Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-19

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kRHN% 60 them a meaningless
"a >fI word, but Issue day.
= is the day Of the whols
80 week.
Friday the wagons
begin TO arrive. ard
Their loads are deposited At the houses or wicli-
ups that are vacant. except on issue day OF
during the dancing season. Those no have no
houses visit their luckier friend or camp
under their wagons on the river bauks
The traders are busy all friday putting up
saeAs o. sugar, crackers. candy or peanuts.
varying in pIice from cents 20 81.
Very little is sold on Friday. As tire Indians
prefer trading after the crowd arrives
About sunset the cowboys come in with sfx
head Of fatted steers that are 90 be Killed in
me morning. They are weighed, then he
Indians dress them In the corral while with
laughs and boots they then call out 20 the
cattle; Yes, You see um one sunset, one sun
come M, then me cat you"
Everything affords amusement Friday
night Il spent around the camrfires telling
stories, smoking and gambling. Outlines aoms
poor player viii lose all he or she hss and the
next day "Jngomonitch.. the trader must
trust him for the fiour and coffee There 4,
nearly always enough buck Kin in reserve 10
purchase the luxuries Of life, consisting Of
sugar, peanuts and raisins, and some OF the
necessities
PRINCIPAL GAMBLING dAuEs
Their principal gambling games with cards
are "kerchuck" and ''netooch" In the former
the dealer shufies the cards, then deals O. many
on the blanket around which all are sitting as
there are rlayers in the game. Each PLAYER
places his bet OF ) or 10 cents or "two bits"
upon any card he chooses. Tho cards are dealt
from the deck and soon e. one IL turned corre-
spending in color and kind So any one on the
board, then the one who bet on that card gets
all the money on the blanket
Netooch Is similar to plain poker, but no
slack pot"
They gamble also by holding money in one
hand. and, while crossing aud recrossing arm.
and al time weaving the body backward and
FORWARD IN time 90 an original song. the money
changes hands. The other one-only two play
at tlme-guesses which hand contains the sii-
yer.
saturday morning bright ard carly the
commissary il opened and the chief clerk takes
his place at the door. As the squaw comes in .
with her sacks and bags he takes her ticket. on
which Is the name and number of people in hcrs
family. lie calls out 20 the commissary clerk
how much Hour she Is 10 receive and IL Is deais
out from an Immense -four bin. She passes on
TO the sugar barrel. where another clerk gives
her the share OF sweetness. then TO another,
who gives her rice. provisions, tea, coffee and
salt Others follow in her train and they all
stand jabbcring away at supposed partiality Of
clerks. Perhaps ferioto. n miserable. pitible old
witch. has fewer prunes than her younger sis
ter. Letta, 80 she hastily grabs a handful aud
starts OFF, but the clerk clutches her and com
pels the giving up Of the stolen fruits. Shs
leaves the room mumbling the first English
word an Indian learns. 1t begins with ID.
They leave their rations at houses stores.
and shortly before noon go down toahe corral
KILLING THE STEERS
Around this large Enclosure is one or move
representatives from every family-white -
well as Indian. All are crowded close 20 the
pole fence waiting for the Indians who Kill tho
bceves. Here comes Coohoy. "sharp Eye" and
Bull of the Woods, who always shoots through
the eye of his game.
They stand with guns raised. waiting till tho
moving beasts turn toward them. Bangi Each
shot brings down a steer. All is confusion -
the affrighted steers rush hither and thIthor,
striking their horns against the poles. No
harm Is done, but the squaws and bucks
perched on the fence are suddenly scattered
They now shoot quick and fast. the AMI
mails are never still long enough for aim TO DO
taken
Hardly before the last '.spotted buffalo" has
fallen the waiting Indiana, with knives In hand,
leap or creep under the poles and begin to
carve the still struggling animals. Often .
steer will rise and make desperate charge
against Its torturer, and sometimes their long
Texan horns have given severe hurts. IL r.
horrible TO see them trying TO walk, the blood
streaming from the mouth. from whence the
tongue has been cut. and great pieces OF feeh
hanging from launches or neck. The shouts
of laughter from these Indians make us think
They are neither men nor women,
They neither brute nor human"
for brutes would have more pity than does our
''red brother"
TURN ABOUT IN THEtcHoTcE PrEcrs4
Though some get good pieces and others not
they are satisfied. as they themselves did tho
dividing. and next week some one else will have
poor and others good. Turn about" you
know.
Every part Of the animal is used by them.
The tongue and heart are dainty bits" while
the brain and entrails useful. the former to
soften the bGckskin while being tanned. the
latter they fill with a sausage meat composed q
the scraps of meat. bread and fruit.
After the last bit OF the animal. even the
skin, is disposed of all the indians flock TO tho
store. Trade il rushing for awhile and both
clerks will be so busy that many little things
leave the store unpaid for. They are not strict
in the observance of the seventh commandment.
They pay money till their supply is exhaustedg
then trade with buckskin.
As soon as the supply Of groceries are laid
in they turn TO the shelves of calico. Many
transaction here would be a good example for
the woman folks, so a man might think A
squaw will point to piece of calico-besusf.,
fully red and greenland her Rborlgine hus-
band will say 'Coch-i" ono good. and VIII
immediately point out one more pleasing To his
critical eye, and, with never a murmur, she sc-
cepts tue cualge ana pUNt I'VE Narls OF H. ~
is not made with a train, SO that much 10 suzn-
cient.
They buy q great deal of canned fruit. ~ The
great father in Washington does not supply
such Injuries, and really the rhtions allowed
them do not last half the week through IL n
partly their fault. for the first few days they
gormandize till there il little left for the ~
manning days of the week.
Clothes and hats are furnished by the govern
ment, yet the Indians buy many overalls. hatA
gloves, handkerchiefs and cheap shirts-soms-
times even blankets and shawls, il his crop q
buckskin is plentiful.
THE MORE THEY GET TIE MORE THEY WAIT.
They are paid quarterly, and it is q sufficiens
amount to supply their few wants were il moo
that the more they get the more they
want. They raise a great deal OF grain and
hay, which they sell 20 the government, The
former at "a cents pound, the latter ~ % 10
Sl5 ton. Some rent out their range -
cattle men. All this brings in much extra
money. and there is no excuse for them noe
being prosperous, thriving race. After ths
trading il all done the bucks order the sqHvs
to get things ready while they harness or ssddle
their horses. One old fellow, who is proud q
his american talk, always walks mp TO The
trader. Mr.. B., me g6 fix my carriage nov;
my ladies viii carry the grub And ths
ladies" hoist on their fair shoulders sacks a
-four weighing fifty pounds and the other pur-
chases while Provo fixes his carriage Those
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