Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-12
Sitting Rult.

a correspondent of The Chicago Tribune
says:
Having Just returned from visit to Wood
Mountains, Northwest Providence, post Of the
Canadian mounted police, where ! saw and
canvcrsed at length with Sitting Bull, Snotted
Eagle. Black Bull, White Cuts, White E!gle,
The Ganl and several others Of the Leading
splits Of the Teton camp, which is at present
| on Frerchmen's creek, tributary Of Milk
| River, tho IpdiaE name Of which is We.Saw'
WackcpoId, or White River, so called from the
white Tor ripc) clay which is found on rs
banks, | send you the result.
| Sitting Bull found at first quite retlcenl; but
| under the influence Of cup of collie with su-
gar I'D btum and the soothing influence Ct a
| smakr, he at last opened out. He said that
| the White Mother was good and that the Long
Lance (Msjor Walsh) was good man, and
| that the half breeds were good, but that this
| vas not such good country as the Yellowstone
aud Black Hills and that often he thought of
old tines What he wanted was for all the sol.
diers and agents to 60 away, and he would go
back to his old home. All he wanted was
| traders They were good; agents and soldiers
wete 'wlcktishney' "a word hard to translate.
Eus which means particularly bad in general
seDce
Black Bull spoke to NE privately, and told
Me be did not like to stay IN Canada, and
would COMO back to the agencies at the first
chance, but that the rest prevented him. |
found this to bo ihe sentiment Of 8 great many,
but that the Indian soldiers would not allow
them to come back
often see reports Of The liability Of Sitting
Bull to menace the whites % this side Of the
line. Such is not the caso and the scare that
periodically comes 10 the nelghborhood Of Ben
ton arises from tho fertile mag nation of some
would be hero. Sitting Bull and ali the chiefs
that talked with (aud this il the opinion OF
the polio, who have daily intercourse with
them) said that the idea of war with the United
States is rot at all thought Of by the Indians,
who are smart enough to realiZ3 that they
would lose the present posiioa with the Cana
dian govcroment and could gain nothlog from
the United States.
While at the Wood Mountain young buck
came up from camp OF runaWays from the
Spotted Tail Agency, who had crossed the Mis-
souri, ust at the mouth of Mix River. lie said
that his camp consisted ofihirteen lodges, and
that a great mauy would attempt to get north
this winter He said that the Cheyennes
would break cut 10 short time. The Cheyen.
mes be referred to were those who surrendered
TO General Miles last year, and 1t they 90, 1t
will be bad for the white settlers.
BLOODY DAY.-Yes terdsy was bloody day
10 California. In San Francisco Harry, SOD OF
Colonel Younger, of San Jose, aged fifteen,
was shot by Elton Moody, a boy about the same
age, and died last evening. The trouble arose
from Younger ordering Moody off bis father 8
premises. where Moody was huntiDg w. A.
Medium, assistant foreman on the Chronicle
shot himself in the CONF posing room with prob
ably fatal effect.
j. A. Caserava, proprietor, Of a coffee house
at San Diego, was murdered 10 cold blood by
Mexican last night. The murderer escaped
across the border.
j. O. Glenn and Wallupi Astorgo, shot ard
killed each other at Tehachapi, California.
Jcsenh Kerr, teacher, was shot and killed
yesterday at Cherry Creek.
What koow about that standard remedy
DR., Bulls Cough Syrup II know that %
cent bottle cured me of a bad cough in twelve