Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-01-08
THE INDIAN WAR
Killed and Wounded In Late SIX ir
mishes

General Schofeld received two tele.
grams from General Miles dated Nv
Pine Ridge, 5. D.. Jan, Sd, as follows:
"Col. Forsyth, Of the Seventh cavalry
reports under date Of the second inst,
the following casualties in the skir-
mish with hostiles at White Clay creek
December 80: Killed-Private Fran.
cescheth. troop G.; wounded-First
Lieut.. Mann and privates Hillock and
Fitzpatrick, troop B; private Peter
Clausen, troop G; private VIM. Kern,
troop ID; Farrier Richard, j. Nolan.
troop +, and First Sergt Theodore
Raynor, troop X"
| The other telegram bore the same
date ami gave the list OF killed and
wounded ut the Wounded Knee fight,
December 90. The list does not differ
from that already given in these dis
patches.
A dispatch received by Gen. Scho-
field from Gen. Miles at 6:35, on the
evening OF tho 9th, indicates tina there
has been no battle with the Indians.
This wds the latest dispatch received
! up to midnight.
Up to late hour the .srn1y head
| quarters have received no advices re-
garding the reported battle in the
vicinity of Pine Ridge, and the officers
! declared the belief their was nothing
in it.
The pepOrt of the relief OF Col
Forsyth OF the command OF the Seventh
cavalry, by Gen. Miles, was confirmed
at the war department. The officials,
however, showed decided disinclina-
nation to talk about the matter. Gen.
| Schofeld said; at had been suggested
by person whom cannot mention
that II would be well TO inquire into
the circumstances of the fight at
Wounded Knee, inasmuch as the re-
ports said that several women ana
children were killed. Accordingly
Gen. Miles, III accordance with sug-
gestions from here, relieved Col.
! Forsyth from his command pending
an investigation into the circums, ances
connected with the fight. The inves-
tigation is probably now being con-
Quoted by Gen Miles. The general
management is also 10 be looked into,
but thu particular point in question is
the death of the women and children"
| Considerable criticism against Col.
Forsythe's suspension is heard in the
| war department. 1t seems to be di.
rected against the policy OF relieving
an officer during Inc progress Of u
| camI align Instead of waiting until the
troubles are settled. AS to the charge
that Col. Forsythe allowed his men to
kill women and children, it is stated
1t woald be impossible in the hurry
and confusion of an unexpected fight
and subsequent stampede and pursuit
to detect the sex OF Sioux. One off,
Ger remarked, 1T is pfeposterous to
say /, IL necessary in an Indian Skin.
mish to stop firing long enough to
| find out just what sort of Induo you
are shooting at. Women and men
look merry much alike in their blanket
costume, and the former are quite as
| fierce fighters as the men. A Sioux
squaw is as bad an enemy us a buck
at times. Little boys, too. can shoot
quite as well as their fathers, and
what a spectacle it would be Tor u SOL
der on seeing a l0-year-old pointing u
loaded gun az him with as true an aim
as the best inarksman in the army to
| stop his advance and cry out, My sou
you must drop that gun, for you are a
minor and ! am not allowed TO hurt
you,n