, 1879-08-08
Many Anxious to Go Back to tho
Agencies, but General Aelurn
Not Likely Soon.
Another Sl1n.Dance---1ts Curious
Ceremonies and Its aor-
rid Torturcs.
Treating sitting-Bull to Square Meal
A Prosent Of Gold Which Turned
Out to Be Iron Pyritos.
Massacre b! Indians Of 1os Lamhcrt's Party,
Near Wolf Paint Ageaty..-Csn.
ales Movements.

NeaE NUtl i0lHt AReNGJ-'-uels
Miles Movements.
7peciat Correspondence o} Ths Tribune.
Woop MOUNTAIN, Domin[on Of Canada. July
M.-llavlng been called by business to pass TIC
last une months here, have become acquainted
with the 1ndans on this eido Of the line; aud
from tho fact Of my being trader and m Et-
e'ishmun, uccame quito we'll acquainted with
nll The Sioux on this side. You must know that
between a trader and tho Indian great degree
Of intimacy exists; and I have found In my own
case that OH Indian will expsess himself moro
freely to trades than to any one else.
The hostiles hare Ind a very hard time
during the winter md spring; nnl' aa it ts now,
the principal article Of food Is the 1nltan turnip,
"a very nourishtng root The Indians neioFo
the turnip arrived at anv s'zo at al. "cre
ON ruE VERGE or sTARyATloN,-'
in many instances eating their ponies. Many Of
the haIf-byeed traders, who had pcmnican and
Irlet moat, traded to great advautagc. Fancy
traltng largo mule for twenty-five pounds of
dried meat; but such was often the case. Many
Of the lut.lnua tnyo assured mo TINT they could
not possibly Btand another such winter as the
last.
atn satisfied, from IN everyday observance
OF the Indians, TINT Rrcat many are very
anxious to return; and, In the eutct Of the
lodge, surrounded BY their children, With sturva-
lion a reality, they turn with longing eyes to
The 1eshpots Of Egypt, or tather the Eift-house
Of the American Agency. All who are &C.
quaintcd with Indians, and particularly the
Sioux, knew that they possess IN tnordinntc af-
fcetIon for their children; and to SEQ them
starve, and know that such would not be tho
case at an Agency, is m alt-powerful argument.
1t is only ut tho Council in tho Holdler-Lodge
TINT the f}re.1ike spirit is aroused,- Aroused BY
the eloqueuce OF such irreconcilables as Sitting
Bull, Long-Dog, Dlack-Moon, Tho Gaul, Broad
Trail mon who have left tllelr bloody mark on
: tho Missouri from Yauktou to Benton. It is
few Of such atripo tllat keep the feud a4ve To
show you how bitter the hatred to the American
,odlcr 10, said, in conversation With Sitting
Bull, "Tho buffalo GRO getting scarce. What
will you do when they arc gouc7 Your children
will starve. You will have to al,akc tanda with
the Americans, or ssarvc." You should havc
eeen the Look Of the old warrior rs he thundercd
out: "The Grea. Spirit will never lot His
children starye. When the buffalo are nil GONG,
l Wilt give my children clubs, and toll them to
10 out on the prairie unl kill the flcld-mice." A
substitute for square meal.
nm satisfied that general return
WILL NOT TAKE PLACE soon;
and, II any do surrender, It will be matter Of a
lodge ut time. Whenever they get together
IN Council. tho old hostile feeling crops out, and
there ia IN end Of nil ideaa Of surrender, 8omo
buck calls to mind how bis brother has been
allied by the Lang-Knlyes {AmerIcans), antl tile
lcelthE OF revenge burns, md all hope Of recou-
cllialton is gone for the present.
great part Of the Sioux wintered on tho
American side Of the line. In ,ho neIchho,bood
~ ", T-.rnt,nn.,. r...t- ., s,.1 uoo0
sn.s.s ~ s5eusn."e ~ sS'ess' ahu 9u.e large camp
wintercd arnuna the Forks Of tho Porcunine.
1t wns an nctua1 necessity, their being there, as
tue buffalo we're all on tle American side, mud
y! 'nu Hns ~ sh',lcS ues'l7
tute o. !uc'' Ihey nau either TO take the CHANCE
ol getting Jumped by American soldiers, or
was thc cvcr. nrc.ent fos. s1ov rrc,erroa ,.i'In.
,hots .,,.s.e. ~. 49,. ~, .5 ,'.1ti tan'is
.nem cA@uecs' out @ept ~ the Tins ut'Rht out
looR' rs tho presence OF Tctons ut Wolf Point
and Poplar River Agency bcpr witness.
Rercntlv tl,c Sup up,Dnncc-tho nraot or.,t ~
.ho s,o,,.~too,. ,,a"a ,,, :. ,.. o'o.s y.
.a. ptaee' ana ~ ~ 'nht t'''e tneto lie
were Rathefeo iogether over soo LODGES. This
the hostlle Sioux norl1 Of tho line, can ossurc
Toll flint H. raa or,n1 s,ult ir1ooa o., soo t,,o
eN, trn,ooa ~ ,s,xs,,a ~, ~ oso .Ao
~ .us'a ~. ''eo."ets ia'u ou1 ;" fceu'ae
manner, III q 'argc oval Rhapc, lust about tic
sizs Ut mile-ttack, and then aga!n divided Iuto
three crcles,--,he ilea being, that at night tho
forces could all be corrallei, ns. in lie eyent nj
IN attack, It would pe thu most lcfensihio ar-
1arRement possible. The thoughs struck mo,
be large force that would attnmot anv attact
on them with auy show oi srcccaa' ' ""
THE usn,c1yE po,n .vn ,o,oz
eso e a N ene eSntsc o. one q the sinalfsr circles
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