The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-09-21
A~BORIGINES AT HONE.
EllE SAC AND FOX INDIAN Tnr18s At
TAMA CITY. IOWA.

A 3enoose6oe v1A1es TheeRs pEaWee4vo Hono
ard sl3sSeaMy Describes W6as He Saw,
rte Red llaass Tspes-No Amusement
Maae h Fifty Years.
Nasshalltovn Ttmss.Rspublicanl
Indian Asent Enos Chen was kin enough 10
invite your repoete to accompany him On .
visit TO ths Indian camp some three miles from
Tams City. Iowa. thinking, no doubt. tie ten
dezfoot would go something new, and b. did.
This 10 not . reservation. The 6ae md Fox
tribes own some 1, too acrss. bought BY tbs Gov.
eminent for them some years aeo. The title
deeds being hold by The 0overnor Of lowe in
trust foe thoGn.
Az farmers, they raise corn and garden truck
with fair success, aud have some 5CJ bead OF
pouiss that have to shttt for thsensslve4. sum
nature supplies being fuinishsd them by their
owners: No cattle are on tho fasm.soines ay
it's against thsir r~sligion-and two hogs mako
At present thsy arc occupying their summer
residences, which ccnsi.t Of shlds without
chimneys. and the inside 10 genoruily one room.
hungry, and tho table 10 tho lap Of mother
cath. covered with Q u1atttnQ made by the
women nom the rushes on the river banks.
Stores arc unknown. schools they won't have,
and clothes are the combination soen when they
visit town.
When cod weather comes on, they move into
high, with an opening for the smoke to 60 out at
the top, and . hole to crawl into. In other
words, they live Is they did 100 yeare ego. per.
sigss, 81 &. . Isl more comforts in the way Of
AS We rode NJ. some three games Of poker
were going on, no -penny.ante" business, but q
limit was Cd. We heard tie continuous rorhd.
ing ofs drum from q cabin. and m inquiry
showed We were fortunate enough to be on hand
family was to adopt q healthy spring buck OF
twenty-five. years OF nge. Across the bottom
came The chiefs. who were invited p the NUN
Wv! W q 'xs;sss 9 So @'' sist asf 90 ''1 sesi.' 'nt :
s tiaia a aii; o:h lS;'' ws Ss'''e sSses.d Pe Nth s sea
s SisSki Id s saas n to ,ns srsss wa ioe e:m nnSMSs
Then tho drummer had called two assistant
musicians; A stick some three feet eight was
strsamers like a May role. aud the queen Of the
Mnys the adopted one, the prodigal, as It were,
toox his position near it, On the ground was
a aS:ae et %sss trask w and p as e si SssSs sisnas f's down. s0s on
the ground, around the table (D, they sat, and
the feast cominenced, let the devil take inc
keep a respectful distance. waiting for some.
thing 10 turn up. that is the bucks. They make
short work of II. and then tho women and chill.
d.. n gathered up the fragments and carried them
off ins:ds of them.
Old kick-'em Stiff, a youth of Il, with his head
shaved n In C%hinamsn, face painted. clothes re-
around tho MAY pole with u drum accompani.
ment very soon he began q double shuttle tho
sweet singers gave us. dundee. or something
gave ont, he gave q backward kick. the music
stopped and then Ii 8 Grafton commercial. Our
interpreter, said he was hu ting the Sioux. At
was doing something, and all Of u sudden lie
stopped. and gavs his battle ax to
Stricken p er, o 5O-vear,ola chap. vita his
head va s,'a ..cs up in once C e alaa rag q Time b eaq He
put the battle AK between his legs, played horse,
kicked up, bncked: and Went down. Interp.cse,
a good laugh. Indians included. Then he give
us a FREQ trade snee:h. as nearly Us your scriba
remember, mud handing the battle ak to the
~noliing, said nothing. bit gave it to the end
man, who asked some old chcstnuts. which We
gave up. and then tbs adopted one. covered with
tue calico from the May pole. gave each chief a
red rag, ind the show was over.
This visit hns knocked all Of the Fenimore
| Cooper business out Of the writer. He saw q
little fat Ialoose, with a stomach on him like Z
tour-wee ks-oM pig after drinking two gallons o.
luttermtlk.g get lighting mud and cry as natura
as any white baby over did. He heaxd these
digniaed noble rcd men laugh at and gny /.
bashful speaker equal to any students debatin:
society.. One of The speakers. The follow tina
| llnyef horse, was a perfect clown, uMl KEEP
chiefs. squaws, and papooses in a continual roa
of laughter.
Perhaps the most comical sight was an oil,
dance. with bells on his ankles, KILN. an
scalpins his imaginary enemies. all this in tn
mo- It approved style. aud wearing spectaclea
member little debts Of honor. Deputy Post
master Austin says It ia safe to trust them 70
a postage stnmp. Agent Gheen says they al
prcciate kindness. aud his successful work wit
them ia OH that plan.
Thirty minutes brought Us back to town, an
It THU, hardly ~ seemed seem sd, possible, thai within tire re
advanced p%erceptiblv. socially, morally, intel
l~ectually or financially, in fifty years.