The New York herald., 1877-10-23

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His hair was drawn up and confined over his FORE
head in a lock, around which a red handkerchief
was tied, It's ends noating on either side OF his
face. feather adorned his crown. lie wore a
quins and xfitc beads. richly decked tobacco
pouch or fire bag" buckskin leggings and
handsome moccasins completed his array.
Bursting with confidence and lnsolencc lie had his
puerlle say
"sec these people here. God Almighty raised us
together. We have little sense ami we ought TO
love one another Sitting Bull here says that
whenever you found us out, wherever his country
Bulls country This is this peoples. Sitting Bulls
is al around. What they committed have nothing
TO do with. was not in It, The soldiers find out
where we live and they never think Of anything
good 1t is always something bad.r (Again he
shook hands with the English oficers)
PLAIN QUESTIONS.
Generals Terry and Lawrence exhibited little con-
Germ during the progress Of the proceedings. The
non-enect OF their tactics on the commission I'M
pcrturbably arose and were about TO leave the room
but the interpreter arrested them for a moment,
and was desired by General Terry to ask the follow
lug questions:-
"shall we say to the President that you refuse
the offers he has made to yous"
"Arc We 10 understand from what you have said
that you refuse those orersf'
A long pause followed. All the redskins present,
including Sitting Bun himself felt the occasion
was important They cast inquiring gances toward
Colonel Mcleod and Major Walsh, who gave them
no responsive sign. They looked suspiciously to-
ward the interpreters. The interpreters were unin-
terprelabe. They deberatcd with some treplla-
ton on an issue which concerned 50 greatly the fu-
ture veal or woe OF themselves their families and
their people.
SITTING BULLS UITIMATuM
Sitting Bull again stood up and said:-.
al could tell you more, but that is all that have
to tell you. II we told you more, wny you would
have pald no attention. That u all have to say.
THIS part OF TIE country docs not DclOng TO
pcope. You belong on the other edo. This side
belongs to rs"
Daring THIS decisive haranguc the ..how,n show
OF the assembled redskins became more and more
confident and emphatic.
THE CROWS SPEECH
The Grow, after embracing Coloncl Mcleod and
MAJOR walsn, and taking the hands Of several other
dominion officers In the room, exclaimed
"Tnis is the way will live in this part or the
country That is the way like them unaking a
gesture Of cmbracel When we came back from the
other side you wanted 70 do something You
wanted us to go back TO the other SIDE THAT Is the
reason why you stay here What do you mean by
coming over here and talking that way to usg All
this country around here ! know belongs TO these
people, ana that Is the reason why | came over
here when was driven out OF tho other country.
AFRAID or con-
II am afraid OF God Amlghty that is the reason
why don't want to TO anything bad. When
came over here | came to 1.-Two with these people.
NV children, myself aud my women they all i've
together These people that don't hide anything,
they are the people like. | suppose you wanted
TO hear something's that Il why sou came over
here. The people standing around here want TO
hear 1t also That l. the reason they stand around