Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-28

of country. in Georgia. tbs thirtesn-year
brood are reported
Miss Maria McLane, the old lady who
has madeso many calls at the White House.
ard who has never been sbae to see the
President, entered the East Room and an
nounced that she intended to remain there
| until she did see the President o. she would
know the reason why. She was told that
the President was engaged at . Cabinet
meeting. She replied that she had heard
excuse so often that she was tired OF 1t.
Miss McLane has recently produced poem,
which abe desired to read to the President
in person. After remaining at the White
House foT . long time she gave it up, and
left her poem with one Of the doorkee7ers
to be handed to the ~president., 1t went the
way of a dozen others Of her poems for the
Presidents eye by being destroyed.
Questioning sitting Bull About Clusters
Defeat,
Major Reno and others called on Sitting
BUN at the Athletic Park, where Buffalo
Bill and his "WAd West were giving ex-
bibitions of Western life. Major Reno has
always desired to ascertain from Sitting
BulI the number os warriors engaged IN the
Caster massacre. He himself in lis official
re port estimated the number 5000. de
also wished to talk over the massacre gen.
eraEy and hear what Sitting Bull haato say.
Upoa reaching the park the visitora were
condacted to Sitting Bulls teppee. Ee and
his staff were at dinner, and had Jest re-
turned from q call on President Cleveland
and his cabinet. Gen. Sheridan and other
DISTINGUISHED army officers. While waiting
for the old warrior to finish his MONDAY
meal. a Western man named Blum, connec.
ted with the show came into the tent and
recognized Major Reno Immediately.
Major Reno stated the object OF his visit,
and wss told that an interpreter would be
placed al his disposal. Mr.. Blum said IN
reference to the Custer fight that he had
travelled over the ground on horseback be-
tween the place where Major Reno and his
party were stationed and the spot where the
massacre occurred, and he knew that the
very best horse could not make the distance
in less than an hour aud s-half. He said
to the Major: "By the time you would have
reached the place the massacre
would have been completed, and you and
YOUR party would have shared the fate OF
the unfortunate dead" Just as this remark
was finished Sitting Bull entered the teppee,
and after being introduced all around set
tied down On 3 cot tor a talk. The Major
showed him a map Of the Little Big Horn
river and the surrounding country prepared
BY Lieut.. Mcguire, of the corps of engineers,
which purports to show the position OF the
different commands at about the time OF
the massacre. Old Bull did not understand
the map very we'll, but after a great deal OF
explanation By the interpreter, and after the
map was 80 turned that the waters OF the
Little Big Horn ran towards the sun, 1t
began to dawn upon him that he vas gazing
upon the spot where occurred the bloodiest
exploit OF his life. The conversation was
len confined to Sitting Bull and his inter
prefer, who had been told what Major Reno
wanted to discover. The Indians have no
ma ais Of counting except by comparison,
ard therefore Sitting Bull could not state
dc fnitely the number of warriors engaged
in the massacre. He, however, with the
aid Of his fingers called to mind that there
we're seven tribes and part OF another as
sembled on the banks of the Little Big
Horn for three days before Custer met his
fate engaged in the sun dance, the greatest
dance known to the Indian race. He said
the bands occupied over seven hundreds tep:
pees, and from this his interpreter inferred
that there were from FIVE to six thousand
Indians attending the dance. The COM
bined forces of Reno and Custer would have
been vanquished by an enemy so strong in
numbers. The chief does not wish to talk
much about Custer. He fears the white
people would even now punish him if they
knew to what extend he was concerned IN
the fight. The white men, however, say
that they do not believe he had anything to
do with the massacre, that Crazy Horse
was the leading spirit in the affair, seconded
by Gaul, whose hideous cry is known to all
Indian fighters. Sitting Bull was a great
friend to Crazy Horse, and was as grieyed
as an Indian can be when he heard OF his
death. Crazy Horse was killed at Fort
Ringgold by Little Big Man about a year
ago.
|, Wanted to be Cared For.
A clerk in one of the bureaus ofthe Treas
ury Department called upon Appointment
Clerk Higgins and requested to be taken
care of during any changes which might
occur, and be promoted at the first oppor-
tunity. Mr.. Higgins replied that he was
not in a position to govern promotions OF
this time. Besides, he was in favor of pro.
viding for and taking care of some of the
persons who are %endeavoring to get into
the public service before looking out for
those who are already in, and, perhaps, have
been in for ten or fifteen years. These re-
marks were made 80 that all present in the
room could hear them, and there vas a faint
...onon, ~ app1aueo