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Show dians. they would bo permitted to continue con-tinue their medicine practices and organize or-ganize as they are now endeavoring to do. McLaughlin told him tho proposition was a novel one, but the attempt to carry it out would bo similar to an attempt at-tempt to catch the wind that blew last year, but he wished him to come to his homo where he would convince him of the absurdity that this was a foolish craze. Sitting Hull, however, would not fully promise to come into the agency to discuss the matter, but said he would consider the talk just had and decide after deliberation. Went! Milting null a Head. Minneapolis, Dec. Hi. A Hisruarck, X.D., special savs: The country lound about is terribly wrought up over the killing of Sitting Hull. Instead of ere-! ere-! aling un easy feeling- it has aroused much apprehension. It is feared many families of settlors will fall in the vengeance ven-geance of Sitting Hull's followers. Sitting Sit-ting Hull's sun who was killed, was only 12 years old. An enterprising Hismarck merchant this morning offered of-fered $1000 for Sitting Hull's hide. A Word I!lcKrilili'lly. Silting Hull was born In 1N17, near old Fort (ieoige, below the mouth of tho Cheyenne river. His father was the famous chief Jumping Hull. He was undoubtedly the greatest of the Sioux. He was a wily and merciless savagn; a warrior anil strategist, whose career was marked with treachery and blood. The government has always found him a faithless and troublesome customer. j THE GREAT CHIEF DKAD I ' I Sitting Bull, tho Treacherous and Moroi- . less, Shot Down by Indian :Z Police. ? I A PROBABLE END TO WAR SCARES ! The Death of the Old Warrior and Strate- gist Removes all Danger of a Ser- J ious Indian Out Break. 'i St. r-ArL, Dee. 10. General Miles I yesterday evening received a dispatch from the Standing Rock agency stating that Sitting Hull had been killed iu a 1 fight with the Indian police. The old " "hief was arrested at daylight yes's yes-'s flay morning. A number of his j friends attempted his rescue, I and a tight ensueil. Sitting i Hull, his son, Blackbird. Catch 'I Hear and four others were killed. Also I seven Indian police. Captain Fechet nrrived on the scene just in tiino with his two troopu, llotchkiss and Catling " , guns, ami secured tho body of Sitting i Bull. When the Indian police reached tho : camp they found tho Iudiaus ready to After his participation in tho massacre of the bravo Custer, he escaped to Canada, Can-ada, where ho remained until 181 . Silting Hull leaves two widows. Ho had a third wife, who has "gone to tho Great spirit." Onco ho was on the point of embracing chr'stianity but gave it up w hen he found that he would have to give up one of his wives. He had nine children anil (what fortunately for the country is rare among his race), two pairs of twins. mtti.no lit IX. march. Their ponies were painted and Hiany savages had stripped for war.Tho ' police made a dash into the camp and seized Sitting Bull. They were 011 'heir way back to Standing Bock, when sn of the famous chief urged his comrades to recapture the old man. The women and children were left iu r the hushes, and then, with yells, the liosttles charged upon tho police, liring as they came. A hand-to-hand strug-; strug-; gle ensued during which Sitting Bull. !: who was not shackled, gave his orders in a loud voice. , For several minutes the liring was 1 heavy and deadly. Iu the furious fu.si- lade Sitting Bull fell out of his saddle, 1 rierced by a bullet, but it is not known whether it was fired by the charging t party or by one of the police. The son of Sitting Bull was slain al- most at the first volley of tho i police. The hostiles fired with great , . accuracy, and slowly drove the police ' ' from tho lieid. If the cavalry had not I ' como at this time it is probable thnt the S force would have been annihilated. The soldiers were quick to enter into attion. A skirmish line was thrown out and then, kneeling and liring ns they advanced, the troops, with tho machine guns playing over their heads poured a withering tire into the savages. sav-ages. Sitting Bull s body, which had been abandoned by the police, was secured, se-cured, as well as that of his son, and taken to Standing Rock. After the light was over the followers of the dead chief struck out for the Had lands. The l int Visit to 8'ttlnc Hull. CilK Afio, Dec. 16. The story of the last visit paid by a white man to Sitting .Bull's camp prior to the tragic event of yesterday is told in a report received by Assistant - Adjutant General Corbin. The narrative throws a Hood of light on the old chief's wily character, and Strongly depicts the circumstances existing ex-isting in the isolated camp. "Learning that the ghost dance was in progress in Silting Bull's camp, and that a large number of Indians of the Grand river settlements were participating, partici-pating, McLaughlin concluded to take them by surprise. Sunday morning he left for that settlement, accompanied by Louis Prineau, and got there unexpectedly unex-pectedly and found the ghost dance at its height. A majority of tha boys and girls participating were, until "a few weeks ago, pupils at the dancing schools at the Grand river settlements. McLaughlin did not attempt to stop the dance, but remained overnight and had a long talk with Sitting Bull and a number of his followers. Ho spoke every plainly to them, pointing out what had been done by the government govern-ment lor the Sioux people, and how this faction by their present conduct were abusing the confidence that had been reposed in them by the government in its magnainity in granting them full amnesty for all past 'offenses when from destitution nnd imminent starvation they were compelled to surrender as prisoners of war, and dwelt at length upon w hat had been done by the government gov-ernment for their own industrial advancement, ad-vancement, and assured them of what this absurd craze would lead to if these , demoralizing dances and disregard of the department orders were not soon discontinued. Sitting Bull, while very obstinate and first inclined to assume the role of "Big Chief," finally admitted the truths of McLaughlin's reasoning. lie had a proposition to make which, if the Indian In-dian agent would agree to and would carry out, it would allay all further excitement ex-citement among the Sioux over this ghost dance. Sitting Bull then stated his proposition which was that Mc-Laugliliu Mc-Laugliliu should accompany him on a journey t: trace from this agency to that ol other tribes of Indians through which the story of the Indian Messiah had been brought, and when he reached the last tribe, or where it originated, if they could not produce the mau who started the story and did not tiud the new Messiah as described upon earth, together with the dead Indians returning re-turning to reinhabit this country, he would return convinced they (the Indians) In-dians) had been imposed upon, which report from him would satisfy the Sioux, and all practicers of tho ghost soev'lcs would cease. But if it was lound be as prophesied by the In- I |