Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-28
SITTING BULL.
He is the High Priest in the Coming
Messiah Craze Among the Sioux.
BROOKLYN Woman Lavishing Wealth and
Presents Upon the Old savage-What
the Indians Expect.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The Indian
bureau has received from Agent Nc
Laughlin at Standing Rock Indian
agency, report upon the prospective
outbreak among the Sioux in
consequence of the promised coming
of the "uew messiah. - The agent
SAYS: 81 trust that l may not
be considered an alarnist, and l
don't wish TO be understood as consider
ing the present state of excitement SO
alarming as to apprehend any immedi-
ate uprising or serious outcome, but l do
feel it my duty TO report the
present s'craze'' and nature OF
the excitement existing among Sit
ting Bulls factions OF Indians
over the expected tIndian millennium, -
annihilation OF white man and supremacy
of Indians, which is looked for not later
than next spring. They are promised
by some members Of the Sioux tribe who
have lately developed into medicine
men that the great spirit has
promised them that their pun
ishment by the dominant race has
been sufficient, and their numbers bav-
ing now become so decimated will be re-
inforced by all Indians who are dead,
tn t the dead are returning to reinha bit
this earth, which belongs to the Indians,
they are bringing back with them
as they return an immense herd
of bu6aloes and elegant wild horses
to have for the catching. ''Sitting Bull'
is high priest and the leading apostle of
this latest Indian absurdtv-in word,
he is chief mischief maker at this agency,
and If he were not here this craze so
general among the Sioux would never
have gotten foothold at this
agency. He has b en- disturbing
element here since his return from con-
tinement as military prisoner in the
spring of 1888, but has been growing
Gradually worse the past year,
which Is partly to be accounted
for by the presence of
lady from Brooklyn, N. Y, named Mrs.
c. Weldon, who came here in June,
1889. announcing herself as member of
DR.. Bland 3 society of the Indian defence
association, and opposed to the Indians
ratit ling the act OF March 2, 1889.
While here she bestowed numerous pres
ents upon Sitting Bull and considerable
money, which had demoralizing effect
upon him in fattering him with
his Importance. The woman is now
located on the north bank of
Cannon Ball river, just outside of this
reservation, and about twenty five
miles north of the agency. Sitting Bull
has been frequent visitor to her house
and has grown more insoleut aud
worthless with every visit he has
made there, her lavish expenditure of
money and other gifts upon him enabling
him to give frequent fetes and hold
council. On the 9th inst, upon
an invitation from Sitting Bull,
an Indian named Kicking Bear
belonging to the Cheyenne river agency,
the chief medicine men of the ghost
dance among the Sioux arriving at Sit
ting Bull s camp on the river to inaugu-
rate ghost dance and initiate MEM
bers. Upon learning of his arrival
there 1 sent a detachment of thirteen po-
licemen, including the captain aud Sec
ond lieutenant, to arrest and escort him
from the reservation, but they returned
without executing the order, both off,
GERS beng in "dazed' coudi-
tion and fearing the powers of
Kicking Bears medicine. Sitting Bull
WAS very insolent to the officers, and
made threats against certain members of
the force, but said the visitors would
leave the following day. On the. 14th
sent the lieutenant and one man back to
see whether the party had left,
and to notify Sitting Bull
that his insolencs and bad behavior
would not lie tolerated longer, and that
the "great dance'' must not be con-
tinued. The lieutenant returned yester-
day and reported that the party had
not started back to Cheyenne be-
fore his arrival there, on the morn
Ing of the 18th, but left Immediately
upon his ordering them TO do so, aud
that Sitting Bill told him he was deter
mined to continue the ghost dance, as
the Great Spirit had sent q direct mes
sage by Kicking Bear that to live they
must do SO, but he would not have any
more dancing until after be had come to
the agency and talked it over with me,
but the news comes in this morning that
they are dancing again.
Desiring TO exhaust all reasonable
means before resorting to extremes,
have sent a message to Sitting Bull BY
his nephew, One Bull, that want to see
him at the agency, and feel quite con-
fident 1 shall succeed in getting them all
to yield this present excitement and put
a stop to this absurd craze for the pres
ent at least,