The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-11-14
INDIAN YOUTHS AND NAIDEy>.
The Delegation That i, GOing 10 De
Sent To Sehs0l AZ trovrrument EN.
pen>e.

Capt. Pratt. oI the Init,-rl states
Army. YESTERDAY brought to Baltimore.
from Dakota. fort whine Indians. whose
ages range from twelve tu twenty
Years. all of thein en route tn he gov
eminent normal school II Hampton.
Va They rtsiche,l camden station I,,-
fore noon. and went directly tu tile.
steamer Carolina. of the oil Bay Line.
which departed last evening for Nor
walk All the young Indians viii he
sent To school for three wears. Thir-
teen of the party are ReeS. from Fort
BerthOld, and the others sans Are
SlouN. OF Cheyenne, Crow Greek. and
Standing Rock agencies. The ReeS
We're a rather wild locking company.
WITH long black hair streaming IN the
wind. ana wearing miscellaneous
clothing, including blankets. thrown
over their heads. rho Sioux looked IL
II they had enjoyed more of the com
forts of civilization than their brothers
ReeS: they were better clad. and some
Of them We're cOInely Nine are girls
who were all dressed in loud cOlOrrl
raiment with red shaWlS. One little
Indian maiden of twelve summers WAS
interesting enough to cause one Of the
steamboat officers IO remark that he
would like 10 adopt her. She looked
really like bank note VigneJUp. The
Sioux boys Were, as regards dress and
general behavior. quite up To the aver
age of many Lads To he met with every
day among civilized people. An had
lived on reservations four or five wears,
and the Sioux have some education i'm
their native tongue. But one. how
ever, can talk English, 4 lad Of seven
teen. SON of White Bull. Sioux chief
This boy had been adopted in white
family, and has received two years of
public school education at Lima. @.
He was neatly dressed, polite and af-
fable, and it need not take IL question:
er long to find that John RObb," the
name he has taken from his benefac-
tor. is Il young gentleman. \
little hOOdlum. all smiles and
capers. was next introduced aS
Charley White Bull. brother Of John
RObb. Charley looked Us though he
could enjoy the same kind of fun that
white BOYS are fond of. John RObb
said their father and mother are living,
and they expect to return to their
parents al. the end of three years. One
of the ReeS is a son of NO Heart
chief. Many have been given English
names, such as George Fisher, Charles
etc. Magnificent white
teeth, glistening like pearls, i'm the
mouths of girls and boys alike, lent at
to their not unpleasant
faces. To the observer the conclusion
WAS irresistible that 'ncle Sam has in
these wards of the nation some excel
lent material out of which to mold Use
full men and women. During the
afternoon some of the Young Indians
visited the Maryland Institute Fair in
different parties, while others StTOllpd
about the city seeing the sights. Some
Of our street urchins, who followed
them with war hoops and yells, after
dime novel models, need Il little ciVili-
ZatiOn too. The Sioux do not belong
to the tribe of which Sitting Ball is
chief. The party left Dakota eight
days ago. Capt. Pratt, it will he re-
last year took through
Baltimore anumber of Indian warriors
who were sent home To the far West
from Florida, where they had been i'm
priSOmed by the Government.