, 1873-10-19

Sioux lodge, near Wh.to Dear Lake, In Mime
our party Tho % ah wore ro'ao noitor e scaod id nor
oyiscoratod, mud, when Tho old Ing poured tho
con'olltn of lor kettle out Oh largo wooden
| plattor, mover Amoll lod moro loatllEomc conn
1t; but It would not GO down. and wo welo, per
forco, Obliged 70 20 to our mosqnito-infcatod
aloel,ng-nlaco, hungry, croaa, md unhappy, and
Wishing I'LL tho Sioux n1uaws In tho world woro
Bhtely nloorou beneath tho wntorR of tho Stygtau
Lako. I could not ut that TINS concciro how
human beings could bccono 30 ttlthy but know
mora nhout 1ndial,a than l did then; and, 1t
tlloro ip cleany thought or action anong tlon,
certainly do not know wAun or whoro It 1nani-
! feHls Itself.
fnyorlto t Il @ ot tho sionx Is up
sso9 3D. II .e Sr lo lhnnSsgo onnGoo wapa
| 11orl River md tho lantlH to tho south, where
they lind immense hords Of buffalo. They
| sometimes Bwar,n near Heart 1siyor, which Is
and Just below the tnoh Of tI,iB stroain, on tho
cnBtorn aldo Of tho Missouri liiyor, IL tito pres
| ont terminus Of tho
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. .
! This road has always been thorn in tho HIde
| OF tho Sioux. and many uf them hnyo Rwo1n by
tho aslies OF thefr fathers Tint It shall not DO
built. They Say this road will destroy their land,
! and tho ongfnoB will sing the death-knoll OF
| their people. Tho t.cat spirit IL angry with
sae'. "a @oattst t't@ onu :" ~ ns'i W" "ce' "
tho MihslHsppi River, and the shades Of tile dead
q tHcir deserted et!fe-yafds watch ~ hight IN
the hollow cares of the mountains, whore thoy
M TM'l oser tlo aosehofaey OF tnoir ~ on'iaton, VINO
IT, Gao ABOUT 10 oo overcome ny tho wnlto mon.
| gather In The spiiit-Lnnd and tho children Of
tho natioli-if auy aro loft-will become pigmics,
oo oont IT, nv Mao y VT nave 10 u"olhes OK"
It is impossible to toll how long. the Sioux have
nau p9sgosasnt. or INC oountry when II now &C.
culieu " tnem' ihoy ~ero iouno on Inc
9iuuns Mien 4 'noy ow 1olu when Tue fTeneh
| t1scoSosoa them, anu were kno"n as
nAunowissEs.
Aa .ney required now iahds, thoy maao War
upon tno 1teienooIlng tripos, ana carTlna tnelr
JUN oui'ios.a @ tnr 10 1no hou!h aha Wost. Ihey a.
waT M W9a1a } lank % na uenerala OF tue hsst order,
uu tu.s, no a9noI, ls tne secret OF tnelr auccosa
~ 1ney % ~ siGilu faeo ot men, anu only seem 70
6oe thoronGhly walked up whom murdofing or
Iobplag. Ihoif cruelty to tho prisoners takon
~ tAem huoWa no noaihas. Mnon found, they
"gte po"ofiu4 AG!ion OF 1nulanH, aud nave
nela tnae power until tho present DAY. AZ times
snGy na!o pro!onaea p!e 70 90 friendly with tho
NhlIos, put tnia wa5 only 20 got homo great ad-
Vantage over thelf lndian oholn,es. In diploma
ey thoy arc tully equal TO the whites; nnd in al
most mos, every instance whore they have naao
treaties, nave retained decldod advantage to
rovengelul. and sneakine, ana little or no do
pendonco can DO placed IN what thoy soy. Thoy
aie @zy eaSe f @ =, 1rtas 70 %om nas o9sn
esern%ent ees ape o. '' ''Fss' 'nS to tho
As winter approaches, these Indians becomn
very friendly TO inc whites, as ehey wish to got
~ much ous OF them ~ they possibly can, IN tho
May Of tooa aha ammunition: ont' "hen spring.
time returns, ...... -.
THEY COMMENCE DEpREpAT1oNe
which last until tue grass bcginn to die on tho
prarloa, and thoro ~ no longer anything left Tor
their horhes to cat. In tho summer it ia oasy
tug onongh for them to sabslst on but, dussing Eng
tho cold Tlntor"months. they isYo IN tho thick
ousheR near tho margins OF tue streams, and
behave comparatively well.
Soldiers might almost AZ well attack flock OF
blsokbrds as attack these 1ndians during the
6ummor-time, as they disappear with almost
all their camp-cquipase With tllom, they can
oas'ly no overcome anu eevcroly punished lucy
know well enough that they deserve severe
cA@A'lnonent, l.,. ana II ID 70 DO hopea
- t;1 H., ". ~ I Ill ~ ~ a ness s, n.aI noNo,
IT, vi, o5 IT, ~ ~ a .,; 49, noo uofs tut9,ace'
IL neaco T;ko iii rnfiana t,ox hayso rrha'nIa1
aff4e.,. H1 ~ ti"aI saoI ~" ~ ~
nonno on ea,t ca,, oona % them IN nrovcaa snd na9
knoxlodna ~ thn art ~ ,xar 'A - P''"e'' "oo
ara ta ien,,n@ men f of tn sonr "A R9,h ~ ,ion
,a,a snI hna t a,;t to eoA. ,;t oth ~ - sno
Fstor "md Sot =" w nv a,am so,,ao no - H.
noWcr of to T1nitod statea n} th;a aoona a. ~ o
t,nva aHa oir
nS s;o4 pts ,n .1e sr 0neut nantr un IN !o1ty
~ M H. ,."r-nat, XIII ae IL n"a,us W
su III KIN, WY ~ a's aausets hta ~
atsv ~ on,orIahe hauaos ~ ,oeas @ o ~
ln tisnaaas h. ~ ,a1 " .uaBon anu ~.
aomnocw md Inv nv ~ ay p tron tha.
rsat haiy fnamon ~ sttor @ Wo1 o1I ~ th s1,
~ hstt1o tHo 'o''1'" <'o ''0A "o' III 'ns 'no'&
nns G.n9 ~ fhem vos t,,E;nc y, ,a bro,,.n v,v
f,w 4. 70 .,noa nnG r".Ia oth;s ~ atotamont, ntfa
not Lcan ~ !hnrsou T aan 9 ~ an'Inw ,,,ontv
ooa "rT nrcr.i", h,t M ~ ~ III R"s!
lima n,,a,na wiz nn, ~ ~ hUe ~,
san,o lilfa oar in =; Hare IL Tho seeret Of the
aa;ro 1t~0 ~ @ ~, ~ ,,,rat r. ~ - sno
o'"'A' ~ o. VA 'r1 RI "n nrT ac.1pa A'''
Il, ordor thot +bo1 nv n,sko neI oro.+ so,ro :,
Tho oyoa Of their nntion md la Eonorod M hn-
comns grant warrior. 'rho women nro reanonai-
Sioux. though no. no noopie ''. on earth trent thnir
won1nn worHe than Inv ia. The iifn of SinuI r.