The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-29
LATEST FROM THE INDIAN
COUNTRY.
Highly Interesting Letter from
Father CeDin.

Father Genin.
The following communication re-
ceived from Rev. J. 3. N. Conn,
Catholic Missionary, formerly of
Duluth and Superior, will be read
with great deal of interest. Faith
er Genin has been amongst the In
dians for several months, is we'll ac-
quainted with the various tribes OF
the Northwest, their languages and
habits, and knows whereof he
speaks:
NEAR TIE BLUFF OF THE 0LD-MAEoS
HIs-BAcK, Sept, lst, 1877.
Editors Superior Times.
For about six weeks we have had
our camps in close proximity, at
times 2 to miles, from Sitting Bull,
his forces and other numerous In
/ dian tribes. Sitting Bull has with
hlm 462 lodges averaging six war
riors per lodge. They are all well
armed with an eighteen shooter,
many pistols, and lots of cartridges.
He told US he took last sumner 700
of such guns from Americans aud
nnumerable rounds Of ammunition
which indeed must be fact seeing
the quantity there is heaped up in
the soldiers lodge in the center Of
the camp. They have beautiful
American horses and mules and
will not easily part with them. The
/ camp forms circle (of tepies) about
two miles in diameter, having an
other circle of tepies inside the first
IN the middle Of which is the King
BULBS quarters. He has 450 scouts
every day going in search OF news
ana things. Sitting Bull never goes
out at night and In the day only at
intervals hunts the bufaloes, which
when he has killed he cuts up in
slices, sprlnkling the gall on the
warm meat raw, and eats it that
way with bis first soldiers, wLo all
delight in it. They tell us it has a
peculiar flavor. | believe it but will
not take part in the feast. During
his leisure time Sitting Bull combs
frequently the hair of his wife, and
kills her creepers himself. She is an
old woman, his only wife, and ne
loves her he says very much, for
she bore him two young sons, who
will be two great warriors. I first
met with those people on the Mush-
room creek, then they followed me
to the Old Woman's creek, thence
to here a distance of at least one
hundred miles. We have hs d near
US the Biackfeet 700 tepies, the
Yanktons 450 to AIS, the Piegans
600, the Assiniboines 482, the Irees
$40, the Bloody,the Chippewas, etc. /.
etc. | truly believe there are around,
all counted, at least IS, 900 Indians,
besides lots of rattIesnakes, tigers,
bears grizley yellow and black, and
hundreds OF thousands OF bu1faloes,
the wilderness is alive.-I find the
Indians quite changed from what
| have known them to be. They
are beginning serious depradations
all around. | attribute it a great
deal to the fact that the Unkpapa
Indians get all the ammunition they
want from the other side Of the
boundary line. The people over
there throw the blame OH our Half
breeds but | have seen very differ
eat from that myself with my own
eyes. If Sitting Bull was not so
much petted over there he would
already have surrendered to Ameri-
can authorities; he says as much
/ himself. Ia my estimation Cana
diana are only creating trouble tor
themselves, for the time is fast
coming that if Sitting bull is not
caught he will give the Canadians
mighty drubbing.
Yours truly,
j. Is. AI. GENIN,
!