St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-19
Mr.. S. BULL.
He Calls on General Terry, Makes a
Speech and Gets His ''Ter-
backer."
Another View and Not SO Rosy of the Great
Murderer.

At three O'Clock yesterday afternoon gov
eminent ambulance, to which were harnessed
four gaily comparisoned animals of that
branch of quadruped which boasts no pride
of ancestry nor hope of posterity, dropped at
the door of General Terry's headquarters at
Fort Smelling, the great exterior of the
northwest; the dizzy Mr.. Sitting Bull, who
was accompanied by the Indian agent, Major
Mclaughlin and his son Harry, and Sitting
Bulls nephew, Mr.. One Bull. After formal
introduction of the great eater to General
Terry, and the usual formalities contingent
upon society and military etiquette had been
gone through with, the general spent some
ten minutes in conversing with
the agent upon matters per-
tanning to the conduct and welfare Of the
Indians at his agency-especially as to Sit
ting Bull and his people, and secured from
him much information that may govern his
actions in dealing with these particular
Indians while they remain under his mill
tary jurisdiction.
The general then desired the interpreter
Major McLaughlin's sony to inform Sitting
Bull that he might unbosom himself, and
be pleased to hear him talk. The Great I'm
Hung then, through the interpreter, de-
liYered himself as follows: sI am very glad
to be permitted to come here, and have felt
very happily all day. Wherever 1 have been
the white people have treated me with much
kindness and hospitality-even the little
children being glad to see me. 1 am very
glad to see so many white people here. 1
have come to tell one star (Gen. Terry how
I and my people are getting along at the
agency, so that he my go and repeat my
words to the great father. The one star is
the head soldier and chief of everybody at
this place, and his words in behalf of me and
my people will have great weight with the
great father. l mean to put all my young men
to work, and shall put twenty Of them super
intending and instructing the others in
planting and farming this summer. When
1 put my seeds into the ground 1 expect to
get good crops from them, and am beginning
to realize the value TO my people of manual
labor. l think there is very little difference
between the white man and the Indian.
l think the Great Creator meant that there
should be essentially no difference in the
mutual enjoyment Of this world and all it
contains. AS / said before, am glad to be
here, and shall give my people the particulars
of my visit and the good treatment have re-
ceived. l find that some of my people laugh
at me and don't want to believe what 1 say.
L want no one to laugh at or make fun of
me.'
The general then informed the swarthy
renegade that his visit to the great city of
Saint Paul should be productive of much good
to him and his people; that he must faithfully
tell to his people all that he has seen on his
visit; that the great buildings and their
conten is which he has seen did not
grow out of the ground, but are the result
of work, honest work. which is the only solu-
ton of the problem affecting the elevation of
the Indian; and that it is within the posi-
bilities that grandson of Sitting Bull may
one day become the great Lfather'' of this
great country.
The general promised to send some more
COWS to the Indians during the summer. The
general then distributed generous supply of
tobacco to Sitting Bull and his nephew, One
Bull, and the official interview terminated.
A large party of ladies had assembled to
catch glimpse of this great grub polisher
and to be able to record the fact that they had
shaken hands with him.