The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-15
Mntchinr Sitting RmlI.

Tho harvest il past. the summer Is ended
and SITTING BULL the incorrgible, still
sits on his launches in Canada camps.
It Is now about eighteen months since the
greater part Of the army or, at least. of
that part Of the army not hopelcssly rooted
IN comfortable forts, devoted itself to
watching SITTING BULL, HAYES game on
the Rio Grande in due time drew of some
dozens Of companies that might have helped
watch the bad Sioux warrior, but there were
hundreds OF companies left for the task.
During this protracted process two Indian
wars have been begun, carried on and
ended; but no such side show as an Indian
war could distract the watchers Of SITTING
BULL from their purpose. The Nez Perez
war got itself fought last year with such
Pacific coast troops as it could command
and perhaps might have gone on intermit-
tently to this day, had not Chief JOSEPH. in
making his way to Canada, laid his course
too near MILEs's forces, which were also
travelling north-toward SITTING Bull
and consented to capture JOSEPH and his
braves, as thoy were SO handy 10y. This
year we have seen the Bannock war fought
out, at great expense, largely by the aid of
volunteers and Indian allies, whose bills
will soon come In, while just across the
mountains were thirty or forty companies
shat might perhaps have been Of some use,
save that they were watching SITTING
BULL. There were no fewer than twenty
enc companies In one bunch, under such
Generals MS BRADLEY, MERRITT, and SUR
BIS, among the Black Hills. BUFFALO
HoRN with his Bannocks, took the war
path, fought his battles, and was slain;
EGAN, with his Snakes, followed, and was
Blain but the twenty-one companies lay
encamped at Bear Butte and in the sur
rounding country-thc troubles We're " in
another military division"
All along the Missouri and the Yellow
stone, throughout Dakota and Montana,
troOps have been ensconccd In dozens of
forts, or in summer camps, while hO-tiltics
have ragged in Idaho and Oregon. In and
around Fort Custer and Fort kcogh there
are something like fifteen hundred avail
able troops. And now the middle 81 Scptem-
Der Is at hand, snow has already fallen in
some mountain regions, the troops in the
field are beginning to think of getting back
o. the forts, aud still SITTING BULL stays in
Canada.
To say the TRUTH there never has been
b"'H Hh'lliVl 'l Ms upllR anything 'lS',
Throughout tho winter Major WALSH Of
the Canadian Police coutrndi, ted the reports
that SIrrING BULL had crossed the line.
md riskcd his reputation in prophcsying
that the great CHIEF would lemain at peace
when the grass came. Early i'm the spilng
he said "Youll have to find some other
Indians than the Sioux to fight th, season"
speaking wiser than he knew for We did
find some other Indians to fight. lie
further said that MILES, two expeditions
last winter were founded upon the reports
Of scouts, who got their Information from
Indian iokers They know when man is
booking for news for the military author
tiles, and they give him tn, biggest they
have got"
Or course the Watchers for Sitting BULL
h@ve not been left without their quota Of
alarming rumurs all summer. They have
heard that the buffalo were coming south.
md the Sioux were following; that the
young bucks were getting their arms and
ponies ready Ton q raid; that the rcd-Hccd
chiof had sent ominous word to the friendly
Sioux that he was a buck, and always
would be buck" that in midsummer the
hoStnes would make their last desperate
btrngghi that 1000 warriors were march
fng on the Yellowstone; that SITTING BULL.
h"i .1ued tue OGuoalor. .40Ec5 0Ad ClaLs,