Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-23


Dressed Tor rather undressed in full
war paraphernalia eagle war bonnet,
war paint war lance. etc, and war
shirt which Sitting Bull had anOinted,
the warrior stood like a copper statue
on the knoll, while every soldier and
Indian police in the troop fired point
blank at him again and again. For
five minutes he sat on his horse, i'm
movable, drawing the fire of the ninety
men, most Of whom were crack shots.
Then the firing ceased and every SOL
der in the troop applauded the won
derful nerve of the warrior. He had
been testing the efficiency of the med
icine" of Sitting Bull.
Apparently satisfied, he turned his
back on the soldiers and rode again
at full speed for the timber, never
looking back. Two weeks later this
same Indian started the fight at
Wounded Knee by Draining Captain
Wallace in the presence Of his entire
company.
Killing Of Capt. Wallace.
Dec % the Indians were camped on
Wounded Knee creek, waiting for n
conference the following day with
Gen. Forsythe. commanding the troops.
During the day the scouts Little Bat
and Lone Star had been among the
Sioux Indians, led by Big Foot, and
had learned the serious condition Of af-
fairs. The following morning they re-
ported to Gen. Forsythe that the In
dams would probably resist unless an
overwhelming force Of soldiers was
brought up. Forsythe did not agree
with the scout and continued to ad-
vance.
But Capt. Wallace, who believed the
report of the scout. together with Lit
tie Bat" and Lone Star rode ahead
of the troops, in order to pacify the
Indians.
The three men drew in close to the
troops of savages which had advanced
to meet them. and then Lone Star
recognized the daring warrior who had
tried his medicine two weeks before
that day. He, together with several
other Indians, left the main body and
Suddenly, from within the crowd.
arose the shrll death song of the
Sioux. Roth the scouts now saw the
deadly 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
scouts could fire and Capt. Wallace
walked toward his death. obivous of
the terrible fate awaiting him.
The singing Indian grasped Capt.
Wallaces outstretched hand and sud
denly drawing his other hand from be
| meath his blanket. struck the brave
| captain terrible blow with a toma-
hawk. killing him instantly.
| But the medicine shirt failed to pro-
tect the Indian from the bullet which
left the pistol of Lone Star mo-
nent later. and the savage fell dead
with bullet through his heart.
The Bloody Gulch.
The two scouts backed away. firing
as they went. and in turn received the
| fire of the entire band. Both escaped
without a scratch. But not so the In
| diuns. \ number We're killed by the
scouts before the soldiers got into ac-
| ton. The Indians bro Ike for cover and
succeeded in reaching a ravine from
which the soldiers could not drive
| them.
Gen. Forsythe wrote an order fo- re-
Inducements and handed it to Lone
Star, who rode the fourteen miles to
the agency in thrty-fve minutes. In
l hour and 2S minutes the REINFORCE
ments dashed up, the soldiers having
left too hurriedly to place saddles ON
| their horses
But they had brought the gatlng
guns with them. These We're new to
the Indians. who did not understand
the rapid fire. Three of these were
placed in position to rake the ravine
and the slaughter began. The savages
could not escape, and later in the day
the ravine was found to be actually
choked with dead Indians, more than
two hundred lying within a space Of q