St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-06

she sounded the police signal. three
taps on the bell, and sent our faithful
Stiff-Arm to let the camp know that MP
one was to come to the school-housSs
that day. But she reckoned without
her invited guests. Indians are punt.
tuality itself, and promptly at four
o'clock, the hour set. they began 10
pour In. The FIRST corners were allowed
to come into my bedroom, that they
might report my illness to those on ti(e
way. But it did no good The cntise
camp arrived. My sister rushed for tte
hardtack that we had meant to beis
part of the refreshments, and distrio,-
nted it among them at the door. AID
bade them good-by. Then they we 1t
reluctantly home.
For the closing exercises of the school.
we invited all the camp to come at tn
o'clock in the morning. Before Opr
seven-o'clocx breakfast, we saw . way
on drive up filed with parents atd
children We gave them pictures 20
look at. and they were 50 entertained
by these and by our running about in
our preparations for the occasion thai
do not think they w-rc sony to wit
three hours before the entertainments
proper began 8
Our wards became SO affcctionato
that We had to forbid their coming ITO
the house before breakfast II they
stayed too long, it was no insult to sly.
in the idiorn Of their language. that re
L. ~<~1sA " .hkph
meant that we wished to shut the DIOR
behind them. The same visitor wo1ld
be smiling at the door the next tQy
waiting for admission. Il is q grief G. .ad
modification to the Dakotas If . teacher
leaves their camp. When we found that
the climate was ton severe for MS qnd
decided to leave, they expressed tfteir
sorrow in many pathetic ways TTcy
came singly and in number 70 say tSat
their hearts were very SD. Jhe
chief men in the camp came TO the
schoolhouse and held a solemn council.
sitting silent for about an hour and =
half. Then one or two said their hedrts
were sad. and all went away.
They gave MS q farewell OmSha
dance. This is one Of their fricpily
dances. A good many young brs!ves
were invited from neighboring camp
to make it a very smart hall indeed.
With the exception of bit of blanket
or calico. they wore no clothes except
their feather dresses. necklaces, Erm.
lets, and ornaments for the scalpbock
and the ankles. Their faces and 4od-
les were painted fantastically. I'VE
scarcely recognized familiar friends Il
was q good tical like masquerade. Our
dignified policemen, Little-Dog :and
Stiff Arm and Cut-Foot, whom e:had
been accustomed to see in the IT, Litcd
States army uniform, were particular
ly amazing in our eyes. They gav<c ms
chairs, and once or twice duringf the
progress of the dance asked ms tot rise
that our seats might he placed where
VIC could be still more comfortable All
the Indian women and all the mcts ex-
cept those who heat the drums. st on
the ground or on . plank laid Of the
ground. The women danced apart from
the men. Neither sex paid the leaSt ct.
tcntion to the other, apparently.
The biggest yellow dog in the iamr
had been killed to do honor tai the
teachers He was stewcd in a clvthcs
boiler. and the dish was placed ir the
middle of the hut The other refSSesll-
mcnts were rice. bread and coffee, each
in a separate clothes boiler. The: gov
ernment gives clothes boilers Il the
Indians along with stoves. These s6oves
constitute a part of the annuity foods
promised to the Sioux or Dakotas q the
treaty when. they ceded their la,sds tc
the United States. When the time
came for the refreshments to be s:rved,
the young man who got mp the dance
was conducted by the master Of ,ccrc-
monies to the middle of the ROOM. and
placed beside the clothes boil{r of
stewcd dog. Then Esgle-Dcg, WHIP had
contributed the big yellow dog, WIS led
up and placed beside him. Theln the
master Of ceremonies turned his foot
steps towards me.
II was a trying moment. ! desoutly
trusted that it was not de rigueur that
their head teacher should sit on the
ground and eat stewed dog! They must
have held a conference and decideH that
my sister and I were not to be asked to
do this. When he reached me. s,e did
not offer to conduct me to the center
like the other honored ones. lie stooped
low and put his head with it,. huge
circle of eagle feathers to my size and
rolled it round and round. I Ntole .
furtivc glance round to sec whit the
meaning could be. The whole r.somful
Of perhaps . hundred and fifty ISdians
were looking calmly on; it was plain
that it was ''thc correct thing.S The
brave held his head mp for . mSment.
and I thought that was the end tof the
ceremony. but IL had to be gone q $rough
with q second time. Then he s<epped
away, and began to serve out tn, feast.
Thanks were offered up audibly BY
each ono present beth before and after
the supper.-Susan Dabney Smedes. in
n. Y. Post.
The Baby and the savage,
In the bone caves of the south OF
France have been found figures pf REIN
deer, mammoths and men scratched on
horn or ivory, and evidently executed
bv artists contemporary wish the
Elephas primi-genius. The men are
represented with short, bent leRA and
seem to stand or walk in . STOPPING
manner, with the body bowed .lightly
forward from the hips Now prsss your
hand down the back Of any infant OF
under ten months old and feel tie spine
It the loin or lumbar region. where In
the adult modern man the 6acf u hol-