Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-19
Sitting BULL IS DEAD
The Old Chief and Seven of His Fol-
lowers Killed in an Engage
ment with Police.
Sitting Bull was Preparing to Start
for the Bad Lands nnd His
Arrest was Ordered.
The indian Police Start From Yates,
Followed by Two Companies
Cavalry and Infantry.
When the Arrest was Made, Sitting
Bulls Followers Attempted
a Recapture.
In the Fight That Ensued, Sitting
Bull, His Son and Six Indi-
ans were Killed.
On the Other Side, Four of the
Police were Killed and
Three Wounded.
The Cavalry Then Arrived on the
Scene, and the Indians Fled
Up Grand River.
A Lengthy Account of Major Nc
Laughlin's Last Trip to Sit
ting Bulls Camp.
On the Other Side, Four of the
Police were Killed and
Three Wounded.
The Cavalry Then Arrived on the
Scene, and the Indians Fled
Up Grand River.
A Lengthy Account of Major Nc
Laughlin's Last Trip to Sit
ting Bulls Camp.
He's a Good Indian Now,

SiISSATOs bCC. lC.-11U u ClJCh UO-lllSlV,
Assistant Adjutant General Corbin OF
General Miles staff received an official
dispatch from st. Paul, saying Sitting Bull,
five of Sitting Bulls men and seven of the
Indian police have been killed. Thirteen
casualties were the result of the attempt
by the Indian police to arrest Sitting Bull.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
ST. PAUL, Dec. I5.-The report was re-
ceived in this city this afternoon that Sit
ting Bull had been killed by the Indian po-
lice who had arrested him at his camp on
Grand river. General Miles later received
a message from Pierre, stating that Sitting
Bull and his son had been killed. Another
dispatch received at army headquarters by
General Miles gave particulars of the
killing so far. as known. This morning
the Indian police started out to arrest Sit
ting Bull, having understood that he pro-
posed starting for the Bad Lands at once.
Atroop OF cavalry under Captain Fechet
and infantry under Colonel Drum fol-
lowed to support the police in case of neces-
4sity. When the police reached Bulls camp,
about forty miles from Standing Rock,
they found arrangements being made for
departure. The police arrested Sitting
Bull and started back with him before the
made much more than half the distance
at the time, and the cavalry being some
distance back. The old chiefs followers
rallied quickly and tried to effect his re-
capture. In the fight that ensued Sitting
Bull is said to have been killed, and five Of
the Indian police were also killed. One of
the Indian police jumped on the horse
Belonging to Sitting Bull and rode back to
the cavalry and infantry, telling them to
hurry UP to support the police, and then
hurried on to the agency with news OF the
battle.
MAJOR M'LAUGHL1N TO COMMISSIONER
ORGAN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-lndian Commits
sioner Morgan this evening received from
Indian Agent Mclaughlin the following
dispatch:
fort YATES, N. D., Dec. 15.-The In
dian police arrested Sitting Bull at his
camp forty miles north west of the agency
this morning at daylight. His followers
attempted his rescue, and fighting com
menced. Four policemen were killed and
three wounded. Eight Indians were
killed, including Sitting Bull and his son,
SCrowfoot, and several others wounded.
The police were surrounded for some time.
but maintained their ground until relieved
by United States troops, who now have
possession OF Sitting Bulbs camp, with all
the women, children and property. Sit
ting Bulls followers, probably 100 men,
deserted their families and fled west up
Grand river. The police behaved nobly,
and much credit is due them. Particulars
by mail"
THE PRESIDENT HEARS THE NEWS.
Commissioner Morgan showed this tele-
gram to the president late this evening.
The president said he had regarded Sitting
Bull as a great disturbing element in his
tribe. and now that he was out of the way,
he hoped a settlement Of the difficulties
could be reached without further blood
shed. .
M'LAUGHLIN'S VISIT. 7 ~
CHICAGO. Dec. 15.-The story of the last
visit paid by a white man to Sitting BULBS
camp prior to the tragic events of to-day is
told in a report received this afternoon by
Assistant Adjutant General Corbin. The
narrative throws a flood of light on the old
chiefs willy character and strangely de-
picts the circumstances existing in the
isolated camp. The document is addressed
to Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Morgan
by United States Indian Agent Jas. Nc
Laughlin of Standing Rock and reads in
full as follows: "Having just returned
from the Grand river district, and refer
ring to my former communication regard
ing the ghost dance craze among the In
dians, have the honor to report that on
saturday evening last / learned that such
a dance was in progress in Sitting BULBS
camp, and that a large number Of Indians
of the Grand river settlement were partici-
pators. Sitting Bulbs camp is on Grand