St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-02-11
SOME BIG SIOUX.
Indian Chiefs who Have Played m Isn
p0rtAnt Part In War;


portant Part In War.
Sitting Bull is hOnored and wor
shipped as the great medicine man
who mixed the herbs and roots. to the
sound of the t0m-tom. that caused the
defeat Of the gallant Custer and his
dashing and heroic Seventh cavalry.
Oaly q 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 Tho advice
of Bull is implicitly followed. The
old chief seems to realize. too. that his
name and fame are known in every
hamlet il the United States. Four
years ago Sitting Ball passed
through Pierre on his way from
Fort Randall. where he had been
held rs a prisoner of war; His arrival
drew hundreds of curious people to
tho 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
practicel on him by Colonel Dell Coy.
who handed Bull half a dollar and
asked that he sign his name on the
leaf of a book. Bull did so. and the
Colonel retired with dozen copies
which he presented to his friends
The book was manifold. Bull realized
that no had been duped. and he re-
fused to sign any moro books Tatin-
ka (Sitting BulD 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 rs a hunt.
er and warrior. and in mid
die age gained prestige as medicine
man Qhe Sioux order Of priesthood)
and counselor. Although destitute of
hereditary claims to chicftainship by
shrcwdncss. 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 5. 600 warriors. After that
massacre the huge camp was broken
up. and Sitting Bull. with l. 900 braves
or more. rctrcatcd 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, no had But 160
followers remaining These he sur
rendered TO Lieutenant Colonel Broth
erton at Fort Buford. and with them
was sent d = prisoner to Fort Ram
all. Here no remained until May,
1883. 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 tho favorite war
rior Of Sitting Bull and recognized by
the Indians as big man. H, was in
the Custer fight and it is asserted
that he killed Custer. In their war
dances and pow-wows Spotted-Eagle
tells how hard Custer died. Spotted
Eagle is intelligent but, like Bull. ad-
heres strictly to the Indian costume.
He feels pro nd of his record.
Rel-Cl oud resides on the Pine Ridge
Agency. He is accused of being a
mischief 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 tepee. and
lives in q 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 breech-
cloth, has his hair cut Short and ap-
pears in a blue suit His village is
the most thrifty on the reservation.
each Indian cultivating fifteen to TWEEN :
ty acres Hump has made two trips
to Washington. Chicago Tribune.