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Show Sitting Bull. From a Into interview with Guueral Cronk, piihliahrd in the Chieagc Tribune, wu rti t the following: "hnymi think that Sitting Bull's day ol reckoning is anywhere uigh?" "Gcu. Mi lei will be after him ai aeon an he ivm get his Yellowitnna expedition rocrly, and complete hi props rations." ' "Is not Sitting Bull the toughest character you have to deal with?" "Ho is undoubtedly the worst of tho whole Indian element. The Chey-t'lnies Chey-t'lnies have surrendered. They were 1 badly crippled lubt November by Gen. Mackenzie, and that had its efleet upon theiu. They are tho UravHst fighters, and they hare suffered the womt on account of that bravery, he online they wore always placed in the Iruat." ' "What is Sitting Bull's band composed com-posed of?" "Sitting Bull has all sorts of Indians j with hi'rn, mostly Unoapapas or Dried -Beef Eaters, of wkich he is ohiwf." "Is he really their great leader and planner and commander in campaign?" cam-paign?" "There is a great misunderstanding misunderstand-ing in regard to commanding or planning campaigns among the Indians. Silting Bull is no doubt the leader beforo a fight, and bis word his law. Ho is tbe authority from which all orders emauato. They say he is very intelligent intel-ligent and has a bead shaped like a I white man's. An Indian fight, ' among Indians, commences with every man for himself. There is no ? command, but some one leads. It is generally a young bravo who wants , to make a reputation. The rest lo! ' low him; and they may appear at ' though they were fighting under a commander when they are not." "The chief fighting man is Crazy Horss, as a chief, and he had the bost fighting element with him. He is no ' doubt the bravest man. Sitting Bull , is looked upon more as a council. chief. When he makes a charge there is this peculiarity about him. Indiana usually fight in an acute ( angle when m'aking a charge, but 1 when he makes a charge he always leads anQ never allows his men to close up on him. He is always thirty ' or forty yards ahead of them. He is only 29 years of age." |