The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-15

IN BUNK IL q name tn2t All
III belongs to one Indian known
IL ~ In English as Prince" Sitting
LIZ Bull. son Of the great warrior
OF the Sioux, now dead, and
himself chief og the tribe. The prince.
and such IL is his delight 10 be called, ia
the only living son or Sitting Ssuli. the
la8t great leader Of the most hostile tribe
OF Indians ever encountered Oh a Western
border and who today are the last Of the
tribes % red men 20 accept civilization.
For many years prior TO ISL the name
OF Sitting Bull was the terror OF every
army post from Fort Asstpkhoin south
Into wyoming. Ii was he who led a
band Of braves against Gen. Custer.
which resulted In that awfal slaughter
known as the Caster massacre Unforgiv-
ing. cruel. crafty and full of veng eance
IL was not until after he fell from his
horse corpse Ola the plains OF North Da-
kota that peace and quiet was restored to
any degree among the Sioux.
Prince Sitting Bull Is now In Seattle
whittier he has come to keep an engage
Hent with a Frenchman AT present In
Alaska, who has promised to take tho
prince to Paris. where II ~ his ambition
to pose under the glare Of large electric
lights as the son Of his famed father
Early last March Frenchman. whose
name the Indian chief cannot remember,
visited the Sioux reservation near Devils
Lake, n. D.. and there made an engage
ment with the prince TO meet him in Seat
tie the latter part Of October when he
would return from Alaska. According TO
the prince the Frenchman was TO return
direct TO Paris and had agreed TO take
the Indian along with him aud install him
In quarters In the exposition grounds
The prince was to have his biography
published In several languages and TO be
ebundantly supplied with photographs OF
himself. These IT was his purpose TO sell
70 visitors to the great exposition and
thereby he had expected to reap a big
reward
But the Frcnchman has not put In an
appearance and the Sioux CHIEF IL Ill at
ease and Is beginning TO believe that
frenehfnen are greater liars than he be-
Hesea Americans 10 be.
Il do not know that he will come now.
Tor IL Is past the time" he said In an In
ierviow' but II he don't he has played
me mean trick. for have spent a great
deal OF money I'm coming TO Seattle and n
great deal more since my arrival here
If he fools me l am glad nay people do
NOT i've In France, for they must be n
oad set there. even worse than the peo-
pie OF the United States No. If he does
not come l Will not go 10 Paris. I dom,
want to 60 II he disappoints me. l Will
return to my people and content myself
life" ''
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n0RrNCE SITTING BULL IL n sp,en-
liz did type OF the North American
indian. both fL physique and man
Der. In Indian costume he stands six feet
two inches. hroad-shouidered and power
f9i. In manner he Is reserved and ia ioath
To carry on conversation on any SUBJ
3ect When he speaks his voice il low
aud his sharp. black eyes refuse TO meet
one In steady gase. He IL a Sioux through
and through. suspicious OF all things and
persons with whom he comes In contact
Ills Earb ia a stained busks<n salt. we'll
eGppHed with leather fringes and which
In places yet shows gaiiy colored edges
his hair. coarse and black hangs In A
locsened wealth upon his shoulders add
Ing picturesQUeness and romance In the
personality or him who Is heal Of a
tribe fast becoming extinct He ia well
educated. ana speaks the English Ian
fuage with perfection that IL surpris-
Ing. Yet education has done but little
fer him, save IN tame the wilder instincts
which predominant III the race show ia
his god. and rather would he be .hr su,,
5eet ~ an admitting crowd than ruler az
his people,
Prime Sitting bail was sitting one aav
last week or tho open end OF n dry goods
box In the Seattle exposition building
when newspaper reporter srproachrs
for an interview with The rrSf worf
the Young chief srrans - his feet ana
drawing himself up 10 gnl height g=rea
vt the cause Of hi. interruption Tor fully
a minute without uttering n sound
There IL nothing much To tell yol'.
he finally said other than that whtts
people can tell more lies In A short time
than the Indian can III long time
try 20 tell the truth - the white ,nan.
bnt he always returns IL with a !ie ''
The his fellow then re'apsed suA, silence
aud IL WAS more than Eve minutes before
he could be induced IN speak again II
WAS only with reluctance that he began