Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1891 — FOR RENT. [ARTICLE]

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The seemingly sure prospects for a speedy and peaceful iefcfJemeailolihc latest Indian trouble were snchlenly interrupted last Monday mornings when a large band of the hosliies who had sur_ rendered to the Seventh cavalry made a treacherous ami preconcerted attack upon Hie troops, as the latter were proceeding to take their arms away from the Indians. The official reports of the tight have not yet been published, but from what can be gleaned from the accounts sent out by the windbags re preset) ting .1 It e daily papers at the scene it is certain that 25 or 30 soldiers were killed and from 250 to 300 Indians. There is grave danger that this affair will result in a general war with the greater part of the Sicmx tribes.

This is the first day of the last decade of the Nineteenth century, the most wonderful period in all ages of the earth’s existence. Iu the nine decades that have ah eady passed, not only has more been done iu the general advancement of civilization, at least in material things, than in any equal period in the past, but more, far more, than in alfthe past ages put together. What theuesi ten years will develop it would be folly to at- , tempt to prophesy. Certain it is> however, that never before, even during this last ninety years of wonders, have the minds of the people been so eager for advancement, so expectant of new marvels in progress as now, and never before were there so many bright and noble minds striving in ten thousand different ways to op n future paths for the forward march of the great procession. The! Nineteenth Century the crown of all the ages and wo predict that its tenth and last decade will he the brightest jewel of that crown. .

It is stragge that a paper ot‘ the I standing and former good reputation of the Lafayette Courier , should, without more evidence than now exists, join in with certain political—demagog oes and Mugwump sentimentalists, in pronouncing the .late fortunate killing of Sitting Bull, a deliberately planned assassination. So serious a charge as this, involving the honor of many of the highest officers in the American army, and probably many higbcivil officials, ought' not to he made lightly nor without good evidence, and in the present absence of such evidence, the deaerate mailing of the charge L* a base and shameful thing to do. All the circumstances of the affair, so far as the public has any knowledge, show it to have been what the array officers report it to be: namely that during a heroic and and daring attempt made by the Indian police to take the bloody old villian prisoner, his friends at hi* own command, made an attack npon those who were attempting the capture and in the excitement and anger following this attack

Sitting Bull was killed. There is no good rekson to doubt the truth of this_accouht, and every reason •to discredit the charge that- the killing was a deliberately planned j and orderedassaismaiion. TheofficersJofjiie.C nited States army are not in the assassination business an<l we,never knew of a case before of perhead charging them with being, I.Furtherntore, the fact that Bull was killed as an incident of his j attempted capture does not prove j that killing was the real object of the- attempt any more than does the death of the two principal | leaders of the baud that did the I killing prove that the killing of ! thfx^two leaders was a deliberately planned part of the whole ! scheme. There is not a bit more sense or truth iu saying that the STiliing of Sitting .Bull was a-.de--1 libera tv iy planned assassination than there would be : in saying the- | same thing of the killing of those ' who were laying to capture him- -

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