Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-06
FIGHT WITH INDIANS,
Terrible Battle in the W1ds Of
Minnesota,
FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED.
A Number Of The Redskins Seen 10
Bite the Dust.
TROOPS AWAIT REINFORCEMENTs
Ni.taIse Made I'm Sending Too Fe"
Men to Discipline the copper
CoIored Warriors-Famiiies LeaV
ing Leech Lake Agency.
TROOPS AWAIT REINFORCEMENTs.

MINNEAPOLfS. MINI, october "a
special to the Journal from walker
Mimi. says: a terrible battle was loisht
of II O'Clock this morning, thirty mics
from Walker. at Bog All Me Ge SkirKs
Point. close TO Bear Island. oeiacn-
ment of 100 men. under General Bacoh'
was landed on the point shortly ai'er
o'clock The landing was effected with
considerable difficulty, owing 10 hish
sea. After landing a sortie Of the push
was made in all directions. The soldiers
went through the thick underground very
carefully, and with every precautioh
taken against ambush. 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 preparations 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 All Me Ge
| Slxirk's house. The ball struck Ed. Har-
ris, ex-Marshal of Walker, half-breed
His arm was broken. That was the s:g-
nal.
FIRING GENERALLY.
Immediately the firing became general
from all directions. 1t seemed that shots
came from every bush. Three of Gene
raj Bacon's men dropped. They were at
once carried to the rear ON the instant
that the first shot was heard every man
in the command sprang for cover WITH
out waiting for orders Like Hash the
blue column had vanished, and aot sign
WAS TO be seen OF the eighty men who
had stood erect but an instant before,
except here and there a little patch,
where a gray hat might be made out J
| heard General Bacon's voice hlgh above
everything. admonishng his men. The
General stood straight up, and, support
ed by Major wilkinson looked right into
the eye of the red devils.
STEADY, men," he called; Keep COO
now; keep cool'
KRAG-JORGENSENS OPEN.
Again there came a volley from the Ia
dians. and that was what the troops ha'
been waiting for The kfag- JorSenseh
opened with a frightful rattle just as tn
Pillaeers made a terrific rush. Hal1 Z
dozen Of them dropped and the rest fel
back. yelling like fends incarnate.
don't know how many Indians there "er'
hut there must have been $50 or 200 Lieu
tenant Morrison, with squad of twent
men. made a rush 20 prevent the RECAP
ture of old Nah Quod, a very choic
scoundrel, and Bap Dway We Dung. III
, marshals had these men under arrest, an
, a rescue would certainly have been ei
fected. but Lieutenant Morrison yelle
"Charger and his squad scattered tn
G copper-colored gang.
. BY this time the troops were undt
I | cover. The Indians were firing in az
: sultory way, and the order was given I
= charge. The soldiers rose. ducking an
dropping like grasshoppers They mad
e the most Of their opportunity.
ATTACK ON TUGS.
!, Suddenly a volley was fired by the II
: | dams at the steam tug Flora, which la
off-shore A score Of the bullets tol
! through the frail woodwork of the boa
= and every man except the pilot sougl
). cover Some blaZed away in return wit
d revolyers, but the range was too long
7, A volley was then fired at the tug Chic
OF Duluth. Inspector Tinker was sh
t. through the leg. and his coat-sleeves we
torn to ribbons by another ball. II
n Flora steamed for the agency. under cl
a, ders from Marshal O'Connor. who was
~ board, to get the twenty men under Lie
II tenant Humphrey who had been lie
III there.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
O'Connor ESCAPED death by n miracl
The Indians fired volley directly at hi
Brill and Beaton also fought bravely Wi
revolvers. They took desperate chanc
several times, and came out In safet
so The steersman of my tug, Jennie, W
D. shot through the arm. He is very bad
L. hurt. The Indians gave us full voll
as we pulled out
p Rev. Mr.. Chantler. of Owatoona. MINI
III who was with me in the boat, had a We
" - narrow escape.
Ill On board the Flora when she start
;. for reinforcements were Marshal O'CC
Ill nor. Deputy Morrison. Agent SutherlaI
y and the Indian prisoners. A guard of L
Oh men. under Corporal j. /. Nettokov,
&C was sent with the Flora. She will
!" turn at once with rations and ammul
ton.
=; FIRING AUDIBLE AT WALKER.
1
rage when the news reached him.
men have already started for the fro
90 The fire of the heterogeneous. TWEEN
miles distant, is distinctly audible fr'
This point. They have been banging aw
all the afternoon. A man just in te
me we have lost four killed and nj
a. wounded.
SO 4 mistake was made In sending in
few men. Had two companies been sc
- there would have been no fight TIL,
red men respect numbers. The Flight
40 Third" now has its blood up. and Z
co. dargerous vicinity will be cleared.
'o fotal mistake was made in failing
''i send a Ciatling gun and Hotchkiss &
,rhev could have been used with &c
70 asfect to-day, especially the Gatling.
nu THE indians had fired twenty-five sh
we before the troops returned their fire.
~ g. axuected that General Bacon Will
we trench himself tonight and await re
NJ | forcements.
w. MARSHAL IN PERIL
~, The wounded Marshal of Walker '
- ,roupht home under a Red Cross n
IIa nj