Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-14

DEPUTY coNMIssIoNKR DELr-AN ExANINA-
TON TO BE MADE roMoRHow-rHK RED MKx
SEEING THE sIoHrs ABorf Town TODAY.
Thirty nine picturesque looking Indians have
been driving and walking around the city to-
dny. They are Sioux Indians and have Just
returned from Europe, where they have been
with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. The
party is under the charge Of Maj Burke,
and is stopping at the Hotel Hanover.
All the members of the party deny with
indignation the published stories of cruelty and
bad treatment which it is said the Indians in
Europe have met from the managers. The
specimens here certainly do not show any signs
OF bad treatment or bad food
Mr.. WEIGH DID NOT EXAMINE THEM.
Yesterday when the party arrived at Phila-
delphia they were met by Gen. O'Berne, one
OF the board OF immigration commissioners at
New York, and Mr.. Hebert WEIGH, secretary Of
tue Indian Rights Association Of Philadelphia,
who inspected the Indians
Mr.. WEIGH, who had letter from Acting
Indian Commissioner Belt suggesting that In
view OF the charges of cruelty Mr.. Welch might
make an examination Of the Indians, asked
MAJ. burke Tor permission to carry out this
suggestion. Maj. Burke said that he was per-
fectly willing to allow the examination to
take place, provided that it was conducted
IN the presence of himself and the report
ers of the press. To this Mr.. WEIGH OBJ
)ected and said that he desired to take the
statements of the Indians without Mai. Burke
or any one connected with the show being
present, although he was willing for the re-
porters to be present. Maj. Burke declined to
accede to this proposition, basing his refusal
to do SO on the ground that MIR. WEIGH had no
authority to make the examination.
SIGHTSEEING TODAY.
The entire party then lief, Philadelphia and
arrived here last evening. Today the Indians
have visited the Capitol and other points OF
interest around the city.
Inc Hotel Hanover. on Pennsylvania avenue
has been surrounded all day, even when the
painted and bedizeued braves have been alb
sent, by crowd OF small and exceedingly ap-
preciatlve boys. The party will leave here to-
morrow evening for the agency.
ACALL ON MR.. BELT.
Mr.. John M. Burke. the manager Of the
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show, and MIR. Nate
Salisbury, the vice president of the Wild West
company, were at the Indian Office today.
They saw Mr.. Belt, the acting COM
missioner OF Indian affairs, and informed
him that they had brought to the city the
sioux Indians that had been connected with
their show while travelling in Europe. In view
OF the charges made of ill treatment they
asked MIR. Belt to examine the Indians. Mr.
Belt notified them that he would receive the
Indians tomorrow. He has sent for an inter-
prefer who, will translate into English the
statements made by the Indians. In addition
10 what the Indians may have to say q physical
examination will probably be made.
THE MANAGERS ANXIOUS.
The managers Of the show are anxious to
convince the government officials that their
treatment of the Indians has been kindly and
that their connection with the show
has been of benefit to the Indians
both financially and morally. Upon their
success will depend the permission to
employ the Indians in the same way in the
future. Secretary Noble some time ago issued
an order directing that authority in the
future be not granted to Indians to leave
their reservations for the purpose of joining
order revoked If the services of the Indians are
to be again obtained. The managers of the
Wild West Show claim that this action Of the
Secretary was based upon the treatment of
Indians by other combinations, but that the
indians with the Wild West Show have had the
best Of treatment
WHAT MAJOR BURKE SAYS
Major Burke. Buffalo Bill's right bower, wa
out driving with Capt. Allison Nailor this after
noon when q STAR reporter met him.
I'VE are down here looking for JUS
| tice," said the major, land We have
| brought our Indians along to speak for
| themselves. In every respect We have done
more than we contracted We have paid, fed.
washed and cared for every one Of the chill
dren OF the plains and mountains. Imi-
tators Of our Wild West may have
been careless of their Indians, but we
have been most confederate Of those attached
| to our company. Occasionally one of them
would be sick, sometimes one would be home
sick, but we could not fortify any Of them
| against these indispositions.
do We propose to renew our supply Of In.
dams? Certainly. And we can get all VIC
want An Indian is not a slave; he
Is free agent and can 20 Just
as far as his pocketbook will take him.
| II anyone refuses to believe that let him try
to prevent any Indian We engage from filing
his engagement. No one can truthfuIy accuse
us of iiltreating any IndiaAs. and we propose
| to prove the falsity of a number of nebulous
charges made against US. Gen. O'Beirne
has been imposed upon and he is finding it
out. Several OF our company died with the
grip, among them Mr.. Richmond; all the sick
ones were carefully attended to, and you can't