How does the account of the wounded knee massacre by the interpreter for general forsyth, philip f. wells, compare to dewey beard’s depiction of that day? a neither philip f. wells or dewey beard are sure how the wounded knee massacre escalated so quickly or who is to blame. b philip f. wells believes the events of wounded knee were self-defense, while dewey beard believes that it was a misunderstanding that unnecessarily escalated to a massacre. c philip f. wells, while reluctant, agrees with dewey beard’s opinion that unnecessary force was used that day at wounded knee. d dewey beard holds his people responsible for the wounded knee massacre, agreeing with philip f. wells’s assertion that they fired the first shot, even if it was fired due to a misunderstanding.