Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-12-06
SOCIETY AT STANDING ROCK.
Also Dress DotIets from the sioux
Social Centres.

excited last week by the return of
Soiled Dog. who has spent year in
Europe and the past season in the east
supporting the honorable William +.
Cody. late chief of scouts and histri-
onic bronco rider from away up the
gulch.
Soiled Dog returned in the early
morning aud ut night a soree was got
up in his honor. including music and
cooked victuals.
Mr.. Soiled Dog stood at the front
portal or flap of the tepee. dressed in
evening costume. He wore close
fitting doeskn trousers. each leg being
entirely independent of the other.
Down the seam he wore the same ma
terial. pinked and handsomely tiuted,
the fringe being also heavily trimmed
with empty copper cartridges.
Above this. flowing unconiined and
free. he wore II 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
pant aud this shirt. and as the shirt
pants for laundry, SOiled Dog claimed
TO 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 aud Shacknasty Pete.
The vctuals were prepared by the
Mesdames Early Bloomrr, Light-Run-
ming Domestic aud Una ke-We-N able
sa-tee-w t-to-ma-lo or The Squaw- W hO-
N N ltn- far en- lsoxr
the Soiree, vote of thanks was ten
dered TO both messers and mesdames.
Refreshments consisted of pre-
| liminary stew, with quite number of
things in it. Each guest helped him
self, after which each guest helped
herself f there happened TO be anv
left. This was followed by course of
treatment. THIS second course was
followed by case of Milwaukee beer
and also one of collie.
After the refreshments dancing was
announced. and the guests hood it
down for quite a spell,
Early Rose Sitting Bull. nee Scared
Dog, wore beaded common-sense moe
Casins. close lifting cavalry pantaloons
and honey comb bed quilt. Her merry
! laughter and bright bon-mots made her
general favorlte. and she danced in
many set where others with more
pretentious costumes were permit
ted TO rest, thus showing that it is
/ lOveliness Of mind and heart. and not
/ beauty of apparel alone. which endcars
rs to those who set by us the most
Thunder Peaiings wore a sort of
| Turkish trousers made of bed ticking,
D Of a IL l., L
agency-while the agent WAS engaged
! In sleep. She wore also Il sort of
basque, evidently made from cut pa
per pattern sent by mail together with
years subscription to the magazine.
| Ii 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 tn
/ toll bracelets, a 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
! See mo- Further Sioux Social Circle,
was dressed in buckskin small clothes,
worn very plain in front and vers
! thin behind. Being q social leadOr he
IS quite sedentary aud has never been
known to get right down TO what is
vulgarly called sweat He also wore
alternate pin stripes of elephants
breath and squashed cranberry down
! The front breadths of his bosom, put on
by painter and glaz CT from up the
Chug water three years ago at 81 per
lay and rum. To protect him from
! the night air he wore a necklace con-
sis ting of galvan!c shield and the
artist had also put on row of gilt
studs along his breast bone as a mark
Df esteem.
Sward McWalloper is. without
iouS, the leader of society among the
non-supporting Indians. He is of no.
bic birth, for he has cofessed TO intimate
friends that such is the case. He be-
longs to n 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 perspirat,on or cake of soap
n his family as far back rs the eye
can reach. He opposes the admission
Of Soiled Dog 10 the Standing Rock
Social Seek-no- Further. on tho ground
shat no has drawn salary as n
'oubrette or walking gentleman for
Buffalo Bill. Soled Dog has. however.
proved, plainly enough to satisfy any
ordinary mind. that he didn't get any
salary and is therefore eligible.
but Sward is relentless and will not
hear TO it.
McWalloper is n 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 aud Piute
Patriarch balls n young lady from the
Uncompahgre Agency, who was at the
standing Rock Agency on visit in
The home of her uncle. Pu- male attic.
we-wan-kc -ge-ke. or The Early-Dwarf-
Cyclone That Pulls Out Artesian-
Wells-With- His Teeth. undertook TO
dress u little differently from what the
rules had been there, wearing on one
occasion a complete custume of pink
lulle. simply gathered at the throat
and falling to her feet, being only
cought back hero and there by u nail
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