The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-12-18
Indians Seen In All Directions
and an Early Fight
Anticipated.
Full Account Of the Arrest and Death
OF Sitting Bull ut Stand
Ing Rock.
Sleeping on Their Arms at Pine Ridge
Agsney---The Situation
Precarious.

DENVER. dec. ia hprEtna w sn"
Neses BY courier from Daiy's ranch says;
Things have about reached crisis here
Indians are seen In oil directions, and
we are prepared for an engagement any
moment. Pickets have been thrown cut,
and they report seeing number Of In
dian scouts, who report that we would
be attacked thls morning. The signal
would be- the setting OF fire TO grass.
Grass has been SET on fire and number
OF ranches were seen burning. They
may not attack our camp TIL tonight or
tomorrow morning. Ranchers report
several white men killed ON the Chey-
enne river nc daylight this morning.
A courier from Gen. Brooke brought o
Dispatch, the purport of which was that
we should cover the Deadwood-C Chamber
lain road 90 the east of the Cheyenne
river. This will prevent the escape OF
any hostiles 10 the north.
The Seventh cavalry is 20 be sent
against the Indians aud IN attack is 10
be made on them IS soon as possible, as
decisive move Ii imperative. "A squaw
man reports 100 hostiles moving toward
our camp. We are les strong, but have
. good position and can reach them with
HotchkIss guns. We are informed we
will have relnforcsments this evening OF
four more troops, which will make the
command 25O strong. It In also under
stood shat Gen. Carr viii leave Rapid
City to-day with four more troops
Details Of the Kifaaar efsassinw Bull.
BISMARCK, m. d., Dec. I7.--A carrier
from Standing Rock Agency brings de-
tails OF the killing OF Sitting Bull. The
Indian police, under command OF Lieut..
RuIihead and Sergt Shavehead, who had
camped near where Sitting Bulls follow
ers were, made the arrest. sitting Bull
expressed o willingness 10 80 with them,
but said he wanted 10 get ready hrst.
Two of the leaders went with him into
his tent. After he had ordered his horse
Co ba gotten ready, aud while the old
chief himself was getting ready,
swo bucks entered the tepees
and, throwing on their blankets,
opened are on the police. Sitting Bulls
wife set np . howl outside, which seems
10 have been the sIgnal for an assaults
In the nxht which followed Red Toma-
hawk killsd sitting Bull. Many OF Sit-
ting Bulls followers were killed and
BnIlhead aud Shavehead were desper-
ately wodnded. The police were now
surrounded, but at this juncture Capt.
Fetcltet, with his Gasling gun and Hotch-
kiss guns, reached the scene and attacked
the Indians, who, after an hour and
half's hot skirmishing, took To
fight and disappeared into the timber.
The dead and wounded were taken
% once. Occasional shots were exchanged
between the troops and ambushed hos
tiles during the day. It Is considered
the trouble ID now ended so far as stand
ing Rock agency IN concerned, aud that
there Ia no cause for fear that the set
Tiers will be disturbed In this section.
Col. Drum, with two companies OF In
infantry, has gone 10 reinforce Capt.
Fetchet. One Bull Ia about the only
leader leader left In Sitting Bulls band.
Nothing has been heard from him yet,
but IN he is alone and among the hostiles
the chances are that he will pull the
scattered braves together and make .
stand with the idea OF revenging his
dead -ehief sfsd friends Bniiheaa atsti
Shayehead were carried t0 Fort Yates,
where the latter died. IL Il thought
BuIlhead will recover None OF Capt.
Fetchet's men we're wounded.
sa.0oe Kar sisslax Baai.s Hisas-
IrsAARcK, Dec. 1.-THE country
round about is terribly wrought up over
the killing OF Sitting Bull. Instead oil
creating an easy feeling IL has aroused
much apprehension. II is feared that
many families viii fall victim 10 the
vengeance OF his followers. Sitting
Bulls son killed was q bright youth only
i2 years old. 10 Is expected the settlers
will hock TO Bismarck and Mandan by
hundreds as soon IS the news OF sitting
Bulls death IL known. An enterprisine
tafanua a ssak snarrhmnf ehfa morning offered