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Daily Evening Bulletin
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
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A fire at Standing Rock agency destroyed three buildings owned by Supply Agent H. S. Perkins and threatened the entire agency amid high winds and -31°F temperatures. Soldiers used buckets and tore down buildings to limit damage to $10,000. About 1,000 Indians, with Sitting Bull prominent, evacuated and tried to assist but were restrained by police after some started fires.
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BISMARCK, Dak., Jan. 11.—A fire at Standing Rock agency destroyed three buildings belonging to Supply Agent H. S. Perkins, and for a time threatened to wipe out the entire agency. The wind was blowing at a terrific rate, and the thermometer registered 31 degrees below zero, but the soldiers who were called out fought the fire with buckets, tore down adjoining buildings and limited the loss to about $10,000. During the fire the 1,000 Indians left their tepees, with Sitting Bull as the most conspicuous figure in their ranks, and kept up a howl which nearly drowned the commands of the officers. The Indians made several attempts to take a hand in the work, and it was with difficulty that they were restrained. Several young bucks secured large brands from the fire and carried them about the agency, singing and dancing, and but for the prompt action of the Indian police in arresting them and sending them to their quarters they would have accomplished much evil.
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Primary Location
Standing Rock Agency
Event Date
Jan. 11.
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limited the loss to about $10,000
Event Details
A fire destroyed three buildings belonging to Supply Agent H. S. Perkins, and for a time threatened to wipe out the entire agency. The wind was blowing at a terrific rate, and the thermometer registered 31 degrees below zero, but the soldiers who were called out fought the fire with buckets, tore down adjoining buildings. During the fire the 1,000 Indians left their tepees, with Sitting Bull as the most conspicuous figure in their ranks, and kept up a howl which nearly drowned the commands of the officers. The Indians made several attempts to take a hand in the work, and it was with difficulty that they were restrained. Several young bucks secured large brands from the fire and carried them about the agency, singing and dancing, and but for the prompt action of the Indian police in arresting them and sending them to their quarters they would have accomplished much evil.