New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-25
PEACE WITH >IrTING BULL.

| PEACE WITH lifting BULL
| TUE LAST HOSTILE $40 BAND ABOUT TO SUR
| RENDhR-sITTING BULL lURNEYISG TO FORT
BUFoRD
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-BriPadier-G General
Ter wri Is rom 81. = in der date OF December 20.
that dispatches had received stated that Alson be
had arrived 1T the Poplar River WITH a delegation
from Sitting BulPs camp hs to Fo Buford ard
! that Sitting Bull himself at the mouth Of
tie M'lh River that day. tn snbs of Ails0n's
report. which was date d cemher 10. as fellows:
| Ist,rt to morrow rniux with Sitting Bull and h's
whole camp for the ssour River The sever ty of the
weather render II ueo sSary 10 keep wtnln easy dis-
tancc o. timber tire only prIcicant being down
Iidians have comparatively few p"n es. aud they
poor, 50 they cannot be expected to move very
mouth in'' MIX River pder rSeOH daHs Hs
aud perhaps that so,n they entirely destitute
OF TODD ami mnst at Tor iOur five dtysto hunt.
soon as they find Uuffaloes. win messenger
ike so m nv wrlf eat no ra-t ing would cIcite
or stampede them Al houah tn " start with The avnwed
determinht.Ou OF surenjerng DO not to appear
100 sanEune OF the results toa doubt
would excite ana stampede them. They not more
than thirty rounds o. ammnn ion per man and
as they find Su"r. pra"aurs 1 1"Ts movement ss sS%
OF troops would bring sb,ut the catastrophe
OF tine MIX RIVER
General Terry upon reading tins report i'sued the fol-
lowing order to aiaJr Brotherton the commandrr at
Fort Bu;ord:
Major Iees must preserve thoroughly circun-
spect aud peaceape attitude toward he Indians until
me eDn ~ the negotiations for The surrender he VIII
aVO ma lnc ANY display OF his frce as ar as prac-
ticaD, bui set 20 wOrK at LIS shelter. Whenever
pOriuniiy Offers he Will the Indians OF
his peaceful disposition II tnry wish to surrender,
and avola alarming rnem. His command should reach
Pop a. II days before he dians reach
rositIon surronder are out Of food the tro0ps M
Poplar RIVER VIII not defer Them The number and dis
position OF the lndaus with the chance of surrender
reported by Allison, III not too little -
ton for some diGtr mt cours" The Iadias lgn In
regard TO tie agency. OF cLan-e OF mind about
dgriug,
General Terry also states that another scout named
Culbertson' had made report about Sitting Bulls In
tenons. Tbis report rom the Poplar River |
on November 90 and was as follows:
was hc other side OF the liver 10 see the "Gap
Stopped ai day with hn IN his lolgc. I asked hn a
great questions. IIo Ia red them all a.k.d
aim If Sii lug Buii would s r, he Thought
ht wOud come as ar as the month of MIX River with
his camp. ana from th re h would lex
u the agency Can says tIat nc has mention OF
going To Fort keOgh or Bu ord, but he thinks
coming INTO b agency psui part OF The winter and
hunt buiilo. The Gail" Us himself that these sii-
ng Bu lddiaIs VIII give up tner guns or horses
Gail" saws thai Sitting Bull sad he wante,i the
whites to let BIN aiOne ami hc wOull up when he
ready. iIe say he does wani these scouts run
l.Dg 10 ms camp Al, the i'm Cj, savs ma s.tna
Bull sent hin In to see how rytnng around the
'gency ana ne IS 70 et tng sui know every hing
light AID The Gal" says: II link pusi er'
fix y lodges Of tn hos hes over Tie river
row." Tue Crow was Ia nv houss to-day. AMI he
dys that IL WI never 20 ~ Keogh Buford He says
Ja he eau 1--we "c!l ths winter; tHat there Will be
ny troop, went alter them tEey would a-it. Imean |
MS camp Of " Calls ana the {" Crows"
displtcI from Omaha says Dr. McGihcuddy. |
gent ~ he Pine Ridge Agency, pissed through here
cstrdaY afternoon on his way Detroit. He SAYS | !
bat on SATURDAY las, forysix of Sitting Bulls Indians
rrvgd ~ tbe agency, aud several hundred more. per-
APPS LOCO, are now stragg ing their down the
re destitute ana travelling on foot. Sitting Bull VIII
ION come in ANA surrender" {