The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-13

received rcscindin" the order they
had to furnish him with his ourtl,
as requested ard bid kim Il most re-
luctant good-by. Still they must
DELAY him on the journey if possible.
There were two parallel roads leav-
ing the Post towards Sitting Bulls
camp and within sight Of each other
for some distance. 1t so happened
that as Buffalo Bill travelled along
the lower road, he saw :: stri.g of
teams coming into the agency b. the
other road. Presently he met an In
dian riding Il pony who very inno-
Gently Informed him tn" teams to be
seen on the upper road belonged to
Sitting Bull and his followers and
they were all on their way in for ra-
tions. Buffalo Bill turned and has
tened back, to find Il telegram await
ing him from authorities resembling
the order he held to take Sitting Bull.
and to learn that the teams on the
other road were there only us a de-
coy to bring him back and cause de
lay until the wire came. TO say that
Buffalo Bill was furious does not cX-
press il.
Sitting Bull Killed in 1880
''it''iiS huIi uS hllitV OH bStcnl-
Der 10, 1890, by men of his own race.
The authorities at Standing Rock
were determined that Sitting Bull
| should be arrested by the Indian
police. The authorities at Standing
Rock say that the Indian police rode
into Sitting Bulls camp early at
dawn on the morning of the 18th of
December, firmly determined to make
the arrest In the house entered by
Bull Heads party they found Sitting
Bull, his two wives and his son Crow
Foot, a boy of II years The women
were very much frightened and be-
gan to cry: Sitting Bull sat up and
asked what was the matter. You
are under arrest and must go to the
! agency" said Bull Head
Every well,' said Sitting Bull, II
! will go with you" He was some dis
lance from the door when his son,
Crow Foot. seeing that the old man
intended to make no resistance be-
gan to revile him: "You call your
self brave man and you have de-
clared that YOU would never sur
| render to Il blue coat, and now you
give yourself up to Indians in blue
uniforms, the young man shouted.
This is just the one side Of the story.
1t may be true or not true. The au-
thorities who had charge of the In
, dian police do not tell us that every
policeman who went out there to get
Sitting Bull were friends of Chief
Gall, and that Gall was an enemy
of old Sitting Bull. and that Sitting
Bull did not have friend among
the Indian police who were sent out
to arrest him. Why were they so
| anxious to head off Buffalo Bill; and
why not, if they wanted to arrest
Sitting Bull without bloodshcd, send
government troops and keep the In
dian police at home?
! killing Called Murder
On similar occasion when Rain
| in-theFace was arrested in the
spring of 1875, for the murder of
, two men belonging to an expedition
That was sent out in 1873, General
rCuster sent his brother, Capt. Ton,
Custer, and Capt. Yates to Standing
Rock to make the arrest. There
were two companies Of troops and
Tom Custer made the arrest in the
post-traders' store, when the Indians
we're more hostile than they were
10 years later. When the news
! reached Bismarck that Sitting Bull
was killed and the way it happened,
people expressed themselves pretty
freely. saying that they murdered
old Sitting Bull.
During the legislative session Of
1911 memorial to Congress was in
PRODUCED recommending that pen
sions be granted to the surviving In
dian policemen who were sent to ar
rest Sitting Bull. When the bill or
resolution came up for final DISPOSE
ton. Senator Simpson Of Stark Coun-
ty said, "The killing of Sitting Bull
was deliberate murder" There are
others besides Senator Simpson who
think the same thing.
Not long ago there appeared a
story in an eastern magazine which
read as follows: Recently the head
dress, saddle and coat of Sitting Bull
were sold to the Wyoming Historical
Society for 5000. The famous Sioux
chjeftan gave his outfit to General
Thomas in 1890. shortly before the
former was killed near Fort Yates,
North Dakota" 1t was not the
State Of Wyoming Historical Society
that purchased the alleged Sitting
Bull outfit, but the Wyoming His
torical and Geological Society Of
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, (Wyom-