The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06

Denver, Colo, November 2.-Ffve
hundred men, including sheriffs
posses augmented by volunteers from
the ranches adjacent are searching
the country in the vicinity of Light
ming Creek. in Eastern Wyoming, for
the band of Indians which Saturday
afternoon fought a battle with Sheriff
Miller's posse, killing the sheriff and
ore deputy named F~OssenburS- The
latest advices are TO the effect that
a second battle has been fought and
ten Indians were killed and others
captured, but these have not yet been
verified.
News from the scene of the trou-
bic, which is 65 miles from tele-
graphic communication is very mea-
gre. The Indians, rs IN number, are
said to be under the leadership of
Charlie Carries Elk. and are supposed
to be Sioux, from the Pine Ridge
and Rosebud agencies, in South Da-
kota. They have been hunting in
Converse county, Wyoming, in viola
ton of the game laws of the state.
Sheriff Miller, with a posse, went to
the scene of their depredatiOnS las
Saturday to arrest them. The In
dams had received warning of the
coming of the whites and prepared
an ambuscade for them. The posse
would have been entirely a%nnihilat-
ed, but for the fact that they were
proceeding cautiously n were pre-
pared for some trick of the kind, on
the part of the Indians. At the first
Volley from h Indians, Sheriff Mil
Ter and his deputies ran to cover and
then ensued a genuine fight. The
whites found refuge behind trees and
boulders.
1t is thought shat at least six In
dams were killed and several others
wounded. among ~the latter being
Eagle Feather, a subordinate chief
The battle lasted almost an hour,
when the indian began to make
their escape by ones and twos. on
horseback. They carried their dead
and wounded with them and are now
believed TO be we'll on their way tC
the bad lands in Nebraska. The Of
ficers did not attempC 20 follow, but
sem n courier 10 Lusk. the nearesI
telegraph Office with Il message 10
Governor ChattertOn apprising him
of what had occurred.
For the past two weeks the In
dianS have been in Northeastern
Wyoming Strengthening game in VIC
lation of the game laws. In addition
the settlers have been complaining
that the Indians nave been killing and
stealing their cattle. The Indians
claimed the government had so re-
duced the amount of their ratlons
tina they were forced 20 kill game to
keep from starving. Charlie Carries
Elk openly declared that if he and
his followers were driven too far.
they would fight.
When Sheriff Miller of Western
county was notified of the refusal of
the Indians to get out of the state,
he organized a small posse n start
ed for Beaver Greek, along which the
red kin were camped. On Friday
the Indian camp was reached. 1t was
deserted by all except the squaWs,
children and a few old men who were
busy skinning wild animals and pre-
pairing the meat for winte use. The
entire camp was placed under ar
rest.
The posse then started a search
for the braves. They were located
Saturday and during the afternoon
Sheriff Miller and his deputies start
ed to close in on them. When the
whites were within rifle range of the
Indian camp they were ~dde
fired on and the battle followed.