Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1891-01-31 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

THE AMERICAN INDIANS.  A NATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING. \ / The Daily Graphic publishes a letter, written by VI. C. A. Eastmen, a full-blooded Indian, Who graduated with medical honours at the Boston !Medical College last year, describing the horrible massacre at Wounded Knee of helpless women and Children by United States troops. Speaking of his Visit to the battlefield he says : "I went there to get the wounded—some who were left out. The soldiers brought with them about 25, and I found II who were still living. Among them were two babies about 3 months old, and an old woman, who is totally blind, who was left for dead. Four of them were found Out in the field in the storm,which was very severe. They were half buried in the snow. It was a terrible sad horrible sight to see women and children lie in groups dead. I suppose they were of one family. Some of the young girls wrapped their heads with 'Shawls, and buried their faces with their hands. I Suppose they did that so that they wouldn't see the soldiers come up to shoot them. At one place there were two little children—one about one year old,the other about three—lying on their faces, dead, and about 30 yards from them a woman lay on her fact. dead. They were away from the camp about an eighth of a mile. In front of the tents, which were In a semi-circle, lay dead most of the men. This Was right by one of the soldiers' tents. Those who were still living told me that that was where the Indians were ordered to hold a council with the Soldiers. The accounts of the battle by the Indians were simple, and confirmed one another. The soldiers ordered them to go into camp, for they were Swing then, and told them that they would give them provisions. Having done this, they (the ;Inslians) were asked to give up their arms, which vbs complied with by most of them—in fact, all the older men; but many of the younger men did not comply, because either they had vie arms or concealed them in their blankets, and then an order was given to search their persons and the tents as well, and when a search was made of a wretch of an Indian, who was known as Good-for-Nothing, he made the first shot and killed one of the soldiers. They fired upon the Indians instantaneously. Shells were thrown among the women and children, So that they mutilated them most horribly. I tried to go to the field the next day with some Indians, but I was not allom-ed. I think it was a wise thing not to go so early. Even Thursday I thOughi I would be shot. Some of the Indians (friendly) found their relations lay dead. They wailed and began to pull out their guns. My friend Louis de Cotean was with me, but left me when they acted in this manner. Before we left the hostiles appeared, so we did not take in all the wow:ldeal. Those we could not carry away we left in a log house, and gave them food.  On rriaay nignz a man named Edward Potts, formerly an ironmonger, committed suicide in the Star 4nd Garter inn at Sunderland, by shooting him,self in the right temple with a revolver. He was found lyilg on the floor of the sitting-room by the landlord in a pool of blood, with a smoking pistol by his side. Before medical assistance could be 4. LOn.ed be expired. Deceased was a single nip, about 'wv IWO of age.