New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-28
SUNDAY ~ TEE WIG TAM.
THE INDIAN ESCAuPMEST AT ERAsTiNA INVADED
by CROWDS OF siGHTsEEgs.


by CROWDS OF siGHTsEEIs.
The poor Indian. into whose untutored
mind the good missionaries have nstei the idea that
Sunday is = day OF rest must have suffered severe
shock yesterday in the erence- OF the first Sund az
Eras;ina. II isn't often that the American public has
chance to real Indian will ee or the small sum OF
10 cents with pleasant ride by boat and rail thrown IL;
and a large portion OF the New YORK public improved
privilege tho utmost yesterday. All day frantic
mob struggled for chanos to dfop ther dimes IN nj the
ticket offices OF the Staten Tssna Perry. still more
frantic mob fought for tile elusive campstol on the boats
and rushed for in the cars The somewhat less
frantic but sin eager mob got III At the station called
Eilum Park in the class langu Of the brakeman
and r,mred overd to Era-tpa, where the gates were
open wide and the living chapter fro Coopers prairie
novels could be read by him
The Indian generally overbur ened with mod
esy and the ride anG in the rrtnue OF
l,unalo Ii proved themselves no e,cepion to the rule
They could return stare Tor stare because IN" o'd-
too heavy AGAINST then so they cunenlru lhrn-
selves with ignoring the crowd Tn-n II aR , M r q"
Rocky Mountain accent. shading II on with ne atrSt
expleriye they haa pirked up from tue costoys The
Indian village under signing tres OF Erastila pre-
senrd curious mixture OF AMI conditions 81 men
Little copper -coored hsbes IN HE wood. to yea aot
with awks liz tn It they dragged on tbr gonhu
cs-ped III their dirty little hsts rhe rad boy OF re
plains whose hair knew not tne c"lnb ana oo ."o
innocent of soap. strntte about vi his nan Ia
he pockets Of his hest RID trousers Mr. Lo-thePoo-
indian stakes, chop ed wood an sacred the
youthful scalpt,kers ahodt by the tail OF thrlr KRIS
wandered too from the mairrnti WIZ"
Mranwl the biz ies ~ about in he 70" Is mum hlhg
prO-y nc,ntatiOns taught them by The ianilY m'Ihe
man. leaned up against convenient Zee ann sHri
thougntfuy toward TIE land ~ srt ne SIN whence
The attractions OF BuhsO Bills pay roll h'd drawn
them IT, the happy hsung grounds OF S,aiei l-'hn,l
The every puElng their hrais mo the
tents prOddirg the unrr-is Ing sfvag"s a hrr par
s,s and guyug the Indian youth WHOSE knO Nleh-n vi
curtin Ward slang qDe unequal 10 the tax 81 re-
plying While among ,he N all sroe' two tne a'rst
prOiGlts 81 cvlzatiOn, Irish policemen s"insih ttl
clubs and requesting the crowd to Keep on tue
Indians.
over ~ property tent. the matron OF the snow
posed frOntrrsman's wire. She leanr' tno eht
shaded her ~ - " ifh rr h"nu
AMI gael wst'ny towari the distant board lence ~
hud which husband had disappeared with his rusty
Ia ,dra ci-ar III MS hand
Not the least picturesque thing aboLt the camp u te
manner in which the are decorated Eich "iit
looks some nIng Ike the Siuir mindrd country ma
barn after i'm painted any where " penpir nave
-xooned down II. im-wais ell sndie. IN y"loS
Jackets white waiStrOst- ami baggy rOw-rr- are rope
sentrh nghiing wifh Fat and happr In litns ~ oil amy
coat ant top-ho II Impossible nut wcll-drvropei
hOr-es Win parasitic little all 'ators hanging I" then
France "a choice assortment OF draso ana
mud color-i t0rois.-. The chi OF nhnrr evidently
a Disciple Of the mpres-iOni-t coo II ne eau ne
bv efforts housc laintihg. Both ihll'u-
and COWBOYS seemed TO realize that u was IN" 7 asi
losruc day for many weeks aud they i'm rnyei ~ o
portunliIes as far the iDqustve crowd you'd let
hem