The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-19
TONE.
Tin Wedding Celebration Of Sha-
vanO.

Bill Nye.
Last evening q very enjoyable af:
fair took place at the residence of
Shavano, on Yaller-dog avenue. corner
Of Coyote street.
Yesterday being the tenth ami.
versary of the nuptials Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ShavanO, invitations were given
to all the bonn ton Utes ON the re.
servation to be present at the tin we'd
ding.
Arrangements were made also for
the attendance of the PapOOse string
band, and refreshments to be furnish.
ed by the Ute Delmonico, SlimJim-
With-the- Chawed-Ear
At an early hour the palatial wig
wan was ablaze with government
candles, and candelabra made to re.
present antique oyster cans filled with
hot lard and lightened by means of a
cotton rag of the time of Henry VIII.
So perfect was the imitation that the
eve was deceived at once by the rus.
tic device.
Ranged about the spacious tepee
were settles, consisting Of quaint bnf:
falO robes artis;ically decorated in the
rude art of the Indian with buckskin
fringes and Michael Angelo Aeas.
Here and there from the walls
might be seen aboriginal sketches Of
Moses in the bull-rusies, and oil paint
ing taken from peach cans of the
time of Queen Ann. Costly tapes.
tries Of Orientrl cobwebs, and smoke
tanned frescoes, with here and there
a dash OF color laid on with a master
hand, and done in oil and axle greases,
were everywhere seen.
In the full blaze of the resplendent
candlelabra, and the fragrance from
tie tro ical ham which shed its soft,
stduc. We OdOr upon the ravishing
ens,s, the scene seemed like vision
OF ivveliness taken from some fairy
tale.
Shortly after s o'clock, the guests
began to arrive, and before 8. all the
able-Dodied Utes Of the reservation
had gathered within the hospitable
corral of Mr.. and Mrs. Shavano.
The fragrance seemed more and
more seductive as the multitude of
guests became more numerous.
At last there was a wild burst Of
music from the Papoose string band,
and the warriors Of the party each
gayly secured a partner and began to
dance like the man who steps on a
carpet-tack in the middle of the night.
Toward midnight the prompter, Red
Dog With-a-P eeled-Snoot, announced
that the gentlemen would secure part
ners for scalp quadrile. On FORM
ing. however, it was found that no
scslp had been provided. The leader
of the orchestra, however, stated that
he knew where one could he obtained,
and would only detain them for few
moments. He came hack in a short
time with a presiding elder who had
come to the agency for his health.
1t wasn't very good scalp, but
time was precious
The costumes were striking, yet in
expensive. Shavano was wrapped in
thought. His wife was clad in the
same simple costume. The envy and
admiration of the evening was the
costume of Soft Eyed Centiped. a
cross-eyed half:breed maiden with q
complexion like an old calf skin
pocket-book. Her complexion and
the scar of once fragrant boil on the
back of her neck constituted her COS
tune.
Old Goggle-Eyed Pestilence wore a
gold collar button tied about his neck
with a piece of brocaded bacon rind.
His son, Prairie-Dcg with-a-stomach-
like-a-grist-mill, wore a pair Of red sus-
penders, but, later in the evening, he
removed them to show that he was
not proud.
The bill of fare for the past even
ing repast, as near as can be remem-
bered, was: