The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-10-13
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ouers tho HosHlss.
!, NJ OUR SOLDIERS KILLED.

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rred on From Ambush.
u.,ser. Mimi. Oct. 81. G. Beaton,
:. ~ the three newspaper men ma
o ,sd with General Bacon's troops on
c.~sr @ Point, wires the Minneapolis
su su:Sune long account Of the battle.
.ssr describing the landing he says:
~ A. there was no indication Of trouble
nil, Knappen and myself made up
-, minds to go back to Walker on the
saa, % 10 be sent by General Bacon for
~ M tents and rations for another day.
~. w. we're down at the landing, waiting
w. Wv rowboats to take US to the steamer.
~hen A shot was heard. Immediately
90 ran back to the crest Of the hill,
hon volley came from the woods
20 the front OF US.
"Run to cover" some one cried, and
=. the soldiers grabbed their guns and
an 10 the left l hurried down to the
hoach where l was soon safely housed
ssbidd big boulders and brush. AS l
,,n down. however. more bullets
.hased me, and 1t was a wonder that
myself and those with me were not
killed.
STEADY, men, steady" was the first
sound of voice we heard, and as l
raised my head l could see General
Bacon running about with his troops.
sect up in the firing line" was the
next order given, and the men Of the
srhting Third we're seen to run
through the grass and woods in the d.
rection from which the shots had been
fired.
The men continued to advance. The
three officers were everywhere, Major
wilkinson in charge Of the left flank
General Bacon in charge of the center
and Lieutenant Ross in charge OIL the
right flank. The soldiers were running
along, 1t appeared to me, on their
hands and knees, dropping every mo-
ment to fire q volley into the ranks
Of the enemy. The officers, however
stood in the open.
For 30 minutes there was cease
less roar, and every little while We
could hear cries of the men who had
been shot. looked up once and saw
that Major Wilkinson had been injur.
ed, but where l did not know. l heard
him cry: Ross, I've been wounded
but won't give up, for it's not bad"
The next moment. as he stood righ
back of his firing line, calling to his
men, "Give 1t to them, boys; you go
them going; give 1t to them; they arr
towards, and they're going to rum" HI
seemed to stagger and Surgeon Ros!
ran towards him.
Give them hell, general, give then
hell" Wilkinson called at the top o
his voice over toward the central flank
where General Bacon was taking ain
at red man. Then he fell into tn,
arms of the doctor, who carried hin
into the log cabin at the crest Of tn,
hill, where he died in one hour ant
30 minutes later.
About the same time the major fel
Private Powell, who was running from
one cover to another, was seen to drop
and in the evening after darkness ha,
come he was carried to the little cabin
the victim Of another bullet from tn
Indians Winchesters.
Suddenly to our right we heard tn
voice Of Colonel Sheehan, of st. Paul
deputy United States marshal. W
glanced up and could see the vetera,
Indian fighter leading an advance b.
a portion Of the right flank.
you've got them whipped. boys
you've got them whipped. Give 1t t
them, give 1t to them" the colone
was yelling at the top Of his voice.
Every time his voice was heard
volley rang out and every time it wa
further away from us. Afterwc IDS W
learned that we had the colonel /
thank for our lives. Some Indians ha
attempted to turn our right flank an
attack the civilians on the beach. TIL
colonel saw us and realized our danger
and his gallant attack had undoubtedl
saved our lives. Soon afterward h
Joined us. having been wounded In tn
abdomen.
We lay in wait for some time, an
finally / started out to reconnoiter.
did not take me long to learn that ou
troops were masters of the situation
and we at once summoned the com
pany physician, who attended to Cole
mel Sheehan's wound, which proved
be not serious.
Our casualties in the battle wer
only six soldiers killed and eleve
wounded, while five civilians wer
slightly wounded. The dead soldier!
who survived the battles before SAINT
ago to be slain by murderous Indian!
are Major Millville Wilkinson, Sergear
William Butler, Edward Lowe. Joh
Olmstead, John Swallenstock and Al
fred Zebell.
General Bacon escaped without
scratch. He arrived here yesterda
and sent the following dispatch to tn
war department at Washington:
Arrived hero at noon with my dc
tachment I'm good condition. The kill
cd and badly wounded have been shiI
ped to Fort Smelling. The Indian
have been badly whipped and left tn
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