The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-20
Sitting ( BULL IS DEAD.
The Old. Chief and. Seven Of His Fol-
lowers Killed in an Engage
ment with Police.
]. Sitting Bull was Preparing to Start
T. for the Bad Lands and His
!. Arrest was Ordered.
The Indian Police Start From Yates,
Followed by Two Companies
Cavalry and Infantry.
When the Arrest was Made, Sitting
Bulls Followers Attempted
a Recapture.
/. In the Fight That Ensued, Sitting
Bull, His Son and Six Indi-
=. ans were Killed.
On the Other Side, Four of the
Police were Killed and
r. Three Wounded.
The Cavalry Then Arrived on the
Scene, and the Indians Fled
Up Grand River.
A Lengthy Account of Major Nc
Laughlin's Last Trip to Sit
ting Bulls Camp.
On the Other Side, Four Of the
Police were Killed and
Three Wounded.
The Cavalry Then Arrived on the
Scene, and the Indians Fled
Up Grand River.
A Lengthy Account of Major Nc
Laughlin's Last Trip to Sit
ting Bulls Camp.
He's q Good Indian Now,

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-At 9 o'clock tonight,
Assistant Adjutant General Corbin OF
General Miles staff received an official
dispatch from st. Paul, saying Sitting Bull,
five Of Sitting Bulls men and seven of the
Indian police have been killed. Thirteen
casualties were the result of the attempt
by the Indian police to arrest Sitting Bull.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 15.-The report was re-
ceived in this city this afternoon that Sit
ting Bull had been killed by the Indian po-
lice who had arrested him at his camp on
Grand river. General Miles later received
q message from Pierre, stating that Sitting
Bull and his son had been killed. Another
dispatch received at army headquarters by
General Miles gave particulars of the
killing so far as known. This morning
the Indian police started out to arrest Sit
ting Bull, having understood that he pro-
posed starting for the Bad Lands at once.
A troop of cavalry under Captain Fechet
and infantry under Colonel Drum fol-
lowed to support the police in case of neces-
.sity. When the police reached Bulbs camp,
about forty miles from Standing Rock,
they found arrangements being made for
departure. The police arrested Sitting
Bull and started back with him before the
soldiers arrived, the infantry not having
made much more than half the distance
ut the time, and the cavalry being some
distance back. The old chiefs followers
rallied quickly and tried to effect his re-
capture. In the fight that ensued Sitting
Bull is said to have been killed, and five of
the Indian police were also killed. One of
The Indian police jumped on the horse
belonging to Sitting Bull and rode back to
the cavalry and infantry, telling them to
curry up to support the police, and then
hurried on to the agency with news of the
battle.
MAJOR M'LAUGHLIN TO COMMISSIONER
MORGAN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Indian Commits
:.ioner Morgan this evening received from
indian Agent Mclaughlin the following
dispatch:
aFoRT YATES, N. D., Dec. 15.-The In
,,ian police arrested Sitting Bull at his
camp forty miles northwest of the agency
his morning at daylight. His followers
attempted his rescue, and fighting com-
a,,enced. Four policemen were killed and
;'hree wounded. Eight Indians were
&illed, including Sitting Bull and his son,
4,rowfoot, and several others wounded.
"lhe police were surrounded for some time.
l,,ut maintained their ground until relieved
|,y United States troops, who now nave
ossession of Sitting Bulbs camp. with all
lie women, children and property. Sit
ing BULBS followers, probably 100 men,
,ieserted their families and fled west up
.lsrand river. The police behaved nobly,
Ind much credit is due them. Particulars
.l'y mail"
THE PRESIDENT HEARS THE NEWS.
Commissioner Morgan showed this tele-
4; ram to the president late, this evening.
,.rhe president said he had regarded Sitting
"..ull as q great disturbing element in his
tribe, and now that he was out of the way,
lie hoped a settlement Of the difficulties
.ould he reached without further blood
shed.
. M'LAUGHLM's VISIT.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-The story OF the last
visit paid by q white man to Sitting Buips
lamp prior to the tragic events OF to-day is
,,ld in . report received this afternoon by
assistant Adjutant General Corbin. Inc
Mrrative throws a flood Of light on the OLD
hiet's willy character and strangely de-
lots the circumstances existing In the
/ ,olated camp. The document is addressed
{, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs MORGAN
~ United States Indian Agent Jas. NC
I .aughlin Of Standing Rock and reads IN.
i'll as follows: "Having just returned
.om the Grand river district, refer-
ing to my former communication regard
s,g the ghost dance craze among tne IN
ians,l have the honor to report that on
lturday evening last I learned that sucn
dance was in. progress in Sitting bulrs
IS imp, and that q large number OF Indians
the Grand river settlement were part'cl,
r,ators. Sitting Bulls camp is on Grand
liver, forty miles southwest from the
u. .ency, In ! section of country outside OF
e line Of travel and only visited by those
g INJECTED with the Indian service ana y