Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
A GOOD INDIAN, NOW.
Sitting Bull and Seven Of His Braves
Gone to Meet the Messiah.
He is Arrested in His Camp by indian Police
His Followers Ate npt 10 Rescue Him
and q Fight Ensuss.
SITTING BULL KILLED.

| Niles 81 military headquarters III tu!s
| city. He received two dispatches this
evening. the first from Pierre, s. d.
stating that Sitting Bull and his son had
been killed, but giving no further par
| ticulars. The other dispatch was from
Standing Rock agency and stated tha,
the Indian police started out this morDin 2
| to arrest Sitting Bull having understood
| he proposed starting for the Bad Lands.
| The police were followed by a troop Of
| cavalry under Capt. Fouchett and in
| fantry under Col. Drumm. When the
| police reached Sitting Bulls camp on
| Grand river, about forty miles from
| Standing Rock. they found arrange
meats being made for departure. The
| cavalry had not yet reached camp when
| the police arrested Bull and started back
with him. His followers quickly rallied
to his rescue and tried to retake him. In
the melee that ensued Eve OF Sitting
| Bulls men, Sitting Bull and seven of
the Indian police were killed.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-Iudian Com
missioner Morgan this evening received
from Indian Agent Mclaughlin the fol-
lowing dispatch:
FORT YATES, n. D.. Dec. 15.-Indisn
police arrested Sitting Bull ct his camp
forty miles northwest of the agency.
His followers attempted to rescue him
and fighting commenced. Four
policemen were killed and three
wounded. Eight Indians were killed
including Sitting Bull and bis son Grow
Foot, and several others wounded. The
police were surrounded for Some time,
but maintained their ground uu.il re-
lieyed by United States troops, who now
have possession of Sitting Bulls camp
with all the women, children aud prop
erty. Sitting Bulls followers, prob
ably 100 men, deserted their families
and fled west up the Grand river. The
police behaved nobly and great credit is
due them. Particulars by mail. -
Commander Morgan showed this tele-
gram to the president late Sunday eve
ming. The president said he regarded
Sitting Bul, rs the great disturb NJ ele-
ment IN his tribe, and row that he was
out OF the way he hoped settlement OF
the difficulties could be Reached without
further trouble or biooushed.
REPORT TO ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
CHICAGO, ILL. Dec. 10. Gen. Brooke,
in command of the troops at Pine Ridge,
Adj 't-Gen. COrhin At aru:y headquarters
Tonight as follows: All the Indians
have been brought here except about zoe
bucks in the Bad Lands, who refuse to
listen TO anyone or anything. Against
these 1 will send sufficient force to cap
ture or to fight them All has been done
that can be done. The Indians now out
have many stolen horses aud cattle
with them. ] hope to be able to end this
matter now.
The remainder of Sitting Bull $ band
are now in retreat up the Grands river,
but 1t Is not yet known definitely
along which fork their trail will
tee. Information Of most re-
liable nature was received to-day
that a band. of e!gh: wagons were en-
camped on Little Missouri opposite
Pretty Butte. 1t is probable that the
fugatives will make this camp their OBJ
jrc,ive point. They will not be able
wi hout great exertiou to reach the
forks of Graude river to-day. 1t Is esti-
mated that $50 warriors ars in the
band and this number is likely
TO be increased by other bands. Lieut.
Casey with troop of Cheyenne scouts
and Capt. Adams troop of the First
cavalry are headed for the north end of
the Powder river range, opposite
the mouth Of the Box Elder
creek. Capt. Fountains troop
of the Eighth cavalry with pack trans
portntions. which will leave in the morn
ing for White Buttes, will probably in
tercept the band before it reaches the
Little Missouri: If not Lieut.. Casey and
Capt. Adams will do so.
IN CHILpEEss AND GREER COUNTIES.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, Dec. l5.-Goveruor
Ross received telegram from W. +.
Levy of Childress, captain of the Pam
handle cavalry company, stating that an
outbreak was feared among the Indians
near the line of Childress and Greer
counties, and that the sheriff had or
dered the cavalry company to the scene
of danger. The governor ordered the
assistant Acknowledgment to go to Chill
dress, which he did this evening, and
requested Capt. Levy to await his COM
ing.
Another telegram received later to-day
from J. s. Mcconnell, at Childress,
stated that the cavalry company had
gone out to reconnoiter, but found only
q few Indians hunting.
THE CHoCTAw CITY SCARF.
Special to the Gazette.
OKLAHOMA CITY, o. T., Dec. l5.-
Capt. Stiles returned from the scene of
the Indian scare near Choctaw City to-
day, and he reports great many In
dians in camp and dancing, but stated
the settlers were not alarmed, from the
fact that il has been the custom of the
Indians to go INTO camp every fall and
indulge in a season of dancing aud FEAST
ing. The only alarming feature about
the matter Is that they are of their res
trvstious. He has made his report to
che war department, and expects to be
sent back to Choctaw City in day or
two.
UPRISING THREATENED IN CALIFORNIA.
San FRANCISCO, CAL. Dec. 15.-News |
Is received to-day from Inyo county, the |
most isolated portion of California, that |
1900 Piute Indians are on the point OF an |
uprising. The situation is reported az
very serious, there being not over 600 |
whites in the country, with arms aud |
ammunition for only half that number.
The settlers demand of the state author
ity for military companies TO be formed |
by the citizens at different points in the |
country.