The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-12-10
SIOUX WILL NOT TAKE THE
WARPATH UNLESS DRIV-
EN- TO DESPAIR.
Sitting Bull a Venerable Fraud

sitting Bull Venerable Fraud
A dispatch sent from Rush
vile, Neb., to the New Yorl
Star a few days ago says:
eff this trouble with the reli
gious frenzied section of tn,
Sioux results in anything more
serious than has been so far ex
perienced, the men best able tt
speak of the matter will be
grievously disappointed. 1t is
shown by them that, while the
ghost dances are participated in
by some of the most peaceably
disposed Indians-a fact which
has given rise to stories of Sit.
ting Bulls great infiuence-a
great majority have no inten.
tion of going further. If il
comes to a question of taking
warpath or repudiating Sitting
Bull, they will quickly accept
the latter alternative.
The one great obstacle to the
plans of the malcontents is Red
Cloud, Chief of the Sioux Ma
tion. He is for peace, and de-
nounces the ghost dance in un-
measured terms. The old chief
tain knows that all this trouble
will do injury to his people, and
wishes to stop it before matters
get to such a stage that it will
be impossible to bring it to an
end without damage to his fin
ancial interests. The old fell
low knows full well the value
of a dollar, and, furthermore,
understands that it is worth
something for him to keep peace,
and that the Government is
willing to pay him well for his
influence.
Red Cloud is probably the
shrewdest Indian alive. He is
not a warrior in the full accep-
tation of the term as the Sioux
apply it. His wisdom in coun-
ell has earned him reputation.
In all the wars between his
tribe and their enemies the plan
of battle laid down by him has
been carefully followed with
uniform success. He is married,
but has no heir, and his success
sor in Office will be American
Horse, his cousin. Red Cloud
is very jealous of thepopularity
Of American Horse. They mar
ried sisters, daughters of Rising
Sun.
No Indian in the Sioux Nation
IS entitled to more respecs than
American Horse. Herse. He
IS a fine-looking fellow, broad
shouldered' deep-chested, and
fifty years old, some
'en or fifteen years the junior
IF Red Cloud. He is regarded
Is an honest man, of peaceable
nclinations, and has the res
Dect of both white and red men.
American Horse is undoubtedly
he most capable warrior of his |
;ribe. He directed the battle
If Little Big Horn, where Gus.
jer and his men were annihi-
ated, although many persons
of the real facts gave
hat old humbug, Sitting Bull, |
'redit for this work. When Col. |
Thomas Wilkinson, now of New
York, but a former resident of |
Dakota, was appointed Indian
Agent at Pine Ridge, he said
hat the friendship Of one man
ike American Horse was worth
dozen Red Clouds. If war was
declared, the former would un-
loubtedly be elected chief, for |
he has in his following sub
'hiefs like Little Wound, Rocky |
Bear, Short Bull, Young-Man-
Afraid-of- His Horse and Big
Wound. They are all fighters.
Little Wound, who is getting
/ good deal of notoriety just
low, is pretty we'll along in
years. He has always been q |
BAD Indian-in fact, one of the
worst-but he does not rank
with American Horse in impor-
.ance. Rocky Bear is more to
be feared than any Of these tur-
,ulent fellows. He is a fighter
rom the tips of his moccasins
up, and is revered by every buck. /
American Horse gives Rocky
Bear credit for leading the final
charge on Custer. Just now
Bear is inclined to be
ugly. If he gets out among his
followers with the intention of
causing trouble, he will come
nearer TO organizing a lively
scalping party than any one
Else. He is, 10 a certain extent,
under the influence Of Ameri.
IAN Horse, and If under handled
will be docile enough.
To show the relative standing
Df the men named, it may not
be unfair to say that Red Cloud
bears to the Sioux much the
same relation as Lincoln did to