The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-08
RED MEN IN WRECK.
Special Car Full Of Indians Raj
Into BY Fast Mail.
Three issTANTLY KILLED

Three More Viii Die and Twsaty Ar,
More Or Less Seriously Hurt--Wer,
Going to New York to Join a Show
Braves Chant the Death Song.
Haywood. H., April s -Three IN
dians were killed three fatally injuree
ana twenty more or less seriously hurt
in a wreck on the Chicago and Norh
western railroad. two miles west o.
here
The following IS the official account
Of the wreck furnished by the com
pany
'Traln no. 6 on The Northwestern
from the west running twenty minutes
late on account OF 4 dense fog and hay.
ing two extra coaches occupied by In
dians en- route from the reservation
near Rushyille, Neb, TO New York fol
show purposes, was stopped at AIelrose
Park near haywood by block signal
on account of q train ahead Of it
Fast mail No To- which carries M
passengers, ran into the rear end at
No 6. and one of tile coaches contain.
ing the Indians was damaged by the
collision. Three Indians were killed
and twenty three injured three Of
them seriously The pilot and head
light Of tie engine Of No 10 were
knocked off. The uninjnred Indians
were left at haywood, and the injured
sent to the hospital there
Wreck Caused BY Dense Fog.
Persons who were on the train said
that the collision nnquestionabIy was
the result Of the dense fog which
stretched from Lake Michigan many
miles westward In addition to the
fog clouds Of escaping steam enyeloped
the wreck and added 10 the difficulty OF
rescue.
A moment after the crash there was
not sound from the i'll fated coach
Then one by one those surviving the
crash regained in part their senses and
began shouting for aid. A terrifying
yell from the Indians was heard By
the other passengers. All the men pas
sengefs and many Of the women on
board the two trains FASTENED to the
aid Of the injured Indians. The fact
that one side of the rear car fell of
with the impact undoubtedly saved
the lives Of many Indians who We're
thrown ont on the prairie on the
ground clad in their native garments
with their red blankets dyed deeper by
the blood Of their wounds The men
were men Of splendid physique aud tile
exhibition Of calm nerve on the part Of
Chief White Horse was good ex
ample q that Of tile other members of
the Indian party.
Chief White Horse, who was IN
charge Of the Indians, was fatally in
jured The bodies OF the Indians who
had been killed outright were laid on
the prairie beside the track, Chief
White Horse being Carried with them
He said he knew that death was near
and requested that he be placed near
his dead companions. The chief was
proppea up and slit stoically while
physicians worked over his injuries
he smoked i pipe quietly and showed
no signs 81 the pain he must have been
suffering One by one the other IN
inred Indians were slowly taken from
the splintered car and placed upon the
ground near their dying chief and dead
comrades. The physicians hurried
from one to another OF tire injured, ad
ministering to the wants Of all. while
arrangements were being made to take
the red men 70 the nearest hospital
Indians Chant Death Song.
After the bodies Of the dead had
been removed from the wreekage and
placed in d row Oh the prairie beside
the tracks, an incident probably I'M
paralleled In railway records took
place. The uninjured among the In
dams gathered about and, led by Chief
Iron Tail, solemnly chanted the Indian
death song
The Indians We're members Of the
Buffalo Bill organization, and at New
York were to embark for England.
The killed are: Kill Head, skull
crushed; Philip frontal, body crushed;
Thomas Comelast, body crushed.
The most seriously injured are: Big
Chief White Horse, body crushed and
legs broken, win die; Luther Standing
Bear, crushed about body and head.
VIII die; Annie Gooseface. crushed
about body, will die: Head Chief High
Ball, at the head Of the delegation of
the Sioux, severely crushed about the
body
Bad Wreck on Baltimore and Ohio,
Central, w. Vas, April s. I'm COLI
sion between a passenger and a freight
train near this place on the Parkers
burg branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Conductor Ford of the freight
train was instantly killed and Engineer
Bennington badly injured Three post
al clerks 7. *. APPLICANT Of Loveland.
o., q. H Connerton Of Cincinnati and
w. w Wild OF Parkersburg were
slightly injured. No passengers were
injured except one man, who had
lip slightly cut.
Fatal Collision III Ohio.
sandusiSy, o. April SIN a head-on
collision between freight trains on the