koorey] THE KILLED AT WOUNDED KNEE 871 



search of the party under Kicking Bear and Short Bull. ( War, 16.) 

 Among those who surrendered were about 70 refugees from the bauds 

 of Sitting Bull and Hump. ( G. !>., 39.) No exact account of the dead 

 could be made immediately after the fight, on account of a second attack 

 l>y another party of Indians coming up from the agency. Some of the 

 dead and wounded left on the field were undoubtedly carried oft' by 

 their friends before the burial party came out three days later, and of 

 those brought in alive a number afterward died of wounds and expos 

 ure, but received no notice in the official reports. The Adjutant- 

 General, in response to a letter of inquiry, states that 12S Indians were 

 killed and 33 wounded. Commissioner Morgan, in his official report, 

 makes the number killed 146. [Corny. , 36.) Both these estimates are 

 evidently too low. General Miles, in his final report, states that about 

 200 men, women, and children were killed. ( War, 17.) General Colby, 

 who commanded the Nebraska state troops, says that about 100 men 

 and over 120 women and children were found dead on the field, a total 

 of about 220. (Colby, 1.) Agent Royer telegraphed immediately after 

 the fight that about 300 Indians had been killed, and General Miles, 

 telegraphing on the same day, says, "I think very few Indians have 

 escaped." (G. D., 40.) Fifty-one Indians were brought in the same 

 day by the troops, and a few others were found still alive by the burial 

 party three days later. A number of these afterward died. No con- 

 siderable number got away, being unable to reach their ponies after 

 the light began. General Miles states that 98 warriors were killed on 

 the field. (War, 18.) The whole number killed on the field, or who 

 later died from wounds and exposure, was probably very nearly 300. 



According to an official statement from the Adjutant-General, 31 

 soldiers were, killed in the battle. About as many more were wounded, 

 one or two of whom afterward died. All of the killed, excepting 

 Hospital Steward Pollock and an Indian scout named High Backbone, 

 belonged to the Seventh cavalry, as did probably also nearly all of the 

 wounded. The only commissioned officer killed was Captain Wallace. 

 He received four bullet wounds in his body and finally sank under a 

 hatchet stroke upon the head. Lieutenant E. A. Carlmgton, of the 

 Seventh cavalry, and Lieutenant 11. L. Hawthorne, of the Second artil- 

 lery, were wounded. ( War, 19.) The last-named officer owed his life 

 to his watch, which deflected the bullet that otherwise would have 

 passed through his body. 



Below is given a complete list of officers and enlisted men who were 

 killed, or died of wounds or exposure, in connection with the Sioux 

 campaign. The statement is contained in an official letter of reply 

 from the Adjutant-General's office dated May 2(5, 1894. Unless other- 

 wise noted all were of the Seventh cavalry and were killed on Decem- 

 ber 29, the date of the battle of Wounded Knee. In addition to these, 

 two others, Henry Miller, a herder, and George Wilhauer. of the 

 Nebraska militia, were killed in the same connection. With the 6 



