The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-25
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Meys mcnSs Of BILLY Bowie IS and Suite.
VISIT TO THY HERALD oFRfoE. &c.

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Move smcnts Of BILLY Bowie s. and Suite.
VISIT TO THY HERALD oFFfoE, &o.
SO tho attractions aud invitations thai
presented tbemseyes Go General Blske aud hi, Indian
companions yesterday morusg that they hsS oonddera
be difficulty In axing upon which places to select for
their days visit II WAS however resolved that the
ebould profit by the opportunity Of hsvng their
taken while In New York. and accordingly the regular
stage csrrsgc Of tho Americsu Hota aud an auxiliary
one being provided they repaired first of a to Me.dss
Daguerrean Gallery.
Here after much persuasion through Abraham, the
interpreter they all but Induced to submit to
the operation of having their likeness takon Billy
Bowegs himself Eat, the first time In q quiet aud
resigned manner but there considerable din ,ulty
they took the group These dio uItss overcome very
fine picture produced which pleased them exceed
ipgly Billy Ia to have the original or q transfer.
Cne of the party, Sarparkec Yohcis would not sit a
all aud occssioned amusement by his laughter no
unmixed with iudeAnabe kind OF fear when he be-
held them In the instrument reflected In au iu.
verted position. Nothing could prevail upon him
subj cot hmself to bo turned up side down.
Having accomplished with this exception, their oS
jeot there, they proceeded to Messrs GrAat g. Bar
toms dry goods store, In william street, whence
the goods are supplied for the Indian Department,
and upon which establishment the governncn.
had given each order for oertsn auo int
The work Of selection tedious process,
and every colored prut and piece OF ribbon in thu store
overhaued These articles seemed to take their
fancy most though they also made some purchases Of
shaws and blankets SC. Upwards Of four hours were
occupied In this manner.
The Chieftain himself during this proceeding having
secured tho friendly guidance of acquaiated
with those matters went upon expedition to procure
q rifle. In the meantime vast crowd had collected
round the DOORS and the greatest anxiety appeared to
exist to get glimpse even OF Billy Bowegs.
These transactions being concluded they reentsred
the carriages and proceeded at to different
At O'Clock Billy Bowlegs, and the whole Of the Ia
dians accompanied by General Blake and Mr.. Charles
Mix chief clerk of the Indian Bureau at Washington
and one or two other gentlemen visited the HERALD
Office in carriage, whion followed by crowd, who
copgregated around the office. Their first anxiety
to the ming presses and they accordingly
conducted to the press room while the last evening ed
ton being struck of They looked for time,
stand the npodas operandi Of tho msohiDery, which q
member Of Congress- and some other gentlemen endea
vored to explain to Mr. Bowiegs with very indifferent
success, evident from the vacancy that marked
his couD,enapoe during these explanations. The re-
suit, however. he was fully able to appreciate
lie the paper 60 into the press white blank aud
out printed the twinkling Of eye, and this
filled him with wonder though hs did not exPrsss 1t very
strongly for Indians too proud to express much ad
m alton Of the works of white Two copies of the
paper having been presented to him he seemed quito
pleased and etufed tho into pocket In the front of
bis calico fock. He read very little but likes to
have what appears in the newspapers interpreted him.
After Billy and his companions satisfied with looking
the operation Of tho press they were to the
editorial where they examined terrestrial globe
and evidently amazed a. the vast extent IF The earth
a. compared with the spot they claimed their owa
They unxousJ lcohed fer Foda and traced the route by
which they came thence 20 New YORK They seemed
undsrtand this well enough but could net couprehcud
explanation They know nso or nothing ci astronomy
but they acquainted With tho 10Th tsr which
guide 70 them through the pathiess sarcits Ia tn
night time Billy novegs called the north star by III
Indian name but It was regular iawbreaker and W.
cannot recoect it, During this iateryew, rustenugges
addressed him in the Indian language Kr. Bowiegs n
ediatciy interpreted it follows" Ny father was jus
Il you were father to me instead Of him Everybody
laughed at this shfewd hint, including Billy himself.
It that the father OF this Indian white
rusenuggee therefore, il only half freed he Is the
oldest finest looking Of tho lot On going away
both he and Billy shook hard5 with Mr.. Bennett and hts
corps as they did when they On their reaching h
str, ct the crowd was dense, and the anxiety
great to them that IL With difficulty thoy got into
he carriage and numbers thronged around IL to shake
bands wi b him. BE thrust ona hand out of one
window and the the other out ct another, and good
roredly jnduged the multitude by shaking hands with
many as he could and while the carriage was driving
The crowd loudly chsered g tho carriage LIT. We
have been Informed that Billy does not much relish being
nace "a signboardn Of se expresses IT, lie said he
would like 20 all the city alone If he could The
other Indians much more desirous of commun.
cation with the citizen. hreauee they feel ettered by be-
pr taken notice or bat Billy does like anybody be
noticed bu. himself lie wants TO have all he honor and
ll the consideration, he would have IL among the
ssminCes where he absolute as Lecis Napoleol
or The Gear Of Russia
He was utterly astonished at the extent Of the city,
1rd the plumber OF nhabisants he said they were
ike the leaves of the forest Tue crowds in Broadway
alone atsled him of the overwhelming number OF the
pale faces. and the folly Of resistance to then the
part Of the red men.
The whole party are fac looking yerv athletic,
broad -shouoered, and powerfully built. Their faces
have the usually fiat appearance peculiar to tho Indiln
race; but they highly intelligent and the eye is as
keen "a that Of the eagle.
Billy s nearly forty years OF age but does not
thirty lie Is good looking and is shove the
middle size He has crocity in hs couutsHlnee bat
rather mixture Of good humor sasacity and shrowd
tic wore o dalk cotton fFock, some eahat like a
shirt, with belt lie wore flannel legsngs, aud instead
Of mocassns shoes which So learn bstored his
feet also the feet OF one or two o. the Others who
were compelled t. throw them of and resume the
mocessins. Billy hes remarkably small foot. lie
immense turba1 or crown consisting OF shawl
Twisted around his bead. and confined in silver loop.
This Is wurn only by the warrior chiefs and corresponds
to the assigned by horaldy to dukes lie also
wore four breastpaes gorgsts Of silver tho number
denoting hs rank. His lieutenant wears one OF these
badges.
hes BoWlegs. John Jumper ID the largest Of ali the
chio and appears to DC about thirty years Of age lie
Ia man OF powerful frame
ON leaving the HsRALp office they returned
tc their hotel where dinner provided for them,
and partaken Of with hearty good will tbs interpreter
Abraham declaring for some time previously, that he
was quite hollow =
After DINNER they took walk along Broadway to
Meers Stewarts largo crowd beog attracted by
their unwoned appearance In the streets La reply TO
the boys salutation. la Billy; billy Bow-gsn SC,
Billy Bowlcgs laughed heartily and seemed US much
amused as any OF them.
At Stewart 5 they shown all tho establish
ment, from the cellsrs underground TO the immense
Wholesale above The shawl department appeared
to attract their attention particularly.
They perfectly astoundcd whcu told tho price OF
come of the most expensive Billy exclaimed Eight
hundred dollars nand turning to his followers informed
tb, m of the amount in their own language.
Whe tins store they received Invitation 20 visit
that Of Messrs Tiffany Co jewellers the opposite
ide and went over accordingly They we're not 80 much
ftyuck By the beauty Of the artloes here might be
supposcd ond paid very little attention TO ANYTHING
cept some splendid diamond rnaa, which they al ad
mirsd A lady's dressing case, handsomely furnished
in silver gilt excited their fancy too and they
examined the various articles Of the toilet with
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