The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-07-12
The Fourth q, HixhIaud.

The morning of July 4th, 1877, one of those
bright and lovely mornings over which fond memory
loves to linger The most of our people were up to
welcome the glorious orb of day, he from be-
hind the eastern hills.
About eight o'clock in the morning, the long dele
cations began to pour in from the East from the West
from the South, and from the North We did not ex-
peet the Hon. d. w. Wilder, Hon. S. c. Pomeroy,
Gov Geo. T. Anthony, and ]. C. Crosby. A piece of
artillery had not been obtained and did echo the
cry of freedom from early dawn till dewy eve. But
they came, one and all! Music by the ton, Fun by
the acre! Flags and bunting by the Township! Kan
sas string band! No sack for heavy purse.
No climbing the Hayes and Tlden poles, well greas
ed, for . fat pig! No foot races! No wrestling
matches No grand parade of q company of fifty sol
diers in the old colonial uniform! Not q drunken
man on the grounds But we did have q grand and
glorious old farce, in the shape of war-dance by
Sacs and Foxes dressed in their grandmothers petit
coats, for the occasion
The officers of the day were, B. S. Campbell Presi-
dent; F. J. Close VicePresident; A. Leigh, Marshal.
At 9 a. m, the people began to assemble upon the
ground, lovely grove the farm of Col W. p.
Back, one mile east of the city. The whole of the
Iowa and part of the Sac tribe of Indians were up
on the grounds where 200 lbs of beef and 200 oaves
of bread, with coffee and sugar, issued to them
ner, in true primitive Indian STYLE by roasting breil
ing and boiling their meats Some of them exhibited
signs of civilization, by having dishes, knives and
forks; but in their eating, they exhibited greater
skill and dexterity by the of their fingers than
that Of forks The exercises of the morning were Wis
itng and taking notes in the culinary department of
the sons and daughters of the forest. At noon the
baskets were brought out, and n general onslaught
was made upon their contents.
Professor TOtson, the celebrated organist regaled
the vast audience with vocal and instrumental music
which was highly appreciated. At ], p. m, the
speaking commenced, interspersed by music by the
Cornet Band The speakers were, Rev. s. NJ Irwin
he spoke in the Indian language, which was interpret
ed by the Iowa interpreter, Kirwin Murray. He was
followed by Tar-ra-ka ian Indian chieftain); his
speech was also Interpreted He thanked the white
men for the kindness shown them, and expressed a
wish that his men should prove true to the old
Stars and Stripes His speech was received with ap
plause. Maj. Kent, Indian Agent, followed. His ad
dress was not lengthy, but full of beautiful sen
ment-l think, as fine an apostrophe to the old Flag
as ever heard b A. Seaver ESQ.,, followed, with
fine extempore speech which he concluded by recit
ing that beautiful poem, by J. Rodman Drake, "The
American Flag" which received with hearty
cheers. After which, the Rev. DIR. Cruikshank,
Charles Mussey, d. d, aud Rev. D. Kloss, followed
by well-timed remarks.
Among our visitors from abroad, noticed Rev. Dr.
Timothy Hill, of Kansas City, Rev. Henry Bullard D.
d., of st. Joseph, C. G. Bridges Troy Bulletin, Sol
Miller, Troy Chief A. G. Sanborn, St. Joseph Herah
Lon. H. Eddy, Hiawatha Dispdteh Col. C. Leland Jr
Louis Boder, F. X Armstrong, A. NJ, Judge r. VIII
kinson Sheriff 7. J. Vanderslice, Capt D. Mcintosh
Com. Highly, Maj. Chase, Lieut.. W. Mann, and Joe.
Craney, of Troy; DR. Hopkins Com. Fred Harpster,
j. Springer, c. n Devne, Esq, Sam. Meyer and Gov
Bird, of Severance; Maj Pryor Plank Capt Ben
Leach, Prof. Mason, Col. Ben. Tracy, Judge Ball. of
Iowa Point; besides hundreds OF others, whom time
and space forbid to notice.
The rarest and perhaps the most unique feature of
the day, were the various performances of the In
dians They danced their war dance, green corn |
dance, and bread dance. The war dance was per |
formed by the braves alone; their music, q beating
Of time upon bass drum, together with q sort of |
grunt, with occasional whoop. Their
ball play is not according to the rules Of tho American
baseball they choose sides, and have q wicket at
each end of the field and points in the game are won
by passing the ball beyond the opposite wicket In
no case can the ball be taken in the hand but must
be caught picked up, and thrown by q stick with |
little basket or pocket attached to one end Every
one seemed to enjoy their game but I did not uu
terstand the rules of their game felt timid about
cheering, for fear would cheer in the wrong place
The Iowas had Eve of their Chiefs with them. |
Their names and rank are follows: lst, Maya
rash, tneaning British mani; 2nd, Tohee "a little
potato); 3D. Aahhee a knifel; 4th, Kiegah (a small
animal) 5th Tarraka, tdeer ham, The last is their
,hief brave, the Of the famous chief Little Wolf
The widow of the Indian Chief. White Cloud, was |
With them She is the mother of Tcs sons two wives
also saw lessons mother. She is said to be lis |
years Of age Whether it be true not, don't know
Il will do harm. however, to beieveit- Take it all
N all, it of the best times ever saw ut lth
If July celebration Not jar, but everything pass
d off smoothly, and all seemed pleased. which the
many readers Of the CHEF who were there, think,
will join in with me in saying.
In behalf of the citizens of Highland we return our
thanks. Yours, &C., W. TREyETr, Sec,y.