Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-16
CROWF0OT'S KILLING.
Circumstances of II Described by a
Standing Rock Resident.
BOW THE INDIANS ARE TREATED.
During Year of Prohibition Man Buys
12S Jugs of Whisky.
good RUITATA PREMIUM THESE DAYS

"I have just received very interesting
letter from the Standing Rock Agency
said E. P. McFadden yesterday.
Mr. McFadden was for 13 years an Indian
agent anG interpreter, and is highly inter-
ested in the trouble the Government has
lately had with the red men. MY corre-
spondent." ne continued, says, among
other things: I can give you all the informa-
tion you desire in regard TO Indian affairs
here. think I can say truthfully that the
agent here is a true frind to no man. He
would sacrifice anyone to advance his own
interests. He was always afraid of you, as
he did not want to be ventilated in the
newspapers. You need only tell the truth
to cause the people here to squirm, and
they will soon have their fangs in each
others flesh. There is not more corrupt
agency on the face of the earth.
All that is necessary is to let
the world know how matters are
conducted here, and public opinion will do
the balance. When an inspector comes here
he accepts the hospitality OF the agent, and
examines few of the employees, who have
been previously posted and prepared to
clear up any charges that may have been
made against the agent or the agency.
No Information to Be Given Away.
1T is a mighty poor way to gain any in
formation of the workings of an Indian
agency, by depending on the evidence of
men who know that if they told the truth
they would be bounced in short order. By
some means or other the agent is always in
formed of the nature of all charges against
him, long before an inspector arrives to In
vestigate, and has therefore ample time TO
prepare for anything that may be brought
against him. There are three men employed
at the agency whom the agent has often said
he would not believe under oath. What
does he keep them for? He has often ad-
mitted some of the employees were liars and
would Swear to anything, would steal and do
worse. Yet they were retained until they be-
came such a load that the agent dare not keep
them any longer. When the agent let them
go, he said that one of them was the most
valuable man he ever had. For heavens
sake, for what? Perhaps on account of his
being able to make any kind of an affidavit
when called upon to do SO. A very valua-
BILE man for an Indian agent to havel II he
had any claim to morality or common de-
cency no one was ever aware OF it but the
agent.
half-breeds who have no shame, and when
they are caught in any scrape it is hushed up
and matters go on as before. Heaven help
the poor Indian girl who falls into their
hands! If she goes astray she is forced to
marry an Indian, no matter how great her
suffering may be, even unto death. The
gang must not be broken up.
How Sitting Bulls Son Was Killed.
"'In regard to the killing of old Sitting
Bull had the military gone there with the
police there would never have been shot
fired. The soldiers could have whipped the
Indians with ease. The agent says that
Sitting Bull might have escaped. Suppose
he had. Where would he have gomez The
country was full of troops. Rather than
see the military arrest Sitting Bull, the
agent would have sacrificed all the police
on the reservation, and did sacrifice men he
cannot replace. He sent them out without
the Chief of Police, Louis frlnseau, haii-
Lieutenant of Police, and Shave Head,
First Sergeant, two of the bravest Indians
on the reservation. The agent evidently
did not desire to lose q half-breed.
"tAfter Bull Head and Shave Head were
shot the police went into Sitting Bulfs
house, to prepare bed for them. They
found tie women sitting on one OF the beds.
Then pulled them away and told them to
get out Crowfoot, Sitting Bulls 17-year-
old son, was under the bed, and without
arms. They pulled him out and shot and
clubbed him to death, in the presence OF his
mother. That part of the fight has never
been made public, to my knowledge, but is
true. Heaven help the poor Indian, and
protect him from the halfbreeds, should be
the prayer of every honest man. Half
breeds can commit any crime they choose,
and go unpunished. When their crimes
become known to the public the white
washing committee gets together and fixes
them up all right, and the agent announces
there is nothing in 1t.
".Halfbreeds steal the wives of Indians,
and if the latter kick they are liable to be
missing, and no questions are asked, unless
the public gets hold Of it, and then it is
smoothed over"