Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-12
or the Wounded Knee Massacre: For.
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r.E WOUNDED KNEE TRAGEDY.
Account by indinn- as that Host Foul
Massacre.

WARRINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Indian
conference closed today, aud tile Indi.
aus viii start home Friday. The fen.
turc OF t0day's talk was the story Of the
fight nj Wounded Knee. Turning
Hawk said at given time. when the
mon had delivered up their guns.they
were selarat.d from their families aud
tasun 10 a certain -pUt. 4 cnzy man,
y youug man Of very had influence,
Hired AZ gun, killing an officer. The
other Indians began drawing knives,
although they were exhorted from all
sides TO dcsisi, aud the firing began
immediately On the part OF the soldiers.
All tue men who were Ia tue bunch
were 0llvd right there, and thosc who
escaped that iirst IRE got into n ravlnv,
nnd ~ they went along the ravlne for
long distance they were pursued on
nll slides by the soldiers aud shot down.
The women had no arms 10 fight with.
They were standing oil at different
place, anu when the firing began those
OG the men who escaped the first yolley
went In onc direction up the ravine,
anu tue women went la different
direction through an open field, but
met the same fate as the men.
uSDfr, a fLAu OF TRUCE.
American Horse said that when the
firing began the people who were
standing Immediately around the
young man who fired the first shot
were killed aud then the sollierB
turned their guns On the women, who
werv la the lodges, standing there un-
der a nag 0f truce. or course, ~ soon
~ they were fired upon they lcd.
There was woman with au infant In
her arms Killed ~ she almost touched
the flag Of truce. Right near the fiag
another was shot down. Her child,
not knowing that its mother was dead,
was still nursing, aud that was very
sad sight. Women as they were ilct-
lug with babies GU their backs were
killed together, and women heavy with
child were also killed.
After most Of the Indians had been
killed the cry was made that all those
not killed or wounded should come
forth aud they would be safe. Little
boys VIM were not woundsi came out
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rounded aud butchcred them.
Commissioner Morgan said 10 III,
Interpreter ~ wish you would say
10 him that these arc very serious
charges 10 make against the army.
do not want any statements that are
not absolutely true, and want anyone
here that feels the statements are too
strong 10 correct them"
American Horse replied: "Of course
IL would have been all right II only the
men were killed, but the fact Of the
killing OF women and more especially
young boys and girls, who are 10 make
the future strength Of the Indian PEG.
pie, we feel very seriously"
Commissioner Does American
Horse know these things Of his own
personal knowledge, or has ho been
told them?
American Horse-l was not there
at the time OF before the burial Of the
bodies, but did go there with some
Indian Police aud many people FROM
the agency, and we weat through the
battlefield and saw where the bodies
were from the track OF blood.
Rev. MIR. McCoOk, a Sioux half.
blood, pastor Of tho Episcopal Church
at Pine Ridge, among other things,
said: "Much has been said about the
good spirit with which the members OF
the Seventh cavalry went TO that ac-
ton. II has been said that n desire 10
nvenge Clusters death was entirely ali.
sent from their minds. In coming
towards Chicago, In company with
General Miles, talked with one OF his
own scouts, who was almost killed bs.
cause he was compelled 10 fly with the
Indians, being fired upon by men
whom he tried 10 save and help. lie
told me that after lac recovered
from his fight aud succeeded Ia getting
amongst the soldiers after they all got
In from killing Indians, an officer Of
high rank, he did not know who, came
10 him aud said: Now we have
avenged Clusters DEATH aud the
Sioux said TO him, 'Ycs, but you had
every chance 10 fight for your lives
that day. These poor Indian people
didn't have that opportunity TO protect
and fight for themselves. II this Ia an
indication OF the spirit Of n number of
men In that company, an sure the
Seventh Cavalry did not go there with
the kindest OF motives, simply TO bring
these poor people back"
After several others had spoken, the
Commissioner declared the conference
ut M end.