The herald., 1898-10-07

names OF the kllleu VI "Vuh~eu' eAeoPe
Major Wilkinson.
General Bacon handled his men mag
nifcently, and was on the firing line dur
ing the whole of the engagement encour-
aging his men and directing the opera
tions. He was ably seconded by Major
Wilkinson until he was killed, ana Lieu
.enant Ross, under fire for the first time,
showed himself born fighter He rallied
the men at the opening voney, and stayed
right with them all the time 1t Is I'M
possible to tell how many Indians are IN
the attacking party, but should say not
less than 150 or 200, and we don't know now
many more are joining them. Ihey eVi-
IDENTIFY had the thing all planned out, and
were ready, to begin firing at the sighai.
They concentrated part OF their fire on the
boats to drive them away and leave the
soldiers no means of retreat, eVlueh'iv
thinking they could overpower the whoie
force. The newspaper men. Bril-, Beatoh
and Knappen. were all In good shape Wheh
left doing their share of duty on the line.
Not one of them had been injured
Several of the small boats and the
steamer Flora went out during the night
and early this morning to endeavor to land
provisions for General Bacons beleaguer-
ed command and bring away the dead
and wounded. The Flora has thirty
Brainard fighters and few other armed
citizens The Vera alone succeeds in ef-
fecting the purpose of the trip. Henry
McCabe with the Vera made landihS
off the north end of Beer island. where the
troops are entrenched, landing a suiiicien'
quantity of provisions to relieve immedi-
ate necessities of the men. An attempt
was made to bring down some OF the
wounded. The steamer could not ap-
proach close to the shore, and 1t was neces-
sary to use a small boat. ore man was
brought across the open. but the Indians
concentrated their fire on this point ana on
the boat. The place was too hot, ana NC
Cabe was forced to leave.
During the engagement Colonel Sheehan
received n slight flesh wound across the
abdomen, a bullet through his coat sleeve
and another through his trousers leg. Ma
jor Wilkinson was killed yesterday after
noon. He received a flesh wound in the leg
and retired to have 1t dressed by Dr. Har-
ris, the surgeon. He then reported TO GEN.
cral Bacon on the firing line as ready ior
duty, and while talking with the general
an Indian sharpshooter picked him OFF,
Major Wilkinson was shot through the
body from side to side and died almost in
stantly.
The agency Indians have been disposed
TO be peaceful up to today. but last night
one of the Indian police was killed by the
tropps by mistake, and the Indians are
now disposed to he hostile. The occurrence
was most unfortunate, but 1t is hard to see
~.
The Indian policeman, Ruskin. who is said
to have been one of the best of the agency
Indians, accompanied the troops and had
fought vallantly. but towards night he
though he had had enough Of it. and start
ed with another Indian policeman for the
agency, along the shore, without notifying
General Bacon. He was seen in the dark
ness by the troops and taken for hostile.
He was riddled with bullets. but his COM
panion escaped uninjured. This incident
has made the agency Indians very angry,
and a council is said to be in progress to-
night.
Bacon's Record
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-General John
NJ Bacon commander at Leach lake, is n
veteran officer, who has seen considerable
reer in both the volunteer and regular
armies of the Union. Through the great
or part of the Civil war he saw active SER
vice with the Kentucky cavalry, reaching
the rank of major. He was mustered out
in August 1865. but in 1866 he accepted the
position of captain in the Ninth cavalry
in the permanent establishment, and adj
vanced in rank. General Bacon was bre-
vetted in rank once for meritorious SER
vices in the siege of Resaca, Ga. aid again
for gallant services in Texas Indian cam
paigns.
A Request for Arms
ST. PAUL. Oct. CA Duluth special tc
| the Pioneer Press says:
| At 1SO this morning the police depart
ment. under the direction of Mayor Truel-
zin, is packing fifty rifles and ammunition
for immediate shipment to Deer River
| from which place the mayor late tonight
received the following telegram:
There are 300 Indians within three hours
walk of this village. and I expect at any
time they may come and demand supplies
Send ammunition.
"F. l.. CHURCHILL,
"Pres.den Village Council"
Fears for Trains
CASS LAKE. Mimi, oct. G.-All the peo
pie here that have guns are sleeping o,
their arms tonight, and it is a pitifully
small proportion Of the population. Mer
| began coming in early this evening with re
| ports of Indians in parties of five to twelve
all armed and looking as If they were hunt
ing for trouble AS night came on the re
ports hava continued to come in, and tht
alarm has increased Finally bushes.
men at II o'clock wire a request to the
governor for arms and ammunition for 90
men and for protection in the form O
troops. There is a special train goin.
east that is due here about a.. M, an,
fears are entertained for it's safety, as i
is not unlikely that the Indians may re
move some of the rails at any point il
this vicinity
The Killed and Wounded
CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-The Tiibunes stat
correspondent at Walker, Mimi, en- rout
to the scene of battle between Company i
Third infantry, under command of Genera
Bacon, and the Pilager Indians, on Bea
island, says:
The steamer Flora has arrived here
bringing IN the killed and wounded. Fol
lowing Is a complete list of those killed ant
wounded In Wednesdays engagement:
The killed:
OFicers-Maior Melville Wilkinson, Ser
geant William Butler.
Privates-Edward Lowe. John Olrstead
John s. Wallenstocller, Alfred Zebut
The wounded: