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Title: The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: White, Annie Randall
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Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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he fight at WoundedKnee Creek between the SeventhCavalry and Big Foots band ofSioux. It was a stand-up fight of jthe most desperate kind, in whichnearly the entire band was an-nihilated, and although the soldiersoutnumbered their opponentsnearly three to one, the victorywas won by two troops, about onehundred strong. The night before the Indianshad agreed to submit, and thetroops were up bright and earlyin readiness to move by eightoclock. At that hour the cavalryand dismounted troops were gath-ered about the Indian village, theHotchkiss guns overlooking thecamp not fifty yards away. TheIndians were ordered to come for-ward, away from their tents, andwhen the band, under the leader-ship of Big Foot, walked out oftheir lodges and formed a semi-circle in front of the soldiers tents,there was nothing to indicate thatthey would not submit. Colonel Forsyth, an Indian fighter oftried worth, never gave a thought to the chance of a fight.When it was made plain to the band that their arms must
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INDIAN CHIEF. 35° BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE CREEK. be given up, the mur-mur of discontent wasunanimous. When thesoldiers proceeded todisarm them and searchtheir tents the medi-cine man jumped up,uttered a loud incanta-tion and fired at atrooper standing guardover the captured guns.That was the signal forfight, and in a secondevery buck in the partyrose to nis feet, castaside the blanketwhich covered his Win-chester, and, takingaim, fired directly atthe troop in front. Itwas a terrible on-slaught, and so suddenthat all were stunnedbut, quickly recovering, they opened fire on the enemy. Theposition of troops B and K would not allow their fellow-cavalry-men to fire, lest they shoot through the Indians and kill theirown men. Thcs the terrible duel raged for thirty minutes.Someone ordered Spare the women, but the squaws fought likedemons and could not be distinguished from the men. Theentire band was practically slaughtered, and those who escapedto the ravine were followed by the cavalry and

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