The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-04
An Ambuscade of Whites by
the Redskins.
TWO FIGHTS REPORTED
The indians Violate the Game Laws, Fight and
Retreat From Wyoming Toward the Bad
Lands of 0ako'a--- StyeraI Killed
10 the Fighting,
(py the Associated Press.l

Denver, Col, Nov. 2-Five hundred
men. including sheriffs posses, augmented
by volunteers from the ranches adjacent
ere searching the country in the vicinE !
CT Lightning Creek, in eastern Wyoming,
for the band of Indians. which. Saturday
afternoon fought a battle with Sheriff
Miller's posse, killing the sheriff and one
deputy, named Fossenburg. The latest
advices are to the effect that second
battle has been fought and ten ndilns
killed and eleven others captured, but
these have not yet been verified
News from the scene of the trouble.
which is twenty five miles from tele-
graphic communication is very meagre
The Indians. seventy-fve in number, arr
said to be under the leadership of Charlie
Carries Elk and are reported to be SiouA
from the. Pine Ridge and Rosebud
Agencies, in South Dakota.
They have been hunting in Converse
county. Wyoming, in violation of the
game laws OF the State. Sheriff Miller
with posse went to the scene of their
depredations last Sunday to arrest them.
The Indians had received warning OF tho
coming OF the whites and prepared an am
buscade for them. The posse would have
been entirely annihilated. but for the fact
that they were proceeding cautiously ana
were prepared for some trick of the kind
on the part OF the Indians. At the first
voliey from the Indians, Sheriff Miller
and his deputies ran to cover and then
fvbt Tha x-bi
found refuge behind trees and boulders
1t is thought that at least six Indians
We're killed and several others wounded,
among the latter being Eagle Feather. d
subordinate chief. The battle lasted al
most an hour. when the Indians began
to make their escape by ones and twoes
OH horseback. They carried their dead
and wounded with them and are now be-
lieyed to be well on their way to BAG
Lands in Nebraska. The officers did not
attempt to follow but sent q courier to
Lusk. the nearest telegraph office with
a message to Governor Chatterton. appris-
ing MIN OF what had occurred.
For the past two weeks. the Indians
have been in northeastern Wyoming
slaughtering game in violation OF Jne
game laws In addition the settlers have
been killing and stealing their cattle. The
Indians claimed the government had so
reduced the amount OF their rations that
they were forced to kill game to keep
from starving. Charlie Carries Elk openly
declared that if he and his followers We're
driven too far away they would fight.
When Sheriff Miller, of Weston county,
was notified of the refusal of the Indians
to get out of the State, he organized
a small posse and started for Beaver
Greek. along which the redskins were
camped. On Friday the Indian camp was
reached. It was deserted by all except
the squaws, children and a few old men.
who were busy skinning wild animals anc
preparing the meat for winter use. Ire
entire camp was placed under arrest.
The posse then started search for the
braves. They were located Saturday and
during the afternoon Sheriff Miller AMI
bis deputies started to close in on TEN.
When the whites got within rife range
of the Indian camp they were suddenly
fired upon and battle followed