Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-10-04
WOUNDED KNEE.
IA Review Of That Terrible Battle
with the Indians.
The Last Conflict Between Government
Troops and the Red Men-The
Brave Soldiers Who Lost
Their Lives in the Fight.

The battle of Wounded Knee is the
hast fight that has taken place in the
limited States between the Indians
land the regular troops. It may go
lon record, says the Kansas City Times,
las the last Indian war in this country
latter a desultory conflict between
whites and reds lasting for four hua-
|dred years In that long span thou
sands of lives have gone out in Indian
warfare. There have been massacres,
hong wars, assassinations, blood
manner of conflict has
marked the advance of modern civil
|zation against the aborigine.
Twenty-four United States soldiers
|were killed at Wounded Knee, S. D.,
lon Monday, December 20, 1890 The
battle was the elimination of an ex-
Blended disturbance among the Indians
|about Pine Ridge and Standing Rock.
[Old Sitting Bull, the willy chief who
had so many times promised to be a
brood Indian, grew surly and threat
|Rned to gather his warriors and go to
The Bad Lands to begin winters
campaign against the settlers. Trouble
|brewed all through the early part of
but until the middle of the
month no serious outbreak was ex-
[pected by those of the whites who
knew the habits and disposition of the
Sioux. On December Is Sitting Bull
|again announced that he was about to
Head the warriors away from the
agency. Fearing that he meant to
|put his threat into execution, the In
|aian police were ordered to capture
Ihe aged chief. They proceeded to do
|Iheir duty and a skirmish followed, in
(which Sitting Bull was killed. The
news of the chiefs death and the man.
|sner of it served to infame the Sioux
nation and much war talk resulted.
|At Washington, however, the old In
alan fighters thought that the death
[pf the principal chief would put an
|end to the troubles
f. Out in the bleak hills of South Da-
|kota the war spirit of the Sioux was
Growing. The death of the old chief
found the young braves nerved up to a
|gtruggle against the whites and only
|word was necessary to name new
|agitation. The flame was famed I'M
|tiI the closing days of the month, when
bhe battle of Wounded Knee began and
Ended the war.
On that day the aroused Sioux at
lacked the Catholic mission at Pine
Ridge agency. The Seventh cavalry
arrived in time to engage the Indians,
Ind a terrific encounter ensued. Be
|tween seventy-five and one hundred Of
|Khe redskins were killed, and twenty
|fpnr United States soldiers were count
81 among the dead after the fight was
nj an end. Among the Sioux leaders
we're High Hawk Little Wound, Big
Road, Two Strikes, Fire Lightning,
Young Observation-Disclosures and
spottea Elk. Two Strikes and Little
Mound were in command.
The soldiers killed at Wounded Knee
9ere Capt. George D. Wallace, Sergt.
oyer, Sergt. Goffey, Sergt. Net
|tle, Hospital Steward Pollock, Cor
ppral Bone, and Privates Johnson,
RFey. Kelly, Cain, Book, Muir
|1by, Killner, Hodges, Forrest, Newell,
McCue, Logan, Costello, Raglan, Chris
hanson, RanalSa. Tafrey and Adams.
|H is to these brave men, whose battle
|cry was Remember Custer" that the
Tort Riley monument was erected.
They lived there, and It was from that
|place that they went off into the Da-
kota hills to fight the redskins in the
now of a December evening. Fitting
|it is that under the shade of Fort Riley
|should be a shaft to the memory Of
these brave Indian fighters.
Since the battle Of Wounded Knee
Two Strikes and Young Man-Afraid-of-
|His-Horses have died. Two Strikes
|8as shot and killed few months ago,
md Young Man-Afraid-of-H
EEL dead with heart disease only re-
entity.
| The Indians of the United States are
GENERALLY peaceful now, and there is
little chance for another outbreak.
Inc march of civilization was never SO
|npid as lat this moment. Let it be
|hOped that the last Indian war is over.