Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-12-25
SITTING BULLS ROMANCE.

His Domestic Relations with Il White
Woman, Said to be Refined and
well Educated.
It IS believed hat the body Of old Bull
has not beer buried at he ,ency grave
yard, us was the casa with the Indian
police. 1t Is possible that the body is to
be dissected in the interests of
medical science and the skeleton placed
in the national war museum. The ut
most secrecy prevails at Fort Yates re-
garding the movements Of the military
and Indian authorizes on all matters re-
lating to the Indians and no one except
the highest officials know what is to be
done until the time of it's doing.
In Sitting Bulls effects were found
letters and documents of all descriptions
from all over the country. Most of them
We're from people enclosing slips Of paper
for his autograph, out he never responded
to THESE requests unless Il fat monetary
consideration came with the letter. His
signature always commanded Il dollar
ami he found ready sale for Ii. All he
could write was his name and that in Il
painful scrawl.
1t is said there were several commuui-
cations from Mrs. Weldon, the woman
who claimed she was sent out from Brook
lyn, n. u, by an Indian society. She
came to the agency about a year ago, but
by creating an air of discomfort among
some of the indians tho authorities re-
peatedly ordered her Off the reservation
She finally said she loved Sitting Bull
and went to live with him on Grand river.
She was remarkably nt:ne looking woman
30 years of age and had pretty little son
10 years old with long, curly dark hair.
Indians say the couple lived to-
gether as man and wife, though
there was no ceremony per
formed. Whenever Sitting Bull want
ed a fresh partner, he selected tho pret.
tiest Of his flock, aud his children are
scattered throughout the Sioux nation
bv the score. He thought as much OF
Mrs. Weldons young son as he did of
the woman herself, and took great de-
light in putt & the youngster on one OF
his ponies and riding with him on his
own charger in triumph to the agency
on ration days. Mrs. Weldon took her
departure from Standing Rock two
iuOllUIlS dSO. 1GttlS iCIudlly CFchleu
down the weather beaten cheeks of the
old warrior as he parted with the little
boy. 1t was the first time he ever exhih-
lted any emotion. The boy had claimed
a warm spot in his cruel heart. Mrs.
Weldon took the steamer Chaske to
Sioux City. When she arrived at Pierre
the boy was stricken with lockjaw The
best medical aid was summoned, but of
no avail, and he died. Mrs Weldon was
grief'stricken, as was also Sitting Bull
on hearing the news. and sought solitude
for several days. Mrs. Weldo" is a we'll
educated and refined woman. Her actions
were mystery. She is au able writer
and fluent conversationalist. and a
streak of mild insanity or crankism is the
only reason assigned for her strange con-
duct.
While in the cast after the death
Of his son, she wrote a number of letters
to Sitting Bull foretelling the terrible
tragedy enacted the other day. She
warned him to be on the alert, telling
him that the military and jealous Indians
who sided in with the government were
seeking a preteXt to put HIM forever out
of the way. Letters from time to time
were received to this effect, beseeching
him to fee for uis life He paid but little
attention until almost the last moment,
when he began to realize the danger and
was preparing to escape to the Bad
Lands.