The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-07-06
RUGGED IN DAv1D DAvxs,s OLoruEs.
The Piutes Get Apparel from Washinstea,
and Want Tracts Ouly from Boston.

The Piutes Get Apparel from washinssss,
and Want Tracts Oaiy from Boston.
AUSTIN, New, July 1.-The Pluto Indians
arc tho most successful mendicants In this
country. About half Of their food and all Of
their clothing como to them through charity.
They arc so harmless and inoffsnsive that the
white mans heart seems to warm toward them.
They especially imprsss philanthropists. and
for that reason most Bostonisns who sec them
In their native country Immediately resolve on
doing something for them. Several ladies and
gentlemen residing 1t the Hub have labored
long and zeslously on behalf Of these untutored
children Of the sagebrush. and the results have
been manifest here In numerous boxes OF
clothing. tracts. red hAnnes. and night caps.
While the red men appreciated all these gifts
fully. they found most OF the clothing too
small for them. and therefore not as service
able rs 1t might otherwise have been. A
Nevada Indian measuring six feet In his moo
casins and forty inches around the chest looks
little cramped In Boston mans suit. To
meet the emergency the Piutes resortod to all
Which would sos w on
side OF him cut the stoel-pen, appendage OF,
and Ss riprnEE the garment S up the back sewsd
abled him to wear the garment A. u sort of .
shoulder Cape but 1t was not as handsome rs
! was when some youthful Bostonian first
Vests ss,n Hre more sasiIy fixsd than anything
wurs in to
several days after tho arrival Of a oonsig nent
they had BEEN Supplied Every Flute feels f in
cam a eS1e ha
pen. that the white people know instantly
81 ass fsa
must have been soliciting In their behalf at
o':s,ns h'f Indians ssis VIC; sits sRe
%sni s1plsinsd that sSs dona nat "' sad
been received from the President. members Of
when this fact became noissd around among
no bounds, Chief Nachss got the nrst pick. He
good ias eo"a s a and look ID as THO sSonsh
more than two hundred pounds. Sons one Ia:
timated 70 Nafhes that that was President ,Is1
Hoased Neary ali the a cIothng was ~I sSitaSIs
| for gOod-sizsd men. and tho Indians without
excsnticn. picked for the biggest pieces. The
Tho streets with clothes many .sizss too
S"eAs Sa' h's .sas has
the Presidents clothing on. and some OF his
lie n rs SoEs sssn M sh se
CHIEF Magistrate. Chief Johnson got a pair OF
years them around. telling people that he and
| David Davis arc the same size. gsudy coat
| sleeves. Is pointed out on knock. kneed Pluto
| a. a garment once owned by brewster.
Every Indian has the original owner OF his
could not recognize the articles In any way.
| they would give the Piutes at random the
| namos OF public men who had sent them. Half
dozen red men are thus sporting pretty gay
suits. said to have been worn originally by Bill
| Chandler. and others are proud to narrats that
they have clothing once the property OF GEORGE
F. Edmunds. John A. Logan. William 8. Hol-
nan: q 3. Cox, Ben Egt l Chist Justice
| Tho size Of tho garments just received has
| given tho Indians q very exalted ide1 OF the
proportions OF the great men at the capital.
| and they are unanimously In favor Of continu-
| ing the solicitation for old clothing In that vi
entity leaving the Bostonians to look after
| their spiritual wants.