The New York herald., 1877-10-23

Fort Walsh, and the contemptuous rejection hy the
Sioux chief of the terms offered
SKETCH OF THE sAvAGE-How HE oBrAINEp
HIS NAME-HIs DEALINGS WITH TRADERS.
TURTLE MousrAiy, d. T.,
Via pEMBISA, ID. T., Oct II, 1877. I
II is clear actual traveller through and
the adjacent country that there even among news
papers a marvellous amount OF ignorance as to this
Indian outlaw, sitting Bull his followers. habits
TOMS the country through which no has travelled
since he "skedaddled, and the relations which exist
between him and other Indian tribes the Northwest
Lately there have very strenuous though clumsy
Efforts to get up NORTHWEST Indian scare"
especially among Indians tho Canadian side OF the
line The purpose OF this OF course is spccua-
tion The officers Of the Canadian police with.
out exception have done their utmost to contribute
TO the general alarm ana apprehension upon tho prn-
prejudice against tho Dominion moun,ed police; NOT
that thcrc necessity for their serviccs
but because thcy arc military hermaphro-
dites, neither soldiers nor hobbies, KIND OF semi.
military force, under the immediate control
and direction OF the Department OF Justice at Ottawa.
Tho necessity OF tho existence Of the forco for
some time past been an unsettled question With Tho
iorcc itself, OF Q, the danger o. lnoian out
break has always been magnihed. Beyond sping
few casks OF whiskey and capturing aud puaishina
an occasional outlaw, the mounted police have done
no good whatever II It be said that they have
The Indians and outlaws by their presence, and
thus preserved order, that statement may be aaily
| coutradicted.
rHs MOUNTED POLICE
The Indians have been scared, overawcd or
kept in subccton by tho mounted police. There Is no
lime SINCE organization OF that forco that Colonel
/ Frenche any Of his SUCCESSORS could, within
twonyGve days. bring into the neld 400 effective men,
and then he could not, could any his sue.
cessors. consider them military force. That force
Is the mere semblancc OF power in tha, coun-
try. and, under all the circumstances, tnat sem
blarce answers all the purpose which can
DO imagined. The refugee Indian from south
OF the line socks Canadian territory knowing
that there he must behave himself TO a considerable
extent least. South OF hm is a couatry which ns
/ has lett in great haste, fugitive ana outlaw.
| Sparse hts pursuers are he knows that when hs
seeks the protection OF the other side no must look
out and get between two nres, and may be taken
as fact that when 'Indians VINO have dsobeycd tho
| laws Of tho United States refused to treat with
them" leo to Canadian territory 1t ID case OF
render, though perhaps not quite as humilaiiug,
but ut all events a surrender. Wien Mr.. Tweed
! lot familiar col and sought refuge foreign
lands, their admiration Tor tho land whcro hev had
lived long might have been, and II no doubt was,
very great but their vcneration tor tho iand
matter how tyrannicai the country, SO long as It
promised them shelter, must havo been immcasurablc.
lscli cd he o
carly called 'Sittng Bull"
j Sitting BULL AND now M COT HIS SAMK.
And hero let say few words the namo
which this now notorious savage has. No doubt
rious meanings aud explanations OF TINS cosuomcu
been suggested gwen, but all his biographcrs
VINO have undertaken to give ms history and chara.-
ter have gone astray respect TO why II Is slttnan
| and why "BulLn One Who has him ana who Tor
quarter OF century has traded with tho chief aud
his relatives explains thlt tho chief OF the Tetons
derives his tito 's,ing Bullp from his habit OF SIT
ting Indian fashion, legs crossed, blanket drawn
tightly around hin, ana hand thrown across his
lore head as II ho carrying cut the oil tho
| Silent and mourpful sat Indian chief
This sitting position with the Teton chief Is prom.
incnt characteristics with him, and hencc tho torn
! "sfitIng." Now tho Indian is apt In Names There
/ is always something appropriate abou, tho ncknames
which he Destows. Tho "Bulr Is in consequences OF
his stubborn manner, and though obduratc in
council II is not the obstinacy OF tho mule
bul tho regular stubborn, physical, intelligent
obstnacy OF tho bu--w.ich Of all dumb animals not
oinlttng tho elephant, understands its strength,
especially when aroused or goaded Joo Gardipee,
from the Plains. halt breed trader Of twenty seasous
has met tnis savage scores OF times lately at Wood
Mountain, The self chosen home and cncampmcnt OF
Taurus tho squater for really tho exact meaning OF
the chiefs the Duli that squats in council
or out Of council, when not IN tho saddle asleep
sitting Bun Squats with terrible amount Of keep. OH
ness ana tragic meditation Joe Gardipec, an oil and
carly Plains hunter and Peter Lewis who loss than six
months ago carried tho mail from Fort Bcnton to
Fori Mclean, and who have Sitting Buii scores OF
times declare all tho about his being borr
tn Winnipeg educated there. OF his ever having
boon tncre, OF hts bong waite man. illsc rldlcu
lous and sensational--Chef sitting Bull is a fun
boodod Teton Indian tho Teton being branch OF Tia
great Sioux Nation.
PERSONAL SKETCH
In stature no Is rather inclined 10 DO stout than tal
perhaps IN his inoccisins ho will measure Ave feet
oishl or nino inches; weight about i7O pound. His
age Is about iortJ eight; his har little gray; his
eyes dark, ami HIS wnole appearance tnat OF full
| bloodcd Sioux on tho war path. lie Is brave, amDi-
tous. clever Ia the Indian fashion only, active aud,
in the indian creed, somewhat lans,lcaL lie has long
cherished the conviction that he ordained az tho
Indian who must wrcst IRON tho whites the country
oi hts fathers. He has great aud almost immcasura.
bic natrcd toward Americans. as distinguished from
Europeans or Canadians. Ilo ~ even expert IN detect
ing VINO from the Uucd States and who not
and Instances wanting IN his bloody and savage
career whore he has shown wonderful patience and
humanity, often with his own hand protecting aan-