Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-13

Sitting Bull doesn't know where he was
born. or when. He is about Il years old,
and, being Teeton, was probably born in
Central or Southern Dakota. Four Bears,
his uncle, says the place was near Old Fort
George. on Willow creek, near the mouth
of the Cheyenne on the west side of the
Mississippi river. His futhcr was a rich
chief Jumping Bull. At 10 years Of age
the Indian lad was famous as 4 hunter his
fayorite game being buffalo calves. His
father had hundreds of pretty white, gray,
and roam ponies and the boy never wanted
for a horse. He killed more young buffalo
than any of his mates, and won popularity
low LAYING his game at the lodges of poorer
Indians who were unlucly in the chase.
At II he killed an enemy; his name before
had been Sacred Tor wonderfully StandShot.
When he had killed his man, and could
boast q scalp. his name was changed to
Sitting Bull, though why the old man does
not know.
He has two wives, Was-Sccn-by-thcNa-
ton and the Onc-that- had-i'Our-E y
third wife is dead His children are all
bright. handsome boys and girls, nine in
number one, a young man about eighteen,
is in a Catholic school near Chicago. Sitting
! Bail himself is not Catholic, rs reported.
nor is it likely that a man OF his strength
( of mind will ever rcuouuce the mysteries
/ of his own savage religion, in which for so
many years he has been powerful high
priest One little boy, SIX years Old, bright
as "A dollar and with eyes that fairly snap
ike whips. was with him at Butord when
ne surrendered. At the formal pow-wow
the chief put his heavy rifle in the little
| fellows hands and ordered him to give it
/ to Major Brotherton, saying: surrcn-
der my rifle 10 you through my son. whom
| now desire to teach in this way that he
] has become friend OF the whites ! wish
{ him to live as the whites 10, and he taught
/ i'm their schools. ] wish To be remembered
as The last man of my tribe who gave up
/ his rifle. The boy has now given il to you;
and he wants 70 know how he is going to
make living Happily, Sitting Bulls
/ anxiety for his children Is being grandly
met in the work of the Carlisle and Hamp-
! ton schools and the gradually charging
schools and academies planted by the mis-
sionarcs throughout Dakota and the west.
Sitting Bull is a typical Indian. He is
/ wide between the cheek bones. which are
| more than ordinarily prominent His chin
! is sharp and long, ana his mouth and dark
ewes betOkcm great firmucss OF character
/ His dress is ike that Of any other halt-civ-
/ ilizcd red man. He affects little silly orna-
mcnts that make his grim dignity very
/ lauE.idi.t ili9 Fe'tc ~ % "a ~ gun JAS
/ He s!uillcs along is he walks. stepping on
/ the outer edge of the left foot which was
badly wounded years ago The old man
will live good many years Ii smoking
( does not use him up. He got his first
/ glimpse of civilization last winter, coming
/ 10 st. Paul with Agent Mclaughlin. The
/ thing that struck him most forcibly in his
travels was the ballet which he saw at one
of the thcatcrs. This is not remarkable. rs
/ Indian women are never known to display
their bodily charms as do the females Of a
superior race This indeccncy, however,
Sitting Bull looks upon rs one OF the SUI
prcme evidences of our greater civilization.
Major Mclaughlin says he would talk OF
nothing else ON the way home. His great
ambition in life now is to get white wife.
He says he would give two ponies for a
ballet giri.-tSt. Louis Globe-Democrat.