Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 5, 1879, Page 1

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Buutt, Baste or Welt son ‘Vertise! a EE sue bornest..Chicazo, ro any pat party wisnin to ud: ry ‘ “a atwe curpa of f ng ua) ae cumnmence Kept. 18, For etreulare pldreas ite se fn be seh. Patras rT rade J. JONES and ‘| the arms muscular, and the liohds awfully J prisoner, As T had been bound hand nnd foot SATURDAY, surrounded, in front, on each side, and behind, ride partica, eight or ten in each, ‘Shey ara of- fictating as an escort, and accompany to sce that I donot go beyond tho half-breed camp, for, as Laftersvards learned, Iam attspected of being an American officer, and my supposed mission 1s to spy on behalf of the troovs. For woeks I had traveled tho prairies of Montana, hunting for the Sloux, sometimes well fed, and sometimes cold, wat, and hungry. I had work- ed my way over hundreds of miles, until 1 had despaired of success, and hod returned to Wood Mountaln. Thera I had found that Maj. Walsh had recelved pretty definite information of Sitting-Duli's twhere- aboute, and again had started out, at last to meet with success, I had roamed the prairie day after day, sometinies in the broiling sun and sometimes drenched through by the pouring rain. Sometimes I had fed oxcluatyely on ante- lope, and often agaln had tortured my stomach with strips of jerked buffalo meat. Many days Ihbad carried buffalo chips between my shirt and bosom that I might koep them dry and have afire to sleep by during the ‘cold, ratny nights, and it scemed hard to mo that after so much privation I should bc doomed to disappoint- ment. But now eversthing had changed. I hod INTERVIEWED. A Tribune Emissary Practic- ing His Art Under Difficulties. His Visit to the Camp of the Hostile Sioux in the Far Northwest. Impressive Display of Savagery with Which He Was Greeted. After Many Failures, He Is at Last Tete-a-Tete with Sitting Bull. A Flowery and Interesting Talk with That Fa- : BEULLD THE SAVAGE CHIEF mous Chief. of still more savage men, and, though £ had not gleaned much reliable intelligence at the first intervlow, still had hopes of the morrow. Look- Ing back [ saw that the camp was moving again, but ft cduld not go far, and thero was covery prospect that your instructions to interview Bite fing Bull would be carricd out at tost. The camp of the half-breeds was but a few mifjes beyond the spot in which Sitting Bull bad Qismissed me,,rigut on the banks of Milk River, but twvolve miler from Rock Creek, The loca- tlon had been well chosen, The lodges formed aclrelo about half a milo in diameter, filled the {nterstices between the lodecs for the two- whecled Indian carts, only in uso by the half-breeds and the civilized Indians, They made the ring complete, and formed a por fect corral for the horses, of which there ap- peared to be a thousand. Alittio further on was the camp of the Croo Iie Never Wanted War, but Only Defended His Women and Children. All He Wants Now Is to Be Let Alone and Allowed to Hunt. Ho Will Never Consont to Go on a Res- ervation and Become a Farmer. Similar Viows Exprossed by Long Dog, White Gut, Broad Trail, and Others, Indians, the lodges placed without regard to order, and the hior scattered through the bot- SITTING-BULL. tom... These half-breetjs ara A PECULIAR CLASS OF PROPLE. In appearance they resemble the grpsles. ‘Their complexion {6 swarthy, halr black and straight, ans modeof life nomadic. They sprang from the early French settlers aud Indlan mothers, and have all the craft of the redskin combined with the mercurial disposition of tho French. The characteristics of both nations are mantfeat in cvory action. They love horses, and drink, and are devoted to their familics. ‘The pratrio furnishes then with food, and the horses they breed are their currency at the trad- ing posts, As hunters they havo no equals, and as fighting men they havo subducd avery Indian tribe on the plaln into a wholasome respect. They talk every ] Indian diatect, a French patots, and excellent Evglish. Some of them cao read and write, and havo a little education: but thelr llves are cost in tents, and genorations of them will pass away before they can bo fnducea to abandon thelr migratory habits. Into this camp I was warmly welcomed, for my interpreter had brothers here, and thelr hospitality was genuine. They talked a great deal about the elyilized world, which, with’all thelr traveling, they had never penotrated, and in return for any information they may havo secured concerning Mfc in cities, told momuch about the pratric, LAMENTING THE SCARCITY OF DUFFAIO and talking om{nously of what another year might bring forth. Tho next doy, Monday, the 10th, every arrangement was made to return to the hostile camp, when the interpreter appronched mo with an ominous countenance. I had better not go, be sald, Somo warriors had come in from the Sioux, and had spoken of moasaspy. Even Sitting Bull had mado mi- nute inquiry os to who I was, and refused to be satisfied with the explanation that I was a friend to Maj, Walsh, The balf-brecds were aunoyed at the prospects of trouble, and the Crees tvouted Jt understood that they would not be mixed up with me. Little Black Bear, Chict _TNTRRVIRWA WITH TITAS AND ALL 118 OITEES. Gpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. airtma Bouu's Canp, Juno 16, via Woop Moontaiy, June 18, vis Pornar Riven, June 24, via Fz, Buronp, July 3.—Thero is no neces- sity,for an: introduction to tho man who now torees his ‘way through the vast crowd of war- nora, opening their ranks right and Jeft as ne approaches, One recognizes him intuitively, for there is aomething in hts aspect that lifts him above fndians who stand even higber in rank, but who bow in deference to the ability of Sit- ting Bull., There is something remarkable in bis face, , It {s rather broad and flesby, but the determined line around the mouth destrors the {mpressfon of flabbiness, fs cyen aro jwide, and black, and plercing. ” The upper tlds are heavy, ‘and the outor corners hang ovor the oyesns if the bralo has escaped into them. Tis ehouldera and chest are brosd and strong, aud dirty. »He ts dressed in blac legeins, beaded moccasins, asbirt made of tho samo material, figured like the patterns of broche shawls, and his blanket bound lightly around his waist, for the afternoon {s intolerably hot and clear. I found’ bim in the MIl-River country, twelve milos above the mouth of Rock Croek, sixty-fyo miles south of Wood Moun- tein, forty-five miles south of tho line, 125 miles cast of Fort Assiniboine, and about eighty miles northwest of Wolf Point Agency. ‘This would bring it about sixty miles north of the Missouri River. He wasin tho heart of so much of TNE BUFFALO COUNTRY as Hesnorth of the Missourl, ond hunting with Indifferont sweep. There isa look of suspicion In bie eyes, for he knows he {s on dangerous soll, After woeks of toll and travel 1 bavo found him, sixty-five mites south of the lac, near whero the Milk River empties Into the Mis- sour, where he. is Hable to atteck ony time, and he fs naturally suapicious of all white men who enter hiscamp. Ho faces me,—isat the | of the Crees, had flatly designated mo bend of bis‘army. Behind him, stretching | as a spy during the morning, and away to the west, {8 a procession of splendor, | though the hatf-breeds had partially for hiscamp is moving, and for threa miles stretches a line a milo wide, and made up of all the' paraphernalia that delights the savage, Some hundreds of pontes, ridden by the women of the tribo, draw after them travlix or poles on which tho Lares and Ponates are piled, Around them circle the warriors, guarding the band, Away off on the bill- tops for ten miles around are tbe scouts and sentinels watching for a suggestion of a danger which they would immediately telegraph to the camp by signals, There is something more grand iu the scene. For a momeut it robs a atrancer of fear, The picturesque costumes, the caudily-Janbed facca, the flerco eyes uf the warriors, the long ine of camp, the beaded and decorated Wolf, the splendid display of horsemanship, the clash of arms, the fringed quivers and colored bows, the leather sktns, fine, gay blankets, all conspire in forming | Tum wines? PictunE painted on tho prairie, As 1 entered the ‘confines of the esmp, war- rlore seemed to drop from the eky and spring from tho ground, In an fnatant I was sur- rounded by a thousand Indians, who swept in ‘upon me from orery cle, and hold me firmly a pacified him witn assuranves that { meant no harm, he still went{blowing around his inaigais- fcant camp and making au asa of himeclf gen- erally, ‘Then came word from tho Sioux that thelr warrlors intended paylug the half-brecd camp a visit, which did not lessen the anxiety of my interpreters. The whole business began to look smoky, espectally when It was noticed that a number of Sioux bucks had crept into the corral, and that the number was constantly fucreasing. Atthe suggestion of Maj, Walsh 1 had accepted the kindly-proffered services of Mr, Allen, the Indian trader at Wood Mountalo, who was well acquainted with the Chicfof the Sioux tribe, and an excellent guide, When the {intimation came that the whole outft was com- ing in, Allen approached mo and laid the situa- tlon bofore me, All we coutd do, ho said, was to keep perfectly quict, anu pretend not to noticd anything around me, T.was CARBEULLT WATCHED, he told me, both by the Indians aud balf-breeds, the former to detect aurthing out of the way, and the latter to protect themselves If neccs- sary. ‘Tho indiana had sent word to tho half-breeds that as they came down the bill they. would discharge gan, but thero need be no occasion for alarm, as the whole thing would bo merely for display. To this tha half-breeds had responded that if they did such thing there would baa battle, and to this Bitting Bull re- piled that be would stop the display of his men. It was about nooo when the Sioux appearcd on the ridge novi of the camp, As they stood there outlined against the sky, they looked more than dangerous, ‘Sho very alr trombled with their = yells, ~— rosponded to by the bucks, who had maseed in tho lower camp,. Tho balf-breeds began driving thelr horses into the corral, for,the Indians were rapidly getting excited, and things looked omnlously, Mothers counted up their children and hurrled through to the lodges, and the young gitls wero carefully stored out of harm's reach, For 8 fow momiente the yell from the Uill-tops ceased. Suddenly thera camo A WILD, UNBZAUTALY suarmc, and down the side of the hill the horses of the Little Big Horn poured in a resietiess stream, Tho half-breeds were paralyzed, not with fear, but with admiration, A more mag- nificent and grander sight never startled there was no cscape, but then there was no ylo- lence, The pressure wag wocomfortable, and the steady gaze of tha black eyes a little discon certod'me, but that wasall, Cioser and closer they pressed around me. Beyond them, and about 800 yards off, another circle of horsemen forms sudueply, their facc turned towards me, ana now the ranks open, aud the man whom I haye described comes toward me, ‘The crowd fall back alittle, aud Tam left face to faco with Bitting Bull. “iow COLONELY” and as he speaks he cxtends hishand. “Took ta nea can pa, took ta nea wa ga, tich are an targua.’? (Well, comrade, where are you from? where are you golng; what do you wanti} ‘From Wood Mountain, and I am golog over to the balf-breed camp on the Milk River, Lam glad I have mot you, and {if you ‘aro encamped bero to-morrow as Ivo back A will stay and talk with you,” “You can 0.” Down through a long Jine the warriors open for me and outon the prairie again, but still , JULY 5, human eyes. As the column rushed down, changing here and there, as thelr horses were quick or slow, they turned the volley into a kaleldoscore, the colors shifting swiftly into a thousand uncouth forme, barbarous but Leautl- ful, The horses were covered with foam, and urged to their utmost. Without warning the whole column turned {nto flames, nnd the mount- ain shook with the crash and roar of their arms. Tho brilliant colors flashed through the smoke, and the cloud of dust to and from the ground, caused by the hurrying hoofs, was broken and ecattered by the fire that poured from the rifle-barrola, Tho head of the column rested on the border of the camp, and, turning, absolutely swept around {t until it was com- pletely environed, and then a shrick arose which froze more than that which had crowned the hill, Rifle balla whistted und screamed through thecamp. The Indians were firing just high enough to escape hitting those within, and {ust low chough to startlo those whoin they bad paseed. ‘The horaes iti the corral hal become thoroughly filled with fright. A littlo girl had been TRAMPLED DOWK AND KILLED. The curses of the half-brecds, who were vainly endeavoring to stop the firing, mingled with the monve of the frightencd women and bellowing of the Horses, Tearing down bill came two warriors. They expostulated with the young men, butin vain. Wrought up toa pitch of frenzy, the bucks circled around the camp ina sort of devils’ dance, and faster and faster fly the bullets. No man's Nfo is safe. Nothing can be done. The half-breeds are com- pletely surrounded. ‘The Chiefs hava lost all Influence over the soldiers. Whore ft will end noone can tell. 1 felt a bang on my shoulder, and I om pressed to the ground. As I turn 1 sce that my captor is.an Indfau in middle life, I should say, and ho took a seat beside me on the grass. Nota word fs spoken. There {8 an anxious look in this face,as be glances around on the flerce band that surrounds us and listens to the yell of the missiles. Ho mo- tions. to some of his young men, who were standing near, and take their position, com- pletely enveloping the Indian and myself. What all this may portend {s not explained to me, but Iremember that I aw not to notice anything that is going on around me, and I look STRAIGHT UP IXTO THA BEY, and I wonder what makes such a funny run- nlng {0 my ear, and euch srelling [u my throat. There {aa pecutlar tingling, too, all over my akin, and 1 seem to sbrink up, Ono ball flashes past o littic closer than the rest, darts over my head, and burics {teelf in the cart behind. The Indian peers through the amoke as {f to aco who fired it, and then rising, be placca himself be- tween mo and the quarter from whlch the bul- letcame. Slowly now the firing ceases, and at length the guns are quiet. Tho warrlors form a line, not studied, ond fire more gracefully’ (han any ‘organized fank'could do, and commence their march. ‘They move around the cainp twoor threo times, and then march through tic.ceatre. As they coma the Indian who has captured me moves to my side, and sits close to me. The ring his young men have matte around me contracts, and they draw closer {nos the Iino moves past. T seo many a furtive glance cast in my direction, but no Jooks of batred, though 1 cannot ucder- atand the disposition not to look fixedly at me, as they looked-before. Slowly the procession passes on, gatdy, brillant, savage, grand, Across the camp it moves, and turns again at the outer post and the place it had abandoned. ‘There is a sort of MURMUR OF APPLAUSE, and-I sce the children of the baud coming. There aro tivo, 8 boy and a girl, on each pony, and the pontes and the children are dresscd in green boughs, and each child carries a green branch. In all this display of savagery there ts at least something innocent. The children are sloging some kind of a chant, and their voices strike the alr with a sharp contrast to the yoll- ing: bullets thit anuouneed thelr coming. Be- bind them comes an Indian riding alone. Upon fis head fs on immeneo war-bonnet, made of engle fenthers, the streamers falling In showers on his borse’s back, ‘The chitdren are his stat, but there appears to be something incongruous In the altnation. Somchow the children and thelr decorations do not gibe with the war- bonnet. That is Sitting Bull," croaks a yolee beside me. It isthe first. thn my captor bas spoken, aud he spoke in time, for I should not bave rocoguized Bult tn his head-dreas, To my sur- prise my captor rieos, speaks to the young per sons who follow him, and J am left alone. “Wore you frightened?” asked the fnterpret- er, coming up as the Indians left. “Pretty nearly to death,’ “Why, do you know who that Indian was who sat by youl” “No, 1 do not.” Well, you wasn't half as badly scared ns he was. That mans Broad Trail, one of the first Chtefs In the tribe, one of the bravest warrlors, Ho new you wero an American, He knew when you went from Wolf Point to Wood Mountain with Mr. Tilinghast and Mr, Emery, and he was APRAIN SOME ACCIDENT WOULD HAPPEN TO TOU. He told me there were some rascals among the bucks who might hammer you (slang for Kill), Sohesat down near you, All the time he was thers he was afralda stray shot might “hort you, and the Indlang could never make you betleve that it was an aocident, He told mo that himacif, Allen bas bad a talk with the Chiets, and they are afraid something may hap- pentoyou. Allensent word to you to keep quiet, and the Chicf will come to sce you by and by.” Afterwards I abarply {nterrogated Allen as to Broad Trail's action, und be vorroborated the in- terpreter. The day le growing Intensoly hot. The pro- cession la over, The young mon have shown off to thelr intense satisfaction how they could at- tack aild capture the camp if they wantod, and are now prepared for tho peacoful contempla- tlon of their djnosr, Upon the brow of the hill the squaws HAVE RAISED TAR LODGES, and are prepsring to make their homes com- fortable, Tho sham fight hes afforded them tho Hyellest cratitication, and they revel in the reflection that all their brayo chaps sro their protectors. But now and then annoyance arises, Having nothing else todo, a number of bucks some crowding around,end stare atme justas the Idlers of Chicago would crowd around and stare atanJodian. Tho crowd became Jango, and I am fairly hemmed In and doprived of what lit- 187g—-TWELVE PAGES. tle fresh air the day might otherwise grudgins- jy afford me. As far as fine jooks are con- cerned, fam prepared to award auy amount of compliments to my visltors, but I cannot avoid 8 feeling of insecurity, especially as I remem- ber that It took a Chict to protect mo before, and there fs none around at present. Allen hurrice up, and tells me that Chiefs are-com- ing. “If you ever expect to them, vou must selze this opportunity, your lest chance.” ‘The crowd of warriors fall back a Nitle as Sitting Bull urzes his horse through the bucks, He takes a position immediately to front of me, and lookeat me long, and WITH YIRRCING EYES. Once more the ranks open, and Pretty Bear takes position upon my right. Long Dog Is also at my right hand. A little bebind mg oo ihe other side stands Broad ‘Trall, and close beside. him are Lone Dog and Lone Bull. Bear Bonuct now forces his way through the crowd and takes bie place near Sitting Bull, A Iktle fo the Ieft, and io front of me, on the other side of Bitting Bull, stands the tall, straight form of White Gut, theandgomest Indian in the Sloux nation. They have grouped themescives naturally, stand- Ing a tittle way back from me, and making o circle sround me. Overhead the sky !s of a daz- aling blue-white, and the hot June sun beats down pltilessly on a scene of picturesque eplen- dor, Behind the Chiefs are the warriors, a solid band of britiant cotors, painted, beaded, and armed to the teeth. Beyond are the half-breeds and the Crees, the faces of the former all anxi- ety and of the latter all curiosity, for the safcty of the balf-breeds’ camp depends on the im- preasion I make. If the vengeance of the Sloux Js excited, it Is TUR DEATH RNULL of those who bave entertained me. Beyond on the hill to the north aro the lodges of hostiles. From a few rods west of me comes the moaning of the Milk River. South of me is the Missouri; while on the cast the hill is guarded by the scouts of the tribe. ‘Three thousand eyes regard me with suspicion and distrust, From the half-breeds come lools of encouragement. Even the horses seem to gaze upon me with wonder, whilo the not air appears to be burdened with oppressive doubts, “You are on American,” broke in Sitting Bull upon its stillnces that had almost become stifling, “You arean American, What do you want! You are a spy." I beckoned to the interpreter to draw near, and, dropping my hat on the ground, spproach- ed the Chief, Somehow f seem more itapressed with details than ever before io ing Ife. The alightcst outlines in my surroundings ore de- flued with terrible distinctness. Long Dog picks up my bat, and, after examluing the bluo mosquito netting around {t, places {t on bis head, The other Chiofs are perfectly Impassive, WAITING VOR THE REPLI to the charge against me: “Listen to me, comrade, for I have comen long way from the country down by the sea, that T may talk . with yon and hear what you baye to-say. Tam an American, but I am sot o apy. My people think your hearts bad. They hear stories of your cruclty to their brothers. They are told that it is you and sour people who ateal their horses. The chief of the paper that talks to the white men has sont me to ask you if this is troe. Iwill make pictures of what you tell me, and my people will Ilsten to them with their eyes, and will learn to know your heart. My chicf does not feel unkindly toward you, but be does not know your heart, It you will put words in my ears, I will paint, them for my people. I will tell them what you say, and how you fecl towards them." Thera was profound silence for a few mo- iments as I concluded, and then Sitting Ball spoke again, the wide band of warriors closing around to catch every word: “How dol know you will {cll your people the truth, You bave sald that your brothers tell stories about ine, and my people say they say wa haye killed the white men and stolen horses. These stories arc les, I will tell my people what you say to ine, und no more, If you tell me the truth, I will tell them the truth. If you dou't tell mo the truth, then what F tell them will bo Hes, I bave not kill- ed the whites, I have uot stolen thelr horsca, but your people sent the fang kalyes [sol- diors) ogainst mo. Why do you do that? “Because they have believed the stories they have heard, Do you not bate the Amer- {eans}* “I hate them. Do you onk mo why? Be- cause 2 and my people have alivays been deceived by them, ‘They asked us to co to the gift-houses (reservations), and said they would care for usand feed us, Many of my veople went, They belleved what the Americans said to them. ‘They were there but a short tine, and then they wera told Whey must farm, Some of them would uot do this. ‘Then they found their ratlons wore short, It is not many years ago your people said they would give us the country of the Black Hills. They sald our children should baye it and own It for them; that It AUOULD HE OUR NUNTING-GROUND, As soon as they found there was shining dust there, they drove us from it, and told us the country did not belong to us, Such actions | make ino gu that I cannot bellervo them, We went away froin there peacefully, though wo knew tt was rich with gold, for the sake of peace to our wives aud childrens The American people sent the Long-Halr [Custer] ta follow us. Do you know of anything we did to bring the Long-Hatr upan us ot the Little Big Horn Rivert No, you dgu't. Do your people know of anything wo did? No, they don't, Wo were assembled there in o peaceable camp, hunting for meat to feed our fomilics, What storica did your people hesr that they sent the Long-Halr upon us, Who told you these storivs? If you were over told that we wero hostile, it ls a He. Whoever told’ you so is a Vor, It was a hunting camp, We had at? tacked NOTHING NUT THE BOPPALO. It is for that I dislike the Americans, It te for their conduct towards me,’? “You toll mo you distike the Americans, Do you want war with thom?" “No, Ido not want war with them. I amtlred ofwar, Iamtiredof blood, I went with my people into the White Mother’a country so as togetawar from war. If I hed wanted tu Oght I would havo etayed in my own country." You have come back to yourown country, and have you come ‘for wart Your warriors covertheprariers, Aro they on all tho billet’ interviow: the young ten and giyen to the long, Joma "We have come to hunt the buffalo." “Isittohunt?® ‘Tho buffalo is scarce In the White Sother’s country?” “The buflalo have come down here, and we follow them. Wowaut meat. Our women ood children ara hangry, There’ {s nothing for us but the wild gaine. We have notcome to injuro the white man or is property, We were forced. to come.’* Have you beon told that If you crossed the line the Long Knives would attack youl? We bare been told 40, but wo have come. If the Long Knives qill lot us hunt in poace we will go back a8 suon as we have got meat. We don't want the white man’s blood. We don't want his horse. We want something to eat, and we muat go where It {s.!? “What then ff the Long Knives come!" “We will avoid them if we can. If wecan- not, wo will fight. I moved into the White Mother's country to get away from ‘the Long Knives, They have followed me. They are making a soldiers’ house (fort) close to the As- sinaboine gift-house. It {s to cut us off from the buffalo. ‘They want us to starve.” : He was silent fora moment, and then, stretch- Ing hls arm toward the sonth, continued: “Listen, friends. Your people wanted my country. I have given it to them, I have not sold it to them. Ihave given st to them. Then went off on the prairle to hunt. Your pcople followed me. They drove me oway. I fled before them, and left the country behind me. They came close to the Iino ond built thelr soldiors’ house. ‘The buffalo have left us. We have followed them. Will your people not ict us hunt in peace? We mean them no harm, ‘The wlilto men are safe, We do not want to oteal your horses. If the Long Kulves como We WiLL MEET Tum. Wo will take 1,500 lodges. That ls what we und when the Long-Halr came." By this he meant that bis forces would be augmented by o number of Yanktons and Blackfeets, who were ubout to joinbim. Inthe event of an attack all these Indlans would make acommon cause, though the reinforcements do not pronerly belong to Sitting Buil’s band. "So you think you can defeat the Long Knives?" Thero was o general Inugh at the absurdity of the question, but the Chief did not change countenance. Pointing toward the lodges away on the ridge, he answered quiet- jy, but with an sfr of firm convic- tion: “in those tepees there we haro old women whom we have thrown aside, I will place them on horses and they can whip all the Long Knives your people can send if they-arcall like those the Long-Halr had. His people could neither ride a horse oor sboot a gun."? ‘There was aflerce grunt of assent all round the ring. “Then why did you flcafrom them? Why did you not remain and hold your country?” “We are tired of war. The Crows aro fight- fncus. I tried to make peace with them, for the red men should be as onc, bat while wos trylng to make peace with them thee young men stole my horsor, YOUR PEOPLE SENT THES TO DO IT. Your people are perrecuting me."* “You aro mistaken; my people are willing to haye you come back to your country. setapart a portion of ft for you and protect you; they will feed you and your women and children; they will be your friends; their Long Koives will be at peace with you, und will be found your comrades.”” “FT will not go to the gift-house, a bunter, and will hunt os long as there [a wild game on the prairie. When the buffalo ore gone F will send my cbildren on the pralric to hunt mice, for the prairie will furnish wild food for me as long as Ive. I do not want to live ina house. Some of my people have gone to live in houses. Where arc they now! Many of them are dead.” “Dut if you stayon the prairie und come oyer here to hunt, and the loug-knives attack you, what will youdo! You cannot go back to the white mother. Whero can you gol’ Thero was A CUNNING EXPRESSION IN TUE OLD MAN'S ETES as he replied: ‘Wo havo been told that: but Usten; comrade. Two years ago wo went on the white mother's lands; there many children have bean born; are they not the children of tho white mother? Will sbe drive ber childrea trom the country in whieh they were born! No; she will let them stay there, Will she separate them from the fathers and mothers?’ No; she cannot do that. She will protect her children born on her soil, and she will protect the {athers and mothers of these children.’ A great many atories have come from your camp that-you, wanted to go toa gift-house. You ssy you will not go, and never wanted to." “There were rascals in my camp; they went to the gift-house, and there they uscd my name, They said I sent them to find out on what con- ditions I could go to the aift-house, 4 never sent them; I never wanted to go to a gift- house, and I never will. ‘They want my pcoplo tofarm. Iwill not farm. Then they would want me to WEAR PANTALOONS AND CUT MY TAI.” Tle did not intend apy joke, and his remarks were recelved by the chiefs and warriors with a solid grunt of approval. “ET get messages from the aift-houses,” he went on telling me, “that they have bad re- ports of the young men in my camp. ‘They say our young men steal, White man'sborses have baon brousht Into our camp by the young men, but Iam blamed for twenty where there is onc, ‘Tho horses ere saken to thy.other camps, I know where they are. When they are brought to my camp, they are taken froin T am Major (Walsh). Wo baye talked to our young men about stealing horses, ‘They were deaf. We opened thelr cyes. WS KILLED OND OF THEM as a warning to the rest.’” 1 Gnd on inquiry that this ts trae. Ayoung. buck was killed for stealing a bores froma white: man in Montane. “Even if they do scmetimcs suffer, are not tho people who have sono to the gift-houses happier than you, who aro bore in constant fear of the long-knivest itcd Cloud and Spotted "Yall are consented with their tribea.? Red Cloud aud Spotted Tail aro rascals, They sold our country without the full conscnt of our peonle."" “How many people aro there in your ne tlon?"? “My fathers told me once they covered the They will” j. CENTS, . | ies seater Dut we havo melted : hore than 50,000 left." “You pave ab” -'. 10 lodges (4,000 people} * many as thd:, Thus 46,000 of your people are willing to te~ta the gift-housce,—that fe, these 4,000 are wiser than the 40,000.""* «+. “They did not consent to soll thefr country. Spotled ‘Yall and Red Cloud and some morasold for them. Many of them are dead now. ..They thought they wero wise. They find they were fools. None of them were Unce-pa-pds. No Unca-pa-pa Chief ever sold his country, What night had these men to soll it? We would not ‘agres to what they had done. Then they modo -your people belicve that wo wers hostile, and -your people commenced chasing us over. the prairies, We did not want to fight. We ran and bid from then. They trailed us until THB ONG-HAIR FOUND Uh - and then we fought for our women’ and chil dren. BP It was plain that the references to tho Custer battle, or tothe: persecution of . Indlans bythe whites, were exclting the warriors andy yhilo did not recognize any immediate personal dan- ger inthe flashtog cyes around: nic, [ still felt that {t would bo prudent to draw thelr atten”: tion from the subject.” * ° wor “You remember when the whito Chief Terry came to you and told you what the Americans were willing to do}? “He told us to go to a gift-house sind Rive up our horses and gans.’* “Ara you not willing to do that?’?- “ Why do you people treat us different from the other Indians? You want: us to live’ in houses and clive you our guns ‘and horses, The Crows aro ata gift-housey but you‘let them have guns and horses, let them’ hunt, © and let them goto war. Will your-people feod use Will they let us kecp our guos and horses? Will they let us co to war when our young men get restieas?: The Youktonos have thelr uae and horses. * THERE ane G10 LopaEs coming to Join us io the huot. They sre only haifa day from here. The Assiniboines have their horses and guns, and can hust when they wantto. But you want to dissrm us, You want to take all we havo and Jeavo us to sit with our hearts sad, while other Indians aro hunting the buffalo, Your people would not feed us. You do nob feed even thore who trust you. We would be toft to starve, and bays our wlyes ond children’ starve before us, and wo could not get food for them, becauso we would baye no guns. But my pcople will pot) trust you with our guns. ‘They are ofrald of your actions, and they keep their Long Knives to the watch for you. What have we done? You dream about tho country, and there are terrible stories of outrazo com- mitted by us. The stories are lies, Why don't they find out the trutnt? No; you are wrong. You can’t tell me why your people make war von me. They cannot tell, efther. Do your peopte believe all that fe told them? ‘Thon why will they not believe ust’? . ‘THR NUFFALO ARE GNTTING SCARCE. They are traveling south beyoud the Missouri. When they are gone, what will your neuplo do for food?” Tasked him, “You mist not think that the Great Spirit does not watch mo as closely as he watches you. fle put ine on these pralrics, and he has per- “mitted me to thrive with them. I know thatho is watching me, and he wi!l never leave ino to" starve, When the ouffalo are gonu He will rive me something cise. The Americans niust thlok the Great Spirit looks atter them dione, He is with meas muéh as Ho fs with thom, ond T know sfe ounishes those who persecute me, al- though I don't seo it,” “ Are you willlng to live In| ‘THR MOTHER'S COUNTRY, at peace with the Americans, if they ‘will ict you atone v7 ‘This auswer was scarcely responsive. “When wo went to tha White Mother's land, [told the Lances that wo bad left pebind ua ail the bad we bad ever done; that I had been hounded {n my own country, aud had come to find o place where I could sleep sound. .[ was told that there were laws, and strict Jaws, that Thad to obey, Inskod to hear what these laws were. When I heard them, I said I would obey them, and Twas told I could remain thero in peace, I stayed there for two years, and slept sound. You may ask the Chiefs of the White Mother if Lald not obey these laws as £ prom- ised £ would.” “Could you not obey the Inws of your own country?” “Yeq, but what are your lawa? All I know about them is that they send the Long Kalves to KH us.’? “ {faye you seen any Americans since you , have been heret”* A tratu of carts passed hero from the sole diers’ house on the Missouri (Fort Buford) to the new soldlers’ house on Beaver Creek (Fort Assinabolno). We saw it, but wo did not. molest it." “ Tlave you seen the soldiers’ house on Doavor Creck!" + Wo have scon tt—yes," broke in Long Dog, who fs something of a humorist og well os° a> hot-tempered savage. ‘We have scen {t, and wo have surrounded It by our young men, to - aco thut{t is protected agaloat other Indians.” ‘This observation provoked a Taugh from evco Bitting Bull, and Long Dog grioned. ‘As he spoke, Sitting Bull drew out bis pipe and filted {t. I handed him a match, : “How cola!” said he, extondtug hte hand, and then he smokedia silence. So far as ho was concerned, A TUE IITERVIBW WAS AT AN BND, Twas sbout turning ‘away when Allen camo beside me, -*! Wait," ssid ho; “if you go now It will be an tdsuit to the other Chiefs, ‘They— all want to say something,and you must listen.' ‘There was'a long and tedious pause. The horses Fal 2 prairies like théyay 4s, aw: ‘Thero a1 \Relghod and champed, ‘The warriors were nude, and sat like statues, The burning sun scomed to drdp lower iu the heavens tohear what mighé be sald, There was nota breath of alr... Every- :thing was hot. At lougth Long Dog arose, and all eyes were turned-apon bho, for he is the greatest. wartior iu- the -tribe, On his right sido sro two scare | where two bulleta entqyed, aud on hts loft ars two more where they come out, . Hts lefs groju is horribly mutilated, and his right arm Is almost paratyzod by a shot. Ho 1s a romarkably intel- Macat-looklog man, with w lighter complozion than’ the average Sioux, and hair ofa lighter black, {£ such an expression might be, peed ie: | describe # color. * Comedy,” said he, ‘look at me. You sol i am ehot all to pleccs, but not gua. af thay