St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-15

shouted to Louis Primeau, the interpreter:
''Tell the gentlemen to wait a moment;
the ladies are having BATH"
Sitting Bull told the reporter that he did
not like the railways, but he would like to
have a hotel on his reservation. He declined
to discuss the merits of Blaine or Butler, on
the ground that he could not talk intelli-
gently till he had had several beefsteaks.
Soon Mrs. Mclaughlin, Mrs. Bull and the
others appeared, and the company adjourned
to private dining room. Long Dog spread
his napkin on his chair and sat on it. After
eating plate of ice cream, Sitting Bull
said:
''Bouka boofa tookash lata nee-nee Jooro-
bolala''
Which means:
''That is daisy of dish; gimme another
plate. Allow the Irishman to serve me-"
The SIN throws its rays upon the ''combi-
nation as follows: ''When number of In
dams, dressed in native costume, headed by
a broad shouldered, thick necked and big
headed chief, and accompanied by party of
dusty whites, crowded their way TO the for
ward end of Desbrosses street ferry
boat yesterday morning, people were
not specially interested, because they did
not know who were in the party. The
hrawny chief who headed the procession
great ships at the piers, and the numberless
small craft on the river, and then turning to
one of the white men, said something in the
Indian language.
sit is Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux
chief,' said the white man to the San re-
porter. ''He says the Indians can never
equal the whites. He is astonished by what
he has seem"
The Grand Central hotel blotter contained
the following names: Sitting Bull, Seen-by-
the Nation, Spotted Horn Bull, Gray Buffalo
Woman, Eagle, Long Dog, Gray Eagle, Grow
Eagle, Flying By, Good Sounding Iron, and
Princess Red Spear The interpreter was
Louis Primeau. The delegation is known as
the Sitting Bull combination. Seen-by-the-
Nation is Sitting Bulls wife, Gray Buffalo
Woman is his sister. The party left Stand
ing Rock agency ten days ago. They
were in st. Paul for week, max
| ing q native outfit that would be
attractive on the road. The tour is to COM
bine the show business with education. It's
said by the manager that part OF the profits
of the business will be used to build school
houses for the Indians. The party will open
in ga native historical group at the Eden
Musee on Monday.
| At O'Clock yesterday the party dined on
seventeen bowls of soup, fifteen plates of
| fish, twenty-one large sirloin steaks, half
| peck Of Irish potatoes, half peck OF sweet
potatoes thirteen dishes of tomatoes, TWEEN
ty-six ears Of sweet corn, a quantity Of fresh
beans, nine dishes of tapioca pudding, if
| teen plates of ice cream, eleven pieces of
cake and twenty-five cups of coffee. In their
| private sitting room after dinner Sitting Bull
filed and lighted a pipe of the style made
| familiar by Indian picture books, and, hav
| ing smoked few whiffs, passed it around.
| The pipe was very strong. The hall boy re-
! quested that the transom and door be kept
closed. Flying By and Gray Eagle, both
gaudy young men, with variegated kite
tails along the seams of their trousers
and vermillion streaks on their
| foIeheads, smoked cigarettes. The men
parted their hair in the middle. The women
worked and chatted over bead-em brOidered
blanket. The men said nothing A little
| deaf and dumb white boy who called on them
watched them very earnestly for long time,
and then bowed politely to Sitting Bull and
| indicated with his hands that he was glad to
| see them. The old chief was delighted with
the boy, and went through the boys motions
repeatedly. A calico jumping jack aston
| ished Gray Buffalo Woman so that she retired
| to the bedroom, while Gray Eagle laughed
aloud. blythe Nation handled it very
| gently, and then continued her work.
When Sitting Bull was asked what had
most impressed him since reaching the
white mans country, he replied that the
whites went on to the streets and made
money when they were little children and
ought to be at play.