Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-18
AFTER THE BATTLE.
The Surrender OF All Hostile indians
kxpected in a Few Days.
Hitting Fnil Never Recognized as Ch.ef-Hs
u Only Kept His Men Together
Constant sgitatIOn.
POSSIBILITIES BELIEVED TO BE ENDED.


HOsTILTrIES BELIEVED TO BE ENDED.
CHICAGO, III, Dee. l6.-The gen.
eral TOPIC of conversation at army head
quarters to-day was the death of Sitting
Bull. Assistant Adjutan, Corbin, who
in Gen. Miles, absence has charge of
be army headquarters. was very
iubilant al day. ''SittiuE Bull
was never Recognized as chief, -
said Col. Corbin. ''He WAS
great man 10 promise great things TO the
Indians of his tribe, but was u scoundrel
ana coward, AMI only kept his men to-
gether by constant agitation. In the
Messiah craze he was able to keep the
Young bucks excited, but now ~ he Is
dead believe that hostIliiies will cease.
Ii the lndinns insist on lighting 1t will
only last few days. Gen. Brooke has
them pinned TO the Bad Lnnis, and
therefore has the advantage over them.
There are very few ranches in that part
Of the country, aud it will be
impossible for the braves to make
raids. I received II telegram from
Gen Miles stating he has lefrSt. Paul
aud would be ut the scene very soon.
From information received from Pine
Ridge agency il appears that the
police officers under Capt. Frehst went
to Sitting Bull . camp AMI demanded
his surrender, ~herrupon the chief
ordered his men 10 protect him ard shoot
the officers. No more outbreaks are tS-
pected. During the week the command
ing officers at the different agencies will
be instructed TO ask for the surrender of
hii hostile lndinns, and it Is expected
they will obey the orders.'
TWO STRIKES AND HIS TEAM.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, s. D.-Two
Strikes is within five miles of this agency
with 1874 lodges, principally old men,
women and children. He has sent word
tha; he will arrive to-day and do what
ever Gen. Brooke says. This order OF
Two Strikes stopped the movement of
the troops for awhile. They are, how
ever, in readiness 10 start at moments
notice.
ONLY A SCHEME TO GET MORE TO EAT.
CHEYENNE, WYO., Dee. i6.-Iutelli-
genre has been received here that an in
etervIew iIas Teen held with Sharp Nose,
6euding Shoshone and Arnpnho tribes at
'3lis agency. II has been charged thai
A.eyent OF trouble the ShOShones would
At6y with the whites while the Arapa-
hoes would join the hostil-s; also that
Sharp Nose with 100 men was going 20
join the Sioux at the earliest opportu-
nifty. Sharp Nose said nothing WAS fur
Their from his mind than fighting. He
would not even undertake q fist fight.
He said: we have too many children
in school here and are too well treated TO
do such foolish thing us to fight. The
whole business was got up to get more to
eat. That is all there is in it.
PARTICULARS OF SITTING BULL s DEATH.
ST PAUL, MINI, Dee. lion Sun
day Maj Mclaughlin. agent ut Standing
Rock agency, heard that Sitting Bull
and h s followers were about to make for
the Bad land. 1t seemed necessary to
act at once and the police set out in the
night with troops. After reaching the
camp the police found the campers ready
TO move. Sitting Bull was secretly
placed under arrest. hut not bound. 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 Oh the police. The
police responded IN kind, and several fell
from their horses, among the number
being Sitting Bull AMI his son, Black
Bird.
The old medicine man had tried to
direct matters for some time hy loudly
shouting his orders. His fall upset the
hoStiles. They at once rallied, however,
and surrounded the police, who fought
bravely and we'll, but would soon have
been overpowerpd had not the
cavalry who had been sent for arrived
on the scene. The police were fighting
hand TO hand, but the sight of the SOL
dIers and roar OF guns alarmed the IN
dinns, and they fled up the Grand river.
The cavalry followed for short dist
anre, and then returned to camp, took
possession of the bodies of Sitting Bull
and his son.
Four policemen were killed and three
wounded, and it is thought that alto
gether eight of the hostiles were killed.
Crowfoot, the eighteen-yeGr-o sou
of Sitting Bull, and number of others
were wounded. Sitting Bulls followers
fled up the Grand river, leaving behind
all their tents and families, which were
taken possession Of By the soldiers and
will be returned to, the agency. After
going a short distance up the river the
fleeing redskins scattered and went in all
through the country towards
the Bad Lands. Some of them may try
south, while others will seek escape-,tQs.
the north. However. there Is littieSa
chance for them IN any direction.
The soldiers retreated all around the
Bad Lands, and the Iuiians will have
trouble, as there are very few ranches In
that district. Even il they attempt to
go on small raids the soldiers are so
placed Us to head them off. In fact,
they are completely surrounded, and
" lille they might hold out for some time
in the Bad Lands, II Is simply a matter
Of time until they must surrended TO the
officers.
With Dickinson as a center on the
north and Pine Ridge as the southern
center, Fort Sully on the east and troops
along the western border Of
the Bad Lands, there Il no chance for
the hostIles long to Withstand their pur-
,urers.
The TACT of the death Of Sitting Bull is
oroblematical. He was not chief in the
sense of being leader in battle, and had
never been addressed as chief by any
military commander, but he was c
willy old rascal Of great amb!-