The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-04-28

are now about thirty-three subordinate
Lodges in tile State, with a member.
ship Of about twelve hundred. The or.
der has had many difficulties to encoun-
ter in this State, but has now a pretty
strong footl'old. and is gaining very
rapidly. Mr.. H. W. Busse, D. G. NJ. w.
for the State, who raised the member
ship Of Missouri from nine hundred to
six thousand, is now organizing new
lodges, and hopes to do as we'll in Tex
rs AS as he did in Missouri. We or
ganizrd Lodge ut Tyler few days
ago with sixty.five Charter Members.
Yours Truly,
J.W. AsHwoRrn,
TExARKANA, April II, 1881.
FROM 1HE LITTLE MUDDY.
Il Visit to Sitting Bull-Our Correspon.
dent Comes Nic"demus on him-Burn-
ing Mountoins-Rifing the Elk Cheese
Factory.
! LITTLE MUDDY Posi- OFFICE,
| d. T.. Feb. II. 1881.
! EDITOR ADVANCE: The ADVANCE
is coming to mt all right and quite reg.
ular, considering l am Il Thousand
miles Tor 'nore) away. And enclosed
please find So. Some Of these days am
going up to Buford-and maybe will
write YOU something about the India,s
| there.
Early last fall took trip over
the line to Woody Mountain, il hundred
miles from the Poplar River Agency.
Laid over couple OF days Il; the latter
H. C. and on" night Sitting Bull (thp
identical) with few warriors-all UT
hrral'!rd-slipred into the snh:,r's f
the large Indian camp. There being over
5000 Red skins there ut that time) and
like the Arab THAT he isl as ''silently
stole away" next morning. lie was
10th to he seen Ivy the whites, and didn't
''sho'o" himself at all. But with Il
friendly ''Sl.i 'ea Wasecha" (',alf- breed
for guide aud interpreter, qnte late at
| night found him in large tppee, Oh
the outskirts, surrounded hy chief and
head men to the number Of seventy.tive
or Thirty rs or 30). Without any miss
givings Ola serious nature, l stopped
and entered The tent and sax what
thousands would give thousands to SEE,
and as 1 looked around on the savage
group, thought if only had WHATS
his-n"ne's" anni',ilat"r, that with one
fell sucep I could sec"!p the whole circle
of red demons t." their Happy Hunting
Grounds. But couldn't do II thing
like that. q, no! unlass was sc. ID
sure' that some Of your good spirits
were there to pick me mp ua!'armed and
set me safely "away down sont!,," (hy
Dubuque But dou't go any on
spirits, and had no ''infernal machine"
with me. so the ''Bnll that sits" and
his painted and feathrred brethren rs.
capped. kind Il thought tia hair Jrcndth
escape ion my party wien l got back l."
the store, having Oil the way run Il ainst
so many Indians, lin the tlark) all vii.
guns, and having been chawed at l.,
thous 1nds Of hungry dogs.
Sitting Bull is u snrly dog himS: II
and when s!.n'k hands Will, htn,. "a
matter Of form. I didn't want to, and
wished I hadn't afterwards) he tuin',
shake worth Il cent. (maybr you think
did, lie just let me take lis hand a
second, didn't return my grip 1T all.
and dropped his dirty paw like Il '''",
later, at w:,icl, he smiled i fraudulent
smile," and felt u little better. IL.
subsequently said he never would give
up to the white man. For. said lr.
''many white men would shoot me deu,,
As soon rs they saw me, even though |
were in the ''Tepee Etancla" (Chief
House, with my friend, there another
Republican SMILEY the President a,
Washington - ''or words to that ef-
fect.''
Gen. Bull is not half 50 much of Il
chteftain, rs people generally suppose
He, like Gen. Grant, has had Il heap of
luck lin his way and Il vast amount Of
advertising, (gratis Of co"rse.) Bull like
Grant has credit for very much more
than lie ever did or is. But because
some people call him great, hope our
government will never call him back
and kiss him, holding ont u probable
promise Of u life pension: chief side show
e. ~ T., III. III.
But really, one can't tell what may
come to pass Congress- Sitting Bull.
if he lives long enough, and behaves
himself u little, may YET (by our mag.
unanimous govern,nent) he given some
big tat from which he may be able t"
d1ac 4 lururious sustenance. without
the bother of exertion of mind or brty.
He Bully is hardly considered a chief
among the savages-only Medicine
Man, (bad medicine.) And lie "skim-
med out' lover the hills and far away"
just when the ''army" had Inn, (''in
their mind,'') with about forty or less
lodges, and lots Of folks conclude,
''thst's all of tie bad Indians" Why.
there's one Chief over there on the line.
Black Moon l'y na'ne) with 400 lodges
under his command, and lots Of lesser
chieftai"s o"tranking Sitting Bull. We
had the two gattling gnus here the 9TH
or night. They are after Bull. Too
much after hlm,-for he with his kin
and Ibis sisters and his cousins and his
aunts," are safe on her nagesty's soil.
''Shoonka Haska" Long Dog and Gall
/ understand have already been given
the ''liberty Of the Post" at Fl. Buford.
If so, you won't he surprised to hear
how they too fed like = bird to tive
mountains" Two My) 'when the spring
time comes again gentle" Miller.
But didn't intend writing anything
hut a registered letter. 40 will min this