The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-22
AN INDIAN FfGH..

1 AN INDIAN FfGH..
 Eighty U. & Soldiers Have . Bat.
 tie with Seven Hundred Bear ISlant
 indlaBs Several Soldiers Wcunded | Walker. Ninn. U,.tier-5 5 A terrific
 battle wss fought at 2 n'rlork thi,
 morning 90 miles from Walker at Rig
 Ah-Me Ge. shirk's point. ose ,n B-.,
 Island 4 detachment of one hun fred
 men under Gen Bacon landed nn the
 point shortly after 8x n The land- l ing was effected with consiie, able d. jifi.
 cnlty "w'nG to high ses Af,er landing
 . search of'h brnsh vas made in all
 directions. Soldiers went through the
 thirk nndergrowth very carefully and
 with every prersusinn io Raard against an ambush No Indisns were seen mn. til n o'clock. The men were then or.
 dered [" fine up In sn open space near
 tbo shore of the lsker 4 order to miske 2
 eoaee was given and the soldiers were
 standing in cnlnmn formation when the 6rst shot WAS fred. Itcame from Bag Ge-Shiak s house 4 ball struck Eb HaSris, ex.nsr rahaf 1f Wafden and
 broke his sym. That vas the signal and irn-.ais.sr .s,e s-iuI haeAIAe yps aSas from sIi sin~nsiaa6. ii seeule,i shas
 a Asi0e essg. z zEsTsss eSerys bsa-s 2 z. spe cT
 Col, Bacop's men dropped. They acre
 at once caSTfe5I 10 She rear and evsrs
 man ia shs command spfGng f0 cov~s
 aud j.. = fs" seconds not sign contd
 be seen of the eighty men who were
 standing erect but an instant before.
 Gen. Bac0n's voice rang ont above everything. admonishing his men The
 General stood straight up xnd. support. ed by MsnfDrd Wilkinson. lo"Ked right
 into the eyes of the red devils. ''S,eady men!" he called. Men. keep cool now: i: keep cnol!" A9sin there came a yelley from the Indians, and shat vas what the troops had been waiting for. The Krag -Jnrgsn-ens opened mp with 8 fright nj rattle just as the piilsgeys made terrifi" rush. Half 6 dozen of them dropped and the rest fell back, yrilIng like fiends incarnat~. There were 700 Indians
 Lieut.. MUrr. .snp. with squad of twenty men. m de a rush in prevent the recsrturs of nd Nah.Q'r"i. a very choice scnu"d drel. and B.E"iway-we dung. The msrshal had these men nn der arrest. and rescue wouli certain. ly have hecn tff..rcted hut Lieut.. MOr sison yelled "Chargel" and 'he squad scattered the reds. The Tn disne fl ing tecame 'iesultory, and the order was given to charge The soldiers rose. dncking and dropping like grsssh"p- pers. They made the most of their up portunity.
 Suddenly voilsy was fired by the Indians at the steam iux Fiora, which | lay "H shor". A score nf bnllets tore fhrOuHh iII. f-ail wood wurk ofthe boat shd every man except pilot sought cover. < vollev vas hen fiaed a, the tug Chief. of Duluth Inspect Tinker !! was shot through he leg Tt. Fiura i for the sge1.y. uadri orders i from Marshal O'Connor. who was on board. tog,t tsrnty, n,n under Lieut. Humphrey who had been lett ThrTe. Brill. ihe neSspape c"IreApnndeur. ! and BAaiaa also fsIIat brays!s wIsh ] their rev'Ivers. They ro,k desperate safely Tue s'"+r>m, f;,~ ~ tug Jen- nia vas sh"t 'hrnIyh the arm and had l y hurt The IndIsDs ga"ea fnll voiley sS in" tug quilted 0uf, On hoard the Flora when she sfar'sd for reipf"Tce- meuts were the Indian p'i-urers. 1 Z'lard WAS sPnt with the Flora. She will return al once with ratians and Humphrey xas white with rage wh' he n.,4s reached him. His men have already started for tbe front. The fire nst the Krag -Jorgeuspns twenty miles distant, WAS distinctiy audible at this D lint. They were bang ing away all afternoon. man just in says hat we lost four killed ann nine wounded np 10 date
 Bacon's men have their hlo"i up. Bear Island. ss we'll as i,s dang rpus will be sut'td -t'Ai mis take was mad1 1T, talIIny to send yatI- ing and no chkIss guns Bi,,r vi en-renrh himsrlf tonIght au.i await r- inforcemen's Cily Mar>h.ei Walker Was wounded and brauyht home under the Red Grass flag aboard the Flora. He will recover. but his life will not be worth pinch of snuG ss Ioug xs there