, 1876-07-15
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"rnocioF fosrS ulM8ELF ON q. D.'s HISTORY
nKFoKE INTERVIEWING lin.
frnsn Our 0ra Correspondent,
FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Dakota, july H.
Barring the dust, the trip from Chicago to th'a
polnt, 1000 miles up tho Missouri, Ia delight
ful ono, evon in this hot month Of July. came,
however, ali The why by mil, AMI take this early
opportunity to eay TINT via tho Milwaukee l. 81.
raul, the Luke Superior s. Mississippi, mud tho
Northern Pacific Railroads, an0t only quickest
but The most comfortable rulttc tn the l,lAcl;
Htlls aid tho "lnIun country,'if II fnllow wants
gol'l or excitement. Notwithstanding winter
of unexamp'ctt severity, IN which many sections
Of the Northern Pacific were given up entirely
70 tic embraecof she storns-klng, find, to4!ny,
the roadbctl In splendid condition. On tho
western division VIC mallc speed of 10 miea an
hour.
Th!s much by way Of Introduction and COM
pl'ment The all-obsoFbtng topic from 1T. Paul
to Blsmarck, OH the traln and at the stations,
was that Of
THE INDIAN WAR AND CUsrEn's MASSACRE.
The people have hcarl MI the particulars; in
fact, the people along the Northern Paclc west
Of Dralnerl 1o Just a little sensitive upon tho
question Of Indian outbreaks anyhow. For tho
last four ycars they have annually had good
big senro On their own account, having on two
occasions rcsortel to St. Paul and Minneapolis
militia for protection. Y1u sec, it Is tho custom
IN the summer time for The Indians up hcre 10
gntllcr blucberrles and bring them into the set
Elements for sale or barter, And is regularly
rs ton or dozun India,,s come Into Drainortl,
Detroit, Glyddon, or Morclcah to sell berries,
10 begins "scare-" Remembering the bloody
eoux inassacres Of SIanknto and New ulm, tAo
people nrc perhaps Justified Ia respecting mau'a
lrst law; but when one looks at the poor, mig
crablc dcvtlsas they lounge around tho depots
and stores, contempt ought TO talsu tho place ur
fear. for more tlesp!sablo rarc III scnl.lumans
can'lot well be imagined than those Minnesota
aboriginal brutes.
In anticipation Of
RECRUITS dotN0 FORWARD TO aHu. TERRY,
every station between St. Paul aud Bismarck
was crowded with MI cnger populacc No
troops, however, wcro atonE, and 70 the eaEcr
popaface lmll to feast It's eyes upon tho sa,,-
Culinary form of your correspondent, who, by
tho way Of joke. wus generally pointed ont by
tho conductors as " standing. Bull, tho great
chief Of tho 1ndinn Ieacc Commission"
There !s nothing additional from the front 10
wha. you have already received by Telegraph.
have not ad time US yet to Hcc any Of Rcrlo's
wounded men, but shall do 30 tomorrow. lse-
iuforcencnts anil IL tons Ut anlr,l,ultun will
leave hero for Terry Oh Saturday morning.
learn, however, from most reliable duta, tl,at
MI tho Agency warriors betwecn
hero and Benton hnyo gone away,
undoubtedly To Join Sitting bull, nntl Ifs vrtnrl-
Gus warriors, At bismarck, to-day, q runor
was circulated that Old Sitting Hull, IN Oga-
lalla Chief, had boon killed III tho Custer light.
This Ia n mistake, rs l have since learned that
the old Ch!cf who hns Of late years bccn friend
ly to the whites, was ut Fort Seward on tho tlny
Of tho Custer massacre. Layo also learned nj
most n complete
HISTORY OF Tells HOSTILE WARRIOR, BITING
HULL.
Ho Is n Teton-SIoux and only IS years Of ugc.
Capt. Mcuarry, Of the steamer Benton, tells me
he has known Sitting Bull nbout the Upper
Missouri tr1llsng- posts for many years. I1is
principal barturtnE place was at Fort Peck,
though Of latc yeara he aud his band have fol-
lowed the buffalo north on the Bouris a,d Pom
b!na Rivers, and lsayo bartercd THUR robca a,l.
tongues for guns mud ammunition With the
French hall-brccds Of Manitoba. Sitting Bull
was IL conyort md lrie,l1 OF Father Du smct,
WIN taught him to reud md wrltc French IIo
hGs alwuys scorncd 10 learn English, but IS u
falr French scl,utaz. ln the Dnkuta language
llo Is ulao verscl, and dccsarcd to be q greater
orator than Little Pheasant, Chief uf tho Yank-
journals. CAps. McGury says he knows that
Sitting Bull has rc,ul the French history Of
Napoloon's wars, And believes that he l.as
modelled his ,gcncralss'Ip after tho little Corsi-
cnn Corporal. Sitting Bull has never ncycpteu
~ overture ol pcace, the report that no gave
wit!lstanding. He has always been
AN usltELENrINa AND vtaD1CTlvE sAvAor-
70 tho Amerlea.ss wl'nt sellanyl was to tho Rus
from tho var-path until lS3. lie tlcn lelt thS
uplnr Missouri, and Blttlug Bull bccatne Chief.
No organized effort was lnatloto army tho Sioux
t'n Mnnssoa sss s y Mss Ill., Wifi WITH &C. s ss ,s
were driven west Ut thu Missouri Into TIC bal
lands and mountains nf Dakota, Sitting Bull
Inspired to TIC leadership, hut Red Cloud, spot-
tsd Tai, Little rlleasant, mud the oSolalla Sit
t!sne hc isns Grelt ulalcltcnt, nsitl nt war with
tho Chiefs Of tho Hfoux natinn, Though ,n has Hy
lla persuasive arts OF 0rattlry sctuceu many
lnh,dret!a of t',or young braTes into his ra,lks.
llo IL niHo
LARGELY n81ArnKcrn nY YOUNG naAyRy
from tho Creed nnd .AssiuiboIns Of snn!toiu.
Every summer for flvu years liu l,us hoen ,lp
1orsh .Ss.. a.nons tl!css t,rIhes and NOW
ti5y,, hisy rrr.. Mre nosk.ng t. , hs standard II
HtanI ayaintt tho Federal tronps ho viii hayu
In the neigllbnlsootl Of },0lO wa1rirs, every
ono armed with repeat!ne-ritles. a great tieal
Ia expected from Sitting Bulls inability to take
carc OF tho wounded alrealy IN lis hands, und
which is sacset duty n.no,,g tho 1u.ltuns
II hu lns not sent his w0unlcl norlh
among lis. Manitoba friends. ho viii d.
90 before he hazarxls another fight. Tile
talogtaphlc report of Capt 6.lItth, wn brought
ltcno,s wounded down, that Terry hutl f,,liI,u
tho hlcrs Of uinu Chiefs kiaA In tic o,slgv-
mcnt will! Cllstar IL u lnistakc. They wcru l(,v
ren,a!11s Of sul'ch(cfa and braves killed hy Cus-
ter when hn was with Stanley In 1871. The
Sioux custom IL to carry olr tfirlr dead i,rnycs
tn secluded valley, un,l, after t'e customary
mourning period haa expired, to lay out tho
beyond tic Feacl' u wolves Or coyotus.
P1iocIoH,
TIE CUSTER MASSACRE.
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