The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-06
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aFre1t, and Q rescue would certninly
have been e6ected, but Lieut. Morrison
yelled "chargeig and his squad scat
tered the coppsr-colored gang BY this
time ths troops were under cover. The
indians were firing In 4 desiltory way,
and the order was given 70 charge. The
soidiers roga, duclSing ana dropping Ike
grasshoppers. They made the most Of
their opportunity. Suddenly a volley
was fred by the Indians At the steam
tug Flora, which lay OF shore. A score
Of bullets tore through the fran wood
work Of the boat ana every man ex-
'cept the pilot sought cover. Some blas-
ed away in return with rsvolvers, but
ths range was 700 long. A volley was
then fred at the tig Chief Of Duluth.
Inspector Tinker was then shot through
the leg, and his coat sleeyeS were torn
to ribbonA The F1ora steamed for the
agency, under orders from Marshal
o'connor. who wasron board, to get
the twenty men under Lieut.. Humphrey
who had been left there.
miraculous Escape.
o'Connor escaped death by miracle.
The Indians fred a vOlley directly at
MIN. Brill, the Newspaper correspond
ent, and also Beaton. fought bFayely
with revolvers. They took desperate
chances several times, and came out
safely.
The steersman Of my tug, Jennie, Is
shot through the arm with a Winchester
BAN. he is very badly hurt. The In
dlans gave US full volley az we pulled
out. Rev. Mr.. chanler, Of oWatOnna,
MINI, who was with me in the boat,
had very narrow escape. On board
the Flora when she started for reinforce
ments were Marshal o'connor, Deputy
Morrison, Indian Agent Sutherland and
the Indian prisoners. A guard Of two
men, under Corporal ]. /. NettolEoven,
was sent with the Flora She win re-
turn at once with rations and ammuni-
tion.
Lieut.. Humphrey was white with rage
when the news reached him. HIS men
have already started for the front. The
firing Of the Krag-Jorgensons, twenty
miles distant, Is distinctly audible from
this point. They have been banging
away all the afternoon. A man Just in
tens me that We lose four killed and
nine wounded up to date. There was a
mistake made to begin with In sending
60 few men. Had Two companies been
sent there would have been no fight.
The red biackEuards respect numbers.
Bacra'O men have their blood up. The
Aghtihg Third has sent in its dead Bear
Island as well as its dangerous vicinity
Mn be gutted.
AFAtai Mistake.
a. fatal mistake was mase in failing
TO send Calling and q aSl7otchkiss.
Tho could have been uiea With mag
nihcent enect to-day, especially the
Gatiing. The Indians had fred twenty
ave shots before the troops returned
their fire. believe that General Ba-
con will entrench himself tonight, and
await relnforcementR The wounded
city marshal Of Walker was brought
home under a Red Cross nag, aboard
the Flora he will recover, but his life
Is not worth a pinch OF snuff 90 long
as there are any Bear Island Indiana
remaining in the country. They viii
certainly murder him. Marshal o'con-
nor and Deputy Marshal sheehan be-
haved with the utmost bravery. The
latter, an old man of sixty, but the hero
OF Fort Ridgely, stood yelling at the
men to keep their heads down, while
himself standing erect and bare
headed.
The young lieutenant, Morrison, is a
plucky one. He has never been under
fire before. but he stood there steady as
a rock, and cool as an iceberg. The
men behaved splendidlH o'connor was
put ashore in a hostile country, and ne
ran four miles, over thlsties and brush,
to reach the Leech Lake Agency. All
families are being removed from the
agency at this time. am going back to
the point Immediately. The army de-
partmena In St. Paul should be notified.
General Bacon ls beyond telegraph
Communication. and no boats can reach
him for three hours