The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-04-17
The Indian Braves at tho Aston.

The Pawncc braves, seventeen in number.
are Gom,cicd at the Astor House, where the,
have been one week, and whore they have at
taCtCd great attention The, arc sayngc
set, so Cur a, looks go. Covered with trouhirs
Of tar battle field, painted and horriArd in the
highest degree, Covered with bras, rnAct,
and glass beads, and trimmed up like Lhr fig
urcs iu the windows OF the Kit enterprise"
loaded down with brass lcwciry and copper
ornaments. Their tomuhawks cou.rivc, Ike
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10 PAY. WITH them they smash up the faces
of their foes, and with them they smoke the
calumet of lricNdGhp. The head OF the tom
ahawl, is pipe, and the handle Is the stem.
into the bottom of which is inserted q small
tube, and through thi, the stimulus Of the to-
hacco is drawn. And the smoker has this in.
strumcnt ornamcnlcd with brass tucAs dry.
en- into the handle, aud hanging from it is a
bunch of bets oruamCutcd with ribbon, and
hr has music wherever he goes. Great crowds
of visitors honor these savage mon with their
presence. They occupy the large parlur known
rs the Webster pnrlor. Seventeen mattresses
are spread On the floor and on each one of
these a warrior rccliucs. The seventeen men
represent iour'theusand Indians near Kansas
and Utah. All these are braves, who have
left their clans and squawS behind them. The
most of their Ting is passed in doing, sleep
ing, smoking, stringinE their h,--tg, ornament
ing their persons with their savage fncrv.
and looking into TIE glass, For whole hours
the warriors will lay ON their backs with a
small looking glass before them, admiring
their persons, running their fingers through
their hair, adjusting their medals, and recpiv-
ing the impression that the person reflected
IN that mirror is one Of the finest looking
4ei!arFE iE tAe-r.-,rt-i
Large numbers Of ladies visit the rooms
and take great pleasure in distributing rings
and Jcwclry TO these sons of the forest and
as brass and glass are as acceptable to-thpm
as gold and diamonds, a paper of brass cur.
tam rings makes magnificent donation, and
costs but little at the hands of the fair donors.
The old chief had on his neck nearly twenty
strings of glass beads that could not have
cost less than than twenty cents; and he had
more than thirty rings on his. finger that
must have been worth by the package. ten
cents. When these gentlemen want to make
their toilet, they are not at all particular who
is present They consult their own feelings
rather than the presence of their visitors
about the matter of changing or adjusting
their wardrobe. One of the old chiefs was
on Saturday ovcrhauling his baggage to the
great delight OF large party of visitors, ma
ny OF whom were ladies' he put away his
feathers, laid up his head ornament, and dis.
posed of his trinkets on the right hand and
the left, and before any one was aware of il.
he took oil his clothes as coolly as he would
lay aside his pipe, and soon stood in the cos
tune Of Eden, save q very small piece of
cloth about his loins. In moment he had
that part of the room ,all,to himself Cor.
Boston Journal.