National Republican., 1882-12-21
FIFTEEN LITTLE INDIANS
On Theiryvay from the Far West to Finisl
Their Education at Hampton.

The air of staid quiet which usually hangs
over the fremont house was brokon last night
by the arrival of fifteen Indian boys and girls
en- route from far Dakota to the training
school at Hampton Va. The party, in charge
of Rev. Mr.. Riggs, arrived on the 9:25 Balti-
more and Ohio train. At the depot they were
met by Major E. B. Townsend, special Indian
agent, who took them to the hotel, their rest
ing place for the night, Mr.. Riggs continuing
his Journey to New York. The party, with
the exception of married man and his wife,
are all young, their ages ranging from eight
to twenty 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 wandered round, lighting eagerly
on every new article ofwestern civilization and
evidently making mental notes of 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 wooden hoods, their dresses being of
plaid fabric. The majority of them are from
the Lower Brule (Dakota) agency, and three
of them from the Cheyenne river agency-all
being Sioux. The only one of the party who
speaks English is William Beanist, a bright, in
telligent looking young man, 20 years old. He
can neither read nor write, but speaks English
remarkably well, using good language and dis
playing very little accent. In answer to the
reporters inquiries he said he was a 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
| nol Surnrisn from hauinnipo tn and
The girls seemed to be very much pleased at
the prospect of going to school, although at
| 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 well with the whites, never
had any trouble with them, and were happy
and contented on their reservation. His
father is engaged in freighting, one of his
| brothers is farming on a claim, and the other
| is at work at the Standing Rock agency. The
married woman mentioned abOve-lda Rim
Countre-is remarkably handsome. She is
about 10, slightly above medium size, with
graceful form, inclined to be chubby" She
has an oval face with olive complexion, and a
pair of brilliant black eyes shaded by heavy
eyebrows Her hair is jet black, and hangs
| in graceful braid down her back. In her
| arms she carried a "papOose" q few months
old, who crowed as loudly and pulled his
mothers hair with as much glee as any fash
| lOnaDle WnlUe DaDy COulu nave uOne. sew
eral of the ladies boarding in the hotel passed
very complimentary remarks about the
woman's beauty, and one said that
if properly fixed up she would
create a sensation. Her husband is a
large stolid man, who never moved a muscle
from the time he entered the building until
he retired to the privacy of his own depart
ment. Another little shaver, a youngster
about eight years, old with an unpronounca-
BILE name, attracted much attention. He is
quite pretty child and seemed to be much
struck with the charms of young lady who
was in the parlor, Major Townsend said the
party will probably go to Hampton tonight
if they can catch the boat. Before
leaving they will be photographed in
group. They were selected from among the
children of the agency because they showed a
desire to co. They will remain at Hampton
three years and then return to their own
people. The names Of the party are as fol-
lows; William Beanist, Edna Traversie, Fell
cia Revers Cheyenne river agency, Wanakie
Kinijatiom, Ida Rincountre, James Rincoun,
tire, Elizabeth Kennedy, Wo-ye-ya, Ho-na'
ran-pi-win, Lily Fallas, Cank-fayahe- win
saynhawin, Wi-canr-pi-maxti-win Nowel
| Brule agency).