Show TAURUS THE RED THERE have been various reports m circulation concerning the whereabouts and intention intentions of sitting SI bull and the sioux bious who are with him and under his direction reliable information ia is furnished by father J T 3 M genin the catholic missionary who has baa ia I 1 a bored much among the indians indiana has initiated many of th the 6 into the roman catholic faith and an d who is a personal friend of the renowned and uil uh warrior father genin has been across the border and paid a visit to the hos hog tiles A communication from bis marck D T to the new york herald gives particulars of his hia interview from this it appears that unless certain stipulations are complied with a serious indian war will be the consequence A congress of the bloods Pi Pl egans crees and chippeway Chipp ewas has been arranged by sitting bull to determine whether they shall unite and move south ward in a body as soon as necessity for food compels them the buffalo ranges of their present position lot giving more than one sixth of uhe ihu needful supplies father genin counted 1579 lodges or nearly warriors and estimates the number of indians indiana who have accepted sitting till ting bili bill bulis bulls Is invitation to the congress at warriors the I 1 Is to take place during this month the reeta reds hare plenty of arms and aud are engaged filling up old cart ridges the chief warriors wear double belts around their waists suspenders crossing front and back baeke and bracelets on their arms all filled with cartridges three hundred trained scouts are under the chiefs direction gleaning information continually and be la is thoroughly posted on the strength of every garrison of tho the upper missouri contrary to repeated statements that his influence had declined he still stands at the head of his hla people and has the confidence of his braves he sent the following message through father genin to the united states slates tell them 1 I am quiet and will not fight unless I 1 am compelled to I 1 only want one thing I 1 want to go 0 back on my own land the yellowstone Tellow yellowstone stone where I 1 can get plenty to live on I 1 want none of their goods or money his plan is if refused what he asks as soon as the need of food compels him to march south ward cleaning out the mounted police and then seize the country north of the here is sittings bulls builds story of the custer caster massacre he gave father he rode during the fight and two tomahawks one of which was used in killing eleven and the other twenty beven seven of custers soldiers the chief said people in the united states blame me for having killed custer custen and his army they came to attack me in sufficient numbers to show that they wanted to destroy me and my children for three days I 1 looked at them coming towards us I 1 then assembled the young men and told them to put up the oldest tepees light fires inside and out ide idlof of them put blankets and other things on sticks and stick them around the fired so that they would look like people meanwhile I 1 sent the women and children across the hills to places of safety I 1 then turned around two or three bluffs with my soldiers to give custer ouster time to arrive and cem com commence menco firing upon the empty tepees when he be did I 1 fell upon n him by the rear and in less than two hours destroyed him when I 1 saw them coming I 1 called upon god to help heip me and liberate me and my children they must accuse god for ho lie did the fighting they think me a very bad man father all I 1 have done in my life has been to try and procure a living for my children and my old parents and save them from the dangers of death father genin advises the cession of the land the clief chief demands he thinks him able towage to wage a warfare that will wili be very unprofitable to the country and that if denied the tho war that will ensue will be the worst in the indian annals of the nation we hope wisdom will guide the government in the treatment of this question the sioux have been deprived of their hunting grounds to satisfy the greed of the superior race for the precious metals what the sioux under bitting sitting bull have perpetrated has been done in war and the massacres of the campaign would have been called victories if achieved by the soldiers instead of the savages good policy to say eay nothing of justice would dictate a peaceful settlement of the trouble with the renowned chief and unless he is permitted to enter quietly upon the lands which he has some right to call the property of his people sore vexation will be inflicted upon the nation blood and treasure will flow freely and more money will be expended in stamping out the claims of the primal owners of the soil than every acre of the whole country they demand is worth sitting bull is yet to be heard from in startling tories tones and only the first chapters of the his tory of his relations with the united states have as yet 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