Sitting Bull knew who the enemy were – of what tribe.'...They were soon to find out."(Utley 1992: 122–24) Sitting Bull's refusal to adopt any dependence on the US government meant that at times he and his small band of warriors lived isolated on the Plains. When Native Americans were threatened by the United States, numerous members from various Sioux bands and other tribes, such as the North Cheyenne, came to Sitting Bull's camp. His reputation for "strong medicine" developed as he continued to evade the European Americans. After the January 1st ultimatum of 1876, when the US Army began to track down
Indian agency police Cherokee, had well-developed systems of tribal laws and tribal courts; the agency police also enforced these laws, and testified and maintained order in the tribal courts. Since the agency police were federal officers, crimes against them had to be tried in a United States district court. Several Indian agency police were responsible for the death of the Lakota leader Sitting Bull. Indian agency police Indian agency police were policemen hired by United States Indian agents during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and assigned to a Native American tribe. It was the duty of Indian agency police to enforce