Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-17
THE SPOIL OF WAR.
Families and Tents of Sitting
Bulls Braves.
BUus MAKE FOR TIE BAD LANDS.

The Old Medicine Mans Body and That
of His Son In the Hands Of The Troops
The Redskins. Hiding Place Sur
for the Government-An Quiet at Pine
Ritge Awaiting Developments = An
9th or Reported Fight.
Standing Rock AGENCY, n. D., Dec. IL.
"A fourier has come in from the scene of
Mont ay's battle with the Indians. where
Sitting Bull was killed, and reports that
there has been no more fighting.
The hostiles upon the approach of
the cavalry took to fight, head
ing westward for the Bad Lands.
The troops pushed after them with the in
TENT IN OF bringing them back to the
agen,y il possible 1t is thought the re-
treat ing band viii strike for the Little
Missouri river, their trail westward being
along a fork of the Grand river Addi-
tionsi troops have been hurried on from
Fort Yates, two companies of infantry
having started out Monday to reinforce
the men ON Grand river.
The List of Killed and Wounded.
There is nothing new reported about the
fight which was b-ief and as described in
these dispatches yesterday. The sudden
arrival of the cavalry and Hotchkiss and
Gasl ng guns quickly put the redskins to
fight. The cavalry followed for but a
shorr distance, and then returned to the
camp and took possession of the bodies of
Sitting Bull and his son. Four policemen
were killed and three wounded, and it is
thou ght that eight of the hostiles were
killed Crow-foot, the 12-year-old son OF
| Sitting Bull, and a number of others
were wounded
Headed for the Had Lands.
Sitting Bulls followers when they fed
| up the Grand river left behind them all
then tents and their families, which were
| take possession of by the soldiers and
| will be returned to the agency. After
| going short distance up the river the
| fleeing Indians scattered and went off in
| all directions through the country toward
| the Bad Lands. Some of them will prob.
| ably try to reach Two Strikes band further
south, while others will seek an escape to
the North. However, there is little chance
for Them in any direction.
| Troops All Around Them.
| Tie soldiers are located all around the
| bdu Lanus, ana the INDIANS Will have Ill
tie chance to get at the few ranches that
are located in that district. The hostiles
are completely surrounded, and while they
may hold out for some time in the Bad
Lancis, it is simply matter of time until
they surrender to the superior forces and
supplies of the whites
Effect of Sitting Bulls Death.
Tie effect of the death of Sitting Bull il
prof. lematical. He was not chief, in the
sense of being leader in battle, and had
never been addressed as chief ty any
mill 1ary commander; but he was a willy
mbitious old rascal, with more of the pol
iticiin in him than Is ordinarily credited
to tie savage By working ON the super
stiti ons and fears of the Indians, he had
gain ed whatever prestige he has had, anc
| just how those who survive him will TAKE
his death cannot be estimated The Other
leaders, who hated him, will surely moi
seek to avenge his death. Still, he hac
gain ed considerable following among the
gho tdancers, and these may attempt
something in revenge.