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Show At 1 dolook the same sfternobn I sent a courier to Rosebud with the following telemam to the Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Dakota: "The Indians have given me t'he name of the Indian who acknowledged killing of sheep-herder. Have demanded names of other two who were engaged in the killing. Surrender of Indian refused. Have two troops of cav~l ryh ere now, hut think it unwise to sot with this foroe, therefore respectfully request that two troops of cavalry end one company of infantry be ordered here immediately." The Indians became more or less excited, kept moving about in an agitated and restless manner. The squaws and ohildren took to the hills sway from the agency, while those immediately to the west md south were occupied by the bucks. They 811 seamed to be heavily srmsdand with their horses. I was told by the Indians thst they had onlyassembled to witness the fight that Stmley wls'to have at 3 o'clock, and that they had understood that it wss poetponed until 7 o'olook. I notioed that the Indians had not dispersed until they were oalled out to by Little Chief, st about 8 o'clock. Csptsin Reed retnrnod to the agenoy with his command rut about 3.30 in the after-noon. At this time Stanley was on a high hill in the rear of the agency and not a great distanoe from it. He had his harseand squaw with him, was in his war dress and paint, and was heavily armed; he was 811 retsdy for the fight. It was the desire of Captain Read to charge and oapture or kill him. At this juncture a greatly excited Iudiau on horseback approached with the information that Stanle~d id not Ksnt to fight the soldiers, bat did waut to fight the oitizens, mesniug the deputy sheriffs who were here. I told him to go baok and tell Stanley I would not allow anyone to fight him and for him to oame in and surrender. Deputy Sheriff Smith told me he would attempt his captore if I would guarantee his safety from the other Indians. I toid him I conld not so guarantee, and moreover therewould be no fight and that Stanley must be captured without any bloodshed. It was my earnest desire to aapture Stanley without the firing of a shot, in order to turn him over to the civil authorities for puniehment, after trial and conviotion under State laws. I wanted this done as an example for those amongst the Indiana who contemplate wrongdoing, and I knew perfectly well that if he were permitted to fight and waa killed he iould boa heroand brilsu in the ares of the rribu, whore exsipla nl,uuld bo emulated by the yomg mun. Stanley followetl in the foursteps of Iload Chief and Crazy Mnle, of whose heroic death stories are told around the fires, making every young man anxious for a similar death, so he, too, om beoome a brave and f-ua man. I believe it wS8 in 1891 that these two -r oun-e men killed a white bo"v a-nd h--i d. t .h-e. body in the hllla, where it wea fonnd after a searohof several day.. The murderers wered~scovered through their boasting of the deed; their surrender was demanded. I . ' but it wasrefused, though they were willing to be killed and wodd die fighting: Their proposd was aocepted, snd the five troops of cavslry stationed here wen, ordered to prepare for the a h y . At the appointed time the troops took their station in the resr of the agency buildings, and each young man took his position on a hill on either side of the troops. The young men oharged down the hills on their horses upon the troops, slnging their death songs and firing at the soldiers. They were finally killed, they o n l s~h ooting a few af the horaes of the soldiers. Stones mark the footsteps of the horses on the hillsides, and the bodies of the "bravean were buried in a grave prepared for them beforehand. The squaws watched the fight from a point apart from the bnoks. At its olaae the squaw8 sang the death songs and urged the bueks to svenge the death of the young men; the men beoame very much exoited, and notwithstanding the presenae of the five troops of cavalry a fight was nilrrowly averted. Thus these two young men became "hems," and to prevent the repetition of this incident I forbade any fighting. These people do not fear death, but have a wholesome fear of hanging or even lengthy imprisonment; and if this man Stanley oould be oonvioted and hanged, it would have a most salutary effeot upon these Indisss. For these reasons I was opposed to the capture of Stanley by force. Besides, I did not think it wise md prodeat toamake the attempt with hot two troops of cavalry here; while I |