A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . way to bring about a real peace wasto compel the disarming of the Indians, for so long as they had weapons in theirhands they were tempted to make use of them. It was the time for coolness, tact, and discretion, and the American officersdisplayed it to a eommendiible degree. They cai-efully avoided giving the Indians cause for of-fense, while insistingat the same time upontheir being Decembe
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . way to bring about a real peace wasto compel the disarming of the Indians, for so long as they had weapons in theirhands they were tempted to make use of them. It was the time for coolness, tact, and discretion, and the American officersdisplayed it to a eommendiible degree. They cai-efully avoided giving the Indians cause for of-fense, while insistingat the same time upontheir being December28th, a band of mal-contents were locatednear Wounded KneeCreek, by the SeventhCavalry, who hadbeen hunting several days fortliem. They were sullen, but, ~^^ ? ^ when ordeied to surrender their weapons, made jK.«»cJif„„,T.,.^ p,„^^„„ a pretense of doing so. Emerging from tlieii- tepees, how-iNDiAN AGENCY, evcr, they produced only a few worthless weapons. Beingfsharply ordered to bring the remainder, they suddenly wheeled and began fir-ing upon the soldiers. In an instant, a fierce fight was in progress, with thecombatants standing almost within arms reach of one SQUAWS AS VIC;iOUS AS WILDCATS. Twenty-eight soldiei-s were killed and thiity wounded, while fully as manyof the Indians were shot down. In the fighting, the squaws were as vicious aswildcats, and fought with as much effectiveness as the wariiors. A woundedofficer was beaten to death l)y several of them before he could be , the Indians fled and joined the malcontents, already assembled in theBad Lands. This affiiir made the outlook still darker. The Seventh Cavalry had justreached camp on the morning of December oOth, when a courier dashed up to
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