| Show The Number of Dead Indians WASHINGTON Dec 30General Schofield this afternoon received the following telegram tele-gram from General Miles dated Hermosa S D DGeneral General Brooke telegraphs as follows Colonel Forsyth says sixtytwo dead Indian dian men were counted on tho plain where the attempt was made to disarm Big Foots band and whore the fight began On other parts of the ground there were eighteen more These do not include those killed in the ravines where dead warriors were seen but not counted Six were brought in badly woundedand six others were with a party of twenty three men and women which Captain Jack son had to abandon when attacked by about one hundred and fifty Brulo Indians from the agency This accounts for ninetytwo men killed and leaves but a few alive and undurt The women and children broke for the hills when the fight commenced and comparatively few of them were hurt aud few brought in Thirtynine are here of which number twentyone are wounded Had it not been for the attack of the Brules an actual count would have been made but tho ravines wore not searched afterwards I think this shows very little apprehension apprehen-sion from Big Foots band in the future A party of forty is reported as held by scouts at the head of Mexican creek These consist of all sizes and the cavalry from Rosebud will bring them in if it is true General Miles adds These Indians under Big Foot were among the most desperate des-perate there were Thirty eight were of the remainder of Sitting Bulls following that joined Big Foot on Cheyenne river and I thirty that broke away from Humps following 1 fol-lowing when ho took his band and Sitting Bulls Indians to Fort Bennett making in all nearly one hundred and sixty warriors war-riors Before leaving their camp on Cheyenne Chey-enne river they cut up their harness and broke their wagons and started south for the bad lands evidently intending to return re-turn but to go to war Troops were placed between them and the badlands bad-lands and they never succeeded in joining the hostiles there All their movements were anticipated and their severe loss at the hands of the Seventh Sev-enth cavalry may be a wholefome lesson to the other Sioux Signed MILES General Schofield said the fight was a most unfortunate occurrence but he did not see how it could have been avoided He sent a telegram to General Miles expressing ex-pressing the opinion that he Miles would be master of the situation very soon He also expressed thanks to the officers and men of the Seventh cavalry for the gallant conduct disployed by them The surgeongeneral has received from Medical Director Bache at Pine Ridge 2 report of the casualties among the troops at yesterdays fight as follows Captain Wallace twentyfive men of tho Seventh cavalry and one Indian scout killed Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Garlmgton Seventh cavalry Lieu eenant Hawthorne Second artillery and thirtyeight men Avonnded Many of the wounds are severe Hospital Steward Pollock whs killed 1 have also about thirty wounded Indians menwomen and children The commissioner of Indian affairs late this afternoon received a telegram from Special Agent Cooper at Pine Ridge say ing in yesterdays fight 150 Indians were killed and thirty wounded and captured He also states the H Indians attacked a wagontrain this Tuesday morning two miles south of the agency killing one sol dier of the advanced guard |
