, 1876-07-21
FORT LINCOLN.


FORT LINCOLN.
s'sKELEroN'' 'REiNYoHckAEHTs ron TERnY-THR
TWO GREAT FAMILIES Or s1oux--siT1lHo puLl.
-, From our oten c'rfr.,'ordt*'. =
FoRr ABRAHAM LINCOLN Dasota, 1nls u
The rclnforcetncnts for Gen. Te9ry nj tile front
arc not going forward very rapidly. Since he
made tlu, tle,nnntl On Gen, sherItinn for atdI-
..an., trr,n. auI .nrn11s. hs h.a ~ ,a,1v "a.
ceiyed nothing. On the 18th, Lieut. Col. Otis
arrived here with four skeleton companies Of
tho Tvonty-second Infantry, md sttll remains
T., oar,,,
~ eaaua- .,
...- SAT "SKEtE1oS''
for greater bur'esque never was perpetrated
on a people thau that which Congress has origin
ssa In #: management = et ts sssolst army
uese sse loaI eo'll'as'c' u mla mlan5 oiuesea 70
tue front In time u Taf,-a bloody and hazard
GUS wnE, fur away from my base Of s11pplfca,-
end the entire command is mt numerically
song s;a enough .n 70 10 s"' s.,ss gatra
and poles daty Of Ill aeusc scfF'ce'
lot hone answering drafts Tor met
ate n.e''' o y, ~. ro1 m..
oneefs auo pt'Ate" ~ l.'e so.'l'44'S' eo'' p.'' ~.
held battalion,inspoeti tais morning Ihc
men looked and drilled well; but the idea Of In
spssSs @ "a ono s no. being
,',N ,e.sNN -. v.H,..s 49, n..sss t., .,.s
Nesn ~. rs.h 9m,..., ~ a""s .u,. WI. o'1 so-
paAlca OF tna rum 4atant9S. Hheh sno aft1see,
leave tor the Yellowstone. il wa have good
luck, We Will jotn Gcn. Terry ubout the lst Ut
August.
Photographed you on Friday that party Of
Yankto1ais had reported Tho death OF Sitting
confirmation. -"
Here IS b!t Of Indian history which will bo
new to your readers. The Sioux, while having
n,any tribal relations and i, dialects, aro really
For many generations the Tctons have ruled
supreme west Of tue Missouri River.
Tie namc Teton implies People Of tho
thu Missouri. The Tctons, and tribes related to
them, use t!c !. Instead OF the D,-saying Luco-
.a, etc. Thu main tribes Or branches descended
Iron, tho Teton are the unkpapa {sotne dried
% Bru!gs {barnt tlle,,sj; Minncsl1ala frcI Sater);
rtcuttschns don't eat cow); Dgalalla Tone who
pouss out); 1io!,enonpa {swo kettlcsG Mime
xrrow tr1bc> EaSt Of the Missouri River there
are the isartcc {tho lodgekuife); YnuEtoua!s
(arrow.poiut); pahbuksa {cue-hcadsl All thcso
latter tfIbus rsc tho D. Then there arc tho
Aslnibolns, or Hobo {kettlcsh who arc a1so SUBJ
dtE.tet!; They roam aEoqnl the pemblna liree,
II
Cd fur nt Br1knap. Tic Walltopana (.;a,,d that
use tho patldle) were originally fanktona[s, but
0ot scpurateu from tho prcscilt tribe abuut LOU
geors airo,
John Howard, intefpreter at this most, has
given ms tle above, aud other valuable H.
ffofnution. Ia 1879, Howard met
SITTING BULL
Ut Fort pcek. mil c,aysrsei Al length with him.
liz snv. int T'at,nka Eynt,,nEn. or Slttin,.
iull. il at least 18 ycnts Of 8gc, haa dark browi
TnJr' grav syes. and il 5 feef tnchcs in hrirt.
Tni. srrses xttb nv rrrn,jc,t,nn ri Eittin1 i,iI
o."sni ~ to Sxe. thourh an iu,iian il Ysry lIj,o
y nctrn In tl,af rcsnerf.-it hefnr har,l IL russs
At III nyr Thc inlta,,. ca1i Sitffnr iinlI linn.
Iisi,nt. Or this SLOW unu.-a generic tenn M
niinI h. wev ~ sanraan,. Hittinr 1h,jf'
u finw.nf s,ys. speaks univ Sionr and X9jckare.!.
m tfr 1Hfh n IInr sttt}ng HulI and liz "iiiri
b,rds Iii ,,n,H ErM Errnk sn,i .rhievrsi = nsr-
1>'s III vtrtnrx iiSnnsrs wefe fmmnJists,y III,
a..,, IN t..".1 t-1h"s sr.,,r,1 M t.'-