Show THE DEATH OF SITTING BULL A long and stormy career closed by a bullet the recent killing of sitting bull in a collision with the islain police and ond united states troops near standing hock rock agency removes one of the most active opponents of white rule in the sion siony Y nation fatanka lotau kc ke as lie was inas known among among ili his fellows has ling been more written of and lied about than any other sw sai age since alio dy d y a of king philip the truth of is simply that ho lie was an all irre conci lable blanket andain who possessed al the shrewdness and caution of a professional politician 11 II took no part in the distraction dist ruction of Q tars column ant sat in a it teepee at a distance from the s scene cne of conflict imaging making medicine to his pleading C with the god alej ola the superstitious a air tr ages acres D ascribed their victory rattier rather thin to t 0 the valiant leadership of gall sitting bull was as tirier up of strife a topical agitator wha who create I 1 condition conditions of ho he could not afterward control and his death will doubtless result in a better understanding ca between the sioux and the dominant whites the tile killing was the culmination of an attempt to nr ar rest him this attempt was resisted isted and in the fight 0 o thirteen men were slain or wounded the troops and indian police of courses course came out ahead |