Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-12-28

rHteeh Andlah BOYS ON their Way to the
Hampton School.
Washington National Republican, 2l:
The air Of staid quiet which usually
hangs over the fremont house was
broken last night by the arrival of fifteen
Indian boys and girls en- route from far
ton, Va : t'ue purity, IN tnafgt III ne,.
Mr.. Riggs, arrived on the 8: :25 Baltimore
and Ohio train. At the depot they were
met by E. B. Townsend, special agent,
who took them to the hotel, their rest
ing place for the night, Mr.. Riggs con-
tinulng his journey to New York. The
party, with the exception of. a married
man and bis wife, are all young, their
ages ranging from to 20 years. Nine
of them are girls and six are boys. They
are all intelligent-looking, and as they
sat in the parlor waiting to be taken to
their rooms, their bright, piercing eyes
every new article of western civilization
the same. In appearance they are about
middle height. with large prominent
features and thick, matted, black hair.
They are dressed in warm garments, cut
according to regular civilized ideas; the
girls in red and black plaid shawls and
red wollen hoods, their dresses being of
plaid fabric. The majority of them are
from the lower Brule (Dakota) agenc y,
and three of them from the Cheyenne
river agency-all being Sioux. The only
one of the party who speaks English is
William Beanist, bright intelligent
looking young man 20 years old. he
can neither read nor write, but speaks
English remarkably we'll, using good
language and displaying very little 60
cent. In answer to the reporters in.
quiries he said he was q Cheyenne river
Indian. He picked up English at the
agency, and found it pretty difficult,
taking him seven years to learn. He
said the journey was very pleasant, but
without any special incident. As none
of the party had ever been away from the
agencies before the journey was of great
interest to them, and was one continual
surprise from beginning to end. The
girls seemed very much pleased at the
prospect of going to school. although al
first they were little "blue'' at leaving
home, but they soon got over that and
then were in, good spirits. Beanist
said his tribe always got along we'll viii
? the whites, never had any trouble viii
/ them, and were happy and contented or
I their reservation. His father is engaged
: in freighting, one of his brothers is farm
> ing on claim, and the other is at worl
!. at Standing Rock agency. The married
woman mentioned above-Ida Rincoun.
. tre-is remarkably handsome. She is
about 10. slightly above medium size
: with graceful form, inclined to be "chub.
by" She has an oval face with olive
complexion and pair of brilliant black
hair is jet black, and hangs in q graceful
braid down her back. In her arms she
: carried "papoose" q few months old
who crowed as loudly and pulled bis
I mothers hair with as much glce as any
!. fashionable white baby could have done
! Several OF the ladies boarding in the no.
. tel passed very complimentary remarks
= about the woman's beauty, and one said
3 that if properly fixed up she would Gre
ate sensation. Her husband is q la,ge
: stolid man, who never moved q muscle
= from the time he entered the building
y until he retired to the privacy of his owI
apartment. Another little shaver, {
youngster about 8 years old, with an un
pronouncable name, attracted much at
tention. He is quite pretty child ant
- seemed to be much struck with tn
charms of d young lady who was IN tn
n parlor. Maj. Townsend said the part,
70 will probably go to Hampton tonight
" they con catch the boat. Before leavinl
l. they will be photographed in group
r They were selected from among the chill
n dren of tho agency because they ahowe
d desire to 60. They will remain a
q Hampton three years and then return t
a their own people. The names of til
ir party arc as follows: William BEAMS,
n Edna Traversie, Felicia Revers (Chey
8. e1ne Tiyer agency Manakie kiniiation