, 1865-09-19

his conduct In that high ottcc, It can be said !
Of him, what can be said Of no other Speaker
that has ever gnioea mo sessiona OF me honse ss
ysS H. shat aa1espp Iy ~ ~ t,tS s1e.
have % frconently e m united 10 elect hin to oilIcs
by unanimous vote, the Democrats present.
Ing no candidate; and that every vote ol
thanks at the conclusion OF each session mas
been unanimous! -,
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49,
Interesting Account of Indian Dances.
1f.o,7e.nordence of ,he Chtcaco Tr1bunc.1,,
~ r. 1W..-,.os c.. a 1ac-
n. "; EpAs - ExFEDtIaoM, i.:e: sept ', usm iIuo
civilized nations delight In dancing. The
Sioux hare their dances. The Scalp Dance,
f1cr tba rctu,n ofo sncrcssfn1 war marty "a
~. ~, I'm, nv, f,r aora and evcn wreta nnd
o4tsu Asps ~ ~. u ...4. .''
docs not ol1ef natetiauS noA o'nc1 I.oes ~
Indians. It has been too often described to
need attention at this day. The Horse Dance
ia ,,ert,r,nca before po5n7 ont to steal horses.
~ .st,,.of = ...eeossft,. torsa-s, calm,
M1e tno 1e'uin =! 0o.eeeSio4 n"4
expedition, md often when TWO oands meet
for feast. In performing the Horse Dance,
each abraye', who takes part In tho dance
bos a,o,,nd b1s bodv az ,nany lariat, as be has
nus u ouuo n'o ~ ~ D-asgts. ~ -,
stolen horses, anu III Pe3'of'nmss my nno u
dances every Indian wears as many feathcfs II
Lis head-genr as he counts COOS. Tho count
I'M, of rons IA res,ulatea among The Sioux as
ta9,ous. We vi, snnnoso case in i1lustra-
.oiio"s, Nv "AA 'Afp'os ~'1s :,
tion. Five men 20 out TO fight or steal
horses, and one Of them shoots IN enemy, but
the other four get to the fallen man first and
strike him: they count one coo each, while he
who shot counts none. Killing bear counts
one, capturing gun or bow and qulVcr
counts one, ana also capturing morse counts
one coo. Big Head," Yanktanai ch1cf, who
tell OF the Ice and killed himself IN the winter
Of 1868 !, counted more COOS than any other
ono Of the Sation-he counted seventeen.
The Medicine Bear" anofher chief Of tho
same band, nov counts more eoos & than !.a any
Crow Indians, some clcven or twelve years
!. ago, he was shot through the body, bnt after
wards killed The one who shot lfm, md also
another who was with him. His wound WIS
very severe: and has nevsr healed up.
sun-dnnce, and d description OF 1t viii no
t1o1,ht he IF Interest to the general reader.
This dance IS also sometimes called the
heart -doncc and l. generally performed
IN :Jn1c1 large lodec Is Greeted bF planting
nosts in t1,c rroifnd seven OF ciebt feet part, ii
c;scte - tl.irtv ~ fartv feet Il 1iameter Ieav
y. ~, - ~ e,st sdc a,ons tTc-,tv
~ ~ ~ ~ ,s,ia ~ -,,.n+a1 T., thn eaI
tsc r"ffcrs t,aJ oF lnf1m, noies arn tco fas.
td -. ~. .a,,t,o ,,oiS AZ ortcnJcd ont-
%ard osct ts IS .in 1a, sides G,ra9
skns nauG tne' ~. pu" aha aidn - tb"iaa"o
Eelher Mt.n siIw ~ .ns ~ 1aao a,te ~ ~ ~
lhc snEg' ~. sas, .us sfssat. 49,.
aangga, VIII tat ai5 c'ha "RJ hcis ~
cral Indians Deat WIN G!nos; oeu o. Tasss ses
IS prepared In tho norm sidc o. ths lodse
With posts enont @ easnt 'tet 81 n,gn; I~1 tha se.
~ ONE cnu ot tai5 pcu a4!u WV ~ tlc 9tuet'
Az me pfepafetaons oclnss "ao" toe oa"'e
beEDs ut sunrise.
gn1 t,o.o q, taesa .ar a;nbi ts Ts++icf
Ianktonf, ana lnete "e5e s. e!Hnt WIZ pas'ls., ae
pated In thds dance. sometimes tneIe arc
more and sometimes less. Il seens 1o oe ala IN
imitation into tho 919ne,neat paoa, Ino
dancers stand IN stngic noet MeiaS ING sun
and looking directly nt 4 Hlth @ q VIII, ca1ar
est stare, nt the same tirdo keeping up sleaay
jumping. up and down; this Is kept Up tor
| several hours Ihey nlso nave 2 ehoft pone
| whistle In their mouths and bloW enort;
quick blast ot ercrs hIGn,Lh snoy I1 .t,at.
anu a1ssssu ~ t1y Eye ~ agtu ~ thaz tas,s
hIls nahus hyc,, ,av ipiend as oariuas ~ H.
tnn'Es, "tn n.1ns - e1i.e - s,e she
tna 70 &c naue t a. so. 'nmrs tS .ou a. ans
el1 " ps' III ~ KS ~ aTshn nr,e9
anu lAc shna ~ III ~ .s,1aa y. ~ eess
.uuEs nu W. se snst r,w rnor,entfe Sho., thcr
n.,;n a., cnaa1t n IN. aancs ss hsforc Th,;e
fEs lance is carried on I'M sundown, when
4 $1,ot- rra$ fn$ 1nr tT0n $krT%$ $n~A
.'sc1, ffor NJ tic st,r coes aro1t,,i 10 tha xrst
| INe line yrhee1s fo The Ti~ht1 and NJ snnt7oTn
t1,er mn facinr IL thc Trsf, fo thc rnst and
rn1c NJ ti,c mnnn. Thesr dances nenern1lF
snnf,nue fnr ftyn fInys md onc rf~ht and offcn
for throc daTs. and that. loo. Tithout food.
friai Of conrnee and endurance OF paiu,
Therc orn fTo in,1fnns. old wafritrs. who
! ofIfcIafo os mnsfery II Tho ceren,ony. .6nd while
lie dancers arc having q short rest, these two
men. Wtthont word Or apparent AfEu, seize
one Of thc dancers with great determination,
throw him down on his back upon the bed Of
lenycs hefoFo described. They both seize the
sEfn IN one s]t1c ~ Il;s trcast VIII The thurnb
ond flnrer. and pfnch il M tt]l ii forms sharp
ridre. Then narrow. sharp-poInted knife Il
rnr through, making q hole about .three-
fourths OF m Inch fonr, Through this u
strunr string made Of einew is passed, mi,
made fast 70 short piece ri mood about
three inches long, md the other end Of the
string Is made fast 10 leather thong, which
is fastened to the top Of one Of the poles be-
fore described. They then proceed to insert
another string On the other side Of the breast.
The man fs agaIn seized and turned upon hle
face, and two thongs arc fastened into holes
made On each side of the back, and fastened
10 the top Of the two poles standing at 'tbe
head Of the bed of leaves. The candidate fs
then liftcd upon his feet, aud tho balance hay.
ing been formed In line again, the dance be.
ri1s. The ore thus tied IN begins to dance
by advancing and retiring alternately. unit
| skin. Here the dance Is carried on with the
ereatest possible rIgor: The one tied pull
harder and harder on the strings, sometimes
throwing his whole weight npou them, tn
tho flesh gives way. He IS then conducted tt
seat in the back Of the lodge. With the bal
same thInv IS gone through with on anothcl
candidate, until aIl have proved that they
l
haze strcng hearts,''
They. sometimes have one or moro WIZ
choose to have one OF two Of the strings in
serted second time.
short time, when all ends with big feast {, .