Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
TIE RKD mRN,s Ball.

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We had tho felicity Of being present
at the grand ball given at Piper's OPP
era House last evening By Pocahontas
Tribe No. 9, I. o. r. NJ. These noble
Piutes were present in full force, war
riors, sachems and sagamores. freely
and agrceably commlngling with the
women and maidens Of the pale face,
who made no serious objection to their
company. The braves were In their
best costumes, and not INDUCING In
the demoralizing fire-water, they were
on their good behavior and everything
was conducted In the most unexcep-
tionable manner throughout. Gold
Hill was we'll represented, carriages
being sent out In all directions to bring
the guests to and from the ball.
The TAsssrs
With the %parquette floored over to a
level with the stage, formed one spa
cious hall. The rear Of the stage was
walled with a large and finely painted
wild forest scene, representing the seat
Of the Modoc war, with the lava pits
visible between the trees, and scar-faced
Jacks impregnable camp In the back
ground. Roasted upon a tree In front
wasa splendid American eagle, holding
suspended In his talons a neat gilt
edged signboard with the words To Te
inscribed upon 1t "a sort Of conundrum
to US outsiders, as It was the wrong
end Of the house for the supper table).
On either side Of the hall were sus
pended finely dressed skins Of wild
beasts, and on the front. Of the dress
circle. where the orchestra was posted,
hung more rich skins Of the white bear
aud other game, decorated with bows
and arrows, war clubs, scalping-
knives, tomahawks and other usual
weapons Of the Red Men, fianked by q
vicious looking little stuffed cinnamon
bear standing on the right hand side,
and a huge stuffed California lion on
the other, measuring seven or severn
teen feet, we forget which, from the
end Of his savage nose to the tip Of his
rigid tail.
The Music
Was by Dreyfous, Elston and others,
and was done up In most spirited and
inspiring style. F%illebrown did the
calling.
Tho Drcsses.
Most Of the warriors ere distin-
guished by dresses principally Of
broadcloth, or similar material. and
showed to good advantage. And they
danced decorously and we'll, unless We
except the young chief, Bill-moO-nee,
who happened to get a little excited at
the wind-up Of one quadrille, when
"Lannigan's Ball" vas played, caus-
Ing him to branch out and execute his
native scalp dance in q particularly
vigorous aud skillful manner. We
noticed several Of the braves who In
battle had lost their scalps, yet had
escaped with their lives, healed the
wound. and were recovering their hair
by the use Of proper restoratives.
Ja-bee-whit.kum the grand sachem
Of the tribe, wore his topknot az nata-
rel, done in bears grease. Robes cut
to order. Attitude commanding. Cen
eral style, Piute. Looks a little too
fierce.
Andee-peez!ee, another noble brave,
wore his robe skirt cut Pompadour
style, with wampum buttons. His
general style was Shoshone. Toes out
too much In dancing.
Boba-lin-zee and Jon-ry.no, two as
piring young Sagamores, each wore
their hair crossed to conceal the loss OF
their scalps, and both had their moe
casins finely polished. Style OF each.
Modoc. Too sociable and popular with
the ladies'.
This is enough Of description to give
an idea Of the dresses Of the
Red Men. As to the ladies, they were
all tastefully arranged, and most of
them wore double scalps. Joking
aside, there we're some rich and ele-
CANT dresses and we could describe
them all right to \ dot, but refuse to
arouse any invidious Jealousy or envy
In the matter. Some degraded Jen-
kins would do this, but we won't.
Among the
Ladies Present,