St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-01

personal admirer of Agent James L.
Gregory, of Ashland, and battles for
him whenever occasion requires. The
picture of Jack which is presented.
clearly indicates the bold lines OF his
phySiognOmy, and anyone visiting COS
griff's camp will always find the latch
string of his cabin hanging out, while
cordial greeting awaits within. The
hotel or lunch house at the reservation
bears the euphOnious name OF the Pau
port, pronounced in English 'poo-par."
It is similar in all outward appearance
to the rest of the buildings, but the i'll
terror presented a scene that
PASSES ANY EFFORT OF DESCRIPTION,
so weird, strange and yet interesting to
one who never witnessed similar one.
The front room was perhaps 1Ox12 feet,
and contained bench or two, a box
stove, and table. Around the table
were six Indians. from the full blood,
inky black-haired buck, to the younger
half and quarter blood, busily engaged
playing poker. Before each was a
lot of nickels, dimes, qnarters
and half dollars, the only thing they
use, and they would sit in the same
place day and night like SO many
sphinxes until forced by hunger or loss
of capital to drop out. A-bo-we-win
would deposit nickel as ante, ONO
so-in would raise it 10 cents, Jim-gO-gi-
Jig straddled that and Ba-bi-ke-ne would
STAY. Cards would be drawn and the
betting began until Da-ka-ma-bi-ne-se
or Mi-ga-sawegishig would declare
themselves busted and call for show,
when Bi-shi-go-wea rhi would throw
down four aces and rake in the silver
and pennies. So great Is the infatuation
for gambling that the average Indian
will put up his shoes, his shirt or hat to
keep in the play, while his squaw is at
home chopping wood or carry
ing water. In another corner of
the house half-breed was shaving
a woodSman, and the sound OF the razor
as it was pulled over the cuticle re-
sembled buzz saw striking a hardwood
knot, while in another corner a long
table was set, and a group OF hungry
men were cutting wide sWath through
the victuals with the same rapidity that
mower cuts down meadow grass. This
is not an overdrawn description OF the
monotonous life led month in and month
out by those who live upon the reserva-
ton, although the lumbermen say that
winter months that they hardly realize
the fact when spring comes.
Perhaps one of the never-to-be-fOrgOt-
ten sights to the uninitiated is an In
dian poWWOW, a kind of religious per-
Torrance or conjuration for the cure of
diseases. For noise and excitement it
SURPRISES political convention where
one-half the members are candidates for
Office, but for novelty, attraction and
actual curiosity an Indian powwow far
exceeds all the ingenious freaks seen at
a dime museum. The powwow seen at
the reservation was conducted in one
of the log houses, containing a
single room. In one corner sat group
of buck Indians on the floor, dressed in
various fancy CARDS, according to the
taste and skill of the squaw who made
them. Some wore hats, highly decor
ated with feathers, beadwork and fancy
colored ribbons; others wore jackets OF
beadWork, exquisite in workmanship
and design, while others only wore
fancy-colored belts of beadwork around
the waist, but all held decorated sticks
of unique pattern and trimmed with
ribbon, beads, fur and shells, with
which they pounded monstrous rub
dub-dub upon huge drum, accom-
panied by song peculiarly their own,
which sounded like a discord of voices
at country singing school or cracked
steam calliope at a circus.
THE POW-WoW.
At signal from the leader the Indi-
ans ranged around the room would leap
to their feet and uttering shrill hi XII
kihi, began dancing quick, short step,
similar to a jig-dancer who had the
spring-halt, or the average Minneapolis
citizen in the rI.
throeS of the IE4
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