New-York tribune., 1901-01-13
SETH BULLOCK.
THE MAN WHO SUCCEEDED SITTING BULL
IN DEADWOOD.

THE MAN WHO SUCCEEDED SITTING BULL
IN DEADWooD.
From The Chicago Times Herald.
ernor Roosevelt on his Western trip, accidentally
heard mentioned one day the of Seth Bullock.
Who is Seth Buock?'
Mr., Bullock's own answer to that question is
I am the man who succeeded Sitting Bull in the
If you can imagine sparse, lean man. with the
SKIN or one who knows more of the plains than the
pavement. an unwilling tongue and an indomitable
minds eye The portrait of one of the few survivors
OF the oriSin3l Western pioneers Mr.. Bullock
because l in his class he is almost alone in the
basin of the Snake River. He is a man OF stand
ing and a property owner Of Deadwood, but civi-
zaton has taken from him his real occupation. and
the days of knight errantry are ended under the
SKIES which arch above the grave Of Custer and
Here is the man who was the first Sheriff of
desperate in the Territory laughed at one morn
ing and the next was fleeing before. Not talka-
the trigger, enduring all things in heat and cold
tireess, relentless. friend to all in nature, but
They quote Seth Bullock having said once upon
The only men like is those that does things"
And in his vocabulary doing things does not
ing and bartering, in capitalizing great corpora
tons or mastering the secrets of 'pnching' dol
rounding up cattle. mastering wild horses. defying
laHDreakers, riding with the mountain wind and
which Calls not only for enormous physical
I'd BY few aoVess anayaei 2a By s d less
Riding down into Deadwood Guch, your guide
points TO clump OF trees. Perhaps he is Bill
Fraser-'Bil' Fraser, who glibly introduces HIM
The original axle grease which creased the way
loT se{3 bullock to get into this sTe town; t,,.
cump of trees and says
,n Tfas i where he did it and over there @ PGnt
again"
BY allowing Mr.. Fraser all the time he desires re-
Bullock faced the famous road agents shot them
down in their tracks. captured them and sent some
But, SAYS Mr; Fraser, reassuringy,- Seth
Doing ones duty in primeval ways appears 10
be the keynote the character Of this silent
IaW3abidng man 10 live in peadwood Without bav
ing TO fEhf for his life What he accomplished Was
in quiet way.
ToH aaH fsad these 6
lieve that when from well authenucated sources
you learn OF how he gave the lawless element
ever opportunity % to get away fro from him kindly
them to escape through, but when al these
chances We're despised and tossed aside. shot down
would dispose of worm.
He would wait wait until the last minute" says the
his hand around though it jerked light
Mn ana the next s thIng & you knew ne was a sho9t
The bad" men fed from Lewis and Clark Coun-
yv aad ne o6e B6oh o 5 the the GHg
Deadwood sent for him. IN time he came, shadow
He made himself known in a tone of voice low
and soft a woman's. He said he desired the law
TO be observed. When Il wasn't he proposed TO ar
rest the man who offended or kill him II neces-
sary. In very short order his commands were
obeyed. For months and years he stood the un-
written law of the camps Things had 10 be
square the maconteuts must settle with him
Railroads. Statehood, legislative enactments, pet
ttogging lawyers and new population took his ocCu-
patton from him There has been nothing left 10
him but memories.
His idea of humor-the pi0neeT's idea q hHm9r- -
Is found IN the story ne tells or X. \. L. Belder.
They were building Jail in one Of the Montana
towns and the new cells were just in position. No
prisoners had yet been placed in them.
lone day says Mr.. Bullock TX. Y. who was a
long-winGed story-teller. started out OF his
and another left him until only left
This fellow finally quit before the story ended
X. Y was mad. but he didn't say anything. Two
three days later he meets the who last
listening to him, and he invites him over to look
at the new. jail. He takes him inside and shows
him everything, and finally the fellow steps into
Of the new cells. Quick as fash X. Y
snapped the door him and he locked in.
But Y. Y. Is gone. Pretty soon he comes back
with stool in his hand and his pipe, He sets
No says X. Y. You're going to stay in there
the other day Now you've got to.
He. never let the fellow out un,4 the story
Seth Bullock is a gentleman to the earth born
but he is lonesome. The great untrammeled sweep
fence man. has come in, the tourist. the
people who gawk ana cape at tales Of olden days
muzzle. This is the order OF things. this IS com
merce rising above the pioneers level but It is
weak. disappointing to the men who once ruled in
the country of the Sioux. There comes 70 their
eyes. there has come to those of Seth Bullock.
away when the last tepee struck on the Rose
bud and the Sioux passed from the pages Of history
to the care of the keepers of legends. fables and
the things that