Year: 1877

felt something pnpropitious in the air. no one
would have ventured a prophecy until Sitting Bull
arose, in his barbaric grandeur, and said


SITTING BULLS SPEECH.


"For sixty -four years you have kept me and my
people and treated Inc bad. What nave we done
that you should want usg wc nave done nothing.
1t is the people on your side that have started us
to do all these depredations. We could not go
anywhere else, we took refuge in
this country OF the British. IL was on this
side Of the country that we learned to shoot and
that is the reason why came back to it again.
wonld like to know why You came here in the first
place? did not give you the country but you lol-
lowed me from one place TO another, SO had TO
leave and come over to this country.


DEFIANT ATTITUDE.


81 did not give you any country, but you took it
away from (Ierc the speakers eyes glanced
defance.) was born and raised in this country
with the Red River half breeds. and intend to stop
with them. ! was raised hand in hand with
the Red River half breeds nd we are ing to tnat
part OF the country and that is the reason why
have come over here shaking hands with the
English officers. That is the way ! was raised in
the hands OF these people here ana that is the
to hear and you have got eyes to see, and you see
how live with these people. You see me here.
/ am, II you think am, fool You are bigger
fools than am. This house is medicine house. You
come here to tell US lies but we don't want to hear
them. l don't wish any such language used to
me; that is, to tell me such lies in my
Great Mothers house (aluding to queen victora)
Don't you say two more words. Go back home
where you came from. This country is mine
and l intend to stay hero and to
raise this country full OF grown people.
see these people here. We were raised
with Them again shaking hands with the English
oficersl "That Is enough so no more. You
see shaking hands with these peo-
pie. The part OF the country you gave
me you ran me out OF. | have now come here to
stay with these people, and intend to stay here.
wish you to 60 back and to take 1t easy going
back





"By taking 1t casy,r Sitting Bull meant that the
commission should take such long time
in going that 1t would never get back.
The show, hows, Of the Indians inter.
ruptng this address showed the perfect
sympathy between them ana sitting Bull.
His note was the Keynote. 1t convinced
the commission at OF the policy
which had been unaltcraby decided on by Sitting
Bun and his braves. Several other Sioux took
their opportunities to speak. The one that runs
the Rec, santce Indian, speaking next, said-


SITTING BULL INDoRsED.


"Look at me- l was born and raised in this coun.
try These people away North was raised with.
my hand in their own. | have lived in peace with
them for the last sixty -four years We were over
in your country ami you treated us badly, and
we have come over mere now, and you want to try
and get us back there again You didn't treat us
wen and don't ike you at aLr Shaking hands
with the English officers, he continued:--"I have
been up and down these roads: we have been run.
ming up and down this country | have been up
and down them as often as these people have.
VIII Dc at peace with these people rs long as
i've You come over here to tell us lies VIII
shake hands here. have been In peace with them