The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-14

oOA Tic 4O11 VI 1O0OS dOOuL on pei
cent of the entire Sioux tribe became
| firm believers of Sitting Bull; had in
terviewed the Great Spirit, and had
been anointed with medicine" by their
high priest or medicine man.
When the Indians got into the con-
dition that Sitting Bull could be sure
his every order would be obeyed, the
ghost dancing ceased and prepara-
tons for war began. Then it was that
| the commanding officer of the United
States troops at Fort Yates was or
dered to arrest old Sitting Bull and
conf1ne him in prison at the agency Of
Standing Rock for the time being.
Sitting Bull was camped forty miles
away from the agency, but a squad of
fifty cavalry men started after the old
Indian early on Dec. Is.
The Indian police, commanded by
bull Head and SHAVE Head were
within striking distance of Sitting
Bulls camp several days before the
cavalry took leave. of the fort. :.
Sitting Bulls cabin was almost sur
rounded by the fanaticaI "ghost dane
erS, but the Indian police managed to
reach the house and arrest the old
fellow. Sitting Bulls young son
slipped from the house and aroused the
ghost dancers" who soon swarmed
around the little party Of police.
After the police mounted their horses
to return with Sitting Bull, that old
warrior called. upon his followers to
| rescue him, and Strike the-Kettle''
| and Catch the Bear dashed up at
full speed to the two police who
guarded the prisoner, and shot them:
Both guards were killed, and shot-f1vtf1
Both guards were killed, but in falling
| Bull Head, guard. wheeled, and in
| stead of shooting his assailant, shot
| Sitting Bull dead.
The police then took refuge in Sit
| ting Bulls cabin, which was immedi-
| ately surrounded by hundreds of YELL
ing, frantic Indians. The soldiers came
| up at that moment, and the ghost
| dancers fed to the timber, half mile
| away
An hour later an incident happened
| which showed the sublime faith his
followers had in Sitting Bull and which
had great bearing upon the future Of
| the Indians and led directly to the bat
! tie fought two weeks later by the
| ghost dancers at Wounded Knee-the
| battle which the monument commence
| rates.
The Medicine Shirt.
While the troopers were preparing to
return to the fort, carrying the dead
| body of Sitting Bull with them, an In
dian riding at full speed emerged from
the woods into which they had gone
| when the soldiers appeared. Straight
| towards the assembled soldiers rode
the red man, until'he halted on a small
knoll about eighty yards away.
Dressed Cor rather, undressedO in
full war paraphernalia, eagle war bon
! net, war paint, war lance, etc. and war
shirt which Sitting Bull had anointed,
| the warrior stood like copper statue
on the knoll while every soldier and
indian police in the troop fired point
blank at him again and again. For
five minutes he sat on his horse, i'm
movable, drawing the fire of the ninety
men, most of whom were crack shots.
| Then the firing ceased and every SOL
| der applauded the wonderful nerve of
the warrior. He had been testing the
efficiency of the medicine of Sitting
Bull.
Apparently satisfied. he turned his back
On the soldiers and rode again at full
speed for the timber, never looking back
Two weeks later this same Indian started
Capt. Wallace IN the presence Of his en-
tire company. If any of the many bullets
fred that day at the Indian had taken eff,
feet, Wounded Knee would probably not
have been fought. But knowing them
| selves to-. be proof againset the white
mans bullets and sure Of victory (for had
| not their great leader, Sitting Bull, who
made the. medicine which protected this
Indians life promised them SOY these
half crazy fanatics went to the confer
ence at Wounded Knee creek two week.
| later, determined to exterTnfnate the white
soldiers there. wipe out the soldiers at the
fort and then sweep the Western plains
and prairies free of white settlers, ir
order that the buffalo would return to his
old haunts.
Capt. WaIIace's Death.
And this was the frame of mind II
which the Indians were on the 2Sth daJ
of December, 1890, when they camped OF
Wounded Knee creek, waiting for thu
conference the following day. Durine
that day the scouts Little Bat an(
Lone Star" had been among the banC
which was commanded by "Big Foot
and ascertained the true state of affairs
went to Gen. Forsythe, in command O
the troops, and reported that the Indian!
would probably resist unless an over
whelming force of soldiers was brough
up. Forsythe did not agree with the scou
and continued to advance.
But. Capt Wallace, who believed tn,
report of the scout, together with "Littl,
Bat" and Lone STAR" rode ahead of tn,
troops in order to pacify the Indians
The three men drew in close to tn,
troop of SavageS which had advanced Il
meet them, and then Lone STAR recog
nized the daring warrior who had trieC
his medicine two weeks before that day
He, together with several other Indians
left the main body and advanced towart
Capt. Wallace
u Suddenly. from within the crowd. aros