The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-08-25
SITTING BULLS SUJRRE,N~
DER.
a Staryesi~ssaat rribe-His Love 4or his
ghilare1A-The Chant Of am old gza~
g1aaza woman.

Captain Walter Clifford, who was il,
charge Of the party which WAS to bring
Sitting Bull to Buford sends the following
account Of the old Sioux Chief to fhe Buf-
falo Sunday Neaes:
/ 1.-The old chief could not believe that he
was not to be punished Some mischief
maker had written him that his daughter.
who had cloped with one of her fathers
warriors and sought shelterat Rufortl from
! her fathers wrath, was in irons at Folt
Yates, and though the query naturally
arose If they punish my daughter, who
has done nothing, what Will they do with
me?' his anxiety for her decided him to
come III and meet the worst. vet his reae-
luton was 5orcly tried The first night
We went into camp IN old woman rose in
her place and began fu chant. told the
interpreter TO listen and tell me what she
said, her exact words, and this was itas
nearly as he could translate:
| Be brave, my friends, be brave.
The white men have brought lis food:
They will not hurt MS.
| Their hearts are full of pity forua.
innr hunger once more is stayed
AND there IS still food in Abundance.
Ny brother and my sister, comb Your h0ir.
And paint your face with vcrnlliOn.
For the Great Spirit has soiieuen
The hearts OF our enemies, and hcy feed lis with
fool.
.'>he KEPT this up for an hour. have
| Tic Whole Of it in MY notebook, but the
above will give you q. fair idea of their
poetry. That same evening / had a long
talk with Sitting Bull and told him thar
his daughter at Standing Rock was made
Quite pet Of instead Of being in irons.
Heinquircd about Gail, Low Dog, Grow
King, Black Moon and many others, and
when told him how fat and jolly they
were he laughed quite heartily. Mr.. Le-
garc said it was the first time he had con-
descended to talk Or laugh since he had
crossed the line. had made up NV mind
that he should never again cross the line
until he had visited Fort Bnford, and if he
would not come in alive then he must come
dead. There We're forty-three men in his
party, while | had eleven soldiers and
scouts, aud Mr.. 14egare's party numbered
eight. They could not be relied upon,
however, as they were half breeds and
either afraid or in sympathy with the
Sioux. After the first night felt rather
more assured, though must confess that
Mr. Legarefs uneasiness had, to certain
extent. communicated itself to me. But
the old fellow, it seems, had fully made
up his mind TO the step he was taking, not
because he wanted to, but because he and
his people were starved out. There is no
gtme, nothing, absolutely nothing, for
them TO live on. A more desolatc country
have never passed through, and where
thousands Of buffalo, deer, antelope, &C.,
used TO roam, now not even Il track is to
be found, and now, after nineteen years of
unceasing warfare against his hated ene~
mics, the whites, the boldest, most nlalig-
naIlt and cunning Of alhthe Sioux is COM
peled by the hungry murmurs of his peo~
pie to yield He tried hard to persuade his
people to make one more effort. He said:
We will go to Wolf Point, there we will
cross the Missouri river and go into the
Pongec river mountains. Once there we
can hide and find game in abundance
Poor old fellow. He little dreams that his
loved hunting grounds arc now occupied
by ranchmcn. Sitting Bull does not inn
press me as a bright man. His face isthe
face of a miser. There is craft in every
line Of it. The face of /; miscr, yet he has
nothing more than any Of his people have,
and his horse seemed to me to be a little
worse than the average. He gave his gun
60 Major Brotherton and his horse to Mrs.
Captain Clifford, saying to her as he did
so: Eleven years ago | shook hands with
you. Last winter shook hands with the
picture Eou sent TO me; now shake hands
with YOU again and make Won Il present of
ny horse. Then he turned away and en-
tered his lodge. His treatment is so en-
tireiy different from what he expected that
he really appears to be satisfied. 1t must
be remembered that nothing but nakedness
and starvation has driven this man to sub
and that not on his own account,
but for the sake Of his children, OF whom
he is very fond. ". r. World.
FUNNY.