa kept up nearly all night at the
late battlefield within q few miles of the
agency until, by reason Of the suspicious
factions of alleged friendly Indians in camp
near the agency, the troops were called
from the field. 1t TRANSFERRED yesterday
evening that a large camp of friendly In
dams located south OF the agency is made
up almost entirely Of old men, squaws and
children. The question on every hand is:
What has become Of the supposedly large