The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-26

. once sitting bui's Eepiy.
After detailing the proposals made
by Gen. Terry, on the part OF the
United States, the Chicago Times cor
respondent gives the following as
SITTING BULLS REPLY.
In his turn Sitting Bull rose slowly to
his feet, threw the robe off his should
ers and displayed a blue calico shirt
which was worn over his leggings.
His leggings were made Of dark blue
cloth, with a dark stripe extending
down the side, and around his neck was
tied red-banded handkerchief. His
first sentences were uttered in a sharp,
| vindictive manner, and his sentiments
were rc-echoed by his followers. The
close of each sentence was followed by
"Howl" from all the Indians in the
room, showing how closely they SYM
pathized with him. AS 1 watched the
swaying body of the Indian and saw
his mobile face light up as he spoke Of
the great wrongs of his people, and
COuIciipI anu haeico pHo
American nation, I could not but adj
mire the natural oratory which enabled
him to speak St strongly. Every
thought was expressed in a gesture more
powerful than his words could possibly
be framed to read. When he cried
"You came here to tell us lies" he adj
yapced to the commission and shook
his foreinger at them with force and
fury, and stood there until the trans
Iation had been made. When he told
the commission to take it easy going
back home, and essayed the only smile
during his speech, and the irony was
undoubtedly very fine. He spoke as
follows:
"For sixty-four years you have kept
me and my people, and treated us bad.
What have we done that you should
want us? We have done nothing. 1t
is all the people of your side that have
started us to do all these depredations.
We could not go anywhere else, so we
took refuge in this country of the
DTlIlSl. IL WAS VII ltlio ollC vi tAS
country that we learned to shoot, and
that is the reason 1 came back to it.
again. Why do you come here? In
the first place l did not give you the
country: but you followed me from one
place to another, so 1 had to leave and
come over to this country. l did not
give you any country, but you took it
away from us. / was born and raised
in this country, with the Red river
half-breeds, and we are not going over
to that part of the country, and that is
the reason why 1 have come over here"
Shaking hands with the British officers,
he proceeded: "That is the way 1 was
raised in the hands of these people, and
that is the way 1 intend to be with
them. You have got ears to hear, and
you have got eyes to see, and you see
how L live with these people. You see
me. Here l am. If you think am a
fool, you are a bigger fool than l am.
This house is a medicine-house. You
come here to tell us lies, but we don't
Wdub W lcdi thCLh. "Sh "hJ
such language used to me, that is to
tell me such lies in my great mothers
house. Don't you say two words more.
Go back home where you came from.
This country is mine, and I intend to
stay here and to raise this country full
of grown people. See, these people
here were raised with them," again
, shaking hands with the British officers.
sThat is enough. See me shaking
hands with these people. The part of
the country you gave me you run me
out of. L have now come here to stay
with these people, and l intend to stay
here. I wish you to go back and to
take it easy getting back"
Taking a Santee Indian by the hand
he said: "These Santees 1 was born
and raised with. He is going to tell
you something about Them"
On concluding his speech, Sitting
Bull advanced and took Col. Mcleod
by the hand, and walking past the
me mbers of the commission, shook the
hands of the other officers Of the mount
ed police in the room, and addressing a
few words to his W people, sat down
among them.
Sidney is still peopled with pickpock-