The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-23

Sitting Bull and his warriors to meet
the Commission, and the Sioux chit
believed none of the statements which
had been made concerning them. lie
held the Americans in contempt. and
deemed.them
THIEVES AND LIARS.
lie utterly refused to see them, and
it was only after Major Walsh, tile
officer in command at this post, had
remained in his camp three hours, that
he succeeded in inducing them to make
the journey. The camp of Sitting Bull
is at present located on the north 81, e
of White Mud river, one humid d
miles east of Fort Walsh, and fifteen
miles north of the boundary. Wlan
the Indians arrived at the post t! ey
were assigned to large sized room in
one of the log houses and were given
all the food they desired to eat. Dur
ing the intervening time while they
remained to await the arrival of the
American Commission, the Indians
became very restless and threatened to
return to their village. Sitting Bull,
particularly, was troublesome, and
appeared to fear trickery. He had
been told that a price has been placed
on his head. He was also told that the
proposed truce was
TRICK OF THE CANADIANS
to give him over to the American Gov
ernment, and he charged Maj. Walsh
with being concerned in such a scheme.
Sitting Bull was not to be seen among
the crowd of Indians who witnessed
the arrival of the Americans. He rr-
manned in his temporary quarters dur
ing the night and portion of the next
day. He was afraid of treachery, not
withstanding the assurance of the
Canadian officials, and his chiefs
watched all the movements of tie
Americans closely. When the wagons
arrived with the company of infantry
the fact was reported to him, and dur
ing the night one of his followers left
the post to communicate the intelli-
gence to his people in their camp.
From the time he left his camp to
meet the Commission, several hundred
of his warriors were
READY FOR AN ATTACK
If the Americans or Canadians showed
signs of treachery. The place of meet
ing selected was large room in the
building occupied by the commander
of the post. Two large tables had
been placed in the apartment, at one
Of which were seated the members of
the commission, Gen. Alfred II. Terry,
Gen. A. G. Lawrence and Col. ii. c.
Corbin, the official stenographer Mr..
Jay Stone, and Major Walsh. AT the
other table were seated three newspaper
representatives, and Col. j. f. Mcleod.
In the background were standing a
number of officers of the mounted p0-
lice. The floor was reseryed for the
savages. Precisely at o'clock the
first Indian, Minneconjou Sioux,
named Flying Bird, entered the room
and was introduced by Col. Mcleod to
the members of the commission. He
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