Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-09-03
L0! THE POOR INDIAN
SITTING BULL AND HIS BAND
GETTING JVRATHY.
1,7OO at Peck Agency They take
Possession-Inspecto Pollock
Scared and Vamooses--
Porter Stands Firm.
SITTING BULL HOSTILE.

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SITTING BULL HOSTILE.
Fort PICK AGENCY, Sept. 2.-Regard,
ing the rumors of trouble at this agency
your correspondent finds some cause of
alarm as the hostile Sioux seem to care
little for ultimatums Of either this or
British governments. Hostile demon
STATIONS towards either the agent or set
Tiers will but shorten their existence. Sit
ting Bull and $50 lodges are now on Milk
River, thirty miles from here. Last week
the old war chief spent few days at this
agency. His band is deceasing daily and
his power gradually fading away. Be.
tween 1900 and 1,7O0 Of his people are
now at the agency living on products OF
the Assinaboines, Yanktons and other
peaceful tribes who have cultivated a
large amount of land this year. The hos
tile Uncapapas range back and forth from
their camp at the agency, and if the agent,
Major Porter, refuses to give them food
they help themselves in defiance. They
are by no means formidable set. Maj
Porter is very firm man but when it
comes to a demand he has not arms
enough to protect himself or the govern
ment stores, and the result is at least 800
hostiles are now being fed at the agency.
Commissioner Judd has been here dur
ing the past week and held several .coun-
ellis with both the agency and hostile In
dians. He tells the former that they m ust
assist the agent in driving the bostiles
from the agency else their provisions
would be exhausted before spring and
they would starve. Some dislike to do
thls as many are married into families of
hosti]es. Rain-in-the-face, who killed
Custer, was at the council but had little
to say. He is non-committal when he
talks He speaks sentiments of Sitting
Bull and his followers. He is willing to
surrender at the agency but does not like
the idea of going over TO Miles, he fears
that he and his people will be killed up
on surrender to avenge
THE FALL OF CUSTER.
There is little doubt, however, but that
the whole band Will! surrender as soon as
snow falls, as small parties are continu-
ally deserting and leaving for Keogh.
Broad Trail, with party Of forty lodges,
is now en- route to surrender to Gen.
Miles, and Cross, one Of Miles scouts, is
here ready to escort any who may wish to
90 over There are, however, two serious
difficulties. One is the discouraging adj
vice of traders who live upon stealing
from Indians and whose occupation
would be gone il they should go with
the agencies. Another is that two years
ago quite number of Sitting Bulls
braves, Uncapapas, came to Peck and
surrendered. The daughters of the Un-
capapa chiefs are acknowledged to be
the finest looking
MAIDENS OF THE PLAINS,
and the result has been a promiscuous
intermarrying OF the Yanktons Assina-
BONES and Sioux. Therefore for former
tribes to fight against the latter would be
to fight against their own people. AT the
councils held by the hestiles they invar-
iaby turn to the Yanktons and tell them
that they are Of their blood and their
hearts and they must join them and di
vide the spoils. But for this atural sym
pathy there would be no danger at the
agency. AS it is it seems that there is no
help for it. Only last night fifteen acres of
TURN1Ps WERE STOLEN
from agency Indians and today the hos
tiles are helping themselves to corn. If
these depredations continue the result
will be shortage of provisions in Md
winter, and then, perhaps, the agency In
dians Will have learned the lesson, PRO
tect your property or starve." Inspector
Pollock was here last week and became
very much alarmed at the bravado of the
renegades. While he and Agent Porter
were at dinner fifty armed Sioux sur
rounded the house and fred several vol
lcys in the air over the buildings. Pol
lock was very much frightened at the
demonstrations and recommended that
Porter give the hostiles what they wished.
Porter could not do otherwise than forbid
it and then suffer them to break in and
help themselves. Pollock, 'eing
THOROUGHLY SCARED,
departed the next day for Buford and de-
clared that at least five companies of SOL
diers were needed at Fort Peck to quell
the disturbance and oust the hOstiles.
Porter thinks company Of soldiers
should come quickly and remove the hos
tiles. Scouts just in from Milk River re-
port great uneasiness in the camp of Sit
ting Bull and report demonstrations of
hostility, believing that Miles from
Keogh, and soldiers from Buford are af
ter them. Porter's family has been sent
away and he stands firm but somewhat
uncertain. f .'si IS jt5i5s @-at
SITTING BULL AND BRAVES
when in camp said this was their ground
and whites had no business cutting wood
or living trees, therefore they proposed to
make themselves at home and live "big
fat" Judds report goes TO Washington
today. ~ sj.I
THE DELEGATE CAMPAIGN.
VEEMJLL1oN Oak, Sept. 1st.-The con-
vention organized by the election of Jno
A. Stoyell temporary chairman. Mr..
Cuppet, OF, Lincoln county, was elected
permanent chairman, and Messrs. Moody,
Of Lawrence, and Mallahan, of Union,
secretaries. The first ballot resulted So
for Pcttigrew; SIS for Bennett, and 81 for
Raymond The ballots continued until
the seventh without particular change
when Burleigh County led the break, Civ
ing three votes for. Pettigrew, Cass fol-
lowed with seven, Traill with five, Penn
bina withsthree, other counties falling in
to line until the nomination was made
l1nan imOlls Great enth,1si1Sa, Drevailpd