The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-27
The Indians in St. Louis.
rnEIR yEArs AT rnE rAp1E-AN NrE

THEIR YEATS AT THE TABLR-AN INTER.
VIEW WITH SPOTTED TAIL, "a
The St Louis Democrat contains the
the following account Of The recent visit.
Of Spotted Tail and bis companions to
that city:
"At dinner Whitewash.in.his. Eye call
ed TO him waiter, who said 'UghP as q
delicate compliment, and handed him o
bill Of fare. The chieftain pointed TO the
first item and said, 'Ughr The waiter
said 'Ugh' and returned with cup Of
coffee. Now, even though q cup Of coffee
is a good thing, 1t Is hardly meal for q
man. So the brave said 'UghP again, and
pointed TO the second item. The waiter
said 'UghP retired, and returned with a
cup Of green tea. A third interchange
Of UghsE resulted in cup Of black tea.
and . fourth In . cup Of mixed tea. In
despair the brave uttered an angry 'ughl'
that made the waiter turn pale, and
pointed 10 the last item on the bill, eyi-
IDENTITY being anxious to get as far away
from the teas as possible. The waiter
faltered 'UghP and hurried back with
tumbler OF iced tea. %.
1.-THE Others, warned by the example
and late oil their comrade, attacked the
bill OF fare in mediaS res. One struck
pay eat under the head 'broiled,' and
had an abundant II not varied meal OF
mutton chops, veal outlets, broiled chick.
en-, pork chops, sirloin steak, porter .honse
steak, Boston steak, &c. Combining their
information, the remaining members Of
the party wandered over the bill Of fare,
taking every division by starts, and none
OF them long. The results was eminently
satisfactory 10 the aboriginal stomach,
which Is capacious and has no prejudices
as 10 the succession and relative proper
tons Of soup, ash, game, entrees, boiled,
roast, game and dessert, One cratic
brave owed his matutinal diStension to a
judicious compound Of: /, coffee; 2, cante.
lope; 8, ice cream; 4, Irish stew; 8, steak;
9, Worcester.sauce; 2, mustard; 8, melon;
0, tried potatoes; 10, mackeret; II, Ora!
ham bread; 10, iced tea; 10, fried eggs;
IA, sliced tomatoes, and, 10, buttered
toast, and bis bosom was rent with emo.
ton when he found that the waiter shook
his head when the line "a Guests having
friends to dinner will please give notice
at the office e, was indicated.
yesterday afternoon the Democrat re-
porter waited on Hon. Spotted Tail TO In
terview him. Mr.. s. T. was found in his
room reclining on an elegant velvet
tdateuE. He wore crimson.silk dress.
ing gown, patent-leather slippers and a
velvet skull cap. His form Is massive
and vigorous, and his countenance open.
The distinguished gentleman from Da.
kota having uttered gutteral Ugh 7 in.
sptred probably by sight Of the report
ers closely shingled hair, the following
conversation took place:
'Reporter-Are you satisfied with the
result of your journeys 81 ra.-t
Governor Spotted Tail-Smoke-all.
the.Day is great brave. He will take
care Of his children. He will give us
guns and gimlets. His chief, Little Phil,
is not like him. He hates the red man.
He gives him guns, but the right end is
not first.
"RepOrter-Whst is your opinion of the
contest between Grant and Greeley :?
Colonel Spotted Tail-SmOke.a all the.
Day is a brave; he has seen foes; his heart
did not melt. Squash.with.the. Short.
Horn is woman. His tongue is loud.
Brown. Crab. ith-the.soft.shell loves the
tire.water. His knees are weak.
"Reporter-1 gather, then, from your
conversation, sir, that you do not eat
crow? Ell = t 9al
cdr. Spotted Tail--Na.na, the sheep,
eats the grass. He.he, the ass, eats the
thistle. The red man eats the partridge,
Wanawan; he does not eat the crow,
Caw.caw. The great spirit took Cav.
cav, the crow; he painted him black, that
he might work in the dark and not be
seen. He made his bill sharp to tear. he
made his eye keen to see a foe. Hemade
his wings strong to fly. Il q warrior eats
Caw-caw, the crow, his spirit will go into
him. The warrior will be black, to do
work that is not clean; he will be sharp
to tear the prey; he will be swift, to fly.
Spotted Tail and his tribe cannot eat
crow. r-. ....
"Reporter-How do you like our city
"Maor Spotted Tail-It is a good town.
Little Skunk Chicago is not SO good
Heap squaw, much scalp. 10
THE Democrat reporter finally arose
and took his leave Professor Spotted
Tail assured him that the Democrat was
his layorite organ, and desired to have it
mailed regularly. ltmade no matter by
which mail it went, as they captured a
mail train daily" a.-aHr,
tinv or coro;dorohIo uooI,. ., r..