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a bevy of small children came trooping' in, pushing over one another in 

 the effort to get hold of a finger of the good father, or at least to hold 

 on to his robe while he led them into another room where one of the 

 sisters gave to each a ginger cake, hot from the oven. The room was 

 filled with the shouts and laughter of the children and the father 

 explained, "Children get hungry, and we always have some cakes for 

 the little ones at recess. I let the boys be noisy in the playroom as 

 long as they don't fight. It is good for them." Looking at the happy, 

 noisy crowd around the black-gowned missionary and sister, it was easy 

 to see how they had felt safe in the affection of the Indians through all 

 the days and nights when others were trembling' behind breastworks 

 and files of soldiers. Eeferring to what the Indians had told me, I 

 asked Father Jntz if it was true that the hostiles had sent word to 

 them not to be afraid. He replied, "Yes; they bad sent word that no 

 one in the mission need be alarmed," and then, with a gentle smile, 

 he added, "But it was never our intention to leave." It was plain 

 enough that beneath the quiet exterior there burned the old missionary 

 fire of Jogues and Marquette. 



The conflict at Wounded Knee bore speedy fruit. On the same day, 

 as has been said, a part of the Indians nuder Two Strike attacked the 

 agency and the whole body of nearly 4,000 who had come in to sur- 

 render started back again to intrench themselves in preparation for 

 renewed hostilities. On the morning of December 30, the next day 

 after the fight, the wagon train of the Ninth cavalry (colored) was 

 attacked within 2 miles of the agency while coming in with supplies. 

 One soldier was killed, but the Indians were repulsed with the loss of 

 several of their uumber. 



On the same day news came to the agency that the hostiles had 

 attacked the Catholic mission 5 miles out, and Colonel Forsyth with 

 eight troops of the Seventh cavalry and one piece of artillery was 

 ordered by General Brooke to go out and drive them oft'. It proved 

 that the hostiles had set fire to several houses between the mission and 

 the agency, but the mission had not been disturbed. As the troops 

 approached the hostiles fell back, but Forsyth failed to occupy the 

 commanding hills and was consequently surrounded by the Indians, 

 who endeavored to draw him into a canyon and pressed him so closely 

 that he was obliged to send back three times for reinforcements. 

 Major Henry had just arrived at the agency with a detachment of the 

 Ninth cavalry, and on hearing the noise of the firing started at once to 

 the relict' of Forsyth with four troops of cavalry and a Hotchkiss gun. 

 On arriving on the ground he occupied the hills and thus succeeded 

 in driving off the hostiles without further casualty, and rescued the 

 Seventh from its dangerous position. In this skirmish, known as the 

 "mission fight," the Seventh lost one officer, Lieutenant Mann, and a 

 private, Dominic Fraucischetti, killed, and seven wounded. [War, 20} 

 G. D., 42.) 



