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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-08-04
WagonBox Fight In Which ThTwo White Men Killed
Eleven Hundred Warriors Victory

in their ranks. Powell's own wea-
pom brought down the dauntless
young chief at their head. Broken,
but unchecked, they pressed the at
tack to the very sides of the wagon
boxes before they wilted under the
shattering fire that no human being
could face.
The Indians could only account
for the sustained fire from the cor
raj by the supposition that more
white men were in the enclosure
than its size appeared to make pos
sible, but those who had forced
their way nearest to the wagons be-
lieved that it was some extraordin-
airy medicine" of the whites. New
ertheless, in the hope that the ter
rifle fire would diminish, they
pressed forward in the face of the
storm of bullets that laid them low
by hundreds. Red Cloud, back on
the hills with the women and some
of his sub-chiefs, saw the attacks
and the slaughter of his braves
with sinking heart. Eagerly he
watched the wave of riders for the
second time press forward, for he
knew that failure to overcome the
whites in this attempt spelled ruin.
Then he saw his warriors waver
under the blasting fire.
They retreated in confusion, only
to reform, and such was their des-
perate courage that, despite their
terrible losses, they made six
charges before Red Cloud, heart
sick with the slaughter and the
frustrated hopes Of overwhelming
Fort Phil Kearney, recalled his
horsemen and threw forward most
of the remaining warriors in skirm.
ish line to engage Powell's mer
while he recovered his dead ane
wounded. The Indians considered
nothing more disgraceful than t.
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oval, making a corral for defensive
purposes at the highest point near
by. The spaces between the wagon
boxes were filled with logs, sacks
of grain and other materials. All
supplies were placed in this corral,
as Powell expected an attack very
soon. His men were equipped with
new Springfield breech-loading
rifles, which were unknown to the
Sioux and furnished them with a
surprise later.
While Powell was completing his
preparations cody and without
confusion, the hills round about his
little fort were filling with hosts of
painted and mounted warriors,
numbering, it was later admitted by
Red Cloud, between 5000 and
1000. Besides Red Cloud there
were present all the great war
chiefs of the Sioux and Cheyennes.
They were so sure of a sudden and
crushing victory over the whites
that, contrary to their custom, they
allowed their women and children
to follow the fighting men to the
battlefield to help in the work Of
mutilation and torture that always
came after an Indian success in
battle, and to carry away the plum
der. The squaws, with their chill
dren, were massed on the farthest
hills surrounding the little fort to
watch the drama that was to take
place in the lower ground beneath
them.
It was early on the morning Of
August End that the fight began
As the first streaks of dawn tinted
the sky some two hundred Indians
in the face of obstinate defense BY
the herders, stampeded and ran of
the mule herd, while five hundred
braves fell upon the camp in the
woods. This was at once abandon.
ed by the soldiers and civilian.
there, who retreated toward the
fort, keeping the Indians at bay
with a hot fire. The mule herders
trying to join the wood camp party
were attacked, but a bold sortie BY
Powell and part Of his men from
the wagon-box corral drew the at
tention of the Sioux and allowed
the junction Of the herders with thu
wood party, which eventual,
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allow the enemy to capture bodies
of those killed in battle.
Men At Breaking Point; Powell
Reserves Fire for Last Effort
The ground about the corral was
a mass of Indian dead that formed
broad mounds on three sides. But
the slaughter would have been even
greater had not the men in the lit
tie fort been in a critical condition
after the frightful strain of steady
fighting for hours. With ammuni-
ton running low, Powell knew that
one more charge would overwhelm
his weakened garrison, for the men
had reached the breaking point. He
reserved his fire and allowed the
Sioux to drag away their dead al
most unmolested. Before they had
finished this work she'll burst
among them and a cheer went up
from the soldiers, for relief from
the fort had come. Soon hundred
men and a howitzer reached them
and escorted them back to the post.
Red Cloud could easily have re-
trieved in part the lost fortunes
of the day by an attack on the re-
lief party in the open. He was too
much disheartened and dismayed
to attempt it. His power was
broken and he never took part in
another important fight. He after
ward admitted that his losses in
the Wagon-box fight in killed and
wounded numbered one thousand,
one hundred and thirty-seven. Each
defender, on an average, had ac-
counted for thirty-six of the reds.
Further testimony as to the num-
Der of Indians killed and wounded
is contained in a conversation be-
tween one of the civilian scouts and
the department commander, some
weeks after the fight, as reported
by Colonel R. I. Dodge in "Our
Wild Indians" as follows:
"How many Indians were in the
attack" asked the general.
wall, Ginr'll, I can't say fer sar-
tin, but I think thar were nigh onto
three thousand of them"
"How many were killed and
wounded?"
wall, Gin'r'll, I can't say fer
sartin, but think nigh onto thou
sand of 'em."
"How many did you kill?"
;, II can't say fer sartin, Gin'r'll.
but give me a dead rest an / kin
hit a dollar at fifty yards every
time, an I fired with dead rest
at more'n fifty of them varmints
inside of fifty yards"
"For Heavens sake, how many
times did you fire?" exclaimed the
general.
wall, I can't say fer sartin, but
I kept eight guns pretty we'll het up
for more'n three hours"
: On this occasion Powell received
his third brevet for heroism and
distinguished conduct on the field
The next fall a new treaty was
, made with the Sioux, and Fort Phi
, Kearney was abandoned and burn.
) ed. In memory there is associated
t with it one of the two most notabl.
: defeats of white soldiers by indians
;; and the most overwhelming victor.
4 of whites over reds.
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by the result of the attack, at once
planned what he expected would be
a crushing blow. He detailed seven
hundred Indians to strip to their
breech-clouts and creep forward to
within easy range of the wagon
boxes, using every ravine or de-
preston that offered as cover.
These were to surround the corral
and keep up a sustained fire. He
then formed the remaining two
thousand mounted warriors to
make an irresistible charge while
the whites were under the hot fire
of the skirmishers.
Tops of Wagon-Boxes Torn to
Pieces Under Calling Fire Of Sioux
The seven hundred sharpshooters
reached their positions with some
losses and began pouring bullets
and arrows into the corral, but the
defenders did not respond, except
ing with an occasional shot at an
exposed Indian. Under the gall
ing fire of the Sioux the tops OF
the wagon-boxes were torn to
pieces, but the bullets, crashing
through the wood above the heads
of the PROSTATE soldiers, did little
vital damage.
Then came the order for the
massed charge. Led by the nephew
Of Red Cloud, a superb young war.
rior, the Sioux horsemen came or
in a wave. Stalwart braves, array.
ed in varied and highly-coloree
/ fighting panoply and leaning for
ward on their galloping horses
they made a picture of fierce, bar
barrie might and splendor. Ono.
more they swept on in the face o.
a terrible silence. Again, almost a
point-blank range, came the sud
den flash and continuous staccatt
Of rifle fire that tore great gap
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reached the fort after hard fight
ing and some losses.
With Odds Of . Hundred to One
Not Soldier Expected to Survive

oSO~ - 0Oe0DOS .eKSSS~~e ~ SeDA vSvO
Powell's force at the corral now
numbered thirty-two, four civilians
having joined them. Among the
latter was an old frontiersman of
renown as an Indian fighter, who
later was credited with killing more
than a hundred Sioux. AS a great
mass of reds began forming east of
the corral, Powell and his men
made ready to sell their lives dear
ly.. With odds of one hundred to
one against them, not a man ex-
.pected to survive but all were cool
and determined. Some of the less
expert marksmen were detailed to
load rifles, there being two or three
of these for each man. AS the bat
tie grew imminent, the defenders
settled themselves before the loop
holes in the wagon-boxes. Powell
ordered that not a shot be fired un-
til he gave the word.
Suddenly five hundred Sioux
warriors, mounted on their best
war ponies, detached themselves
from the main body and charged
toward the corral. Behind them a
thousand more formed to follow as
soon as an opening was made in
the defenses. As the whooping,
painted Indians Numbered on, the
little fort maintained an ominous
silence. They were a hundred yards
away and not a shot was fired.
Fifty yards, and Powell spoke.
The sides of the wagon-boxes were
sheeted with flame as a whitening
storm of lead whistled and Shrek
ed among the astonished braves.
They had expected one volley, and
then another-then silence. The
rapid fire from the white men that
moved them down by scores threw
them into confusion. The wave
broke against the corral and swept
around It, as the Sioux circled the
enclosure at top speed, looking in
vain for a weak place to attack.
The blasting fire hurled them back
until, in panic, they broke and gal
loped out of range. Around the
corral dead and dying warriors lay
thickly piled among the killed and
wounded horses. Within the cor
raj Lieutenant Jenness and pri-
vate soldier had been killed and
two enlisted men MORALLY wound
ed. The thirty-two were now
twenty-eight in fighting strength.
Black with powder and sweating in
the August sun. they broke open
ammunition cases to be ready for
the next onslaught.
! In front of the corral, where the
first force of the charge had been
spent, horses and men were stretch
ed out in masses as though some 81
gantic mowing-machine had cut
them down. Some Of the red war
riors who were wounded tried to
crawl away, but as soon as one
showed a sign of life a bullet from
1.-THE vigilant soldiers killed him. The
successful repulse of that first ter
rifle onslaught of the reds served
to nerve the defenders of the cor
|ral, but the great masses of war
friors visible at a distance in all
directions seemed to them to spell
eventual annihilation, as they could
mot believe that it would be possible
to defend themselves against {
|countless horde of Indians in a sus'
tanned, concentrated attack.
i Red Cloud, puzzled and worried
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29
WAYS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED
 AT NENANA FOR ARMY BOATS

The U. s. army transport General J. ". Jacobs, Captain Bergman, commanding. will go into winter quarters at Nenana at the end of the present season, according to present plans. It also had been in tended to send the transport Davis to Nenana, to be in readiness to operate in connection with the Alaska Railroad next spring, but it was decided at the last moment to leave that boat on the ways at Fort Gibbon.
 The Jacobs brought a full load to Nenana from the army town, the cargo consisting largely of the necessary material for constructing ways here. 4 suitable site below the Alaska Railroad sawmill has been se- lected and final arrangements will be made for the work after the ar rival in town of F. A. Hansen, en- gineer maintenance and construction who is at present in the hills on a hunting trip. The ways will be of proportions sufficiently ample for the accommodation of several boats and barges.
 Among those arriving on the Jacobs were: Lieutenant H. D. Stetson. quartermaster, and Mrs. Stetson; Captain Burkhead, radio officer. and party; Mrs. Rover, wife of Technical Sergeant Rover; and several Signal Corps men who are enroute to the States for discharge from the service.
 Captain Burkhead and party, who recently completed the installation of a powerful radio set at Nome, disembarked from the Jacobs and proceeded to Fairbanks by train, with several tons of radio equipment which will be used in the upper town for the undermining of the wireless station there.
 The Jacobs probably will return to Fort Gibbon tomorrow, for an- other load of equipment.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29

Lester Earhart, of the T. & T. department of the Alaska Railroad, came in from the Canyon district this morning and will return to his headquarters tonight.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29

Do you believe in saving money? If so, come to the big Clearance Sale at Abe Simson's-nex to the Cooney Hotel.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29
Leroy Tozier. we'll known former

Leroy Tozier, well known former Fairbanks attorney, who has been a resident of San Francisco during the last several years, was an in coming passenger on this mornings train from the coast. He is return ing to Fairbanks on professional business and may remain in the h. terior for some little time. He re- ports that conditions on the Pacific coast have not yet returned to normalcy and expresses the belief that 1t will be at least another year before things will be back where they were before the war.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29

The Alaska Beverage Company, of Fairbanks, manufactures all kinds of Fruit Punches, Sodas, Ginger Ale, Syrups, Near Beer and Distilled Water. Nj. ". Diedrick, Manager.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29

Mayor David, of Anchorage, was among the arrivals from the coast this morning, enroute to Fairbanks on court business. He expects to re- turn to Anchorage on the Friday train.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29

Buy your ready-made furs now You'll save one-third at the Big Clearance Sale at Abe Simson 's- next to Cooney Hotel. .
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29

Captain Andy Livingston, of the steamer Teddy H., returned to Ne mana yesterday from a brief visit in Fairbanks.
The Nenana news., 1922-08-29

George Lewis, moving picture pro moter, arrived from the coast this morning on his way to Fairbanks
The daily times., 1922-02-25

NICELY FURNISHED ROOM FOR
rent. With all convenience with
privilege of garage. Phone 893.
2 25 2td
The daily times., 1922-02-25
MRS ROBERTSON CONFESSES
TO FRAMED-UP ROBBERY
AT HER HOME,

Freehold, N. j., Feb. 24.-After
the alleged confession of Mrs. Sarah
l.. M. Robertson that she staged the
holdup of her Deal Beach home last
Saturday night, the police today were
seeking to learn if she is the same
woman who a year ago secured. $1O,-
900 from an insurance concern for
the reputed theft of gems in Colum-
bus, Ohio.
The police last night recovered
supposed to have been taken by the
'robber.' She gave the authorities
a note to the person in whose custody
the gems were, and they were turned
over without further ado. Two of the
pieces recovered, the police say, cor.
respond exactly to description of gems
alleged to have been stolen from Mrs.
Robertson in Columbus.
According to the Ohio city's po-
lice, Mrs. Robertson was robbed while
visiting the home OF friend there
Among the gems she reported as
stolen was a large brooch studded
with diamonds and with pearls. One
of the pieces is of this description.
The police say she included in her
confession a statement that she was
driven to desperation by embarrass-
ment in her real estate business and
that she had planned, in addition to
the flake" robbery OF herself, tive
real robberies of New York friends
owners of big jewel collections
The daily times., 1922-02-25
GOOD s4AfARATIAN
sToI BIG LOOT.

New York. Feb. 25.l Police today
were seeking .'good samarphians" who
relieved two New York lsiness men
of gems and currency q hounting to
more than $4,000 W. en they fell
unconscious in fainting1 SPELLS.
Leo Sherman, Manh tan diamond
importer, tainted in ne Times
Square subway. When Id awakened
in Belleview hospital $ome time
later he announced he I'd been rob-
bed of diamonds whichshe said were
worth $4,000. The name of the
second victim had not been made
known. The police say he suffered an
|attack of vertigo, after leaving a
brokers' Office from which he had
received $4,000. Passersby carried
him to a nearby drug store and one
of his benefactors made way with the
money and diamond pin.
The daily times., 1922-02-25
SUITOR KILLS FATHER
AND WOUNDS GIL

West Midway. Mass, Feb. 24.-P.
Russell of this town was shot and
killed on New York, New Haven &
Hartford train at Clicquot station,
near here last night by Kingleton
[Jeffers Of West Medway, Russell's
daughter, Grace, 19 years old, was
also shot and probably fatally wound
ed Jeffers then turned the revolver on
himself and is believed tonight to be
dying.
Russell was returning with his
daughter from Boston. Jeffers was al
SO passenger, and just before the
shooting had approached the seat oc-
cupied by father and daughter and
attempted to engage them in CONVEX
sation, according to spectators.
The daily times., 1922-02-25

AS the train left Clicquot, Jeners
drew q revolver and opened nre, Kill
ing Russell with one shot. The girl
Ieaped from the coach and Jeners
pursued her, shooting as he ran.
when Miss Russell fell Jeffers shot
himself. He and the girl were taken
to the birmingham hospital.
Jeffers was one of Miss Russell
suitors, neighbors said. Some trouble
had arisen recently and it was alleg-
ed that Jeffers had made threats
against her life.
The daily times., 1922-02-25
PLACE OF EMPTY n STORES

If we permit the big mail order
louses to drive our business men out
of competition, what will we. have
left? A place of empty store buildings,
an undesirable place in which to live.
If the mail order houses accomplish
their purpose it is possible that rail-
road interests will decide there is not
sufficient business to warrant the
stopping Of trains here because
there will be no reason, then, for
travelling men to stay over in our
town, no freight to be delivered to
our stores.
In such cases we will be trying to
sell our property, but will find no
buyers, for who will think it a good
investment to buy property in dead
town?
But this is just what we must ex-
ipect if we keep sending our dollars
to the mail order houses, for it Is on.
ly the business of the town that
makes the town possible.
When we send practically all of oul
business to the mail order houses in
the cities there will no longer be
a necessity for, or reason for, 9
town here.
1t all resolves itself into the ques
ition. ''Shal we have q prosperous
town, with good local business, gOOi
real estate values, good wages ani
igood municipal development, OF shall
we have q dead town. with pigs root
ing in the principal streets, stOr'
buildings empty and with For Sale
! signs hung up, no lights and NO fir
protection.
! 1t all rests with us. We are th'
ones to decide.
The daily times., 1922-02-25
CLASSIFIED ADJ


FOR SALE OR RENT-LARGE
Warehouse on East Nash Street,
formerly occupied by Blue Star
Knitting Mill. Immediate possess
sion r. e. Townsend. tt
The daily times., 1922-02-25

Common sense and good judgment
tell us to protect our own interest?
If we DON'T who will?
What can we expect from the mail
order houses after they shall have re-
ceived our money and the local store
keepers have been put out of the run
ming? Shall we expect help and as
sistance from the mail order mon
opoly? -
We all know that the mail order
louses do not pay any of our local
taxes. They do not support (ur
schools, or churches, or help to nay
for our lighting the streets or fpr
our fire department.
Every dollar spent at home means
added wealth, added prosperity, add
ed prosperity, added real estate
values and added facilities Of sall
kinds. - y
Every dollar sent to the mail order
houses means more unfair competi
ton for our storekeepers and les'
taxes toward the support of our com
munity.
Which do we prefer? We mus
make the decision. Are we for o
against our community?
Lets make it q live town by keep
ing our money In circulation amoni
ur own business men.
The daily times., 1922-02-25
TARIFF ON SUGAR
IS THE QUESTION
GIVING CONCERN
CONTINUED From Page 1.)

previous bounds and when Cuba was
a vital factor in supplying world
needs. = III
In other words, they contend that
the prices will follow the demand and
that if the American producers are
forced to curtail their production
through economic necessity, Cuba
will again ignore the duty and sell
sugar at high figure to the Amer
Of course has no control over Cuban
monopolies or price-fxing. Secretary
Hoover of the Department of Com
merce is taking a particular interest
in the sugar situation because when
he was food administrator he found
thatxcertain Cuban sugar producers
. force up the price of the
- and the advance of
build represent an
Enerican people
35
at
Selling
per pound.
this cost the
1er 100000.
Deftain that the farm bloc
Id back. of the domestic pro-
Grs because the members of Con-
9fess from agricultural states repre-
list re- wit ofo1xy
100000 acres of land devoted to beet
sugar production, and the price of
sugar controls the amount paid to
the farmer for his beets. The farmer
claims he cannet produce at pre-war
cost because transportation and other
items have gone up in cost. While
there are few Senators from the re-
ming states who will advocate duty
Sderably lower than the present
1t is safe to predict that in the
ha1 analysis duty will be imposed
at rate sufficiently high to confine
Cuba to the normal supply of fifty
per cent of American requirements
Meanwhile domestic producers are
carefully scanning the Farm Produce
Marketing law recently signed by
PRESIDENT Harding to learn whether
nrQvisions some freight costs
III methods of distribution
kinated.
b Of the problem is reg
Cuban output. Efforts
ave Cuba arrange heI
korm with American
ms have failed. Laws
can always be re
Cubaps wish IL
treaty binding
Eity agreement
ements ii tn,
who insist tina
must not b,
uban promoter
production an,
The daily times., 1922-02-25

FOR SALE-IVORY RABY CAR:
riage, good condition. Child.s Iror
Crib. Call 643.. 2 "a. 2t6
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MR.. LACY BETTER

Raleigh, Feb. 25.-Treasurer b.
r. Lacy, who is suffering with pneu-
monia in a New York Hotel, was re-
ported as much improved today in
a telegram received at his Office here.
The daily times., 1922-02-25

FOR SALE-GASOLINE ENGINE,
in good condition. Apply at Times
Office. tt
The daily times., 1922-02-25

FOR RENT-TWO ROOMS, SUIT
able for light housekeeping, with
connecting BATH $500. Phone
827-L, 7O8 Kenan Street. 2 "a Std
The daily times., 1922-02-25
MISS NoMAND BETTER.

Los Angeles, Feb. 25.-Gontinued
improvement of Mabel Norman, the
film actress who is suffering from
influenza and nervous breakdown, is
predicted by her physicians.
The daily times., 1922-02-25
GENERAL CARR
HAS INFLUENZA

Durham, Feb. 25.-The condition
OF Gen. Julian S. Carr, commander
in chief United Confederate veterans
who has been ill at his home here
since Sunday with influenza. was re-
ported as much improved today.
The daily times., 1922-02-25

IAN OR WOMAN WANTED-$4O
weekly full time, $1.OO an hour
spare time, selling guaranteed hos
iery to wearer. Experience unne-
cessary International Hosiery Mills.
B154, Norristown, Pa. ltd
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-07


district. q - 49,
The proposed municipality site lies
adjacent to the banks of the Colum-
bia river, AMI company officials stat
ed it would make an ideal location
for their industry.
Nearly 1000 men-employes of the
Cmpany-together with their furnil-
les, will emigrate to the northern tim
Der center, and it is expected they will
form nucleus from which I city
having various industries will even-
tually grow.
"The site was chosen largely he
cause of it's advantageous proximity
to the Columbia River Long said.
I'VE have seven and a quarter miles
of water front on the Columbia river
and five miles on the Cowlitz river.
Three 'trunk-line railroads touch
our townsite and heavy freight liners
traverse the rivers to the Pacific
ocean. We will have access to all the
markets of the world"