The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-10-12
INDIANS ON THE wARrArH.
Minnesota Redskins Kin Number Of Reg
nlsrs Before Being subdued.

Bacon on Wednesday, killing uumbe
of soldiers.
Brigadier General Bacon returned
Walker from Bear Island shortly afte
noon on Friday. He says he has the Phi
layers whipped and does not need rein
forcements. The Indians have scattere'
In war canoes to other Islands. he de
clares, AMI at sewers al points along thl
lake were seen white flags Of surrender
He had terrible fight with the sav
ages, and charged from the Enclosure OF
them. Seven soldiers were killed.
General Bacon thinks one Of the In
dians killes by sharpshooter was Bug
All Nah -Ge-sshig. who was the cause o
the whole trouble, other Indians having
taken him uy force from the deputy mar
shals, who were taking him to Duluth a.
a witness in an illegal liquor selling case
A graphic description Of the battle wa
given by ]. g. Beaton. correspondent o.
the Minneapolis Tribune. who was in the
fight. lie said:
"As there was no indication of trouble
Brill. Knappen and myself made up ouI
minds 10 go back to Walker on the boal
10 be sent by General Bacon for the tents
and rstions for another day. We were
down at the landing, waiting for the row.
boats to take US TO the steamer, when q
shot was heard. immediately we ran
back 10 the rest on the hill. when volley
came from the woods TO the front Of us.
"'Run TO cover some one cried. and as
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to the left, / hurried down to the beach
where was soon safely housed behind
big boulders aud brush. As ran down
more bullets chased me, and it was a won
der that myself and those with me were
not killed.
Steady, men. steady was the first
sound of voice we heard. and as rails
ed my head could see General Bacon
running about with his troops. Get up
in the firing line.' was the next order Civ
en-, and the men of the fighting Third
were seen 70 run through the grass and
woods in the direction from which the
shots had been fired.
Another peep above the stone behind
which lay, and a peep at great chance
of death, and saw Major Wilkinson and
Lieutenant Ross calling to their men tc
advance. All the time the shots were
fast and furious. and the bullets few q
few inches above our heads as we lay on
the beach.
THE men continued 10 advance. The
three officers were everywhere Major
Wilkinson in charge of the left flank,
General Bacon in charge of the centre
and Lieutenant Ross in charge of the
right flank The soldiers were running
along. it appeared to me, on their hands
and knees, stopping every moment to fire
volley into the ranks of the enemy.
The officers, however, stood in the open.
They were brave almost to recklessness,
and seemed to consider only the safety OF
their men, for they advised them what to
do in tones that could be heard all over
the Point.
"For thirty minutes there was a cease
less roar, and every little while we could
hear cries of the men who had been shot.
l looked up once and saw that Major
Wilkinson had been injured. 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 right
back Of his firing line. calling to his men /:
Give it to them, boys; you've got them
going; give il TO them; they are towards,
and they're going to rum" he seemed to
stagger. and Surgeon Ross ran toward
Il n -.
them III Wilkinson called at the top
of his voice over toward the central flank,
where General Bacon was taking aim at
a red man. Then he fell into the arms of
the doctor, who carried him into the log
cabin at the crest of the hill, where he
died an hour and thirty minutes later
His 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
from the scouting tour together.
1T was an awful sight, but, strange as
it seems, we reporters down upon the
bank talked back aud forth of what a
good story it would be, and did not real
iEs our position until the big battle was
o .er. and the shots were fewer, and we
had nothing to think about except the
fact that we might follow in the footsteps
OF The Major.
Suddenly TO our right we heard the
voice of Colonel Sheehsn, of ST. Paul,
Deputy United States Marshal. We
glanced up aud could see the veteran
Indian fighter leading an advance by a
portion of the right flank. You've got
them whipped, boys, you've got them
whipped Give it to them; give it TO
themH the Colonel was yelling at the top
of his voice.
Every time his voice was heard, a vol
ley rang out, aud every time it was farther
away from US. Afterward we learned
that we had the Colonel to thank for our
lives. Some Indians had attempted 10
turn our right flank and attack the civil
ia1s on the beach. The Colonel saw us,
and realized our danger, and his gallant
attack had undoubtedly saved our lives.
Al it was, bullets flew about our heads,
AMI the stumps, weeds aud stones about
Us were peppered for several yards.
'When we realized the position in
which the Colonel was we called TO him
- ge: under cover, but he paid no atten-
ton TO US. He stayed with the men un-
til he had accomplished his purpose, and
when we had about made up our minds
that he was dead, we were startled by
move in the weeds above us 'Pve been
wounded boys; | We been wounded was
the remark we heard as the eeds parted,
and the gallant Colonel fell 10 ground be-
fore Us. We did not know how badly he
was hurt. but saw that there were two
b lles in his coat sleeve.
"sThat's not it, he said as we turned
hlck his sleeve. It's my stomach; look
a. that We tore open his clothes and
found only a small wound. but the blood
was trickIing down. The old man was
no. frightened by any means. If you
ever get out of here alive. boys. you will
be in luck he remarked"
Godfrey zeigler. one of the wounded
privates in the hospital, says the fight
" IS very hot for thirty minutes. One In
iian at the right of the line seemed to
bit soldier every time he shot, and when
be fired. another Indian at the right let
oat whoop. Zsigler says this Indian
had fine gun. Il was he who shot Ser
geant Butler clear through the head. The
hat is preserved by Zsigier. "You ought
70 have seen the reporters leg it when
tho fight began" he said; but they were
mighty kind TO the wounded afterward."
He says there were not over finy Indians