The record-union., 1898-10-07

/ rose this morning. Ine temper Oh the
soldiers left here and at the agency is
something to make a man gasp. Lieu
tenant Humphrey is counting the min
utes until reinforcements arrive. This
command will probably be relieved
when the fresh troops come and be
given a chance at the enemy. There
was desultory firing about the head
lands above this town all night. What
it was about / cannot discover. |
think the Indians were signaling in
this manner. There were 200 men
under arms here. Major Kinkle very
wisely closed the saloons at 8 o'clock.
have been to the agency on my way
back here. The Indians there swear
that they are friendly. They may be
telling the truth but would not be-
lieve a redskin under oath after what
l have learned of him. At the same
time the Indians are not to blame for
their attitude
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
ST. PAUL. Oct. 6.-The Globes
staff correspondent at Walker, Mimi,
telegraphed the following account of
yesterdays battle:
Company E of the Third United
States Infantry, commanded by Major
Wilkinson and Lieutenant Ross, and
under charge of General Bacon, was
ambushed and trapped by the Pillager
Indians at Bear Island The battle was
a complete surprise to the troops and
on the first volley four of the men were
stricken down. There We're several In
dams seen about the log houses ON the
! shores, but when the troops landed
through the surf, all but one disap-
peared in the woods. On landing the
soldiers proceeded to the house in which
Bog All Ma Ge Shik resides when at
home, but the chief, who had threat
ened to kill the soldiers in case they
should be sent after him, was not at
home. Marshal Sheehan, however,
found Nah Quod, a Pillager Indian, one
of the twenty-five who rescued the
Pillager chief some weeks ago, and
placed himIunder arrest
Nah Quod put up a desperate fight,
although the company of soldiers were
drawn up in front of the place. it
required the assistance of four SOL
diers to subdue the prisoner and put
the handouts on him. After Nah Quod
| had been placed in the bow of the
steamer Flora the troops formed col
umns of two and marched around the
peninsular A number of small In
dian settlements We're visited and in
quiries made for Indians for whom the
Marshal and his deputies had war
rants.
Bog All Ma Ge Shik kept out of the
way as we'll as the others wanted. A
number of the leaders We're talked to
by General Bacon and Marshal O'Con-
nor and they professed great friendship
for the soldiers and promised to do
what they could to have the members
of the tribe, wanted give themselves up.
! Several Indians were seen walking
about with rifles in hand, but they
We're at a distance and made no dem
onstrations of war. Two hours and a
half were spent by the troops and the
| Marshals in visiting the several settle
ments, and then the party started
back for the landing place. Just in
! front of Bog All Ma Ge Sinks hut a
young Indian was arrested by Deputy
| Sheehan The fellow answered to The
name Of Musastrand, and made no OBJ
/ lection to his arrest. The company,
minus a few guards on the steamer
| Flora. lined up with their backs to the
lake and were put through a few evo-
lutions by Major Wilkinson.
The last order of the commanding
| officer before the massacre was COM
menced was to unload pieces. This
was obeyed, and as the men rested
arms a signal shot was heard. This
was followed an instant later by a sec
ond one and then a fusillade of shots
was fired from the bushes and small
| timber by the Indians who were in am
| bush When the first was heard, it
was supposed that one of the company
! in unloading had accidentally dis
charged his rife. The second shot
caused surprise and when a volley was
| fired by the Indians from their points
of vantage, the company for a minute
was panic stricken.
! 1t was only for a moment, however,
and then the voice of General Bacon
was heard cautioning the men to be
cool and steady. Major Wilkinson re-
peated the remark, and the soldiers
sought shelter at every spot.
Volley after volley was fired by the
| Indians, whose location could only be
/ determined by the smoke from their
rifles. The company, at command Of
! Major Wilkinson, deployed as skirmish-
ers, and poured volley after volley into
| the brush For the first five minutes
the Indians fired with much regularity,
but after that only when there was a
chance to do execution, when a soldier
showed himself.
At II o'clock the Indians turned
their attention to the two steamers and
| took particular pains to practice on the
| pilots They were very skillful and
| Marshal O'Connor, who was on the
steamer Flora, gave orders to put out
! in the lake and head for Walker. This
was done, and the last seen of the SOL
diers and Marshals, they were cTouched
under the shelter of the bank of the
! lake, which afforded protection from
the fire of the Indians. AS the Flora
! steamed out into the lake a rifle bull
| let passed through the side of the pilot
| house and struck Edward Harris in
the left arm, shattering that member
| and making amputation necessary.
Bullets flew thick and fast, but no 9TH
er person was hit, also the sides and
| deck of the steamer We're perforated
with bullet holes.
| The steamer Chief followed in the
course of the Flora Immediately after
| Inspector Tinker, the only passenger
| on board, had been shot in the left
| forearm and right leg. Marshal
| O'Connor proceeded by boat to the old
| Indian agency, and driving to the new
agency building, notified Lieutenant
| Humphreys of the attack. From the
| agency building Walker is about nine
miles Half of this was driven by
Marshal O'Connor with a team, and the
remaining distance was made on a
| run. The Marshal was quite disap-
| pointed at the refusal of Lieutenant
Humphreys to go to the rescue of Cen