The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-18

admit of.
Tho Grand Duke, Little Phil, Buffalo
Bill, and Spotted Tail and Company
Among tho Bisons.
The bison. or Bos Amertcanus, innablts the
interior OF North America. especially the great
plains between the Mississippi River and the Rocky
the true banalo belongs 70 the Eastern Continent.
and to different subdivision OF the genus Dos
and stout legs; Short black horns, rapidly taper
ing, and with hair much more thick and shaggy IN
TO the aarOchs OF Central Europe CHAT Is, Central
Russla) and the two species have been referred 10
a common genus.-Ddnd.
And as the herd came surging on,
With the Indians all around,
They raised little earthquake as
They Numbered DER the ground.-Anon
And the Grand Duke, with '.Little Phil"
and 'Buffalo Bill, and Spotted Tail and COM
pany-white men and red men-has had tilt
with Bos AmericGnus, and glorious time,
lacking only the presence of Mr.. Bergh to
give it the highest flavor of enjoyment. Our
special dispatches from Red Willow Greek, on
the prairies of Nebraska, descriptive of the
arrangements, the preparations, the extra
ordinary company, the encampment, the
equipments, and all the accessories and details
of this grand imperial buffalo hunt, provided
by General Sheridan, we are quite sure have
been enjoyed by our readers as the most deli
cious side dishes they have had even from the
HERALD for many a long day. And, COM
pared with this tournament among the bisons,
what are all the receptions and professions,
and balls and dinners and excursions
<hn nuI
child's play. We have read Gerard's thrill
ing exploits among the lions of Algeria, and
Gordon Cummings high sport in the hunters
paradise of South Africa, and Sir Samuel
Bakers glorious fun among the big elephants
of Abyssinia, with his Arab sword hunters /;
and ''The Wild Scenes in South America" of
Paez; and we have been inspired by the en-
thusiasm of an old whaler in his narration OF
some grand onslaught upon "a school, of
whales in the Arctic Ocean, ''from which we
got five hundred barrels of oil, but lost five
good sailors;" but as neat complete,
unique, romantic and delightful hunting ex-
cursion, we know Of nothing in all these other
adventures that can be compared with our
Russian Grand Dukes buffalo hunt in Ne
braska, as detailed by our special reporter.
saw him but q moment.
But meJhinks see him now,
the handsome young Prince, in his 'snobby"
hunting suit, and his rosy Russians gathered
around him; and our tough and trusty rider,
'Little Phil, and his officers, in their neat
army uniform; and the famous Buffalo Bill"
in his gorgeous frontier trappings; and the
stout old chief Spotted Tail and his braves,
in their elaborate Indian costumes, all grouped
together on their horses awaiting the signal
for the start. Next we see them dashing
among the shaggy bisons, and the Grand
Duke, by q flank movement, right royalty
bringing down his Bos Americanus; and
Sheridan, right and left, laying out the mon
archs Of the prairie; and then we see old
| Spotted Tail and his young warriors in another
herd in the horizon making greater havoc with
their simple bows and arrows than the Ameri-
cans OR Russians with their choicest rifles.
Our city sportsman, who knows from the ex-
perience of days trouting or snipe shooting
on Long Island the luxury Of good appe-
| tite, will understand how Sheridan and his
fellow hunters enjoyed their champagne, their
buffalo steaks short cake and hot coffee after
their days rough riding and bunting of forty
miles on the snow-covered hills and in the
wild canyons of Nebraska.
And then followed the Indian powwow,
after which they witnessed a wild aboriginal
kick-up in the shape of war dance to the
melancholy music Of our Indian tum-tum, amid
the shrill approval of the squaws, who were
looking on the pride of their gentle hearts.
Next comes the story of La Belle Sauoagt
| in the firtations of our army officers,
young and old, with Miss Spotted Tail,
the Indian belle of the prairies, the
presents of General Sheridan to her happy
old governor and to his braves and his tribe,
gathered in hundreds on the ground, and the
liberal presents of the Grand Duke, and then
the speeches Of peace and good will between
General Sheridan and Spotted Tail, embodied
in the graphic and highly interesting special
report of the evenings proceedings which we
publish this morning. 1t beats Hiawatha
and Minnehaha it reads like a fairy
tale, and the poet and the painter
will find in the scenes and strangely
blended characters here depicted subjects
upon which may probably be devoted theil
highest talents and skill. It will be remarked
moreover, that while Spotted Tail comprehend.
the obligations of treaties he relies upon hit
Great Father to listen to the wants Of his rec
children, and that he has learned something,
moreover, of the advantages of free trade
His white brothers have the choice Of many
traders, and Spotted Tail thinks that the same
privilege would be good thing for him; and
we think so too But 1t is as peace meeting
of Americans and Russians, and Of white men
and red men that this strange and fascinating
festival on the prairies of Nebraska Is particu.