Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-18

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Bull. were taken to ST. Matthew's Catholic
church. They are in the habit of attending
Catholic church in Dakota, in charge of
missionary fathers.
At ST Matthew's Sunday the principal
chiefs we're assigned seats in the front pews.
One of these pews belongs to a widow whose
son wGs a bright young second lieutenant,
who graduated at West Point about q year
prior to the fight and was one of those mas
sacred with Custer. The usher was about TO
show Sitting Bull and few of his compan
ions into the widows pew, when a youtiger
son of the lady, who was occupying it, arose
and objected, and the usher was obliged to
put the Indians in an adjoining pew.
To-day it is expected that the reply to the
president to the appeal OF the Sioux chiefs
fOr the retention of their lands wiH be made
known TO them by Secretary Villas. They
will then spend another day or two in sight
seeing before resulning their journey toward
the setting sun on the "wagons" which made
them so very sick ia coming here
Having no business on alnd Tuesday, the
duslzy fellows did the yown in true tourist
style. They began by ascending the Wash
ington monument. Only one-half of the
party could go up ut one time, as the eleva-
tor will carry but thirty. Those who were
left below went outside cad danced about
the monument and set up q deafening jabber
as they tried to make the men "up in the
clouds" hear them From the monument
the Indians walked down Penns ylvania
avenue to the capitol.
They made novel procession as they
stumbled along, looking backways and in
every direction except straight ahead They
were all in citizens clothes and their array
of garments indicated that they had almost
cleaned out the second band stores on D
street. Early in the morning one of the
young and giidy bucks had been out for a
high white hat, whicG bore a black Land
reaching almost to the top.
When ~ oung Man Who Leads the Fash
ion" appeared at the hotel with this wonder
ful headgear, he struck his friends with con-
sternation and envy, and they Immediately
started out and bought all the high white
hats they could find. AS they marched
through the capitol, they looked like stroll
ing political campaign club. They listened
to Senator Cockrell's tariff speech, and as
he see:ued to be talking to the empty air
they silently went away muttering, He no
good"
After they had seen everything Of interest
in the capitol building they were massed
out on the plaza at the foot of the marble
steps Of the senate wing, where their pictures
were taken in a group. This experience
pleased them SO much that they would not
go away until they had the camera aimed
at them twice more, once whio they were
ranged about the statue of George Washing
ton and again on the steps of the house
wing
All the afternoon the Indians were fol-
lowed by a crowd of men, women children
and dogs, but they did not pay the least at
tention SO their admirers. Nothing that they
saw moved them TO show @ shadow of inter
est. Their fnces were absolutely as expires.
sionlesS as if made of wood, until finally they
were mounted on the top Of half a dozen
doubled decker herdic coaches This expert
ence delighted some Of the younger ones so
mitch that they were compelled TO grin and
grunt their satisfaction.
They rode all about the city in this con-
spicuous manner, followed by troups of
shouting boys who had just begun to recover
from Buffalo Bills recent visit when their
excitement was renewed by the arrival of
Sitting Bull and his savage companions.
When the Indians visit Secretary Villas to-
day they will lay aside their high white hats.
their paper collars and linen busters, and
will array themselves in paint and feathers
blankets and moccasins, ready to talk gibly
for the possession of their land