St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-16
They Take In Foreign Won
ders and Swell Cody's Pleth-
oric Treasury.
Judge Clifford Illustrates With
the Milk Pan That Stops
Both Sides.
The Republicans Responsible
for Delay in Action Upon
Statehood Bill.
cnecial TO the Globe.


WASHINGTON, June 15.-"John NJ.
Burke, u. So is registered at the Ma
tional. He was not in when called upon
but responded to a card by calling at
the GLOBES bureau. In the course of
conversation he said: 81 have just
come on here to call upon the president.
l had quite pleasant visit, and was de-
tanned by Mr.. Cleveland for some time.
Of course knew it was not proper for
me TO take up much of his time, so after
stating my business, started to go but
he held me there and kept me talking
for nearly half an hour"
''What was your business with the
PRESIDENT"
"Oh, came on here last week to see
him about some of our Indians, and have
come over again OH the same business.
You see, Col. Cody gave heavy bonds to
return the Indians to their reservations,
and he will do so next October. l came
on to report for him concerning the Pine
Ridge agency, and now about the
StandingrOck agency bucks and their
families. We intend to show on Staten
island as long as we are warranted to-,
by patronage, and then we will travel.
Buffalo Bill will bring us somewhere in
the Northwest section in September,
and we will turn over our Indians in
October. Then we shall 60 each to him
self for the winter, but we intend to re-
assemble and open up our Wild West
show in the spring. We want to make
arrangements for more Indians next
season."
'Will you be able to do so?"
II expect no trouble about it. Col.
Cody has always been as good hi
bond with the government. Gen. Sher
man made him chief of scouts in 1866,
and Gen. Sheridan made him head chief
of scouts in 1867. He stands well with
the war department, and all the officers
are his friends. Now, in these later
years he has made good record with
the Indian department, and | guess he
can get Indians as long as he wants
them, under bond to return them"
ION what theory does the govern
ment let him have the IndianS?"
''It is no longer theory. 1t is DEM
OnStrated that travelling with the In
dianS brings wholesome knowledge to
the people, and it benefits the Indians.
Now these fellows we have bad abroad
are better Indians and smarter Indians
than any others. They will tell to their
children and companions, and it
will be repeated all over the
reservations. what grand tunes
they had abroad and what wonderful
things they saw concerning the great
numbers. powers and science of the
white race. 1t will do them all good.
1t is like the kindergarten system of
training children. These Indians have
had object lessons of the greatness and
vaS.neSS of the world, and they have
seen that white Gcivilization covers
nearly all the whole EARTH"
But did your trip abroad do this
country any good?'
"Well, we are Dragging that it did
The English people never saw
ORIGINAL AMERICAN LIFE
before. They now understand what
sort Of life our forefatherS lived when
they came here, and they have seen that
some of US have lived that same kind OF
life. even unto this day. Our national
prowess has been exhibited by Buffalo
Bill and his white companions. Oul
riding amazed them all; and the Eng
lish people are all great horseback rid.
ers. Our rifle practice surprised them
and our athletic manhood taught them
that we are not to be SneeZed at. Be
sides, they learned that we are trainers
of SavageS, instead of being savages
ourselves. They found us to be all gen
tlemen, and some of us pretty we'll edu
Gated gentlemen, too"
Were the people you met ignorant
of American"
"The upper classes of the English
people can talk as intelligently concern
ing American geography, and the statu:
of the different states, as well as any o.
us can. They are posted. But the aver
age middle-class EngliShmen showed
that they had peculiar ideas. They
seemed to suppose that we were race
of people clad in buckSkin and fringeC
trousers. They affected to pity US, ant
were aStounded, some of them, to hea
Buffalo Bill and the rest of us whit,
men talking English. .history.to them ant
arguing national AFFAIRS, when we wer,
outside of the show. and going abou
rest Of the party, that we did a goot
deal of good missionary work over there
We opened the eyes of some tens O
thousands of our visitors on man,
points"
''Where will you spend your winte
when the show disbands?"
II have not made up my mind YET
/ may go to Dakota, or | may com
down here or some other Southern place
me best, but L can't say that like
any better than other men do. TIL
trip and the great ovations receives
have not effeminated our party, bu
like all other men who can afford
choose their own winter resorts, we wi
select for ourselves when the tim
comes"
"Do you know any people in th
Northwest"
'Well, you ask Gen. Sibley, or GeI
Terry. or Agent Mclaughlin, at Stan(
ing Rock, or the other agents at any c
the reservations. Ask Col. Lounsberry
or Gov. Ordway, or Gov. Pierce,
Judge Moody, OF NJ. H. Day, or any ole
timer in Minnesota or Dakota, or Ma
tin Maginnis and the others in Montan
and the other territories. and you wi
find that Maj. Burke is not tenderfot
out there Know 'em: why, bless yol
/ know everybody worth knowing OIL
in the Wild West country. And Buffa
Bill is statesman who is known a
over the world. He is Nebraska maj
and he chartered the steamer Nebrash
to carry us over the ocean. He did tn;
for historical continuity. so to speal
None of US are strangers to t'other sic
O the Mississippi river. We are a
Western men, genuine and all WOOL"
Maj. Burke is a Stalwart specimen
manhood, and as handsome as he
strong and supple. Excepting his broa
Drimmed white felt hat. he dresses