Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-08-17
SEPOYS ENTRANCED BY DANCERS.


Courteu.,hness Of Indian Troops While
Amusing Themselves.
Probably the hest way to sre the
men OF II 1n.tivc regiment III tho eNer~
cisc al the courtcsi&S Of private life is
Il, attend y ruutrh dance given in thu
lines. We will suppose that tho SlI'
bt&lar Major has Ind tho title of Sir
dar D;>hatlur conferred OH him ~, :I1l
a1,pr<1iutivt government, and th;it
in homer ut the event lt II giving I'LL
entertainment tn tho whole rugi
nlcl1t.
An enormous tent has brtn pitched
in thu 1i1a"@. and ut nighttime it IT.
brilliantly lit up with countless oil
buttrcs Inside it is parked viii. IL
lr1lsc crowd of Sr}W>*+ MI sitting
round IN ranks !l1rf watching the
tlanciu% girls. who ;n% gyl%tittG to
the sound ut tl:" beloved tnMltrln in
the 1nitl,llt. ->t t1lr further end of
thc tcnt sits the colonel Ut tf, r,Ii-
u1rAt OH II slightly raised eltui,'. with
the Euro1man officers III either s'lr
of him. Then CONT tlr, native nlti-
,:s'rS, also on clui1s. while the >>ube
tlar ,nliur, ;l> Eivrr ut the feast,
ho,,r> u:unul and @ers his guests
attended IL, Stpny> with fans stand
Ocfiin1 tl4t. English officers and keep
tho warm mir from them. Others
bring the g:lr;lntls with which t1it
Sul.~lar 1n;tjor ,letu11lttS ]lis friends,
ald tic pan Snpari uns1 tue ront}i-
nnEt;; with which they orv RECALLED.
Other sepoys again hand the Sahi(>
tho ch"ro,ts they love aud pour out
ic'.l lemonade tor them.
OF COURSE tho great mass 1T the
men can taks: Il, part in these kindly
Offices, but they Sit quietly in their
deep ranks, NJ ont lu>tli1l$ another.
After the colonel has lnsn there
about half III hour hr gets up to 20,
and shakes hands viii: his huSt and
the other native officers. who u1l ;u'
company him to thu door 1T thu tent,
Shilc tho whole tlt11St'!y packed us
sc,nhly rises und >tusnl~ until h. has
gone outside.
After the colonel and the rest Ut
tho British officers have Eollt, which
is generally ;&lout II =. H.. tie work
of the evening commences in earnest.
The sitting multitude. swing them
selves Il little moro forward ~ us 70
get Il fuller view vi the not very
beautiful nor very young ladies who
arr dancing and singing witt. such
vlgur: the tumton. lntl Wll.ck their
instruments with rHlo!(l,"l energy !;
pan supari il han.|tu llu':11d to each
sc1'uy. aud every one prepares him
self to make, II night uf it.
Anil it any curious observer should
pass by that tent ut break vt luy
next morning hr will still sce the
.lu,ciny Eills-of whom Ut course
there ;lre relays ~,luncin, away IT,
the satisfaction ot Il sleepy hut uttt1l
tive audience, who lluye >;It there
tho whole night u'lMirin% the PER
form:lnce. And they lave >4t1 thtlr
with the same i,nl~ltur|x,blt pa
ticncc ami good hu,nrr with which
they watched the opening uf tlrs
llautcll. There l1ts lnrn unthiny to
drink but water provided hy the
hlnrstic. and nothing tn cat hut
what each man tllt'sc to provide for
himself. Tho soothing hookAh h;ld
been passed around ut intervals, ,nl
bctti has l"en freely distributed.
For the rest the singing and dancing
of the 1nt'ltch girls have furnished
ample amusement for the Whole
night.
Now when it il remembered t1lut
tho crowd i'll the tent is composed Ut
rough fighting 1ntn, who have l'l'lcctl
their lives ut the disposal Of thu. state
tor tile tr1liiny remuneration Ut seven
rupees per month, it must hr owned
that their manners arr uncommunly
good and that they a,t possessed Ut
that inlurn politcne$s which is the
tr1]cst good breeding. Times of In
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