The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-18
SOME BIG SIOUX.
Sedian Chiefs who Have Played An I'm
portant Part in War

ssdian Chiefs who Have Played An I'm
portant Part in War.
Sitting Bull is honored and vor
shipped as the grea, medicine man
who mixed the herbs and roots, TO the
sound OF the toin-tom, that caused The
defeat OF the gallant Custer and hi,
dashing and heroic Seventh cavalry.
Only a few weeks ago the old chic
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
lc1ges some sixty miles. The advice
OF Bull is implicitly followed. The
old chief seems to realize. too, that his
name aud fame are known in every
hamlet in the United States. -Four
years ago Sitting Bull passed
through Pierre on his wav from
Fort Randall, where he had been
held as 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 a book. Bull did SO. and the
Colonel retired with a dozen copies,
which he presented TO his friends.
The book was manifold. Bull realized
that he had been dupcd, and he re-
fused to -igu any more books latin.
ka Sitting Ba.D is an Uncapaps
Sioux, and was bora on The Mis-
souri,, near Grand River, in 1885.
As young buck he was
somewhat noted bolh a> hunt.
er and warrior. and in mid.
die age gained prestige as medicine
man Che Sioux order of pricsthooU
and counselor. Although destitute OF
hereditary claims 10 chieftainship, by
shrewdnesS. diplp macy and force OF
character he gained both influence
and followers. while by his pro-
noun ced hostility to the whites he
earned notoriety throughout the
Unitod States. When Custer was
killed on the Little Biz Horn in Jane,
1875, Sitting-Bull was the consulting
head Of 5000 warriors. After that
massacre the huge camp was broken
up, and Sittin--BulI, with 00G braves
or more. rntrtated into British Amer.
lea. In 1881 he made frequent raids
upon American soil. His band con.
stantly suffered deplc ,ion until. in
the summer of 1881. he had but 100
followers remaining. Those he sur.
rendered to Lieutcnant-Coionel Broth.
erton at Fort Buford, and with them
was sent as Il 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 K R1ck Agency. He
has had four wives and seven children.
Spotted Eagle il, the favorite war
rior Of Sitting Bull and recognized by
the Indians rs Il biz man. H. was in
the Custer fight. and it is asserted
that he killed Caster. In their war,
dances and pow-wows Spotted Eagle
tells how hard Caster died. Spotted.
Eagle is intelligent. but. like Bull, ad.
heres strictly to he Indian costume
He feels proud of his record
Red Cloud resides on the Pine RIDGE
Agency. He is accused of being
ms chief maker. He is bright In.
dian, however, and laborS hard for his
race in his own peculiar way.
Hump is now chief of the Indian
police. He resides at Cheyenne
Agency, and has made rapid advance
ment in the ways of civilization. He |
has done away with the tepcc. and |
lives in log-house. furnished in
American style, and surrounded by |
sixty of his people who are gradually |
following in his footsteps. He also
discarded the blanket and brooch.
cloth, has his hair cut short, and ap-
pears in blue suit. His village is
he most thrifty on the reservation,
,ach Indian cultvaing fifteen to twen-
y acres Hump has made two trips
% Washington. Chicago Iiibuie.