Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-02-08
SIOUX In REVOLT.
strike and His Party Murder Four
White Mon,

| ITO Strike and his rarity murder Four
| White Mon.
| p,rr R1DpE AGENCY, S. D., Feb. A.
Two Strike. with his band, has gone to
tho hills and refuses to come in. This
uos the message received by Agent
Brown Yesterday, and at once all was
excitement at this agency. Two Strike
is one of the most unruly Indians of the
entire Sioux nation, and has given more
trouble than any other Indian. He
was the leader OF the dlscontented
nortion of the Brule Sioux, and ever
since the trouble that ended in the Mis-
sion fight and Wounded Knee Creek
battle he has been fomenting discomfort
among the Indians. For some time
il has been noticed that Indians were
leaving the agency, ostenslbly going
on hunting expeditions to the West,
and now it has been learned that these
hunters all went heavily armed and
took their families with them. A
winter camp has been made in the
heart of the Bad Lands, on Big Butte,
| known as Hil-in-the-W Woods, or Hidden
| Butte. THIS is one of tie most inaccess-
ible horizons Of the Bad Land country,
| especially in winter, and here the In
diaps can defy the United States army
J uptil late in the summer, when a cam
paicn can be prosecuted with vigor.
It was reported at the agency yester-
day that some white men had been
killed by the Indians. The acting
agent, Capt. Brown, sent out some pO-
licemen to investigate, and they report
ed that they found three white men
killed and one MORALLY wounded, who
had since died. They will be brought
to the agency tomorrow. These
men were killed by Two Strike,
his son and WhiteFace- Horse,
full-blood. Capt. Brown sent detach-
ment of twenty police to arrest the
murderers. All the prominent chiefs,
Young Man-Afraid-o Of His orse, Red
Cloud and others, deplored the killing
and said the guilty parties must be pun
ished. Capt. Brown instructed the po
lice that he sent out this morning that
they must bring the murderers to the
agency.
The report of First Sergeant Joe
Bush, who was in command, tells the
story. He arrived at the agency at 3 P.
NJ. to-day and reports as follows:
The men were Camped down near
No Water camp, close to the bill. The
police were out on the flat where the
Omaha House is. When the police
came upon them they fired once at u.s.
and all of us then commenced to fire
upon them. We got one Indian going
up the Hill, and there was another man
raised there close by the house, but
we finished him and knocked
him down there. Sergt. Sitting
Bear killed one, Policeman Red
Owl killed one, and Sergt. Blunt Horn
killed one. | took five OF Young-Man-
Afraid's men, young fellows, and they
helped US great deal, No Water came
up 10 the police and told us that we had
settled them; that we had killed them,
and that they had all they wanted, and
that the best way now was to drop it. "
After making their reports, the police
were highly recommended by Capt.
Brown and Inspector Disney.
Two Strike and one Of his boys got
away. 1t is thought that Two Strike is
seriously wounded. Capt. Brown has
another squad Of police out after these
two, with instructions to bring them to
the agency.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. "a special to the
Bee from Rusville, Neb., says: Another
chapter in the shooting tragedy on the
Sioux reservation was enacted Friday
evening near the spot where four white
men were killed. AS soon as the news
of the tragedy was brought TO Pine
Ridge, Capt. Brown, the agent, dis
patched twelve mounted police I'M
der command of Police Sergeant
Joe Bush to the scene of the
shooting. with instructions to ar
rest and bring in the perpetrators of the
bloody work. When the SQUAD arrived
at their destination, Two Strike and bis
crowd opened fire on them, and Skin
mish took place, resulting in the death
of two of Two Strikes party and the
wounding of one OF Strikes sons and
| another buck. Two Strike himself was
shot in the leg and in the abdomen.
Two Strikes son was wounded slightly
in the ankle. The dead Indians were
left where they fell, and the wounded
ones were brought to the agency.