, 1879-07-05
"Wa hare como to hunt the buffalo,"
rs It To hunta Tho buffalo 10 scarce In tho

"We hare como to hunt the buffalo,"
us It to hunta Tho buffalo 10 scarce In tho
Willis Mothers country1f'
"Ths buffalo have cons down here, ami We
follow them. We want meat. Our women md
children ara hungry. Thcsc II nothing fos Us
but the Wild game. We have not como to ln}are
the white man or Ills property. We were forced.
10 comet
Shave .ou been told that II you crossed the
lius the Long knivea would attack you1"
"Wo havc been told 10, but we have coms.
II the Long Kniyos Mill lot Us hunt IN peace NO
will 10 back ~ suon rs ne hare got meat. We |
don't want the white mans blood. We don't |
want bis horse. We want something 10 eat,
and ne muat 30 where II is."
"Wliat then II the Long Knives comc'"
"We Will avoid them II ne can, II NC cam
not, NO will 1ghs. moved Into tho White
Mothers country to get away from, the Long
Knives. They have followed nc. They arc
making sold'ers' house (fort) close 10 the a..
stnaboine etft-housc. It Is to cut nj OF from
tile buffalo. They want us to starvt."
He WAS silent for a moment, and then, stretch
Ing hIa arm toward tho sonth, continued:
Listen, friends. Your peops wanted my
country, hayc given it 10 them,
have not sold It 10 them.
l haye given It to them. Then vent oil On
the prairie to hunt. Your people followed
nc. They droys mo oway. fled before
them. and left the country bcbiud me. They
ca,uo close to the limo md built their soldiers
hon,c Tim hufTs1o lave left lis. Wo hare
followed them. VIII your people not let ~
hunt in poace3 We mean them no harn.
Tie willtc men arc safc. We 10 not want to
steal your horses. II tho Long Knives como
WE WILL MEET 11inM.
Wc will take 1880 lodges That ls what VIC
Ind when the I.onr.iIar came"
By this hc meant that Ills forces would
he augmented by number Of Yanktons anu
D!ackicets. who were about TO to'n htm. In tho
event Of an attack all these Indians would make
d common cause. though the rctnforccmeuss do
not properly belong 10 Sitting bu'ls band.
$50 you think you can defeat tic Long
Knives1"
There was general 1nueh ut the nbsurdity OF
| tho oucstfnn, but the Chief did not change
| counteuauce. Pointing toward the lodges
AWAY on tho ridge, be answered quiet
,y, but with an sir OF firm couyic-
ton: "In those tcpees there We ha7c old
women whom va have thrown asidc. / will
place Them on horses and they can whip all tho
Long Knives your people can send II they arc n1l
like those tile Long-Hair had. His people could
peither ride horse nor shoot guu.t
There was flerco grunt Of assent all round
The ring,
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