Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-11-30
SOCIETY AT STANDING ROCK.
Also Dress Dotiets from tho sioux
Social Centres.

Soiled Dog. who has spent a year il
Europe and the past season in the cas-
supporting the honorable William +.
Cody, late chief of scouts and histri-
onlc bronze rider from away up the
gulcb.
Soiled Dog returned in the early
morning ard at night soiree was GO,
up in his honor, including music and
cooked victuals.
Mr. Soiled Dog stood at the front
portal or flap of the tcpee. dressed in
evening costume. He wore close
fitting doeskin trousers. each leg being
entirely independent of the other.
Down the seam he wore the same ma
terial. pinkcd and handsomely fluted,
the fringe being also heavily trimmed
with empty copper cartridges.
Above this. flowing unconlned and
| Free he wore = Pompadour open back
shirt This is Il part of. or rather it is,
his theatrical wardrobe. His dress on
the stage consisted OF heavy coat of
paint aud this shirt And as the shirt
pants for laundry, Soiled Dog claimed
10 wear coat, pants and shirt
Soiled Dog is quite droll at times.
Music was furnished by the Messrs.
Thunder Pealings. Vox Populi. Vox
Dickey Bird and Shacknasty Pete.
The v.ctuals were prepared by the
Mesdames Early Bloomer. Light-Run-
ming Domestic aud Una ke-We-N a-be-
sa-tee- W t-to-ma-to or The Squaw- who
nips-the- tame-turkey-runn After
The soiree, vote of thanks was ten
dered to both messers and mesdames.
Refreshments consisted of q pre-
! liminary stow. with quito number of
things in it. Each guest helped him
self, after which each guest helped
herself f there happened to be any
left. This was followed by course of
treatment. This second course was
followed by a case of Milwaukee beer
and also one of collie.
After tho refreshments dancing was
announced. and the guests hoed it
Town for quite a spell.
Early Rose Sitting Bull. nee Scared
Dog, wore beaded common-sense moe
casns, close fitting cavalry pantaloons
aud honey comb bed quilt. Her merry
laughter and bright bon-mots made her
3 general favorte. and she danced in
many set where others with more
pretentious costumes were permit
ted TO rest thus showing that it is
loneliness Of mind aud heart. and not
beauty of apparel alone. which endears
us TO those who set by us the most.
Thunder Peaiings wore sort OF
Turkish trousers made of ticking,
gathered at the ankle. also at the
agency-while the agent was engaged
In sleep. She wore also sort of
basque, evidently made from a cut pa
per pattern sent by mail together with
years subscription to the magazine.
1t was made of striped calico and had
eyelets at the neck and wrists for col
lar and cuff buttons. Over this. while
not engaged in dancing. which was
most of the time. she wore linen lap
robe Her ornaments consisted of TIN
Toll bracelets. genuine string of real
beavers teeth about the throat and
moss agate finger nails. She wore her
own hair and apparently without orna-
ment.
Sward McWlloper. who has recently
organized what he calls the Select and
Seek mo- Further Sioux Social Circle,
was dressed in buckskin small clothes,
worn very plain in front and yer,
thin behind. Being social leader he
IS quite sedentary and has never been
known to get right down TO what is
yulgarly called sweat. lie also wore
alternate pin stripes of elephants
breath aud squashed cranberry down
The front breadths of his bosom. put on
by painter and glaz er from up the
Chug water three years ago at 81 per
DAY and rum. To protect him from
the night air he wore a necklace con-
sis ting of galvanc shield, and the
artist had also put on row of gilt
studs along his breast bone as a mark
Of esteem.
Sward McWalloper is. without
iouts. the leader of society among the
non-supporting Indians. He is of no.
BILE birth, for lie has cofessed to intimate
friends that such is the case. lie be-
longs to a noble race of dark. blooded
people, who are SO naughty that they
would rather die than be of any use
! On earth. He says there has not been
drop of perspiration or cake of soap
| n his family as far back as the eye
Fan reach. He opposes the admission
Of Soiled Dog TO the Standing Rock
Social Seek-no- Further on the ground
shat he has drawn salary as a
soubrette or walking gentleman for
Buffalo Bill. Soiled Dog has, however,
proved. plainly enough to satisfy any
ordinary mind. that lie didn't get any
salary and is therefore eligible.
but Sward is relentless and will not
hear to il.
McWalloper is great social pet
among the S oux, aud no one would
think of wearing anything at all unless
he thought best
Last year at the Pochontas and Pluto
Patriarch balls young Ia y from the
Uncompahgre Agency. WHO was at the
Standing Rock Agency or a visit in
The home Of her uncle. Pu male attic
we wan-ke -ge-ke. or The-Eirly-Dwarf-
Cyclone That Pulls Our Artesian
Wells. With His Teeth, undertook to
dress little d fferently from what the
rules had been there, wearing on one
occasion complete custume Of p NIX
tule. simply gathered at Tho throat