The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-21
.4a" SITTING. BULL.
"Reminiscences In the Life Of "Bison."
the Rough and Ready Cadet-The
.i Man Who Beats Our Generals.
Correspondence Balti,aors; ,GGzetts,

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Is!Sittipg Bull asWestPe Peint graduate
This question is asked in sober earnest,
with the; View of eliciting information,
there being reasons for believing that
this formidable warrior and so-called
savage, now occupying so much ofpublic
attention, from the unquestionable7 skill
and extraordinary courage with which
he has met our soldiers, is really grad
uate of the military; academy. There
may be some foundation for the reports
as 10 his, reading French and being ia
miliar with The campaigns of the great
Napoleon. Graduates Of West Point,
between 1916 and 1850, will remember a
new cadet of both singular and remarka-
BILE appearance, hailing from the western
borders of Missouri, who reported for
duty;in 1S45, '46 Or ~. Above medium
height, apparently between eighteen and
twenty years old, heavy set frame,l long
bushy hair growing close to his brow and
overhanging his neck and shoulders his
face covered with thin patches Of white
fuzzy beard, the general get up Of this
,plebe was such as. to callsthe, old cadets
to hesitate,in the ,heretical jokes ;psaally
played off on new, cadets; y Nieknames
are often applied to cadets that they car
.ry with them among their friends into
the army, and even totheir graves Phe
thick neck, broad, sheulders and long,
bushy hair, caused the name Of Bison"
to be added to the new conner, and it .ad-
'hered I'd him'ever afterward::' Tie West
Point course he learned with ease2 grad
.uating in the upper third of his class =
He had no disposition to, be, social kept
to himself, talked but little, and was
never knownfto either smile or laugh.
During, hours of recreation be did not
mipgIe with his class, mates;bdt was,,ef-
ten seen in solitary walks, around the
plainior scaling the neighboring noun
fains even I'd their very submits. He
was often out of:hisr quarters at night,
eluding successfully the vigilance Olsen.
tinels and officers, visiting the neighbor-
ing villages 10 quest Of strong drink, but
never seen under its inf1uence, until after
he'had graduated. ~. ''F2'' ~ :; 9 -, :
f. This, remarkable character passed his
graduating examination creditably, re-
ceived his diploma, but before dofing his
cadet gray, visited The village Of Butter
milk Falls, below: West Point short
distance got intoxicated. and became in.
yolyed in. a, .broil, in which. stones and
sticks were used freely. Several Of the
participants were badly hurt, and the
Bison himself was much bruised. This
conduct was regarded 80 unbecomipga and
discreditable that, on the rreeommenda.
tion Of the academic board, he was Ee7i
fused a commission in the army. He
was heard Of three times after leaving
the academy, once at Galveston Texas!
There he had a. terrible fght,with some
desperadoes, and was forced TO, leaye.w7r:
He was next seen on one Of the Galifor:,
ria steamers, and going Upon the western
coast he got intosan ;altefcation with the
officers ofthe vessel aud was placed uIl-
der guard down in the hold and made to
work. The third and last time, as far as
we know lie has been seen and recognized
under the following circumstances: In
1858 about tenI years after the Bison had
graduated, Lieutenant Ives, Of the topo.
graphical engineer corps, was engaged in
making an exploration and survey of the
Colorado river emptying into the Gulf Of
California: While engaged in this work
he would quite roften Leave his boat in in
the afternoon and 20 on shore and biy:.
ouac tilf morning. On one Of these oc-
casions aiparty Of Mohave Indians came
into his camp, and after talking some
time n Spanish the chief says in Eng
lish: Gives, do YOU know me?" The
lieutenant was startled at hearing his
name called 80 distinctly in English by
this naked and painted,faced chief; he
replied that he did not, and asked the
chief where he learned to:speak English
so we'll. THE chief replied: "Neyer
mind that; but do you Know me, Ives 2"
The lieutenant scanned closely the huge
painted chief with feathers in, head, ring
through his nose and ears, aud again an
swered that he did not, and again asked
the chief where.h he had learned English,
and how did it happen that ne knew him.
The chief replied that he didnot wonder
at: his not knowing him as his change of
nationality had brought with it great
change in habits, dress and appearance,
and then added: II am the Bison; we
we're together at West Point. I have
with this little party been watching you
flor several days. My band wanted to
kill you and your little party, but 1 told
them We had better wait and see, and try
and talk; +; that we might do better than
kill you. I have made them understand
that after you have left and gone back
trade will then spring up, and we can
then do better by trading or robbing the
boats loaded with goods and supplies OF
all kinds. The Indians retired and
we're seen no more. A year or two be:
fore this, Capt. Lyon (killed in the late
war; of the army had a desperate fight
with the Indians on an Island in the
Colorado river, the Indians supposed to
have been commanded by the Bison
He was successful for years in raiding on
the settlements and extending as far of
as Arizona. It may be and we think il
probable with the settlements extending
from west to east, and from east to west
and the Indian area diminishing con-
.stantly, that this Indian chief may have
gone as far north as the Black Hills, and
may even be the veritable Sitting Bull
for to the close observer Sitting Bull has
shown as much skill and judgment as an
educated civilized soldier could have
done. It would not be strange if Sitting
Bull proves to have been educated a
West Point, and it seems to US probable
that such is the. case.
' A WEST POINT GRADUATE.
Baltimore, Aug.7.
A JUDICIAL DRINK.-7-Au Alabama
paper says that the other; day, while sit
ting in the circuit court, Judge Humph
reys grew weary of the endless tongue
of attorneys, and calling to a bailiff, sait
hnsIily. e. I ;l. ttt