St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-17
A MURDEROUS INDIAN.
deaf Bull" One Of the Captive Crows,
Alarms Fort Smelling.
HE WOULD KILL HIS FRIENDS,
Two of Whom Received Possibly Fatal
Cuts From the Mad
mans Knife.

old post of Fort Smelling was most
violently disturbed at an early hour
yesterday morning, when, at about IL 80
a. M, series of genuine Indian yells
were heard coming from the prison
rooms in which are confined the hostile
| Indians whom Gen. Ruger, the depart
ment commander, arrested at the Crow
agency last summer. The cries of the
Indians, increased as they were by the
alarm given by the sentinels on post,
aroused the entire garrison. Investiga-
ton proved that deaf Bull' had made
a mur0erous attack upon Cray Head"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ears" and
three others of the Indian prisoners.
There are eight of the Indians in con-
finement at Fort Smelling" Crazy
Head" a chief; deaf Bull" a sub
chief; Crazy Heads Son." "The
Bank" Man-WhO-LookS- With-His-
Ears" "Big Hail Stone," 'Man-That-
CarrieS-HiS-FOod," and 'The Rock"
Immediately upon the first alarm the
corporal Of the guard, Holley, Company
+, TWenty-ftth infantry, and detacli-
ment from the main guard hurried to
the prison room. Their united efforts
We're insufficient to secure the appar-
emily crazy Deaf Bull, and it was not
until the general alarm had resulted in
bringing the entire guard from the
guard house to the scene of the trouble,
and the persuasive elOquence of the butt
end of muSket in the hands of nom
commissioned officer had been several
times applied to the head of the illustri-
Gus Deaf Bull, that that gentleman
nnlI1d hot ha a.
wrong trail. Crazy Head was found to
have been seriously cut in the neck, arm
and breast, the cut in the neck proving
the most dangerous. Similar wounds
were found upon the person of Man
Who-LookS-W ith-HiS-Ears, while the
wounds of the other three were less Sc
we're, though quite serious. The weapon
used by the would-be murderer was
originally a large-sized pocket jack
knife, the blades of which, with the
exception of one piece, had parted COM
pany with the handle evidently many
moons ago. The remaining piece is
about two inches long, and, having
been procured by the doughty Deaf Bull
i'll some unknown manner, he had man
aged to sharpen and keep it
CONCEALED ON HIS PERSON
until an opportunity offered for him to
put his intention into effect. Since the
return to Fort Custer of the interpreter
who accompanied these Indians to Fort
Smelling, their wants are made known
by them and all intercourse with them
is carried oh by a series of signs, with
which the officers and troops of the COM
mand are more or less familiar. Their
daily occupation is precisely similar to
that OF other prisoners Of the regular:
garrison, and at this season consists
in han oh
cling snow. Lieut.. Bates, of Gen. Rul-i
gers staff, states that he has watched
these Indians carefully, land they have al
ways manifested cOntentment with their.
lot, and no evidence of di satisfaction
has heretofore been given by any one of
them. They are turned out at O'clock
in the morning for work, and kept at it.
until IL 80, when they are returned to-
the guard house. Att o'clock they are
again turned out and kept employed
until 4 30. In reply toa question as to-
their diet. both kind and quantity, the:
lieutenant said that they get the same
treatment as is provided for the troops,
and that when any one Of these Indians
is asked if he gets enoughto at and is
sufficiently clothed, he will compla-.
Gently pat the knotted rope ABOUT his
waist and grunt out: ''IIeap eat! heap
warmi" which mongrel English is about
the extent of their linguistic acquire
ment since their advent to the fort.
When Deaf Bull saw his efforts to
send his fellow prisoners to the happy
hunting grounds of his fathers were
about to be frustrated, he turned the
weapon upon himself and cut cash in
his throat that. will require the utmost
skill and attention of the military sur
geons to prevent making good In
dian" of him. Notwithstanding the
wound, however. he kept his feet, and,
in his frenZied attempts to break the
handouts which were placed upon him.
he succeeded in breaking his arm above
the elbow. No Ineligible reason for
his conduct could be Cleaned from him
or the other Indians. The wounded are
being cared for by the Fort physicians,
and nothing can now be said as to prob
abilities in the cases of Deaf Bull or
Crazy Head, either or both of whom
have an even chance for life or death.