Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-09
Party Of White Men Meets
Death at the Hands of
Indians.
agency Police Pursue the Muir
dprers-Sevpral Killed and
wounded.

Killed DV Indians. As soon as the
news of the tragedy was brought to
Pine Ridge Capt. Brown, the agent,
dispatched twelve mounted police
under command of Police Sergeant
Joe Bush to the scene of the
shooting, with instructions to arrest
and bring in the perpetrators of the
bloody work.
When the squad arrived at their deS-
tination Two Sticks and his crowd
opened fire on them and a skir1nish
took place, resulting in the death of
two of Two Sticks party and The
wounding of Two Sticks and one of his
sons Two Sticks himself was shot in
the leg and in the abdomen. Two
Sticks son was wounded slightly in
the ankle. The dead Indians were left
where they fell, and the wounded ones
were brought to the agency
Another account of the affair is that
when the police squad reached the camp
they opened fire on the party they
were sent to arrest. without warning
and without making their mission
known, and shot them Down in cold
blood.
More definite details concerning the
killing of the four white men have
reached here, although the names of
all the white men cannot be definitely
learned as yet 1t is known that Clark
Bacon and his Son-in-iaw were not
among the number. Bacon IS resi-
dent of White Clay Precinct, Sheridan
County, Nebraska. The motive for the
murder cannot be definitely learned
One account is that the Indians were
playing cards with the white men in
the dugout in which they were camped
and got into a dispute, and that after
leaving them the Indians returned and
opened the door of he dugout and shot
them VIII lie they were asleep.
Another account is that these In
dams had been in one of their sweat
houses, going through some of their
savage ceremonies, and became i'm
bued with the idea that it was incum-
bent upon them to kill these men and
proceeded to carry it into effect
First Sergeant Joe Bush, who was in
| command of the Indian police, tells the
following story Of how Two Strikes
band was attacked: The men were
camped down near No Waters camp,
close to the hill. The police were out
on the fat where the Omaha House is
When the police first came upon them
they fired once at US and all of us then
commenced to fire upon them. We got
an Indian going up the hill and we
killed him there. There was another
man raised up close by the house and
we finished him and knocked him
down. Sergt. Sitting Bear killed one,
Policeman Redout killed one and
Sergt Blunt Horn killed one. 1 took
five of Young ManAfraid's men, young
fellows, and they helped us a great
deal. No Water came up to the police
and told us that we had served them
right; that we had killed them and
that they had all they wanted, and the
best way now was to drop it,
After making their reports the
police were highly complimented by
Capts. Brown and Cisney. Capt
has another squad of police out after
those who got away, with instructions
to bring them to the agency dead or
alive
PINE RIDGE Agency, S. D, Feb. g.
"A telegram has been received by
Capt. Brown, United States Indian
agent here, from the foreman of the
government beef contractors, saying
that he was at the camp during the
killing of the white men, but made his
escape. He states positively that four
Ill
There is no reason given for the kill
Ing. Everything points to e willful
and cruel murder.
A detachment was sent from here to
bring the bodies of the white men to
| the agency, but the friends of the
murdered men refused to let the police
have the remains, claiming that they
would attend to the burial themselves.
1t has since been learned that the four
bodies were sent to Hermosa, S D.
Information has been received since
! the engagement between the Indian
police and Two Sticks band that it
was only the firm and heroic stand
| that Young Man Afraid-of His Horses
took that prevented another outbreak.
| No Water. chief at whose camp the
| fight occurred, is prime mover among
the ghost dancers, and is one of the
worst Indians on this reservation.
After the police had wounded Two
! Sticks and his son and killed White
| FaceHorse and another renegade In
dian, No Water few into frenzy and
called On his followers to avenge the
killing and wounding of Two Sticks
and his son. 1t was at this stage that
! Young Man Afraid of His-Horses
! showed tact and good generalship. He
hurriedly got his band together and
marched his people between the police
and No Water followers, and in this
way prevented another Indian war.
The government officials here sub
S-~~atarv of the Interior
a full account of Young Man-Afraid-
of-His Horses actions in the matter
and recommended that some fitting
testimonial be given him. Sergt. Joe
Bush and Sitting Bear have also been
recommended for promotion for meri-
| toriouS service.
A courier just in from the camp re-
ports that Two Sticks and his sons re-
| turned two or three hours after killing
the cowboys and took all the bed
clothing a the camp and stole what
food was IN sight 1t is a Difficult: