Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16
INDIAN THEATRICALS.
description of Gorgeous Indian Show
n the MILK River Country

10 substance OF q remarkable inter-
L .;ow between Sitting Bull and Stanley
u,ntley, a correspondent OF the CHI
l l,gn Tribune Preliminary to tue &C.
nm INIT of the interview, Mr. Huntley
ives the following account of an In
7an circus gotten up for his especial
Sonefit. which wildly recalls a scene at
redwood, in this state, at the grand In
Alan council the year before the Sioux
massacre. Mr.. Huntley says:
At the suggestion of Mai. Walsh l
boJ accepted the kindly protfered SER
,;re of MIR. Allen, the Indian trader at
Wood Mountain, who was we'll ac-
,rainted with the chief of the Sioux
,Irihe, and an excellent guide. When
The intimation came that the whole
ontfit was coming in, Allen approached
mo and laid the situation before me.
All we could do, he said, was TO keep
.arfectly quiet and pretend not to no.
lice anything around nae. | was care
h,lIy watched he told me, both By the
Indians and half breeds, the former to
detect anything out of the way, and
the latter to protect themselves ii naces-
sary. The Indians had sent word to
the half-breeds that as they came down
the hill they would discharge guns, but
there need be no occasion for alarm, as
the whole thing would be merely for
display. To this the half-breeds had
responded that if they did such thing
there would be battle, and to this
Sitting Bull had responded that he
would stop the display of his men.
1t was about noon when the Sioux
appeared on the ridge north of the
camp As they stood there outlined
against the sky, they looked more than
dangerous. The very air trembled with
their wells, responded to by the bucks
who had massed in the lower camp.
The half-breeds began driving their
horses into the corral, for the Indians
we're rapidly getting excited, and things
looked ominously. Mothers counted
no their children and hurried through
10 the lodges, and the young girls were
carefully stored out OF harms reach.
For few moments the yell
from the hilltop ceased. Suddenly
there came wild, unearthly shrek,
and down the side of the hill the horses
Of the Little Big Horn poured in a
RESTLESS stream. The hali-breeds were
paralyzed, not with fear, but with ad-
miration. A more magnificent and
gander sight never startled human
eyes. As the column rushed down,
changing here and there, as their
horses were quick or slow, they turned
the valley into a kaleidoscope, the colors
shifting swiftly into thousand uncouth
forms, barbarous but beautiful. the
horses were covered with foam, and
urged to their utmost. Without warn
ing the whole column turned into
flame and the mountain shook with
the crash and roar of their arms. The
brilliant colors flashed through the
smoke, and the cloud of dust to and
from the ground. caused by the hurry
ing hools, was broken and scattered by
the tire that poured from the ritle.bar-
rels.
The head Of the column rested on the
Iordef OF the camp, and, turning
absolutely swept around it until it was
completely envlroned, and then IA shrek
arose which froze more than that
which had crowned the hill. Rifle balls
| "AA'oNlCI anu tilIOuSu VIC
camp. The Indians were firing just
nigh enough to escape hitting those
within, and just low enough to startle
those whom they had passed. The
horses in the corral had become thor
| oughly filled with fright. A little girl
mad been trampled down and killed.
The curses of the half-breeds, who
We're yalnly endeavoring to stop the
lrng, mingled with the means of the
inghtened women and believing of the
horses. Tearing down hill came two
warriors. They expostulated with the
Young men, but in vain. Wrought up
70 pitch of frenzy, the bucks circled
around the camp in sort of devils
lance, and faster and faster fly the
outlets. No mans life is safe. Nothing
can be done. The hali-breeds are COM
pletely surrounded The chiefs have
,l all influence over the soldiers.
.Nhere 1t VIII end no one can tell. |
lei, hand on my shoulder, and am
Pressed to the ground. As turn | see
Iat my captor is an Indian in the mid
vie OF ME, should say, and be took a
-e"' beside me on the grass. Not
'oTq IS spoken. There is an anxious
.ok IN his face, as he glances around
Vi me- fierce band that surrounds us
atl' listens to the yell of the missiles.
1Ie motions to some of his young men.
2Ho We're standing near, and they take
4'sT position, completely enveloping
NE indian and myself. What all this
-ay portend is not explained to
-s, nut | remember that | am not to
-o"ce ANYTHING that is going on around
"'' and l look straight up into the sky.
aaa wonder what makes such funny
w., ,'-l'Ins IN my ear, and such swelling in
80! 'aTToat There is peculiar ringing.
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