Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-07
WATERToWN SOUTH DAKorA THURsDAY MARoH q, lel2 .


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dsspefste eiSort u tc beat 81 If III 4 5lsl' 81.
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for three dsy1s. bAt ness /. IN 81 theS
sss MA csis w h1 ton snsS M and sce1pS|
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Upon hish point " SiSnd neaE M
sA1iaesnAn cabin and oyeriooa Mn the
llissonfi the three ck ildtsn n wsrs
Iied Nh, WissaiaI Il. u bbso 4
Iwsnt to hve Sitlh ths y RSeNttlsss u 81 1l| MN
yaIlss n
tNas i chesrlsss hons that m steds
Hansen Wisen,an when he retprnea
from He war 11Iis eldest son MAJ
Ibesn inferred with ths unknown dsas
after the battle ot Gett ttysburg All
his children were deAd and His Wife|
was : refugee amons her neishbors.s, I,
The soldier set out tor St.S lanes ana
Joined vile, Togethe her they ss
turned to the desolate cabin.
Dselared 4 vsrdstta.
Kneeiing down on the grave Of his
children, Wiseman swore b assterrib.e
oath of vengeance against the Indians.
Developments during the succeeding
years proved II was no fdles one
/ It was not long after Wisemants re-
turn that Indians commenced to dis
appear nlysteriously. All who strayesl
near the Kiseman farm never reportAsls
again at the agency where they be.
longed.
The government finally decided u
move the Poncas who had been re a
sponsible for the massacre OF the
Wiseman family, further down the Mis-
souri river They embarked in ca
noes ana idly foated with the cur.
rent AS they rounded the point of
land near Wiseman's cabin someone:
opened fire on them with a repeating
rife and soon killed all the indians In
two Of the canoes. Whoever did Il:
was concealed IN the thick under
brush. The authorities asked no ales.,
tions, because 1t was a foregone CON
clusion that no Jury III the region
would return a verdict against Wise
man.
TWenty-four Skeletons Uncovered
q Some years ago at the Foot Of the.
biuff upon which the Wiseman child
fren are buried, q geoiogist discovered
the skeletons of twenty four ndians.
Immediately it was reported that a.
'sburying ground Of the sayages had
been discovered. The residents Of the
region knew however, that Indians did
inot bury their dead In such a snanner.
Besides; bullet holes In the skulls
looked suspicious The neighbors cred.
lifted the entire twenty-four Indians to
the unerring craftsmanship Of Wise
/ man 5as ss
The old settlers Of the community
gave Wiseinan and his wife a surprise
party. A generous feast had been
spread under the trees in the yard and
every body was having a good time. A
! yagabond Indian appeared and askel
| for food. With d laconic You'll get
51it, Wiseman disappeared into the
Ihouse. He returned with a shotgun.
The Indiai started for the timber.
Just as he cleared the yard Wiseman
/ discharged both barrels, inutiiatinis
both legs OF the mendicanr with buck.
shot. Putting UP the gun he sat down
1samong the shocked and terrified
guests with a smile of satisfaction on
! his face. s;s.
Prepared for Death q
Some years ago Mrs Wiseman died
land was buried beside the murdered
children on the bluff. After her death
NYiseman, aged, bent, with gray whisk
ers and snowy unkempt hair, was frc
3Eauently seed at night prowling about
4 the bluff or skirting the strip Of tim
her.3 ss3aS 3s3
Years ago he straightened UP his
4 business affairs, deposited his viii
4 with his attorney and waited patiently
for Indians land the end of his sad
and turbulent life. He was 95 years
Of age. Death was due to Il stroke
d of paralysis. ssyS.3
5sisSs
1 Arthur I. Sherin' 5