Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-06

fought bravely with revovers. They took
desperate chances several times and came
out safely. The steersman of my tug Jen,
ME, Is shot through the arm with a Win
chester ball He Is very badly hurt. The
Indians gave us a volley as we pulled out.
Rev. Chantcr of Owatonna, MINI, who was
with me in the boat, had very narrow
escape On boa the Flora, when It started
for reinforcements, were Marshal O'Connor,
Deputy Morrison, Indian Agent Sutherland
and the Indian prisoners. guard of two
men under Corporal Nottokoven was sent
with the Flora. 1t will return at once
with ratlons and ammunition.
Lieutenant Humphrey was white with rage
when the news. reached him. His men have
already started for the front.
The fire of the Krag -Jorgensens, twenty
miles distant. is distinctly audible from this
point. They have been hanging away all
the afternoon .t....
-Four Killed, Nine wounded. ,
A man just in tells me that we lost four
killed and nine wounded up to date. Bacon's
men have their blood UP. The fighting
Third has seen It's. dead, Bear Island, as
well as It's dangerous vicinity, will be
gutted. fatal mistake was made in fail
ing to send a gatling and H91hlsiss- They
could have been used With magnificent ef-
feet today. The Indians bad fired twenty
i've shots before the troops returned their
fire. believe that General Bacon will in
trench himself tonight and await reinforce
ments. n ,.a s.a.; ,.. sss.
The wounded city marshal, Walker, was
brought home on board the Flora. He Will
recover, but his life is not worth pinch
OF snuff so long as there are
so many Bear Island Indians re-
naming in the country. Marshal
O'Connor and Deputy Marshal Sheean
behaved with the utmost bravery
The latter is an old man of 60, but the hero
Of Fort Ridgely stood yelling at the men to
keep their heads down while himself stand
ing erect and bareheaded.
The young lieutenant. Morrison, is a
plucky one. He had never been under fife
before, but there he stood as steady as a
rock and cool as an iceberg. The men be-
haved splendidly. OConnor was put ashore
in a hostile country and ran four miles
over thistles and through brush to reach
the Leech Lake agency. All families are
being removed from the agency at this time.
l am going back to the Point Immediately
General Bacon is beyond telegraph COM
munication and no boats can reach him
for three hours.
4;10 p. m.-The firing seems to have
ceased Leave at once.
WALKER, Minn., Oct. 5.-General Ba-
con, with his Santiago veterans
from the Third infantry left early
today for Bear Island determined to bring
the recalcitrant Pillager Indians to terms
at once, and by force II necessary He
chartered two steamboats, and barge and
had Gatling and Hotchkiss gun aboard
with which TO clear the island of possible
ambushers. The men are under the i'm
mediate command of Captain Wilkinson. A
corporals squad will be sent from Fort
Smelling to Bena, across Leech lake from
Walker, to protect government property and
records at the engineering station. 1t is
also possible. that the soldiers from the
Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers at Duluth
will be sent to protect the government dam
at Winnebogoshish. There are some ap-
prehensions here of general Chippewa up
rising. The various branches of the Chip
pewas in this vicinity have about 600 fight
ing men and could make much trouble il
they Joined the Pillagers.
The Journals staff correspondent wire,
as follows from Walker, Mimi: The In
dians are apparently determined to resist