Arizona silver belt., 1891-01-03
THE SIOUX wAH-A DEADLY ENGAGE.
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for the white mans blood. On the 29th of December, 1890; electrically the news of a battle was announced be- tween Big Foots band and U, $. troops and that numerous lives on both sides had been sacrificed, but that the Sioux had suffered most Two days after the first notification of the deathly encoun- ter of the 29th the Commissioner of Indian Affairs says, l50 Indians were killed and 80 wounded and captured. A message from Gen. Miles to Gen. Schotield, dated Hermosa, South Da- kota, says, Gen. Brooke telegraphed as follows: "Whiteside has four troops of cavalry and held the Indians until For sythe reached him. At S:30 this morn- ing, while disarming the Indians, the fight commenced. l think very few Indians have escaped. think we will have this matter in hand soon, as weare in possessiou"
 The State Journal has from its spec ial correspondent the following story of the fight between the troops and Big Foot's Indians at the camp at Wound ed Knee:
 ''At o'clock the troops were massed about the Indian village, the Hotchkiss guns overlooking the camp, not fifty yards away. Colonel Forsythe ordered all Indians to come forward, away from the tents. They came and sat in half circle until counted. Disrnounted troops were then thrown around them, Con- pany K, Captain Wallace, and Compa- ny B, Captain Varnum. An order was then given to twenty of the Indians to go and get their guns; they returned with only two guns. A detachment of troops at once began to search the viii lage, finding thirty-eight guns.
 '.As this task was about completed, the Indians, surrounded by Companies K and B, began 10 move. All of sud den, they threw their blankets to the ground, whipped mp rifles from their sides and began firing rapidly at the troops, not twenty feet away. The troops were at a disadvantage, fearing to shoot their own comrades. The h. dian men, women and children then ran to the south battery, firing rapidly as they ran. Soon mounted troops were after them, shooting them down on every hand. The engagement lasted fully an hour and half To the south many took refuge in ravine, from which it was difficult to dislodge them,
 'I should estimate the killed and wounded, from what saw on the field and in the vicinity, at fifty. Just now il is impossible to state the exact num- Der. The soldiers are shooting them down wherever found. The field was one of great confusion, horses running in every direction and the men for few minutes frantic, owing to the un- fortunate way they were placed.
 Captain Wallace, of K Troop, was the only officer killed. In the first mad rush of the Indians, those of them who had no. guns attacked the troops with knives, clubs and tomahaws. Cap tain Wallace was struck down with a blow from hatehet.
 Father Graft, Catholic missionary, received n bullet wound which will probably result fatally. Lieut.. Gar hngton, of Arctic exploration fame, re- ceived serious wound Tn the arm. A number of non-commissioned officers are wounded, probably twenty-five or thirty in all Several of these are like ly to die. I cannot at this time give the names of all the wounded. 1"
 As the Eth and 9th cavalry were re. turning from the fight to Pine Ridge Agency, followed by wagon train, Q band of Indians, headed by Two Strikes, dashed at the train with the intention of rushing il off to the Bad Lands. The cavalry quickly returned, and q fight followed, in which it is estimated twenty or thirty Indians were wounded, more or less seriously. One soldier was killed and two wounded. The sud- den outbreak of Two Strikes men, fol lowing the receipt of the news of yes terday's fight, has caused considerable apprehension lest many others of the supposed ffiendlies will follow their example.
 A Chicago dispatch says: "A courier brought in word this afternoon that the Catholic mission on White Clay creek Is on fire. Hopes are entertained that the priests and sisters have not been killed. The 7th cavalry immediately started for the scene. The smoke can be seen from the agency. The core spondent says as he writes he hears the boom of Hotchkiss guns in the direc- tion of the mission, indicating that the troops are engaged in fight there"
 The Piute who represents himself as the Messiah and who was the primary cause of all the trouble, should be killed, or deported to where there are