Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-17
Another Battle Reported and Great Loss
of Life.

AnOtner battle Reported and Great Loss
of Life.
DENVER (Col.), December 16.h.-A Nesrs cour-
ier from camp near Daly's ranch has the fol.
lowing from Rapid City, Dakota: "a raucher
has just arrived in great haste to our command
ing officer and reports that a command of cav
airy was attacked and two officers and fifty
men killed, but the Indians were repulsed with
heavy losses. The number of Indians killed is
not known. The Indians were put to rout."
This report is not au henticated. 1t is not
known whose command it was-probably that
OF Major Tupper of the Sixth Cavalry and his
three troops of 40 men. Our command marches
to their assistance tomorrow.
PARTICULARS OF MONDAYS BATTLE.
ST. PAUL, December 18th, ,ETo-day's adyices
from Standing Rock are to the effect that the
arrest OF Sitting Bull was decided upon by
Agent Mceeughlin when he heard Sunday that
the willy old Chief and his followers were about
to set out tor the Bad Lands. Once there, ii
would be long time, and there would be
much hard fighting, before any of the hostiles
could De taken or starved out. Therefore orders
were given to the police. and they set out sun
day night, the troops following. By early morn.
ing ing the police had reached the camp The
infantry much further.
On reaching the camp the police found the
campers almost ready to move. Sitting Bull
was seized and placed under arrest but not
bound, and the police quickly started for the
agency. But the followers of the old man soon
got over their surprise and
SHARP FIRE WAS AT ONCE OPENED
On the police. The police responded in kind.
and several fell from their horses, among the
number Sitting Bull aud his SON. Black Bird.
The old medicine man had tried to direct mat.
ters for time by loudly shouted orders but his
fall upset the hostiles. They at once rallied.
however, and surrounded the police, who
M Nra1 brit
been oyerpowefed had not the cavalry who had
been sent for, arrived on the scene.
Inc ponce were at that time almost out of
ammunition, and were
FIGHTING HAND TO HAND,
But the sight of the soldiers and the roar of the
machine guns alarmed the hos.iles, and tney
ned up Grand river. The cavalry followed but
short distance, and then returned to the camp
and took possession of the bodies of Sitting Bull
Four policemen were killed and three
wounded, and it is thought altogether eight OF
the hostiles were killed. Crow Foot, the 12.
year-old son Of Sitting Bull, and a humber of
others were wounded.
Sitting Bulls followers, when they fed I'D
Grand river, left behind them all their tents
and families, which will be turned over to the
agency. After going short distance up the
rlver, the fleeing redskins scattered and went
off in all directions through the country toward
the BAD Lands. Some of them may try to
reach the Indians of the Two Strise es band
to the north. However, there is
LITTLE CHANCE FOR THEM
In any direction. Soldiers are located all
around the Bad Lands, and the Indians will
| that are located in that district Even if they
attempt to go on small raids the soldiers are So
placed as to head them off,
The effect of the death of Sitting Bull is
proolematlc. He was not Chief, in the sense OF
being leader in battle, and never has been ad
dressed as Chief, but the willy, ambitious old
rascal, with more of politician in him than
ordinarily credited to q savage by working on
the superstitions and fears of the Indians
gained whatever prestige he had, and lust how
those who survive him will take his death can
hlm Will surely not seek to ayenge his death.
Still he had gained a considerable following
among the ghost dancers, and these NAV az.
tempt something in revenge.
The people around Bismarck and IN the
nelghborhood OF the Standing Rock Agency are
greatly wrought up over the killing, and express
FEAR FOR THE OUTCOME
They think the followers that Sitting Bull sd
at the time of his death will attack the scat.
tered settlers along the frontier and Kill whom
they can.
The scene at the Agency to-day is indesc,iba-
BILE. The death of the Indian policemen the
squaws for weeks, aod the old wsrfiors will
join IN mourning for the present. 1t will be a
grand Indian funeral these policemen will
have, and the death-song viii continue for
weeks.
HoSTILIrIEs BELIEVED TO BE OVER
CHICAGO, December 16ih.-Nothing but some
details of the fight at Sitting Bulls camp were
received at army headquarters in this city, re-
garcing the Indian situation, to day.
Speaking of the death OF Sitting Bull, Adiu-
tant-General Corbin said to an Associated
Press reporter that it was most probably the be-
ginning of the end of the trouble. He said that
as Sitting Bull was dead the Indians who had
great faith in him as medicine man, would
come into the agency within the next two or
three days when they heard of his DEATH If
they do not General Brooke has things in shape
to make short work of them. They are penned
up in the Bad Lands, where nobody lives and
where they can do no damage.
IF the Indians should insist on fighting -
added Colonel Corbin, sit will only last few
days. There are very few Comanches in the
vicinity of the Bad Lands SO it will be impossi-
bic for the hostiles to make raids. General
Miles has left ST. Paul and wifi be at Standing
Rock to morrow. No more outbreaks are looked
for by the officers, except, perhaps, fighting
with the remnant of Sitting Bulls band Dur
ing the week the commanding officers at the
different agencies will be instructed to ask the
surrender of all hostile Indians"
Sitting Bull was able to keep the young bucks
excited with the Messiah craze, but now that he
ne Is dead Colonel Corbin believes hostilties
will STOP