The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-05

discovered In him tho qualities OF personal courage
aid sbrewdness. lie was never chosen chci, nor 90
the sioux ever elect q chiet They simply oiow
inc man they believe 10 possess superior WISDOM
uuti they lose faith IN him. when they rally around
some other person VINO nappens 70 nave Inc s'n.
Bulls iong continued popularity Is his extreme re-
serve and apparent humiiiiy. He Is among mo
poorest Of his tribe. he lost mis- tent Ia crossing .he
Missouri River, ana when ne arrived on british SOIL
he shelter for himself aud family he ooiaincd
he, his wife and dvs ehiiarsn and hn IN:
married sister, . mature maiden may years OF
age. lived He was also very devout according 70 ne
savage idea devotion, and THIS quaty won him re-
spccI He observed With strict Gdeiity Ali the csre-
monies OF his pagan religion. sucn ~ INC sun annce
moon md EARTH and beneves that no hears The voice
oil God IN tho vino ana the roar OF waters his per-
SHY. He dcspisos tho costumes OF CIVILIZATION. A
shrt, par Of ieeains, moccasns and coarse p'an.
kct is all he wants Busio meat Is all the iood no
viii eat Whiskey he looks upon as the drink
Of evil spirits aud will not taste IT, DO IS
as uDostentaiious IN his manner as ne
simple IN his habits. He cxncis no defer
entail treatmcn, and lays claim 10 being cn'ef,
though he implicitly o0eycd He treats ms wie and
en- idrcn with sraon and believe that
ono man should have moro than Que wife. though
some OF MS braves have TWO aud even more In APP
pesrance sitting Bull NJ not unlike tho ordinary IN.
dian except thai no external evidences OF
greater cunning than his associates. he ID swarthy
nerce and hair hangs IN long, separate ircsscs
tho madle being much longer tnsn the others,
auo always neatly plaitod and ornamentcd with
single eagle feather lie IS NIFTY wears OIL age, but
his hair Is stili rs black as u crow. HIS ego IS as
keen as tho eagles, and he IL the most expert
rinenau OF oil the sioux. II IL SAID oi nm tnat
his nm is sure that no man IT wnom ms rine mas
hccn pointed has escaped IL Is believed BY toe young
braves snaI spirit has ordained that Sitting
Bull cannot shoot white man nnout killing MN
He Is also the best bowman OF mis- tribe often uses
tho arrow IN bath IL ana m tho chase.
ovATIoys TO THE ABBOT
Abbot Martin sand That during ms eight days stay
crowded with visitors. The young mon came, laughed
aud talked With him, told stories anu sang songs
have no words. merely tunclul sounds many Of The
airs rich with m elody ana music. Though their songs
nave words, tho and subject whether gay
sad are easily distinguishabo by information, ex
precision anu attitude. In tins way they have war
songs, least songs, marriage, funeral anu devotional
songs, which integibio In their rendition as
sausws also came TO SEQ Abbot Martin and made HIM
welcome rne sioux women he describes as consented
ana happy. Though they do tho drudgery OF camp
life they lauxl sing gayly ms women do 10 civil
ixcd life, devoted 10 tho causes Of their nus
bands. Marriage Is not binding on neither men nor
women among Sioux ana when ono scts tired he or
sbe quits rhsse Informal divOrcas AFRO frequent, but
. toierabc degree OF domestic harmony seems 20 be
Of he asscs Of their braves ~ are ans braves insm-
selves. ana they crown the warriors returned from
victory with green twigs. THIS tnnmpnai ceremony
il observed whenever tho warriors return from VIC.
rsrous campaign loaded with spoils. but NOT after
triumph IN defence Of their camp or st,ongho'd sucn
a. they regard tho Custer light 10 have been.
MISSION WORK AT THE AGENCIES.
Abbot Martin lett tho Indian country q few weeks
ago and returned 70 hs monastery n Indiana vhs
object OF his WISH here WAS 10 Obtain the
conssut Of the Archbishop OF tnis diocese
70 take up collections here when they are
savage tribes Of tho Northwest to Christianity. He
Is evening Tor tho West und Will go direct TO tho
He'd Cloud ana spotted Tail agencies: where ne VIII
mado bv those chiels while they were in ashington
that priests DO scHt 10 them. Tho Abbot has no
great degree OF faith tho prospective conversions OF
the adult Of Sioux, but says they are an nciiec
tuai people, and That 1t proper efforts are made the
rising generation win DO both educated and chrisan.