Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-05
In FOREIGN LANDS.
Number Of Persons Killed in a Rail-
road Collision.
MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN PARIS.
Buffalo Bill and His Wild West
Troupe Visit the Vatican
English Politics.
In FOREIGN LANDS.
Irpc1AL DISPATCHES TO THE RroozDUnron.l ]
AT THE VATICAN.
Buffalo Bill and His Indians Heroes of


Buffalo Bill and His Indians Heroes of
the Hour,
ROME, March 4th-The Herald correspondent
sends the following cablegram
One of the strangest spectacles ever seen with
in the venerable walls of the Vatican was the
dramatic entry of Buffalo Bill at the head of his
Indians and cowboys yesterday when the &C.
clesiastical secular and military court of the
Papacy had assembled to witness the twelfth
annual thanksgiving of Leo VIII. for his coro-
nation. In the midst of a scene OF supreme
splendor, crowded with old Roman people and
surrounded with walls imm0rtalized by Michael
Angelo and Raphael. there suddenly appeared
q host of savages in paint, feathers and blankets
carrying tsmahawks and knives.
vast multitude surged into the great square
before st. Peters early in the morning to witness
the arrival of the Americans. Before $50 the
Ducal Hall, Royal Hall and Sistine Chapel were
packed. Through the middle of the three audi
ences was a pathway bordered with the bril-
liant uniforms of the Swiss Guards, the Palatine
Guards, the Papal Gendarmes and the private
chamberlains. Light tell upon the lines of gilt
tering steel, nodding plumes. golden chains and
the shimmering robes of silk and all the bril-
liant emblems of pontifcal power and glory.
Suddenly a tall, chiyalrous figure appeared at
the entrance, and all eyes turned toward him.
sombrero he saluted the Chamberlains and then
strobe toward the guards. Behind was Buck
Taylor, who lowered hugely above the tallest
man in the place, his long hair tied back on his
skin, and after him trooped the cowboys.
splashed with mud and picturesque beyond de-
scription. Rocky Bear lead the Sioux warriors
in the rear. They were painted in every color
that Indian imagination could devise, and every
man carried something to present to the medi-
cine man OF the Great Spirit. The Indians and
cowboys were ranged in solid mass in the south
corners of the Ducal Hall, and Buffalo Bill and
Salisbury were escorted into the sistine Chapel
by the Chamberlains, aud were greeted by Cen
eral Sherman's daughter.
A Princess invited Colonel Cody to place in
the tribune of Roman mobiles He stood facing
the gorgeous Diplomatic Corps, surrounded by
Prince and Princess Borghese Marquis Ser
lupia, Princess BandiDi, Duchess GraZioli,
Prince and Princess Massino, Prince and Prin-
cess Ruspoli and all the ancient families of the
city.
When the Pope appeared, carried above the
heads of his guards, preceded by the Knights of
Malta and a procession of Cardinals and Arch
bishops, the cowboys bowed, and SO did the In
dams. Rocky Bear knelt and made the sign of
the cross. The Pontiff leaned yearningly to-
ward the rude group and blessed them. He
seemed to be touched by the sight Las the train
swept on the Indians became excited and a
squaw tainted. Though they had been warned
not to utter a sound, they were with difficulty
strained from whooping. The Pope looked at
Colonel Cody as he passed, and the great scout
bent low when he received benediction. After
the Thanksgiving mass, with its choral accom-
paniment with now and then the Pope's power
full voice ringing through the Sistine Chapel, the
great audience poured out OF the Vatican
When the Indians returned to camp within
sight of the grim. castle of San Angelo they
foundsthe only warrior who did not go to the
Vatican dead in his blanket. Rocky Bear told
his followers that the Great Spirit had done it.
7 o-night the Indians temporarily relapsed into
paganism, and are bowling over the dead brave,
some of them tearing their flesh aud sprinkling
the funeral tent with their blood. Buffalo Bill
expressed delight at the way in which the COM
pany has been received. He said: "You see
the Wild West is filling its mission of making
history for the Indian and the Western man for
the Columbus Centennial of 1892. Tell our
friends in America that the Wild West is all
memorial dogs have barped st the rooon h1t
La Luna still continues on the even tenor OF her
wayi