The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03

richs road to Beaver creek. and almost
que west OF this agency. From there
they Will swing out into as long a line
as possible, thus forming the western
ana part. OF tho northern side OF tho
hollow square. which it now seems it
mas been intended to form about tho
hostiles.
Cars command has arrived at Wound
Gu hnee,near the point whore the battle
LOOK place, which is sixty miles east of
Plne Butte, and about sixteen miles
northeast of Wounded Knee postot,lce.
Thus it seems that Carr's command is TO
constitute east and north sides of the
square. From the expression upon the
races or the officers and men as they
nleu out through snow and bitter cold,
1t was evident that they did no. relish
General Miles order. Three companies
OIL the hrSt infantry from San Francisco
has already arrived and six moro are OK
pccted to-day to replace tho second.
scout came in yesterday and repor-
tco that the main body of hostiles had
moved pack twelve miles from the
agency and towards Bau Lands on tho
north Another arrived last evening
and reported tho party of Indians in
sdgiging in q wild war dance only eight
miles from here. y party of Indian
scouts visiting tho scene of Monday,s
battle found nine Indians who were
wounded i'll tho fight still alive. Two
OF them had been taken to q lor hut
near by and were being cared for by
squaw that had remained behind. The
other seven, all of whom were found
lying in gullies remote from the battle
field, had survived the blizzard without
any attention of any kind. Two were
bucks and tho other five were souaws.
There was scarcely enough life left in
any OF the party to pay tho scouts for
bringing them in, but they did so, and
they are now with the others in the
Episcopal Church.
In addition to the adults found, two
Tiny Indian babies, neither of them over
three months old, wero found alive.
Each was beside the dead BODY of it's
mother. They were we'll wrapped up,
but how they survived the fearful
weather Of tho last IS hours seems n
miracle. Pho innocents were brought
to tho agency and found friends in tho
wives OF some of tho Indian scouts. or
the thirty-hve wounded Indians brought
In after tho battle, nearly all OF whom
were sQuaws and children, not one has
yet died, but many OF them arc badly
wounded with bullets. The rear guard
OF party of charity that went in their
seafch Tor wounded Indians wcrc forced
TO exchange several shots with some OF
the rowing hostilcs.
After the late battle Indian scouts
went over the field and picked up all
disabled hostileS they could find before
the troops were compelled to hurry in
mere and protect the agency from tho
uprising that occurred as previously de-
scribed.
Tho Indian ScOut Chat foil nt W,unIcd
Knee was given military burial YES
tcrday by his comrades under the COM
Inand OF Lieutenant Taylor, Rev. Mr..
Cook presiding. Tho snow storm
that has boon raging for twenty -four
hours has ceased, and tho weather is
warmer, and rs 4 rcsnlta vigilant out
look for surprise by hostilcs, whichawas
allowed To lapse during the war OF
elements, has hcen resumed. None of
the wounded soldiers are any worse and
most Of them seem n little better.