Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-23
SITTING BULLS END.
q STERN PROPOSITION THAT lT BE
INQUIRED INTO
OI-uow IL Was All brought
About.
Ry telegraph 70 tho pispa,ch.l

fof fttNf'i"v tao A"'"N'"k PttdMbf% a3i0
resolutions.
Chlo', ,.tne bun, appears o. have been ac-
con FNshci under circumstances recognized
neiiter ~ ne laws % war nor those OF peace,
hsse..e thAt committee consisting Of
Owe members Of THIS Honso, who arc
momhsrs-siecg 10 ne House of Repre-
seutstives 1T no FiftY-second Congress 20
Nousc Is directed 20 Inquire into end invest.
psie The kiuing q stid Indian chioi, sitting
Ball. and TIE immediate causes hereof end
phs,hsr a state OF war existed which justified
aisglmmary iaking on. and. not wbat lnsii-
Gs.lau % any. hero vas FOR bic violent desth a.
ihs baods Of Indian police IN The employ Of TIC
tfssernmDat
H-s5iref. That the committee Is charged with
tho duty a. iuvestigapug the threatened Indian
outbreak and She causes thereof. wh6thsr ne.
g.ect by no Government ~ IS treaty obllga-
floss VITA tho Indians or ne lad equs,s fnihl-
Ineat of such obligations o. tho part u tho Gov
eminent, nfd onything 70 90 With lhe turbul snt
state ~ affairs eEistlos smoas ne Indians.
hif1 fr1, mot iho committ8s shall have power
90 appoint sub-com mitfres nud 20 travel from
po.al 'o Point as NAL oo necessary. and 70 doing
30 % is haihor1'1 - us9 Government convey
aures and neang % transportation.
fr-l'r'i, 4b'.t the CON mittno may eft during
.hn present f.osslOu aEd after nuhi adjournment
% $40 lfH.fut Congress. and shall make report
1Y no u. Of December next " TIE Fily-seconi
Co1grf -
A HY70LCTIOS FROM HR. B'AD0o.
Mr.. McAdoo. Of New Jersey, nlso offered
Tor reference resolution rociting that II
t. charged In Tho public press TO tho IN
voiung ~ the national honor that
certain Indian reservation police officers,
acting under authority Of the civil and
military powers ot the United States
did uniusiiiably bill The Sioux chiet Sit
ting Bull and afterwards barbarOu-ly
Wniilate us remains, and calling on the
Secretaries % War and Of the Interior for
an official spoudcuco relating 20 the
matter, and more especially for tAe reports
~ those officers and agents directly cOn-
cerned in ordering or cHcciing the arrest
81 Sitting Bail.
REPorT or SITTING BULI's DEATH.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
received from Inilan-Agcht Mclaughlin a
report dated Fort Yates, Standing Rock
Agency. December 18th. Of "a fight between
Indian police aud the followers Of Sitting
buil ON theljtA instant. Agent Mclhugh-
liu says
The troops lett Fort Yates at midnight
ON the 18th for Grand river with Louis
Inmcau ns guide and my Indian police
who were th0n at Grand river or eg route
arrested Sitting Bull hen the troops were
sufficiently near 60 afford them protection
IN case Of resistance 90 arrest
THE CHIrF ARRESTED.
~ daybrcak' Monday the 18th the
police went 20 Sitting Bulls camp, directly
20 his house. and surrounded the house.
A detail was sent into the house whore Sit
ting Bull was sleeping on the floor, the re-
malnder staying outside. They aroused
him aud announced their purpose, at the
same time faieing him toa 5ttIng position
resistance and thcy allowed him 10 dress
during which time he changed his mind
aud they took him forubly from the house.
nANp-To-HAND YtGHT.
By this time the police were surrounded
ly Sitting Bulls followers, membor ~ OF the
ghost-dance, and the FIRST shot was fired by
Do Catch tho Bcar.n one of the hostiles. and
fieuteuantof-PoliceB Bull Head was struck.
llgltmg then became general, i'm fact 10
.R.s "a hand-tO-hand fight. Sitting Bull
w.s killed. shot through tho body aud head
900 the early part of the fight by Bull Head
and Red IomahaWk, eRch Of whom shot at
hmm.
Faurpohcomen were killed outright and
three wounded. one Of the latter dying no
the agency hospital this morning after his
removal there. Bull Head, the lieutenant
.t police. o. dangerously wounded, but
rUav recover. lHe has since died.)
The hO-tilcs lost eight killed aud several
wounded, and were driven trOw the held
Ly the police. They fed up Grand river,
leaving their wives and families and all
tLau property and dead behind them. Two
troops of United States cavalry Zone hun
.frd mem arrived on the ground imme-
I.tcly after the fight. which had occupied
l than bali an hour and took possession
,t the camp, it, inhabitants. property, and
dead. The military dld not pursue, inc
fleeing hOstiles ana the latter viii no
doubt fan into the hands Of some one OF
ahe commands moving 0t different points
west or south of the reservation. The
polioo returned about 3 o'clock this after
noon, accompanied by cavalry detach-
mont, having Ia charge the remains OF me
four dead policemen and Sitting bun, also
two prisoners, Henry GROWER, sitting
Bulls nephew, twcnty-one years oid, ana
Middle. son Of Little Assiniboine, twenty
one years old Sitting Bulls romans arc
Va possession of the military at Fort Yates.
THE CAsUNTIEs
The casualties Of the fight are as fol-
lows;
dangerously wounded -four woundsl ;
Shave Head first sergeant, nortaiiy
wounded lsince died): Little Eagle fourth
sergeant, killed; Middle, private pam
miiy wounded Afraid of Soldier, private
biued: John Armstrong, special ponce
llcd. Hawk Man, special police, Killed.
itIsflts killed outright: sitting bull'
Blackbird. Catch the Bear. lAttle Assihl-
laiue Crow Foot Sitting Bulls SON. sew
crtr,u wears old. The above are desig-
rpl.l "a. very bad men. Spotted horn
Tuu. chief. Brave Thunder, chiei,
auj Chase. wounded Several were padly
wounded, hut were carried Oh py 'hoi
friends.
TBusE FOR THE POLICE.
Agent Mclaughlin speaks in the very
highest terms Of the Judgment and bravery
cfthp Indian police and ho strongly urges
tlt1Utemment to give them some SUD
ltnt.aI reward for their services. lie also
urges shat "a generous allowance be Inade
FOR tle families Of those who are deau'
oaDYRs Fon THE ARTIST
Sitting Bulps arrest was undertaken IN
obedience 90 the following telegram rom
General Bigger dated St. faul' beceAuo0i
l- 1880:
r commanding Officer. Fort Yates. N. D.:
Ihs Division Commander has directed
tuat Won make it your special duty 70 Sc
cure the person II Sitting Bull. Can on
ti. lndmu agent 20 cooperate ana IehuvI
.uah assistance as will best promote the
purposes ma view.
uow n ALL CANE ABOUT.
10 appears that John NJ. Cariean, teacher
Of Grand River day-scho0i, located Near s
SITTING Bulps house had kept Agent Nc
Isuehhn we'll informed as 10 the move
uynts &c Bull and ms followers AZ .
O'clock on the morning OF December lfl9
be went over TO Bun Heads house ana
there learned that Sitting Bull had written
She agent for permission TO 60 10 Iu 'l
Ridge. He had received an urgent cal!
from his friends there TO JON them , snd
.4ii that God was TO appear 70 iheih' pan
Mead said that Sitting Bull had made up
h- mind IL 90 with or without the agent :
remission and be asked Cargan to advise
ibe authorities TO arrest Bull at once.
Upon this information, which was con-
viewed 10 military headquarters, the orders
ior his arrest we're issued. AecomPHnlRg
the report is rough plan OF the o@''ie-
field aud the surrounding country
UNCLE SAM FAlT HESS.