The Pawnees, the regular soldiers and the officers were all mixed up together, and the Sioux were flying in every direction.
General Carr had instructed the command that when they entered the village, they must keep a sharp look out for white women, as he was confident the Indians had some captives.

The company which had been ordered to take possession of the village after its capture, soon found two white women, one of whom had just been killed and the other wounded.
They were both Swedes, and the survivor could not talk English.

A Swedish soldier, however, was soon found who could talk with her.

The name of this woman was Mrs.Weichel, and her story as told to the soldier was, that as soon as the Indians saw the troops coming down upon them, a squaw--Tall Bull's wife--had killed Mrs.Alderdice, the other captive, with a hatchet, and then wounded her.

This squaw had evidently intended to kill both women to prevent them from telling how cruelly they had been treated.
[Illustration: INDIAN VILLAGE.] The attack lasted but a short time, and the Indians were driven several miles away.