St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-02
SITTING BULL AT COMFY ISLAND.
The Great BrGre and His Followers Stir
Up the Natives.

Up the Natives.
New York Journal, Monday.
The big elephant at Coney Island has
changed its hue. Sitting Bell went down
there yesterday and painted it a light pea
green. Long Dog and Gray Eagle, who are
east with him, took part in the frescoing and
were only second to their chief in their eff
forts to make the whole town of the same
color.
''My brother" remarked Mr.. Bull yester-
day morning to his Interpreter, 81 weary of
these pent-up walls. Ny heart goes out to
the boundless ocean. Tell me straight, old
pard, can We not have racket!''
So the party went to Coney Island.
The first place they visited was q shanty
near the depot.
"Great Chief" observed Gray Eagle, after
they had stood up against the bar for three
quarters of an hour, 1--WE have tackled
traders whisky in our far western home, We
have sampled the policeman's bottle since
we have come toward the rising sun, but
our lives"-and here the poor red mans
emotion completely overcame him-''have
been joyless as the prairies when the snow
falls until we had tasted this"
ut certainly yauks the distillery," coin
cided Long Dog, also using the charming
metaphors of his native tongue.
''Set 'em up again." said Sitting Bull with
Indian terseness.
They were set up again and again and vet
once more, and, despite the entreaties of the
interpreter, the braves started on the war
path. Sitting Bull stole the clam out of the
chowder-pot in the shanty kitchen and so
ruined the business for the day. Gray Eagle
swooped down upod a man who stood shout
ing: "Three shots with the baseball for five
cents. Knock down one figure and you get
real genuine imported Reina Victoria cigar
Knock down three in succession and you
get two cents" Gray Eagle knocked down
all the figures, then knocked down the pro-
prietof and then tried to smoke one of his
cigars, but was knocked down himself.
Meanwhile, Sorry Dog was not idlei He
Glanced across the Aggregation of Trained
CANNES, and took 1t as a peasonal insult
that any paleface should presume to tame
creatures Of his own name. With frightful
yell the Indian rushed for the trainer. The
aggregation was suddenly broken up. The
spaniel and Newfoundland took to the water
The greyhound beat his best record for a
straight ten miles. They are still hunting
for the setter and pointer.
Sitting Ball, who is full of pleasant vagar-
les, bet a new blanket that he could pull l
down the iron pier. He compromised on
pair of moccasins, as he only started all the
bolts.
The party went TO Paul Bauer's and had
light lunch of twelve pounds of lImburger
and three barrels of lager. Gray Eagle com
planned OF feeling weary afterward, so all
the merry makers adjourned to one Of the
carousals and rode around for an hour, while
the organ played "a Mans Best Friend is
His Mother.''
No one tried TO collect their fares, and
Sitting Bull showed his proficiency at eques-
TRAN games. He dropped his hat and picked
1t up while the buffalo on which he was
mounted was at full speed. He stood on
his own head and on the buffalo's. He shut
his eyes and fred four shotsssfrom his pistol
through crack In the roof. The man who
owned the carousal offered him 81, 900 a day
and all he can drink TO perform there. 'I'm
taking big chances on the drink'' said he,
"but remember how successful wild West
was"
The party returned home late last night
and were locked up in their hotel elevator
Mrs. Sitting Bull, who is a model wife, could
not but reproach her husband and chief
Peering through the wire screen of the Gle
vator she remarked, ''Bully, my pet, I'm
glad that you enjoyed yourself; but think if
you had been blythe Nation"