The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-06
Indian Inspector Tinker and an Ex-
Marshal Among Those Reported
to Have Been Wounded.
APPEALS FOR PROMPT HID
WASHINGTON AUTHORITIES ASKED
TO SEND MORE TROOPS.
Orders at Once Issued for Dispatch OF
Reinforcements-COr
Probably Captured.

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct 5.-A desperate
fight between the Pillager band of Indians
and United States troops has taken place
and twelve or fifteen soldiers have been
killed and wounded. The correspondent of
the Journal. telegraphing from Walker,
Mimi, at o'clock this afternoon, thus de-
scribed the fight: A terrific battle was
fought at IL o'clock this morning thirty
miles from Walker, at Bog -ge-shirks
point, close to Bear island. The detach-
Bacon was landed on the point shortly after
o'clock The landing was effected with
considerable difficulty. owing to high sea.
After landing a search of the bush was made
the thick underground very carefully and
with every precaution taken against am
bush. No Indians were seen until nearly II
o'clock. The men were then ordered to line
UP in an open space near the shore of the
lake. Charges were drawn and prepara-
tions made for dinner The order to make
coffee had been given and the soldiers were
standing in column formation when the
first shot was fired. 1t came from Bog-ah-
me-ge-shirks house. The ball struck Ed
Harris, ex-marshal of Walker, half
breed. His arm was broken. That was the
signal Immediately the firing became gen.
eral from all directions. 1t seems that a
shot came from every bush. Three of Gen
eral Bacons men dropped. They were at
once carried to the rear.
On the very instant that the first shot
was heard every man in the command
sprang for cover, without waiting for or
ders. Like a flash the blue column had
vanished, not a sign was to be seen of
the eighty men who had stood erect but an
instant before, except here and there lit
tie patch where gray hat might be made
out. 1 heard General Bacon's voice high
above everything admonishing his men.
The general stood straight up. and. support
ed by Major Wilkinson, looked right into
the eye of the red devils.
SOLDIERS FIRE A vOLLEY.
STEADY, men!' the general called; Keep
co6ii keep cool!"
Again there came volley from the In
dians, aud that was what the troops had
been waiting for. The Krag-Jorgensens
opened up with frghtful rattle just as the
Pillagers made a terrific rush Half dozen
of them dropped, and the rest fell back yell
ing like fiends. i do not know how many
Indians there We're. but there must have
been $50 or ZOO Lieutenant Morrison with
squad of twenty men, made a rush to
prevent the recapture of Old Mah-Quod, a
very choice scoundrel. and Bap-Dway-we-
Dung. The marshals had these men under
arrest, and rescue would certainly have
been effected. but Lieutenant Morrison
cried Charge and his squad scattered the
copper-colored band.
BY this time the troops were under COW
er. The Indians were firing in a desuitory
way. and the order was given to charge.
The soldiers rose. ducking and dropping like
grasshoppers. They made the most of their
opportunity Suddenly a volley was fired by
the Indians at the steam tug Flora, which
lay off shore. A score of bullets tore the
frail woodwork Of the boat and every man.
except the pilot sought cover. Some blazed
away in return with revolvers. but the
range was too long.
A volley was then fired at the tug Chief
Of Duluth. Inspector Tinker was shot
through the leg and his coat sleeves were
torn to ribbons by a ball. The Flora
steamed for the agency. under orders from
Marshal o'connor. who was on board. to
get the twenty men under Lieutenant
Humphrey who had been left there. o'con-
nor narrowly escaped DEATH The Indians
fred volley directly at him. Brill, the
newspaper correspondent. and also Beaton.
fought bravely with reyoIvers. They took
desperate chances several times and came
OUT safely. The steersman Of my tug. Jen-