The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . ter of 1890-91, I give the following quotations fromwell-informed writers : — Father Craft, the Indian missionary, who was wounded in the fight at Wounded Knee Creek, rXPREJUDICED TESTIMOXY 251 wrote thus to the Ilhistratcd American : I authorize you to contradict for me in my name,through the press, the reports in circulation that blame the army for the sad tragedy atWounded Knee Creek. Those reports do grave injustice to our soldiers, and are instigatedby those adverse to an honorable settle
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . ter of 1890-91, I give the following quotations fromwell-informed writers : — Father Craft, the Indian missionary, who was wounded in the fight at Wounded Knee Creek, rXPREJUDICED TESTIMOXY 251 wrote thus to the Ilhistratcd American : I authorize you to contradict for me in my name,through the press, the reports in circulation that blame the army for the sad tragedy atWounded Knee Creek. Those reports do grave injustice to our soldiers, and are instigatedby those adverse to an honorable settlement of the present trouble, and hostile to the desire ofevery true friend of the Indians, that they lie permanently transferred from the charge of theIndian Bureau to the War Department. It is only by such a transfer tliat the Indians canexpect just treatment. The whole trouble originated througli interested whites, who had goneabout most industriously and misrepresented the army and its movements upon all theagencies. The Indians were, in consequence, alarmed and suspicious. They had been led. STATION AT COUNCIL BLUFFS. to believe that the true aim of the military was their extermination. The troops acted withthe greatest kindness and prudence. In the Wounded Knee fight the Indians fired first. Thetroops fired only when compelled to. I was between both, saw all, and know from an absoluteknowledge of the whole affair whereof I say. The Indians state the case just as I do. I haveevery proof at hand, and when able will forward full statement and documentary evidence. Frank C. Armstrong, a United States Indian Inspector, wrote from Pine Ridge Agency,April, 1890, predicting the outbreak, and added: — In former years this agency was allowed five million pounds of beef. This year it hasbeen reduced to four million pounds. These Indians were not prepared for this change. Noinstructions had been given the agent that one million pounds of beef would be cut off fromthe Indi
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