Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-08-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence of Courier !.

Special Correspondence Of Courier.
WASHINGTON, d. O. !
AUG. 2. 1876. !
The city wears dull, sombre appear
ance this morning. and heavy clouds
threaten repetition Of the rain storm O
Sunday last. 7. is COO! enough to maxi
winter clothing comfortable, but still
/ light waterproof is preferable to an ''Ul
s;er." Tile Scheutyen Verein com
meuced yesterday and inausurate wtel
Of shooting, dancing and Iaerrymakins
generally. Scheutyen feats ard CAM
meetings generally take place abou tn
same time, and always bring rain. l
would. perhaps, be gratifying to tn
farmers to hold the., some weeks earlier
and thus prevent the long drouths.
The Senate yesterday, sitting as Cour
Iof Impeachment, determined &c take TN
vote at IL m. to day, rs 10 the guilt or in
nocrnce Of the accused. The presiding
officer will direct The Clerk to read tn
hearsay articles consecutively, each Sena
tors name being called when the articl
| is read, and the question asked, Is w. w
Belknap guilty or not guilty Of the higl
crime or misdemeanor. us the cast my
ne. Each Senator shall answer Yes O
No, and two days will be allowed il
which the Senators may file Their reasons
or their votes. They will be called al
alphabetically.
Inc House. ny a v"te OIL yeas Iuy Il
Il nays, adopted the majority report o
the Naval Committee, recommendin.
that the testimony taken be referred tt
the Judiciary Committee to inquire
whether there is sufficient evidence te
warrant articles of impeachment being
preferred against Secretary Robson.
The Secretary of War has sent to the
House the dispa Oh OF Gen. Sheridan re
CONNIE rding an increase of the compa.
mics of the I'd, 3D., 4lh. 9TH, and I'll Cav
airy to 100 men each, and submits an es-
innate tor the number Of men now re
CURED il addition to the % 900 which are
now authorized by law. The number o,
men which will be required TO fill all the
regiments of Cavalry on the frontier and
in Texas, to the maximum Of 100 men to
each company, will be 2.5G0, and the ex-
pensss therefor, Sl,634, 700. Il is feare!
tbs Indian war will be no child's game,
bat will cost millions upon millions of
dollars, and thousands of valuable lives.
As apprepos 10 the subject. a sketch OF
the Sioux c'ief, as contained in the Chi
cago Tribune, may not be unihteresting.
lie is Teton Sioux and onlv thirty-five
years Of age. Clptain McGarry, Of the
steamer Benton, says he has known sit
ling Bull about the Upper Missouri trad
ing posts for many years. His principal
hariering place WIS Fort Peck, though Of
late y ars lie and his band have followed!
the buffalo north, on the SQUIRE and Penn.
iina rivers, and have barteHed their robes
md tongues for guns aud ammr milton.
with the Frenc! and half breeds Of Mani
Ola. Sitting Bull was asconvert antl
flicHd Of Father De Smet, and wqs by
lin tan ut 10 rea and write French, He
las always seorned to learn English. but
S a fair French scholar In the Dakota
angua-e he is also versed, and IS declared
o te a lietier orator tn t. Little Pheasant |
It the ant"nnais. Captain EICGarryii
az 'io No." III. ei'ti"c Pnll has reed 7
he French history Of Napoieon's wars,
nd believes that he had moaeled his
.enera,ship after that of the little Corsi-
an Corporal. Sitting Bull has Fever &C :
eried an overture o! peace. the report
ha; he gave his adhesion to Sully to the
on'rary noiwiths landing. He has al
'ays been an unrelentlhg ana vinaictive
avage % he Americans. what Sc!,amgl
5as 70 the Russians. Father De SInei !
ept the Ie'ons from the war-path until
s5S. lie then left tie Upper Missouri.
al Sitting Bull became chief No or
atlZed Efforts were made 10 array thel
loux nation against the whites TIL af.ert
ne Minnesota massacre in 1863, when the
ioux were driven west of the Mississippi|
ITO the bad lands and mountains of Da-
ota. Sitting Bull aspircd to the leader
MP. but Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, Littl,. lc
heasant and the Ogallala s ting Bull. +
liefs, repudiated him; from thai time h. u
IS been nlalcontent and at war with
c chiefs Of the Sioux nation, though he (
IS ny his persuasive acts and oratory
auced Many hundreds Of their yOungf
ayes into his ranks. He is also largely ;,
'nioreed by young braves from the
IS and Asssniboines. r
Tie telegraph repor, of Captain s Smith,
40 brought Keno's wounded down. thatl
try had found the biers of nine chiefs
leo IN the engagement with Custer. IS
Mistake. They were the remains of|tf
: chiefs and braves killed by Custer
zen he WAS with Stanley in 1871. The {
lux custom is to carry off their dead |.
ives to a secluded valley, and after n
III customary mourning period has ex ~
co. TO lay out the dead on platform
q enough 10 be beyond the reach of
Ives or cayoles.
he President sent yesterday afternoon H1
essage to the House announcing that
bad signed the Sandry Civil Appropr,
N Bill, but that in. doing SO he takes al
's'on to remind Congress that the bill "
holly inadequate anG seriously erin
man" importont interests of the Gov
nt..t. c.voN