Sitting Bull and men converged at the house. As Lt. Bullhead ordered Sitting Bull to mount a horse, he said the Indian Affairs agent needed to see the chief, and then he could return to his house. When Sitting Bull refused to comply, the police used force on him. The Sioux in the village were enraged. Catch-the-Bear, a Lakota, shouldered his rifle and shot Lt. Bullhead, who reacted by firing his revolver into the chest of Sitting Bull. Another police officer, Red Tomahawk, shot Sitting Bull in the head, and he dropped to the ground. He died between 12 and 1 p.m.
Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation remains from white grave robbers. Most likely Sitting Bull was born near the Turtle Mountains and Anishinaabe. In 1877 Ogima Sitting Bull told General Terry that he was born and raised among the Red River Half-Breeds, which strongly suggests he was Anishinaabe. Ogima Sitting Bull was not the only Indian leader to speak to the whites on October 17, 1877. Each one told the whites "you have treated us bad for the past 64 years," since 1813 or during the War of 1812. Each one also told the whites that they had been driven out of their original country and