Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-09-16
SITTING BULL.
A Western View of the Scheme to Exhibit
the Red Murderer.
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Western View of the Scheme to Exhibit
the Red Murderer.
Chicago News.
Capt. Charles Collins, we'll known for
his philanthropic efforts IN civilizing
the Indians, and whose council is sought
by the government commissioners in
many matters relating to the welfare of
the red men, declared to Daily News
reporter yesterday that the proposed ex
hibition OF Sitting Bull thro ughout the
country was an outrage on the American
people. "The United States government
he said, spent at least 81, 100000 to cap
ture this chief, and practically failed
True, he finally agreed to surrender and
live on reservation, but his surrender
was mere farce. He came into camp
with about two hundred and fifty old
warriors and squaws. Not one of his
young bucks, his fighting men surren-
dered with him. There is two thousand
or more of these warriors still
at large, scattered about on the plains
among the different tribes. Some iolned
the Brules, Blackfeet and Grow bands,
and others are rowing in small bands by
themselves. When Sitting Bull surren-
bered he did not turn over solitary
thing. He cached 1000 stands of arms
that cannot be found unless HE points
them out. Yet a great show of rejoicing
was made at his SO called rurrender-a
surrender in name not in fact. Congress
appreciated the shallowness of Sitting
Bulls promises to settle down. This is
shown by the appropriation OF $4,000
for the express purpose of inducing him
to bring in his young men and give up
the arms which he had stored away,
Offers were made to have a reservation
set apart for him, with everything ne.
cessary to enable his nation to live peace.
ably and comfortably, but up to date
the chief has scorned the Offer"
I'm what way will his tour through
the country be harmful?"
"In many ways. In the first place the
government that spent 80 much money
to capture him will not get cent out OF
the profits to be made by his exhibition
He is under the management of persons
whose only object is a pecuniary
one, and the chief instigator of the show
is Indian Agent Mclaughlin, OF Stand
ing Rock agency, whose wife and son
accompany the chief as interpreters
Then the moral wrong in thus exhibit
ing an Indian chief whose only attrac
ton must be his connection with mas
saeres and murders is beyond calcula
tion. The man whose boast is that he
did not let one escape at the Custer
massacre, and only half dozen or so al
the Minnesota massacre, is to be held ur
to the American nation as hero-s
grand example of modern heroism
Again, it will have the effect of making
Sitting Bull more imperious and harder
to manage than ever. He will think: i
am being honored by these palefaces
they fear me; am the great chief, anc
instead of showing his contempt BY
splitting at the commissioners when they
hold a conference with him, as he die
upon one occasion, he will probably
! add blow. Another evil sure
to come out of this exhibition
is the bad effect it will have OF
all the other Indian chiefs now on reuer
vations. They will naturally be 1ealou!
of the attentions paid to Sitting Bull
and argue that it does not pay to be ,
good Indian They Will regard the con
sideratlon given to Sitting Bull as
compliment to his prowess in war, anG
become restless under their own re
straint."
ut has been reported that Sitting
Bull had become reconciled to life O
peace, and was about to be baptized.
"Quite true; he was under the intu
ence Of Father Stephen, catholic
priest who has made labor among the
Indians of the northwest his hfe.work
After the arrangements had been mad.
for the baptism of Sitting Bull til,
chiefs thoughts were turned from re
ligious subjects by the proposal to travel
l need notD say that Father Stephe1
felt deeply grieved that months of earn
est work should have been thus wasted.
"Does Sitting Bull make any profit fol
himself out of the show business ?"
Certainly he does. He is to have
quarter of all the money made, clear O
all expenses. This is danger in itself
heard an army officer of long expert
ence on the plains say: "lf Sitting Bull
gets $4,000 in cash ont of this show, i
is ten to one he spends the money TO
arms and ammunition, and raises b.
next year on the plains" So you se
why this exhibiting OF Sitting Bull, th
most blood-thirsty and remorseless saw
age the United States ever fought, il
full of danger"