The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-06
AN INDIAN
OUTBREAK
Soldiers Fight With In
dianS Near Walker.
BATTLE ON AN ISLAND.
Rush of REDSKINS Was Checked by
Shower OF Bullets.
BATTLE ON AN ISLAND.
FOUR SOLDIERS WERE KILLED.

terrific battle was fought 30 miles from
Walker at Bog ah- me ge- shirks point
close TO Bear island. One hundred men
under General Bacon. landed on the
point shortly after O'clock. The land.
ing was effected with considerable diff.
hcuity, owing TO a high sea- The sol
diers searched the thick underground
carefully and with every precaution
against ambush. No Indians were seen
Shortly before ii O'clock the men were
ordered TO line up in an open space near
the lake shore, and preparations were
ABOUT TO be made for dinner The sol
olers were standing in column formation
When shot was fired from a house The
pall struck Edward Harris ex-marshal
OF walker, halfbreed. His arm was
broken. Immediately the fire became
general from all directions. 1t seemed
that a shot came from every bush Three
OF General Bacon's men dropped. They
were carried to the rear.
When the first shot was heard every
man in the command sprang for cover.
General Bacon stood straight UP. and
supported by Major Wilkinson. looked
right into the eyes OF the foe. Steady,
men, he called; keep cool, now; keep
cool!'
Again there came a yoIIey from. the
Indians, and then the Krag -Jorgensens
opened up with a frightful rattle Just as
the pillagers made a terrific rush. Half
dozen of them dropped and the rest
fell back, yelling like fiends. There mus;
have been $50 or 200 Indians.
Lieutenant Morrison, with 20 men.
made a rush TO prevent the recapture of
old Mah-Quod and Bap- Dway- We Dung
The marshals had these men under ar
rest Morrison's squad scattered the
Indians who tried to rescue the prison
ers. The Indians later fired in desul-
tory way, and the order was given the
troops 10 charge.
The soldiers ran. ducking and drop
ping like grasshoppers. They made the
most of their opportunity. Suddenly
volley was fired by the Indians at the
tug. Flora, which lay off shore. A score
OF bullets went through the frail wood
work OF the boat. and every man except
the pilot sought cover. Sosne blazed
away In return with revolvers, but the
range was too long. A volley was then
fired at the tug, Chief, of Duluth. In
spector Tinker was shot through the leg.
and his coatsleeves were torn TO ribbons
by another ball. The Flora steamed for
the agency under orders from Marshal
O'Connor TO get the 20 men under Lieu
tenant Humphrey who had been left
there. O'Connor escaped death by a
miracle. The Indians fired volley di-
rectly at him.
On board she Flora when she started
Tor reinforcements were Marshal O'Con-
nor. Deputy Morrison. Indian Agent |
sutherland and the Indian prisoners. A
guard OF two men under Corporal Netto-
koven was sent with the Flora. She will
return at once with rations and ammuni-
ton.
Lieutenant Humphrey was white with
rage when the news reached him. The
fire of the Krag-Jorgensens, 20 miles dis
tant, was distinctly audible in Walker.
man just in says that we have lost four
killed and nine wounded up to date. The
wounded ex-marshal OF Walker was
brought home under a Red Cross flag |
aboard the Flora. He will recover. but |
his life is not worth pinch of snuff so |
long as there are any Bear island In |
tians remaining in the country. Mar |
hal O'Connor and Deputy Marshal Shee- |
han behaved with the utmost bravery.
Lieutenant Morrison had never been |
under fire before. but he was steady The |
men behaved splendidly. O'Connor was |
put ashore in a hostile country, and he |
ran four miles over thlstles and through |
brush TO reach the Leech Lake agency |
All families are being removed.
The Pillager and neighboring Indians |
" the White Earth reservation claim to
have many reasons for their outbreak. |
although the direct trouble with the
comes over attempts to bring
n some of the Indians TO the United |
tates court at Duluth In connection with |
liquor selling. Their GRIEVANCES go back
through many years and there have been
legislative and other attempts TO settle
hem, one OF the latest being the Nelson
aw regarding the sale OF the timber on
he Indian lands. However. the Indians
laimed that the method of disposing OF
his was both cumbersome and exppn-
I've. and that they were the sufferers
n regard To serving as witnesses I'm
Iquor selling cases. they claim that the
equity marshals left them TO find their
wnl way home from Duluth without
aving paid them the proper mileage.