The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-17
THR indian TROUBLE.
Official Dispatches Confirming
the Report Of
THE DEATH OF SITTING BULL.
Gen. CorbIn Thinks TINT With the
Willy Leader Removed IIostilItics
VIII Soon Censs...Scttiers
Afraid of the Indians.

WASHINGTON, D. g., Dec. lG.-This al
ternoon General Scofeld made publ,
two dispatches from General Miles datet
St. Paul, December 10. The first re-
ceived says:
The commanding officers ut For,
Yates, Standing Rock, telegraphs to
Geueral Rnger as iollows: "Courie,
Just in II lom Captain Fechat reports cav.
airy within three miles oisit,ing Bulls
camp and pushing on. The Indian po.
lice arrested Sitting Bull about daylight,
when Sitting Bulls friends attempted to
rescue him. Sitting Bullreported killed
at once, and fight became general. A
number OF the best police reported
killed aud probably a number of others.
The courier who brought word was in
the fight, and saw Sitting Bull on the
ground and is sure he is dead. Police.
men reported nearly out OF ammunition
but cavalry undoubtedly reached them
within half IN hour Of receiving word.
There arc 100 cavalrymen with one
Ho,chkiss and one Gatiing gun, com.
manded by Captain Fechat. | will
move out with two companies OF in.
fantry this afternoon ar Jar 10 Oak Greek,
leaving Captain Miner with his com.
pany to guard the post"
General Miles adds that information
was received that Sitting Bull was pre-.
pairing to leave and orders were given 10
secure his person.
The other dispatch from General
Miles concludes the. .story as follows:
Captain Fechet arrived in good time
at the scene OF the Indian fight and
drove the Indians away: also had sur
rounded all that remained. He reports
the death Of Sitting Bull and his SON
Black Bird, Catch Bear and four others;
also seven policemen KILLED. He reports
that he has the body of Sitting Bull"
HOW TIE CHIEF WAS KILLED.
A St. Paul dispatch says: The follow
ing details Of the killing CT Sitting Bull
were given tonight. About ten days
ago MaI. Mclaughlin visited Sitting Bull
~ his camp, and he found the Indians
amidst one OF their ghost dances. What
he saw decided the matter, and on
his return TO the agency simply waited
orders before setting about the
arrest. Sunday, on resching the camp,
the police iosnd the campers ready to
move. Sitting Bull was seized, placed
under arrest, but not bound. But the
followers CT the old man soon got over
their surprise and sharp fire at once
opened on the police. The police re-
sponded In kind and several iell from
their horses, among the number being
Sitting Bull aud his son Black Bird.
The police would soon have been
overpowered had not the cavalry, who
had been cent for, arrived on the scene.
-Four policemen were killed and three
wounded altogether, and it is thought
that altogether eight of tho hos.iles we're
killed. Crow Foot, the IL year.old aon OF
Sitting Bull, and q number OF others
were wounded. Sitting Bulls followers
scattered and went of III all directions
through the country toward the Bad
Lands. However, there is little chance
for them IN any direction. The people
around Bismarck and in the neigh.
horhood OF Standing Rock Agency
are greatly wrought up over the
killing Of the old fellow and express the
greatest fears for the outcome. They
think the hundred or moro followers
that Bull had at the time OF his death
will attack the scattered Settlers along
the frontier and kill what they can. The
scene at the agency Monday must have
b-f.n ,t.s..Il EtiiI 4 Js$s.-' SSi.:H>':9Gi. "
The death of the flower OF the tribe
will be mourned by the squaws for.
weeks, and the old warriors Will join in
the mourning for the present. 1t will
be grand indian funeral that these
policemen will have, and the death song
will continue for weeks.