Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-07
INDIANS IN A WRECK
Chief Fatally Hurt-Frum Rushville,
Neb. = Coming East to Join
Buffalo Bills Show.

HAYWOOD, ILL.,, April 7.-Sixty-three In
dians in a special car en- route to Washing
ton to see President Roosevelt were
smashed into by a mail train two miles
west of here today during a fog.
Three Of the indian were instantly killed.
three were fatally injured and twenty
other were more or less seriously hurt.
The Indians who were not pinned In the
wreck fed In a panic across the prairie.
The trains which collided were the Ore.
gon express and a fast mail on the Chicago
and Northwestern railway. The express
train was run into by the mail train. Both
trains were eastbound.
Physicians were promptly hurried to the
scene. AS soon as possible the injured
were taken to haywood and Chicago.
All the victims Of the wreck were Indians.
The coach containing the Indians was a
light day car. It was completely wrecked.
The rear end of the coach ahead was also
damaged.
Due to Heavy Fog.
Persons who were on the train said that
the collision unluestionably was the result
of the dense fog. which stretched from
Lake Michigan today many miles westward.
In addition to the fog clouds Of escaping
steam envaloped the wreck and added to the
difficulty of rescue.
A moment after the crash there was not
a sound from the Inflated coach. Then one
by one those surviving the crash regained In
part their senses and began shouting Tor
aid. A terrifying series of wild yens from
the Indians were heard by the passengers
jumping from each side of the cars aheao.
The Indians were from the reservation
near Nashville, Neb., and their journey east
was primarily for show purposes at New
York.
1t was a pitiable sight to see the Indians
vs-- --~,l 41aI IN thofp native
garments. with their red blankets dyed
deeper by the blood from their wounds. Inc
men were Of splendid physique, and the ex.
hibition of calm nerve on the part OF ChieI
Whitehorse was a good example TO the
other members of the Indian party.
The following is the official account OF the
wreck furnished by the company
Three Indians were killed and twenty
pilot and headlight of the engine Of No. 10
were knocked off. The u~ninjured Indians
were left at haywood and the injured sent
to the hospital there.
Members Of Buffalo Bills Show.
The Indians were members of the Buffalo
Bill organization, and at New York were
to embark for England. The dead:
Kill Head; skull crushed.
Phillip Irontail; body crushed.
Thomas Comelast; body crushed.
The injured: Big Chief Whitehorse, BODY
crushed and legs broken, will die; Luther
Standing Bear, crushed about body and
head, viii die; Annie Gooseface, crushed
about body, will die: Mrs. Thomas Come,
last, wife of one of killed, cut ABOUT nead
and shoulders; Tommie Comelast, six
years old, son Of the lead man. head
bumped and believed to have been mace
temporarily insane from fright; Sammy
Lone Bear, head cut and body bruised;
Abraham Goddinow, cut about head; Blind
Eagle, twenty-three years old. cut about
head by flying glass; Little Elk, head cut
and bruised; Charge the Enemy head cut
and body bruised; Head Chief HighbaH at
the head Of the delegation Of Sioux, Sc
yerely crushed about the body; Wffiiam
Sittingbuu, son of Chief SittingbuIl, TWEEN
ty-seven years old, slightly injured
Chanted Death Song. n~@
After the bodies of the dead had been re-,
moved from the wreckage, and placed In q
row on the prairie beside the tracks, an In
cident probably unparalleled in railway
records took place. The uninjured among
the Indians gathered s.oout and led ny
Chief Iron Tall. solemnly chanted the ln7
dian death song"