Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-14
SITTING BULL.


Sitting Bull and His Band.
The Worlds correspondent at Fort
Walsh telegraphs
Sitting Bull and his band have been
Teasing at the expense of the Dominion
government since the American COM
mission left: but the time has come for
the police to make some sort of settle
ment in their case The difficulty is to
find place for them. If they were
left at their old camp at Wood Noun
tain. or even a rowing commission any
where near the frontier: there is no
doubt they would soon bring on COM
plications. They feel as cocky over
their snub of the commissioners as
though they had beaten Miles The
police determined from the outset to
send them north, but the question IS,
Whereabouts north There is some
thing over two million square miles of
open territory in this region; but the
policy of the Dominion government has
been to withdraw it from aboriginal
sway and lock up the Indian reserves.
Four hundred and fifty thousand square
miles of the best land in the country
have been secured by treaty, and the
savages pushed far back from the line
of the Canada Pacific railway. In fact,
the whole region east of the Rocky
Mountains has been thus disposed Of
So, to put Sitting Bull and his people
on Il tract held by the government
would be to undo, to some extent, what
it has taken seven years of diplomacy
to accomplish, while to send them onto
a reservation would be to break faith
with the tribe already in occupation.
Sitting Bull would be looked upon as
an intruder, in a public sense, for his
alien band has no claim OF title to this
soil. The question of the future home
of the Sioux, is, therefore, one of no
small difficulty but it lnust be settled
before the end of the month. Col.
Mcleod Is in communication with the
department Of the interior on the sub
ject.
Day before yesterday we expe-
rienced the heaviest snow storm of the
season, and winter is now considered
fairly on us.
THE NEZ PERCES.
The police scouts report that the
fugitive Nez Perces are suffering terri
bly, from want of provisions. Water-in-
the-sky, one of their men, dropped into
this post the other day, and having
saved the life of the police, who, ven
turing out too far on snow-shoes, be-
came crippled was treated cordially.
He said his people are quietly slipping
over the frontier, being unable to live
on this side He described their long
race with Gen. Howard, saying that the
latter was hampered by his wretched
cavalry horses and by ignorant scouts,
who led him astray Miles caught
them when they were weary and out of
breath, and Joseph, being sick and in
low spirits, surrendered Nearly three
hundred fled before the surrender, but
he thinks there are not over a hundred
in Canada now. He left us after a
nights lodging, and started for the from
tier Some of the Nez Perces are
rugged in American uniforms, and gave
police scout an officer sword. Another
handed over pocket-book containing
a letter addressed to a lady in Racine,
Wis, which was at once mailed to her
by the orderly sergeant.
PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE POLICE FORCE.
With Sitting Bull comfortably quar-
ttlcO NutIO he Gail OO fuO lodSG 1ldI1u,
the last of the Indian troubles will be
over for the season. In view of what
has and may take place, it is the inten-
ton of the Dominion government to
ask parliament for a grant sufficient to
enable them to increase the police force
from three hundred to four hundred and
fifty. The force now costs the Dominion
$500, 900 a year, or 500 in gold per man
and horse.
SITTING BULLS THREATS.
1t is certain that the bad blood
caused by this years work will erupt
next season. Indeed, Sitting Bull never
tires talking of his intention to strike
the Am orleans at the first opportunity
He says he knows the country lying
between the Missouri and the frontier
SO well that he could keep Miles and
Terry dancing there all summer. He
was fairly considered successful In
dian leader before the commission, but
since his interview with the commits
sioners, which the Indians without eX-
ception, regard as the greatest of his
triun1phs, he has become braggart
The police officers are tired of his boast
ings, and Major Walsh took him aback
to-day by telling him that if he attempt
ed to attack the American troops or
traders from Canadian soil, the police
would shoot him on the spot