The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-06
General Bacon Reported Killed.

General Racon Penortad Kil1ed
Walker Mimi, oct Ga terrific bat
tie was fought yesterday 80 miles from
! Walker at Bog All -Me-Go- Shrk's Point,
close to Bear Island. a detachment Of
100 men, under General Bacon was
landed on the point shortly after s
! o'clock. The landing was effected with
| considerable difficulty, owing to a high
sea. After landing a sortie of the bush
was made in all directions. The SOL
| diers went through the thick under
growth very carefully and with every
! precaution 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 a shot was
fired. 1t came from Bah-Ah-AIe-Go
Shirks house The ball struck Ed
Harris, ex-marshal of Walker a half
breed His arm was broken. That
was the signal. Immediately the firing
became general from all directions II
seemed that a shot came from every
| bush. Three of General Racon's n,er,
! dropped. They were at onca carried
to the rear. on the very instant tbat
| the first shot was heard every man in
| the command snranp for cover vvitboI,t
waiting for orders Like flash the
blue column had vanished and not a
| sign was to be seen of the men who
| had stood erect but an instant before
| except here and there a little patch
where gray hat might be made out
General Bacon stood straight up and
supported by Major Wilkinson, looked
right into the eyes of the red devils
steadily, men, he called; keep cool
now, keep coool."
Again there came a volley from the
| Indians, and that was what the troops
had been waiting for. The Krag-Jor-
| gensens opened up with a frightful rat
! tie just as the Pillagers made a ter
rife rush. Half a dozen of them
dropped, and the rest of them fell back,
yelling like fends incarnate There
We're probably $50 or 200 Indians. Lieu
tenant Morrison, with a squad of 90
men, made a rush to prevent the re-
capture of old Mah-Qoud, a very
choice scoundrel, and Bap Dway We
Wung The marshals had these men
under arrest and a rescue would GER
tainly have been effected, but Lieuten-
ant Morrison yelled Charge" and his
squad scattered the copper colored
| gang. BY this time the troops were
under cover. The Indians were firing
in desultory way and the order was
| given to charge. The soldiers made the
best of their opportunity.
Suddenly volley was fired by the
! Indians at the steam tug Flora, which
lay off shore. On board the Flora
when she started for reinforcements
We're Marshal O'Connor, Deputy Nor
rison, Indian Agent Sutherland and the
Indian prisoners. A guard of two men
under Corporal ]. l. Nettokoven was
| sent with the Flora She will return at
once with rations and ammunition.
Lieutenant Humphrey was white
| with rage when the news reached him.
His men at once started for the front,
The fire of the Krag- -Jorgensens, &c
| miles distant, was distinctly audible
from this point, A man just in says
that we have lost four killed and nine
wounded up to date.
There was mistake made in send
ing so few men Had two companies
been sent there would have been no
fight. These red blackguards respect
numbers. fatal mistake was made
in failing to send Gatling and
Hotchkiss. They could have been used
with magnificent effect.
The wounded city marshal of Walker
was brought home under Red Cross
flag aboard the Flora. He Will re-
cover, but his life is not worth pinch
of snuff now, so long as there are any
Bear Indians remaining in the coun-
try They Will certainly murder him.
| Marshal O'Connor and Deputy Mar
shal Sheehan behaved with the ut
most bravery. The latter, an old man
of 60, but the hero Of Fort Ridgely
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