The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-12-25
THE LATE S. BULL, ESQ.
No Mourning for Him Around wnshlnstO

No Mourning for Him Around Washington.
About Washington there Is not that mani
festation Of sorrow over the death Of the late
Hon. s. Bull which might have been expected
from his prominence and the length Of time no
has filled the public eye. There was no half
nasting of flags, no closing tho Departments,
no holiday for tho olerkA IL Is not oven re-
ported that there was any orsps-deeked houses,
as there was on the occasion of tho death Of
Mr.. Balls great fOTerunnor-J. Davis, Of
Mississippi. Somehow, people are disposed to
regard the removal !" OF the Bad Lands States
man as blessing, and 10 eKtol tho pluck Of
the Indian policemen who effected IT, Like j.
Davis, the men who knew him best loved him
least Senator Sand Is, OF whom S. B. was
once a constituent, toll . reporter:
" am in great distress Of mind. my heart
Is bowed down with 30, because OF tho death
Of my fellow being. Mr.. S. Bail, formerly a
resident Of my state but recently sOiOuTner
in neighboring Territory. lie has gone the
way of all flesh, aud there is other per.colored
hcsh that would not 20 far astTay If 10 followed
him. s. Boil was a man Of some activity in
the line Of industry which he pursued. His
vocal organs were always in good repair; his
larynx never troubled him IS much as it did
other people; IL he ever suffered from any
pharyngeai diiiicuity1 was not aware of il, and
his stomach was never satisfied In Justice 70
him ] should say that most OF the work he did
was performed by fOmebocy else. III there's
any bull in that it's ell right; we're talking
about bulls just now His fighting was uni
vcrsally by proxy, aud tho domestic labor per-
tanning 10 his home was entirely vicarious, rs
his squaws can testify. He was q newspaper
Indian craving nOtDriety and deadhead Rdver-
tsement. i knew him as a warrior, and can
truthfully say that whom he was not taking
any risks he exposed himself feaTlessly. Vale,
Bull!n
Even Senator Dawes who can frequently seq
good in Indians where 1t is not apparent TO
other people, had little use for the deceased.
He said:
Sitting Bull never seemed to have any OF
those qualities which in the Indian have won
either the admiration or respect Of the white
people All his instincts and impulses, like his
whole life, were low He bad nothing in him
Of the courage % the real Indian. He was
vain, pHifed up. and pretense in every way.
HIS influence on the Indians has hoen bad from
the beginning, and hs has done all in his power
30 check the progress Of the race 10 which he
belonged. The present trouble so far as the
Sioux is concerned, Is due 10 his wrath because
he failed to prevent the surrender by the Sioux
Of the large tract Of lands (eH,irely useless TO
them upon terms more advantageous than any
ever previously offered Indians.
There was nothing be was not capable OF,
except decency and manliness. i cannot bat
think that hi- removal will be great blessin z
- his race. When / saw him in 1888 he pre-
tended 10 derive all his authority from the
Great Spirit, aud he has always eHdcayCTed 10
impress upon the Indians the idea that he had