Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
AMONG THE RED MEN.
Life of a School Teacher in the Fal
OFF Indian Territory.
GLORIOUS SUNSETS In TIE WEST
Ration Day Celebrated After the Style Of
Fourth Of July.
HAPPY AND INCREASING FAMILY
RED ROCK, oToE AGENCY, I. T..


RED ROCK, OToE AGENCY, 1. T., {
May 20, 1889.
Oh, the glorious sunsets Of the Westl II
has been raining almost all day, rain that
came by jerks and in big drops, but it has
finally clsared up 'eloudy and COOL" save
in the west, where the sun is setting behind
ridge of golden clouds that rims the whole
western horizon. The cattle are lowing and
returning homeward, as they did when Gray
wrote his elegy in country church yard
and it seems that all things living have fled
and left the sehoolfoom to darkness and to
me.
When came into the schoolroom this
evening found, half reclining against the
organ, little dark face waiting for me.
could scarcely see him but for the huge
bunch of jaceo he held in his hands. He
said: "Here are some flowers for you" 1
took them, admired them, and said I would
put them in water. He fingered. knew
before took the flowers that he wanted
something, and 1 said: "Harry, you want
something, don't you?" "Yes," he said,
"colored chalk, emphasizing the colored
Could refuse? This people and their chill
dren are diplomats. They know how to
get just what they want, although many a
handsome bouquet of sweet prairie flowers
do receive without the donor having ons
selfish wish.
A QUESTION OF EDUCATION.
The Indian boys are butchering COW for
the school. The Indian policemen are on
hand to help little, and to get the delicious
morsels that are not used by us of higher
civilization; but, as they often reason, ''we
eat what you wouldn't eat and you eat what
we wouldn't touch" All question of edu.
cation. Not one bit of the COW will be
wasted; but all carried off and made use OF
In some way. They drove the poor thing
behind the barn and shot her in the presence
OF the other cows that were waiting to be
MIXED. They looked on in sympathy, and
wandered about uneasily, wondering If they
would share the same fate
The school was closed yesterday for a MaJ
picnic. We all went down into the woods
bordering on Red Rock creek and swung.
played, rowed and ate our dinner. The In.
dian children were in their element, chill
dren OF nature az they are. The boys at.
tempted to row in an old dug-out that tipped
from side to side. Indian like, the girli
swung the boys.
The substantial dinner for the children
was eaten with relish, followed by the
dainties partaken of by the white folks.
The fragments of the white folks dinner
were given to the Indian women and babies
who followed us as the street Arabs follow
picnic at home, "afar off" but on han(
when dinner is ready. They enjoyed thu
bits OF cheese, cake and pie, meat, ETC., etc.
and had an abundance even of the scraps
The dogs were not forgotten. In the back
ground were several Indians on horses, wht
were too backward to come and eat withou
an invitation.
QUITE A CHANGE
Night has settled down on Otoe. Th,
golden-rimmed clouds have departed ant
left dark leaden ones. The policemen wh
fingered tor their share of the dead COW arr
trailing home through the long, wet grass t,
their respective tepees, with old coffee sack
slung on their backs filed with the ofal-
choice meal to them. The COW that was ful
OF life an hour ago lies quartered in the mea
shop What strange, strange world this is
The weak are overpowered by the strong;
is one constant struggle for ones rights, ant
a continual warfare with self or others, ant
a strife for life, but to die at last.
Morning has dawned; beautiful, bright
clear and cool. This is ration day. This i
kind of a conference, a picnic and an indie
pendence day for the Indians. They hay
on all their best clothes The women conn
with handsome beaded blankets, face
painted, earrings, beads, breastpins anC
bracelets until they are weighted so tha
walking is an exertion. The variegatec
and parasols are out this morning
Many have the beautiful red, white anC
blue ones, cotton and not fast eolors either
and the first rain clouds them terribly.
A HAPPY FAMILY.
The interpreter has just come in to see |
his son had drawn any new pictures on the
board. The interpreter has two wives
who are sisters They live happily
together without any quarreling, and arI
'aisng large family OF smart children.
We have five of them in school, and one
S q natural artist. The others are sharr
md shrewd, but have inherited some of the
mean traits of the mean white blood that i.
n their veins. The interpreter was dis
'harged not long ago, and his brother pui
n his place.
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