, 1879-04-09

II Is rEectel woodnn towering varying from lhr
ff:l 81 kcnhrl 10 tl,at nj nj Sr ftl rtn1n,.
.'rIcfr anlsiscaenss consist largely nf dances
Entnbc4
They have wha. Is called pipc dance, Mt
Which the guests are 80 overcome with rcncr.
ostty and gratitude to Their host inr thr ftn
afforded, suppose, that they will preErAt lllfn
With ponies md oter ovi1ences ut their regard.
It. Agent Is taking steps to hrenk ~ this pra:-
tlec, untl now returns tt,s gifts, making uhetn
what tho children call ''fnjun Ercrs.H
An iHrtnMAHr
was hullt by Government appropriation Botne
yenrs ngo, but NJ funds havc ever f,tc gtycl, 10
carry OIL thu object for whiel It WAS huht.
There Ia ais 4 block.hnusu That ,asct to be re-
aorted T. n times Of danger from Sioux inra-
sL:. 1t Ia set npart A. a Jail, hut Ar. Vor9
told nc that during his rcstiGncc llufe he l!atl
Ind t"rn*ton TO uso II but once, atsd tlen II hu
Ut nil.
Tl,cr clo.hing is generally for the men, sltiftst
t,rcrectouts, muccasjl,.. mn, Il b}nrkct; the
wo;nen wcnr 1ackct. skirt, lccgihs, lnorcasins,
nnti blanket, ntzhugh, quite II nlin.ber Of tho
Indians nrn wcart. tite cluthlg Ut tho whites,
nntt lHure would To 10 II ab!r.
AN INptAy's i,1Er
consists nf brca.I, meat. vegetables and saunw-
corn, ruastca! in ise ht,sk. They arc yrry fond
ot onions. aud OF all ncAts, nrc!cr " ncc, ten-
der, fat1youp. dog. a gentleman was te1lal.
.ne this e:cnE Of having stoppc.t Mt an InFan
tcpcc quite hungry, anil was l.cpcd to wat Ilc
supposed WIS lamb, until going tiuwn 10 the
bnttoIn of thu pot IT, TIE head Of the 'loe was
nell. 1t Is raist that tl.e lata Col. fillmore, of
| Chtrago, alncl with SArpy, md complaining
ilnt M t1,"ls vas rather tough, WIS told tisat
asonnE one. The Coloncl's tnwards gayo wny
| mt this. Tho jUiic was, however, ilGit II wns
renlly plccc uf mutton. Sue!l is Imagination.
Thy Indians aFe named utter animals ur birds,
fER%r i%rft}
tsal'slati2ns: Nh: Shs. .ztng-ha ti'rntr.c Cltckrn),
sllu1lEa.skala tSVhlto tlorseA A.,lngai,.azhA
| !pt!1es skunk}. Wa.s,hba- rnngst (.Ig black
Bear}, fn1,,gazhinEa tl4lttic Bulb
| THE 1tisTollr Of THE o.iAffAs AND roNcAs,
Originally they werr orc tribe, but uwiI,g to
| .riilEng dtilicnlts tic lonens wcrc separated
y Dakota Terrisnry. This, am told, was oycr
100 years a,o: The onlalms were removed 10
| Nell. From themes to tc mouth OF the Logan,
Just north Of thcir present reservation, and
afterwards to l'elierue. twenty miles south Ut
present reservation. During this time tho Po:,.
cis remained til Dalsota. But about two wears
ago the Government concluded to Pit tic Spot
ted Tail Sioux upon the Dakota Reservation, and
removed tl!c Poucas to t1e lnltan Territory.
| Before doing this ,hey sent some OF The Poncas
TOWN Hlilicr the prGtext that they should 1nok
over The ground and sec ii t!cy liked IL; hut
when they got there they wcre refused trauspnr-
!
afont, cot MS far ms TIC Otoc3, near LlMcD1n, Aul
stopped there. footsorc n1l weary, 10 rest, and
then came back us fnr rs the Omaha Reservation,
and thcncc 70 the tonca Aue,tcr, md rcportcl
that they did not like tho cOuntrT. Finally they
were deceived Into Entu:, buck, III spite Ut lrir
opposition TO the chanrc. Many scErncl u,,tl
lietl on t!i Journey, ai'd tl'u climate was 20
different tlaat Eo0n ny many as 160 III nll died,
| anl they lost licarly oil VI their pouics.
STANDING BEAR
nUi1 4 few others wore finally a1Io,yed tn m tn
Washington to see the Great Father, as they
! eAlIrd the prusidcnt. anll, whilst there. permits
sion was sFanted 1f!em 10 select any nnoccupied
ther got sick; the country was hllv os rocky,
aud they coull not tantent themselves III tint
latitude, so nbo,t thirty concluded to go north.
year. md. tnakinSa wide circuit, rcnc!,cu tho
Onnla Reservation the Sd OF Marcl,. Tie
O;nnhas received them cordially, md, Us tl,cy
had more lll!d ttsan they could cultivate. wcro
tntegtnarglaEo they wesu likc tiu sllne Indians,
tho Chief himself beEl,y lnlt Ou,alln. On thc
Gid ot March, Lieut.. Carpenter an,l Rvo soldiera
arrived ut thu Agency to take them bacls. No
tcststance Was offered, With one exception.
wAn WE KA Cus1IA
(Long, Aftor) wns sick, mud hls wifo was sick,
and when the Lieutenant, ind hts soldier, md
ono or two OF the osuahas came to him, niau tho
interpreter told him what was waited, hc
jumped to hts toet nnd sail he would rather 10
| blot than taken back. 4 C1,n Wns placed to his
head. but he never f6ltrlled. III was ilnaily
| bound anil taken to tiIa AgelIcy. Ar. Yuru
sGnt two Of tho O,nallas to tho other poncaH,
aud i!!eY camu In without ,rcsistnrcc, although
they htEgeu to be allowed to remnln. They
wcre tnkcn In wagons to Oma!m, wlcrc cUu1l-
eli ayas held with Gen. Crook null stroug efforts
nre bolllg nude to Induce t!IH Srcretnry Of thu
Intur!or to permit them to rc,l,uin With thu
ulltahas, rather than tuko them baek to cegtalu
tlcnth.
This IL 4 cnso that demands tho sympathy Of
nil. 1t vii! bu cruelty tn send this l,unIfnl Ut
hus have over s00etU acreH IN their reservation,
A,nl under cultivation only $500, mud tan wuli
sparG enough tor their old friends nutl nctgti-
burs, the Poncls.
trust tlmt yolr readers nlny Sud something
Of interest III this long irstcr, .e lnnterlol for
Which haYa been to SONS pains to nhtuin.
| Z. T. SualwALT.
P+a.-1 iuclt,sc
| LETTER FROM C. r. MORGAN,
an Omaha, whu Is Interpreter for tie Indtnns.
You call tlse 1t Il You wish. At any rate, you
ca,l ecu i,ow well Ills l,Ias ran learn to wfitc,
Ihis specimen white i,nls lceI not blush for:
OasnA. Sub., Ansii y, la7il-My l,EAn WIRE:
ath wnrxant hard for t,le Omnibus Is i,ontus lo4il.
mn trying my iscst to liays fonGaa n,nved M rru.
tho !atllhM Territory mn Ill city Editor tt,nahn
Herald nnco We ncn.' Telegraph 10 Washington
tn llHse runea+ tslIs Poor 1nd!nnA nya crying be-.
| canrn tlry gnHs on down tntan 'rprstury but
| hir. nonnully hAI Gonplo church minlstErs antl II
Lawyer anu city officers Olala i,anny this lii
TIL Wednesday evening General EroUk toll! rnu to
btly ailli ECU how u 4ul: tu turn INT. GaH IN !!
CHURCHES last night talking nlIont f'oucas they
few war.s ton Alhoycthns ,hc1o was !. U5Il men
Wi! bo home thuFsday evening" inur huspund
| 4 + LtoHaAN