Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1890 — FIFTY KILLED. [ARTICLE]

FIFTY KILLED.

—~—". r-v » Reports of a Desperate Rattle Between Cavalry and Indians. A courier from a camp near Daly’s ranch has the following from Rapid City, Dak., on the 16th: “Aranoherhas Just ar - rived in great haste to our commanding officer and reports that a command of cavalry was attacked and two officers and fifty men killed, but the Indians were res pulsed with heavy losses. T3ie.,niun,ber of Indians killed is not known. ' The Indians were put to route. The report li'probably creditable. It is not known com* mand it was. It is probably that of MaJ. Tupper of the Sixth cavalry iniFiifi’three troops of 140 men. Our com mend march es to their assistance to-morrow. j Warden James years at the head of the Npvthern Penitens tiary, has signified his Intention of retiring the Ist of Fete