The herald., 1898-10-08
THE P|[LAG|NG INDIANS S0UNDLY WHIPPED

been shot. looked UP once and saw that
Major Wilkinson had been injured. but
where 1 did not know. l heard him cry:
Ross 1 have been wounded, but won't give
up, for It's not bad
1.-The next moment as he stood right back
Of his firing line, calling TO the men, he
said: Give II to them, boys I've got them
going, 50 give It to them; they are towards
and they're going to run
"He seemed to stagger and surge and
Ross ran toward him. Give them he'll gen
eral; give them hell he called at the top
cf his voice, over toward where General
Bacon was taking aim at red man. Then
he fell into the arma Of the doctor, who
carried him into the log cabin at the crest
OF the hill, where he died in one hour and
thirty minutes. There were two wounds In
his stomach and an artery had been cut
and he bled to death. despite the efforts Of
the surgeon to save him.
Death of Wilkinson
"Hts was the death of soldier and such
a death. as he expressed to me few min
utes before, he desired to experience, for
the major and myself had walked back and
forth from the scouting tour together 1t
.,
we reporters, down on the bank, talked
back and forth Of what a good story It
would be, and did not realize our position
until the big battle was over and the ehots
were fewer and We had nothing to think
about except the fact that we might fol-
low IN the footsteps OF the major
Other Victims
About the same time the major fell Pri-
vate Powell, who was running from one
cover to another, was seen to drop and in
the evening after darkness had come he
was carried to the little cabin, the victim
of another bullet from the Indians Win.
chesters.
The stripes on the sleeves of another
man whom saw throw up his hands and
drop his gun told me that a sergeant had
been shot. As he fell ne clapped one of
his hands to his head, and afterwards l
learned that he was Sergeant Butler and
that he had been killed instantly by a shot
through his head.
As he fell Lieutenant Ross, who had
charge of the two fianks after the injury
sustained by Major Wilkinson, was seen to
drop upon his knees and fire in the direction
In which the shot that had killed Butler
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Ross got his man and had fully avenged
the death of the gallant sergeant.
After that the men were out of sight IN
in the woods and behind the cabin and we
could only lie on the beach and wonder
when our end would come, for we did not
know but that the soldiers had been ami
hilated. There was no let up in the firing.
Sheehan's Advance
Suddenly to our right we heard the voice
of Colonel Sheehan of st. Paul, deputy
United States marshal. We glanced up and
could see the veteran Indian fighter lead
ing an advance by portion Of the right
flank.
you've got them whipped, boys: you've
got them whipped; give it to them, give it
to them" the colonel was yelling at the top
Of his voice. Every time his voice was
heard a volley rang out and every time it
was further away from us.
Afterward we learned that we had the
colonel to thank for our lives. Some In
dams had attempted to turn our right flank
and attack the civilians on the beach. The
colonel saw us and realized our danger and
our lives. AS 1t was, bullets flew about
us were peppered for several yards.
When we realized the position In which
the colonel was in we called to him to get
under cover. but he paid no attention to us.
He stayed with the men until he had ac-
complished his purpose. and when we had
about made up our minds that he was dead
we were startled by a move in the weeds
above US.
1--WE been wounded. boys, I've been
was the remark we heard as the
weeds parted and the gallant colonel fell
to the ground before US. We did not know
how badly he was hurt, but saw two holes
in his coat sleeve.
That's not It," he said. ITS my stomach;
look at that" and we did so. We tore open
his clothes and found only small wound,
but the blood was trickling down. The old
man was not frightened by any means.
1T you ever get out of here alive, boys,
you will be in luck" he remarked few
after he lay on the beach.