The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-16
SITTING BULL HEARD FROM.
He DeAes the Red Coats and is Anx-
ious to Meet the Boys in Blue.

Gen. Miles, who has been watching
Sitting Bulls movements near the Dor
der, may soon have al opportunity to
meet the savage hordes under the com
mand Of this celebrated Sioux warrior.
According to the latest adyices the lat
ter has declared his Independence Of
British authority, and sent out runners
to gather in the disaffected Sioux, pre-
paratory t a grand excursion into
Uncle Sans dominions. The Chicago
Times of a late date, publishes a special
telegram in regard to the situation on
the frontier: te.
Pembina, Dakota, July 1.-THE fol-
lowing extract from a letter received
from a well known Catholic missionary,
who has resided among the Indians or
the plains for many years, and who is
still living among them, is important,
as coming from a source entirely trust
worthy and unconstitutional. The infor-
nation may be regarded as q faithful
exposition of the present Sitting Bull
situation.
The absence of buffalo on the prairie
continues, and the Indians and half
breeds ars starving all over the plains.
The Sioux are striking toward the set
Elements. The situation, surrounded
as We are by thousands of starving saw
ages, is very serious, and causes me
great anxiety. The government should
take Immediate steps to prevent the
Indians from being driven to extremi-
ties. / do not anticipate any immedi-
ate danger, but, should famine on the
plains continue, l tremble when / think
what must happen next winter, when
these. famished hordes come into the
small, scattered settlements now spring.
ing up throughout the country; which
they will have to do or die of hunger on
the plains. The Sioux have made.a
raid across the line and captured a great
number of mules and horses, and on
their return had considerable q%uanti-
ties of white money (American silver
In their possession, which leads us to
believe that they must have killed some
Americans, although they will not ad-
NIT 1t.
Mai. Walsh, of the mounted police,
went to Sitting Bull and bitterly re-
preached him for his perHdy. He told
him that the Canadian government had
only allowed him to take refuge on their
territory upon his formal promise that
he would keep the peace and trouble
neither whites nor Indians, and that
now he had shamefully broken his word.
Sitting Bull replied that all this was
perfectly true; that he had promised to
trouble no one; but the Canadian gov
eminent on their side had promised to
protect him and to punish any injury or
outrage that might be committed
against him, as il it had been commit
ted against the government. Last fall,
he stated, more than one hundred head
Of horses had been stolen from him.
On complaining to Maj. Walsh he was
told to keep quiet, aud that he must
give up all hope of getting his horses
again as the Americans refused to give
them up. Upon hearing this he stated
that he would take the matter into his
own hands, and did so, and he has GER
tainly made the Americans pay for his
horses and with big interest. On re-
ceiving this answer from the Indian,
who Is anything but deficient in COM
mon sense, the major with lit appears
to mel great want of Judgment, is said
to have told him he was very sorry, but
1t was his duty to inform him that he
could no longer prevent the Americans
following him across the line and max
ing reprisals, and that he vas nc longer
under the protection of the British, and
might expect an attack at any moment
from Americans. Sitting Bull on this
replied that IL such were tine case he
would be perfectly ready to receive the
Americans, as he always had been, and
that he fearedenot the blue coats of the
Americans, and still less the red coats
of the police, and that they would both
get q hot reception whenever they
wanted it.
The writer adds: Sitting bull Is
sending messengers all over the coun-
try to gather together the scattered
Sioux, and an outbreak may take place
at any moment, as they are evidently
preparing.