Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20

5,-,..t o,o,h wh;,h 10 a. ..,.. 1850. 49,.
] hee,, nu,cbaaed s.he,ore the raj y m. 49,
Was al with her wssb;neton disbes IN. iacS AID
ont by her own bome-bonrht rare bonopes "a
| aowers In an elegant cnt.ciass cele,v disb and
] an early nr;mrose at each 1Iate testifed 10 her
love for flowers AZ INV Mace was \ card d;sh
of solid silver. Coneta toid how IL was piven to
her in her mixture Of Indian and "Americat {"
me 90 in America. house ali peonle give black
man paper. he nut il ON plate. Two times me
! see it there Wash. man say, Copeta, me give
you card, you put II on plate de write Co
Pea, ; gu" sr sSua"' ana p u, on Siae anu
this nlate'-aIl for niece naner Coneta aid
she tried il again. but this was the only plate
she got. drank from a gold-lined goblet but
my friend across the table used a tea cup. Be-
side my plate was a knife. with dainty pearl
handle, e fork to match and spoon Of tin
She had a silver fruit dish. sugar bowl and
cream Jug, but spoon holder .fost" She once
possessed set Of delicate china, that any woman
would have envied but only few dishes remain.
But with no further reference to dishes, let me
describe that Indian meal. Copeta had gone to
one of the corrals and lassoed q goat and MIXED
it. had also MIXED a COW, 30 we had the pure
fresh milk to drink also some government
coffee, which was not so pure. Copeta made
the cakes while we were eating our venison
stew. which had potatoes and early onions
cooked with it, 80 we saw how thew were made
She mixed -four water and baking powder to
stiff dough, took out a handful. rolled and
shaped it till il wns thin rs q wafer and perfectly
round. This WAS thrown in hot frying pan,
quickly Drowned. then tapped over and in q
moment was ready for eating 1t tastes very
much like a fresh. warm soda cracker. She
gave us also broiled fish, which the night before
had been tempted to touch a baited hook that
Copeta had left on the line fastened to the bank
over night. With this were little cakes Of -four
and buffalo berries-sour-tasting like currants
HER GENEROSITY.
Oh. 1884,, 49,, Ia - .h;,-
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WIN her ioVe ana admffasfon ior her noted iord
and master, was what made her favorits here.
1 think several washingtonians have vet some
where her picture. taken with Ure, while in
Warrington She still shows it as a memento
Oh pi "ashing'on nIe. heaNy, aoout an sne
soon after onr visit she had q sale and tbs
negro soldiers at the adjacent fort bought her
silver, her jewelry and trinkets, while their
wives were glad to avail themselves Of the
chance Of getting the once handsome silk,
wool or cotton dresses that Copets sold for
mere nothing. She made quite a sum from
this sale, but 1t was soon gone, as Copeta is
very generous to her Indian friends, to all, in
fact. for one day last winter she did something
that few people in the world would have done.
1t was an early Sunday morning in January,
snow on the ground and nine degrees below
zero Many Indians bad stayed all night at the
agency. as the day before had been issue day,
and Copeta was among them. They were just
moving about when they saw the house Of an
employe on fire. but of course the log. straw
covered house in flames before they could
reach 1t. Copeta came up the back way and
saw standing barefoot in the snow. with only
thin night dress on. a young lady who had been
visiting at this house. Quicker than thought
she had dropped on log and removed her
overshoes and stockings. then unpinned her
blanket. and going TO the girl Diuned the