The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-20
STORY OF WOUNDED KNEE


A Told By the Sioux Chiefs.
Turning Hawk and Anericas Hon
lof the Sioux delegatjon appeared befos,
Ithe con0isdones og Indian aGilrs 81
'',rolated The story ~ ~ battle o
J! Wounded Knee: "When our pcopl.
:! who he'd been frightened away were re.
turning 70 Pine Ridge, and when they
Ihod oI0oet reached the agency they
;|woso net By the soldiers and surrounded
ED dnally taken 70 the Wounded Knel
lcreek and thsro q : given time theiI
Iguns wero de0snded. and when ehey
bad delivered them up the men were
Ieeparatod from their families. from their
tepeoe, and taken to certain spot, theil
guns having been given up. Whom tho
guns were thus taken and The mep thus
departed there Was : crazy man, Z
young man Of very bad influence, snd,
. in fact, Dobody, among the bunch ol
Indians 6rsd his gun, and. sf eourse, TIE
!irtng Of gun must have been the
breaking Of military rule Of some sort,
becaoee Immediately tho soldiers re-
turned 1re and the indiscriminate killing
/ followed"
The commissioner Of Indian Affairs
here interrupted T. ask Ibid the man
0rc g tho soldier Of did BE- simply shoot
into The airi"
American Horne He shot a ofieer
il The army. The 6rst shot killed the
iomcer.S
The Commissioser - Did the soIdiers
return Tho fre inmediately, or did The
IIndians keep Up their lring p
American Hoeoo-sAs ooon . the
|1rst shot ~ 1rsd ~ IndIans im0edi-
lately began driving their knives and
Ithey were exhorted from ell sidss 70 de-
lsisL but this was not obsyed; conss-
iQuently The 6ring began immedjalely On
Ithe part Of The soldiors.n
Tuning HaWk-All tho man Who
Iwers IN bunch we're killed right there,
|asd tbose Who eeesped thai hrSt 6re got
|into The ravino. As they went along Up
Ithe rsvino for lo.g distance they were
lpursusd q al sides BY The soldiers end
shot down, = the dsad bodies showed
afterwards"
Tbe ComnIsslooer r-sIn his 1ght did
The Wo0sa laks asy pastr
Turoing Hswk-~They bed No 1roarms
Ito fight With. The women we're stand
ling OF Ct . different p!scs iso0 thas
where The nen were stationed, and Whsn
1.-THE 6ring began those Of the - thos
|escaped The Arse onslaught Woat u ore
Idlreetion up tho Esvine. and theo the
IWomen who Wero bunchod together q
AnOther place, went estigely tn diGer-
lent direction through ~ open fleid- and
Itbe women shared the same fate - the
|men Who went up the desp FAviDe.S
American H0rse--~Tbe men were sep
larAsed. - be- already been said, from
'the women, and they Were SURROUNDED
by the soidiers, Aui then came next the
village Of the Indiana, and that Was on.
itirely surrounded By the soIdiers also
When the fring began, ~ couroe, The
people who were slsndiBg Immediately
laround The young msn Who fred he
'6rst shot we're killed right them. end
then they turned their guns, hoschkiss
gums, ETC.. upon The women Who wore in
Hodges, seasding lhero undsr : 1ag o.
truce. and, or course. - soon - 6koy|
were fired upon they nsd. the men flee-
Ing - one direction end the women
running @ tWo different directions, sol
that there were three goosrsI direceionsl
|in which they took flight There wss q
woman With her infant in her arms wkOl
ives killed - she slmost touched the|
dag Of truce. and tho women and chill
|droo, Of co0rDe, were otrowu al alOngI
the circular village until they were dis
patched Right noog the dag Of trueo|
another ~ shot down With her infant Il
the child not knoWing that it. mother
Was dead W. still nursing, and that was|
Il sad sight. The Wowen = they were
seeing with their babos on thsir backs|
were killed together, shot right through,
|snd lhe women Who ven heavy Win
child were also killed. All the lndians|
|hed II these three directions. After
|Dost I'll ~ them hod been killed, the|
|cry Was made that I'll those Who wefo|
mot killed or wounded should come
forth and shsy would b safe; and little
boys who wero not wounded csoe out
iof their places of refuge, and - soon 81
they came u sight - no0ber OF soIdiersl
surrounded than and butcheged them
|eheso.S
Connissiousr 70 ths istsrprstsr-T,
wish roo would ~ % him that tbeoe,
|aro very oogious charges 70 make againstl
the Y. 8. oeuy. ! do Dos Wast asy|
|stalements nado that ere not absOlstely
'true. and want anyone here thst foelsI
that ths se1timents ars to strong q cor!
rect theu." ~
American Horss- OF course Il would !
have been I'll right II Oaly the men werel
KILLED; ~ weuId feel almost gratsful iorl
IL But Tho lact Of The kiIlisg Of the w0-'
men and more especially the killing OIL
young boys ard girls Who are 70 90 %
make up lho failure strength Of the Indian.
people, those boing killed y The seddestl
pars of ths whole thing. asd ws feel III
very sorsly."
he Cosnmisstoasr Does Amsricsn'
Horss know thsse things Of bic owa per.l
oousl knOuIsdge os - b besa Told
shem.v
Americas Horse-sL ~ not thsse stI
The time be(orA the boriAl of The ood diess n
but did @ there With soma % the To-!
alan police and rho Iadiaa doctor, and ~
treat nsny d the psopIe-men ltoa she \
agency --aDd ~ went through The battle I.
6eid and ssW whsre the bodies were
from the e eek of The bIoed.v
The Rev. Ms. Cook, 6ioux hslfsI
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