The Southern herald., 1888-03-10
SOME BIG SIOUX.
Indian Oh'ats Who Have Played an Inn
pOrtant Part in War.

Indian Chiefs Who Have Played an Inn
portant Part in War.
Sitting Bull is lionored and wor
shipped as the great medicine man
who mixed Che herbsland roots, to the
sound Of the tom-tom, that caused the
defeat Of the gallant Custer and his
dashing and heroic Seventh cavalry.
Only few weeks ago the old chief
visited Cheyenne Agency, and upon
his departure for Standing Rock
Agency. his present home, he was pre-
sented with fifty head of splendid
ponies and escorted by one hundred
lodges some sixty miles. The advice
of Bull is implicitly followed. The
old chief seems to realize, too, that his
name and fame are known in every
hamlet in the United States. Four
years ago Sitting Bull passed
through Pierre on Ms way from
Fort Randhll, where he had been
held as a prisoner of war His arrival
drew hundreds Of curious people to
the steamboat landing. and he had a
rush of business, disposing of his au-
tograph at the uniform price Of fifty
cents. On this occasion he had cause
to become enraged over the duplicity
practiced on him by Colonel Dell Coy,
who handed Bull half dollar and
asked that he sign his name on the
leaf of q book. Bull did so, and the
Colonel retired with dozen copies,
which he presented to his friends.
The book was manifold. Bull realized
that he had been duped, and he re-
fused to sign any more books. Tatin-
ka (Sitting Bully is an Uncapapa
Sioux, and was born on the Mis-
souri, near Grand River, in 1885
As a young buck he was
somewhat noted both as hunt
er and warrior, and in mid
die age gained prestige as medicine
man (the Sioux order Of priesthood)
and counselor Although destitute of
hereditary claims to chieftainship by
shrewdness, diplo macy and force of
character he gained both influence
and followers, while by his pro-
nounced hostility to the whites he
earned notoriety throughout the
United States. When Custer was
killed on the Little Big Horn in June.
1876, Sitting Bull was the consulting
head of 5000 warriors. After that
massacre the huge camp was broken
up, and Sitting-Bull, with l, 900 braves
or more, retreated into British Amer.
lea. In 1881 he made frequent raids
upon American SOIL His band con-
stantly suffered deple ton until. in
the summer of 1881, he had but 100
followers remaining. These he sur
rendered to Leutenant-Colonel Broth.
erton at Fort Buford, and with them
was sent as prisoner to Fort Ran
all. Here he remained until May,
1888, when he was released and sent
to his present home among his kind
red of Standing Rock Agency. He
has had four wives and seven children.
Spotted Eagle is the favorite war
rior Of Sitting Bull and recognized by
the Indians as big man. He was in
the Custer fight, and it is asserted
that he killed Custer. In their war
dances and pow-wows Spotted-Eagl'
tells how hard Custer died. Spotted
Eagle is intelligent, but, like Bull, ad
heres strictly to the Indian costume
He feels proud of his record.
Red-Cl oud resides on the Pine Ridg
Agency. He is accused of being
mischief maker. He is q bright In
dian, however, and labors hard for hi'
race in his own peculiar way.
Hump is now chief of the Indial
police. He resides at Cheyenn
Agency, and has made rapid advance
ment in the ways of civilization. II
has done away with the tepee. an
lives in a log-house, furnished il
American style, and surrounded b
sixty of his people who are gradual
following in his footsteps. He ais
discarded the blanket and breech
cloth, has his hair cut short and ar
pears in blue suit. His village
the most thrifty on the reservation
each Indian cultivating fifteen to TWEEN
ty acres. Hump has made two trip
to Washington. Chicago Tribune.