The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-01

OF the troops, and reported that the
Indians would probably resist unless
an overwhelming force Of soldiers was
brought up. Forsyths did not agree
with the scout and continued to ad.
vance.
But Captain Wallace, who believed
the report of the scout, togo .hasr with
Little Bat and Lone Star, rode ahead
OF the troops, in order to pacify the
indians. ~.
The three men drew close to the
group of ssvages which had advanced
to meet then, sHd then Lone Star re-
cognized the daring warrior who had
tried his medicine two weeks before
that day. Re, together with several
other Indians, left the main body and
advanced toward Capt Wallace.
Suddenly, from within the crowd.
arose the shrill death song of the
Sioux. Both the scouts now saw the
danger in which all three stood, but
Capt. Wallace did not understand and
before he could be warned, held out
his hand to greet the advancing
braves.
From their positions, neither Of the
ecouts could fire aud Captain Wallace
walked toward his death oblivious Of
.he terrible fate awaiting him.
The singing Indian grasped Capt.
Wallace's outstretohed hand, ard sud
denly drawing his other hand from
beneath his blanket, struck the brave
captain a terrible blow with a toma.
hawk, killing him instantly.
But the medicins shirt failed to
protect the Indian from the bullet
which left the pistol Of Lone Star q
moment later, and the savage fell
dead with bullet through his heart.
The two scouts backed away, firing
as they =ent, and in turn received the
fire Of the entire band. Both escap-
ed without scratch. But not so
with the Indians. A number we're
killed by the SCOUTS before the soldiers
got into action. The Indians broke
for cover and Pucceeded in reaching
ravine from whence the soldiers could
not drive them.
Gen. Forsythe wrote an ORDER for
re-enforcements and handed it to
Lone Star, who rode the fourteen
miles to the agency in thirty-fve min-
utes. In one hour and twenty.eight
minutes the re-enforcements dashed
up, the soldiers having left too hur-
riedly to place saddles on their horses.
But they brought the gatling guns
with them. They were new to the In
dians, who did not understand the
rapid fire. Three Of these guns were
placed in position to rake tks -avine,
and the slaughter begun. The savages
could not escape and later in the day
the ravine was found to be actually
choked with dead Indians, more than
200 lying withing space of q few
hundred feet. (The Indians still call
this Bloody Gulch. y 81
The soldiers that day lost Captain
Wallace and twenty-fous men killed
and thirty -four wounded. n
But under the spot on which the
Indian monument rests are the bones
sof more than $50 Indians who were
killed that day, and for many months
1t was nothing uncommon to discover
the bieaoiied skeleton OF an Indian Iy-I
ing in the grass anywhere !, in the
neighborhood Of the battle field. The
exact number Of killed was never
known. 81
+ It was the last stand Of the red.
race. Sitting Bulls medicine was
not good. The Wa-Ci-W o.na-gi (ghoss
dance) had failed in its mission, but
the Indians still remember their
brothers who died at Wounded Knee,
and TO their memory reared the monu-
ment.