The Helena independent., 1890-11-29
THE NOTE BOOK.

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August last he was manager Of Dr.. Car
ver's Wild West show, which has been e.
hibiting in Europe for some time, and II
now in Australia. Mr.. Blanchett has known
Buffalo Bill for some years, and was
therefore pleasantly surprised on Wednss-
day when he met Cody and distln-
guished party on the way to Fort Yates on
q special commission from tho secretary OF
the interior. Besides Buffalo Bill there
we're DR.. Frank Powell white Beaver), b.
II. Harlan PONY Bob) and John Keith, Of
North Platte, Cody's home. The PARTY
will at once proceed to Sitting Bulls camp,
where q consultation with the big
chief will be held. Buffalo Bill has
instructions from Washington giving him
extraordinary authority. Mr.. Blanchett
says that if necessary Cody can call on
General Miles for troops and can take per-
sonal command of an expedition. Cody's
business, however. is to pacify matters with
the Sioux and he was selected for this work
because of his long and intimate relations
with Sitting Bull. The two chiefs have
been great friends for years and Sitting
Bull places the greatest reliance on any
promises from the long-haired Mr. Cody.
In addition, Cody speaks the Sioux language.
He anticipates no trouble from the Indians
now though something of the kind might
occur at another season of the year. There
is no grass now and the cold weather is near
and therefore the Indians would be in bad
shape for campaign. Buffalo Bill has
just returned from Europe with his show
which is now in winter quarters in Rush.
Vile, Neb. Cody was on his way there
when requested to start for Fort Yates.
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The report that 200 soldiers and 600 In
dians were killed yesterday at Pine Ridge
aroused considerable excitement in the city,
though the skeptics we're far more numer-
ous than the believers. The interest in
terest increased later in the day when it
was learned that two companies would
arrive here early this morning to leave
Immediately for the anticipated seat Of
war. There Is something strange in the
excitement aroused throughout the country
by Indian rumors. The New York papers
have been filled for two weeks with sensa-
tional articles from the Sioux agencies, and
yet no one has been killed thus far. It is,
of course, easy to understand the nervous
condition Of the settlers when any real
danger exists, and the interest in neighbor-
ing states is also explainable. There is also
something curious in the way reports are
exaggerated. For instance, 1t was reported
yesterday that an uprising had occurred
among the Flatheads. Next we may expect
to hear of Chinese invasion on the Pacific
coast.
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I asked Mr.. Blanchett something about
his experience in handling wild west thea
tricals on the other side. He said he had a
royal good time, but there was no end of
work because of the different conditions in
European countries. One of the difficulties
was in advertising the show. This was first
encountered in Berlin, where long en-
gagement was played in beautiful park
near Charlottsburg where Emperor Viii
liam lives during the summer months. Bill
posting on the American scals is unknown
in Berlin, where there are no walls for this
purpose. Small posts are covered at times
with posters about the size of business
card. The newspapers are almost useless
for advertising purposes. While there are
forly-three' daily and weekly papers in
Berlin, none of them are larger than an
ordinary theater programme. They con-
tain brief telegraph reports and only the
important local news. The space is too
small for any amount of advertising.
The managers of the show finally hit up
on scheme that worked very we'll. They
would load the coach with Indian women
J,~ko 1sn ind %1o
finest street IN the city. The coach would
stop and the squaws would 20 out on n
shopping tour. OF course in no time they
would be surrounded by a crowd of'6OO peo-
pie. Then the police would disperse the
mob, the squaws would return to the coach
and the same programme would be repeated
ON another street. In this way the pres
ence of new attraction in town became
pretty we'll known. The business of the
show in Berlin was simply enormous. On
the last day it was attended by more than
forty thousand people. The whole enter
tainment was the, greatest novelty to the
people but Cody and Carver have worked
the continent pretty we'll and the business
now would not amount to much. The
greatest rivalry spranR up between these
leaders and if they ever come together one
of them will be killed.
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"Did you find any difficulty in handling
the Indians7" asked.
eyes, at times When drunk they are
bad men, particularly the Sioux. The best
way of keeping order was to make six of
the Indians officers with appropriate
badges. They would make arrests and the
offenders would be 6ned and punished.
You see, we carried our own court with us.
| You may have seen reports in the eastern
papers concerning the alleged bad treat
ment of Indians in the Carver show. These
are false. The Indians were given three
square meals day and : lunch at night af-
ter the show was over. They seemed to
like the life very we'll and rather enjoyed
tho attention received. The only death
was that Of Mrs. Gray Eagles babe. about
year old. It was the first native born In
dian buried in Europe. A Christian burial
was given and afterwards tho Indians had
grand funeral pow-wow in their tepees.
"rve read with good deal of interes
and amusement" said Denver p. Dayto1
yesterday, '.of the exploits and dispositio,
of the noted bandits and highwaymen, tn.
Williams brothers; but none OF the storie
are correct. I'll give you the real story
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