Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-18

arrest, still be source Of great annoyance
and his followers would continue thelr
dances end threats against neignpoIi,S
white settlers. There was therefore, cruel
as It NAV seem, Il complete understanding
from commanding officers to the Indian
uolice that the slightest attempt 10 rescue
the old medicine man should be sSilhl
to send Sitting Bull to the happy hunting
ground. o..... ,,.,,,o,
had Been informed by General Mics on
SATURDAY. that the time 10 strike had come,
and ON Sunday Troops Il and G, Eighth
Cavalry, and II company of infantry, pre-
ceded by about twenty of the Indian police,
started to the southwest to capture the
chief of the recalcitrants. The distance
was AZ miles. The United States troops
stopped and consulted with the pollce
about five miles from the tepees on me
Grand river. 1t was agreed at cQnsulta-
ton that the troops should move up 10
within two or three miles of the lndian
camp and station themselves where they
could be easily signalled.
The Indian police then moved quietly
down to the tepees and proceeded llline-
diately to that of Sitting Bull, arriving
there lust at dawn The camp was already
astir; at least 100 of the savages were
SlflnnHu ana III Uttllt NiAhN NhhN
punies were painted and bridled. Inc
police were Immediately surrounded by n
iabbering, threatening band OF redskins
and the outlook for massacre was threat
ening
The leader of the police, however,
ouietcd the Sioux warriors to some extent
BY insisting that they had merely come
down to camp to parlcy with Sitting Bull
and arrange u general settlement OF all
4 A ftnpnNt a iutr with tho old
medicine man few minutes the police
suddenly formed Gordon around Sui,
gave signal to the troops, leveled their
Winchester rifles ut the saNages ana started
on run. They succeeded in getting the
old medicine man ON horse and moved
off northward toward the cavalry. =,
The Indians were at first confused ana
did not open tire on the police, ut the out,
set else every one of the officers would
have been killed. Very quickly, however
under the leadership Of lilackbird, the son
of Sitting Bull. the Sioux with hideous
veil, charged on the police. Three Of the
police fell dead and several others were so
badly wounded that they have since died.
About this time detachment Of cavalry
rode up at u gallup and opened furious
filsilade upon the charging savages, who
were Immediately stampeded and ran west,
ward on tile Grand river. Sitting Bull fell
at the first volley the shot that killed him
having been fired by one Of the police.
As soon as lie saw the Indians moving
| toward him Bull made a desperate attempt
| to Join them, but the police, Obeying their
| instructions to the letter, made good
Indian of him without delay. The police
then ran to coyer and the cavalry began
| firing at the redskins with llotchkiss
and Il Calling gun, the savages having re-
tired out of reach of the small arms.
| There were seven Sioux Killed. among
| them being llackbrd and Crowfoot, SONS
| Of Sitting Bull. Crowioot was boy OF but
| ~ years
fhe number of Indians who departed
hastily for the Bad Lands is about 10.
| They are being followed cautiously by the
troops who do not fancy getting pocketed
| in the hills, where there are from 300 "a
900 Ogallala bucks, under the command OF
Short Bull and Crow Dog.
The women and children of the dead
savages made last night hideOus with tlleil
wailing. They are in charge of the troop,
and will be disposed of rs Maj Mclaughlin
directs.
There are already evidences that the kill
ing of Sitting Bull is likely to settle tn,
war without further bloodshed. Large
numbers of the Indians are coming int
the agency, protesting loyalty and offering
their services to bring in the fleeing hos
tiles. The acknowledged leaders of th'
SiouN-Chief Gall and John tirass-stant
firmly by the government and express III
regret at the taking off of Sitting Bull.
The bringing in Of the dead bodies o
Bull and his SONS caused good deal of ex
element at the agency There is a grea
deal of bitterness among the squaws of tn
Indian policemen, who charge that the,
were sacrificed to save Uncle Sans pal
face soldiers These Indian women vii
keep up death songs for weeks, cutting Of
their hair chopping pieces from thei
finger and slashing their bodies fcariully
In some other quarters the cavalry ar
blamed for permitting the Indian police +
ride off so far in advance when if the tw
bodies had come upon the hostile Indian
together the latter would have been ovel
: whelmed and Sitting Bull taken into Gus
tOdy without resistance.
The troops have been constantly on tn
move for two weeks. They are scattere
all over the Indian country in small de
tachmcnts of no more than 50 men eacl
A strong body Of soldiers cannot be foun
at amy point, as they are many miles apai
without telegraph facilities for commiln
cation,a hundred well armed young buck
bent ON avcnging the death of their oil
chief and medicine man, could easily rails
considerable havoc with Uncle sam 5 me
before being finally rounded up.