Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-08
MANY GOOD INDIANS

Killed and . >amb~r woanssed-wkza
Ought to Ne . wholesome Lesson to the
Hostile Iodlan<-
WAsHTSaToS. Dee. sl.-Major General
Sehofisld yesterday received the follow
ing telegram from General Miles
HExxEs. :. a.. Der n
Colonel For-ythe says sirry-two lead Ia
dian men we're counted the plan where
the attempt was male - dfsarru Big Foos-s
bana. aad where the axhs b~x.n- oa osa.r
parts Ct the groan6 we're eighteen men Tio-s
Killed IN ravines where dead xar-icrs xers
se<a- we're Dos ooanted >lx were broaxhs
In badly wountef and SIT others. Hifh a par
~ Of t-enty two Es@n and women which Cap
tain Jsr<soa had 90 abandon. wn~n attached
By about one hundred and airy EraIe In
dams from the agency
This Accounts e0mrn~rks General
Brooke. for ninety two men Killed snd
leaves buf fe~ alive and unhzr<- The women
and ehliiren broke for the hsss When the
nght commenced and comparatively f~w %
them werS hurf. and we're brouxhr Ia Tar
sy aine are here OF which number twenty
one are w0ondef Had q ros been for the
attacks BY tne Brufes an accurate 4~-
count voald have been made. but the
r1vtues wsre not reached Afterwards I
thizk shhs shows very little room fog 2p-
prehenstoa from Big Foot's hand in th~ fus-
ure- party Of forty Is reported n heid By
the scouts st the head Of Mexican err~k-
These consss % all sixes. azd-th cavalry
FROM Ro<e5ad wiIi bring them Ia u g = trusA
fssxned-l MTrE.. G~a~r4L
Those Indians says General Miles.
under Big Foot were among the most
desperate There WIRE thirty-eixht Os
the remainder of the Cheyenne river
band and thirty that broke away from
Humps following when he took his
band and the Sitting Bull Tnsii.us q,
Fort Bennett. making in all nearly one
hundred and sixty warriors Before
leaving their camps on the Cheyenne
river. they Gu; up their harness. mutt
lated their wagons and started
south for the Bad Lands. eviiently
intending not 10 return bat To 90 TO the
war Troops were placed between thsrn
and the Bad Lands. and they never sue
ceesied in gaining the hossile> there.
All their movements were intercepted.
and their severe loss at the hands Ofths.
Seventh Cavalry may be a wholesome
lesson TO the other Sioux
Medical Director Baehe telexraphs
Surgeon-fieneral Sutherland. frosn
Pine Ridge under date December ~. as
follows; report tha. during an en-
ga-ement with Indians yesterday and
during De sEltory fire on their agency
the following casualties occurred: Cap
tain Walker, twenty men of Seventh
Cavalry and one Indian scout killed
Lieutenant Darlington. Fourth Cavalry.
Lieutenant Hawthorne. Second ArtiE-
lery- and eight men were woundesl-
This includes two men Of the Second
Infantry The wounds Of many are
severe Hospital steward Pollock was
killed Have also zbou, thirty wountsI
Indians. men. women and childrpn-~
Panic R~ixns and the Danger Innmis~ss-
RAFID CFTr. = d. Dec Sf--Panic
r-igns supreme between here and thss
camp of the Governments troops On
Wounded Knee creek. the scene Of
Mondays bloody hattie with Big Foo;'s
treaeherous hand Settlers are fleeing
in all directions to eseape the irnpend-
ing massacre. and the roads are crowd
ell with terro--s.riekeu women and
children In the vicinity OF che
Pine Ridge Agency the creates.
fear prevails Five thousand
Sioux are eneamped in circle
around the agency buildings. and IL an
uprising occurs. as now seems only too
probable, nothing can save from an
awful death the corporal's guard Of in
fan,rymen sent from Omaha To guard
the ranch Every succeeding hour
makes danger more imminent From
midnight until early this morning
desultory firing in the outskirts
of the agency warned the brave
defenders of the agency buildings
that their hours of safety were num-
bered- Little Wound and Two Strike.
intamea to a vengeful passion BY the
news of Big Foot's fatal treaehery, arc
reported to be massing their bands for
instant attack The Indian police have
already had lively skirmishing with the
hostiles In the vicinity of the school
building. IL an attack is made the re-
suit will be the instant destruction of
the eAiire camp. a. all the buildings
are of wood and as they are in
an almost defenseless condition Ev-
cry thing IS hoped for upon the arrival
of General Miles. who Is on his way TO
the scene of danger. A panic also pre-
walls at Rushtown. but il Is thought the
railroad towns are not at present In
danger.
Two Strikes B4nd In the Yield
MTSSEAPoLIs. MINI. Dee sl.-A Jour
nal Rushville (Neb.) special says:A scat
tering fire at long range was kept up
most of last night between Two Strikes
band from the heights northwest of the
agency and the troops This COM
menced upon the arrival of .
Ninth cavalry troop from Colonel
Henry's command in the Bad Lands
The casualties thus far reported are one
soldier killed and one wounded At
a N an unsuccessful attempt was made
by Two Strikes band to capture the
Seventh eayalry's supply train return
ing from the scene of the battle
Mile. Instructions are Elastic Enoaxh.
WASHINGTON. Dec 3l.-The Presi-
dent. Secretary Proctor and General
Sehofeld held conference on the In
dian situation II was agreed that the
general instructions under which Gen
eral Miles IS acting were sufficiently
elastic and broad without any additional
instructions being sent him No tele-
grams from the seat of the Indian war
were received at the War Department
this morning.
The Interior Department. Retleent.
wAsHISsIoS, Dec 3I--The officials
of the Indian Bureau and those imme-
diztely connected with Indian affairs al
the Interior Department are retieent
concerning the battle al the Pine Ridge