| Show BAULK AT THE indians feel pretty sore over the battle at wounded knee where so many women and children were killed at the conference in washington TURNING HAWK said the women had no firearms to fight with they were standing off ai a different place and when the firing began those of the men who escaped the first volley went in one direction up the ravine and the women went in a different direction through an open field but mot the same fate as the men AxEn icAy HORSE said when the firing began the people who were standing immediately around the konug man who fired the airet shot were killed and then the soldiers turned their guns on the women who were in the lodges standing under a flag of truce of course cs soon as they were fired upon they fled there was a women with an infant in her arms killed 03 she almost touched the flag of truce eight near the flag another was shot down her child not knowing its mother was dead was still nursing and that was a very sad sight the women as they wore fleeing with their babies on their backs were killed together and women heavy with child were also killed after moct of the indians had been killed tho cry was mado that all those not killed or wounded should come forth and would be safo the little boys who we ie not wounded came oat of their places of refuge and a soon as they came in sight a number of soldiers surrounded and butchered them As commissioner MORGAN suggested these are pretty serious charges and tho ENQUIRER thinks that SAM should more thoroughly investigate them however bad the indians may have have been abero was no excuse for such a horrible slaughter of women and children tha story told by the indians may be somewhat exaggerated but there is no overlooking the fact that many women and children were killed at wounded knee by our brave boys in blue it is simply a disgrace on the nation still the officer in command at abo saia is to hold his position |
