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"IN HE BoWERY, THE BoWERY."
Indian Chiefs From Pine Ridge Add 10
the Strange Things on That
ThorOuDhfdre.

Hoo, hoo Wow, WOW, ki, VI, VI. Me
heap big Indian Ne kille paleface Me
beatee squaw ! Me great braye~ and many
more startling whoops and wild cries OF a
similar nature have added new terrors to the
Bowery in New Yory city on recent nights.
And these yells have been uttered by the
real article in Indian, big men of the Sioux
nation, who came from Pine Ridge agency.
They are Indians that person would
rather meet in Broadway than on lone
some prairie They were brought here
from the west to appear in company play
ing The Secret" at Niblo's Garden.
The red men have lived at a Bowery hotel
and the other guests have been holding
their hair upon their heads with both hands
for several days. Among the Indians are
several who without doubt are "bad Injuns,"
not as bad as they would like to be, but as
bad as they have dared to be, considering
their surroundings.
Charley Black Horse, perhaps the most
dangerous of the lot, and his chum, yellow
Wood have been particularly wild, and the
diligence with which they put themselves
outside of Bowery "fre water" was what
landed them in a police court yesterday
morning.
In court the Indians folded their blankets
close around them and eyed the whole scene
with evident disgust While waiting for
their turn they made no comment on the
proceedings beyond an occasional Ugh" y
Indian Interpreter Joseph Vlondray said
the Indians drank too much and had become
manageable at times. Black Horse wa:
the worst of all and the interpreter admitted
that he was afraid of him. At night the In
dams would chase each other about the no
tel and whoop and yell in most alarming
manner.
yellow Wood was always beating hi
squaw and the other night he pounded hel
on the head with water pitcher. The las
time he attacked his squaw he was with diff
fculty prevented from doing her serious in
jury.
In a fight with another Indian Friday
last Black Horse got a slight cut on the
knee. He is revengeful, and on Saturday
night tried to break down the door of thu
room which his enemy occupied. Won
dray had stood that sort of thing long
enough and with Mr.. Frank, one of the pro
prietors of the hotel, he went out and got
policeman. The Indians all hid except
Yellow Wood and Black Horse. The for
mer showed fight, but Balck Horse folded
his arms and said haughtily: Me great
brave. but | will 90 with the soldier of the
white father"
Being called soldier of the white father
so 'broke up" the policeman that he forgot
to club Yellow Wood who concluded to so
along too. Black Horse evidently thought
his captor had been sent over from Wash
ington
When the Justice examined the red pris-
oners each one in turn said in a sepulchral
tone, "Me no drink"
Interpreter Vlondray did not dare appear
as complainant against the Indians, fear
ing the yengeml nature of Black Horse, but
he explained to the justice that he would
like to have them locked up for II lew days.
Justice Hogan, however, concluded to be
lenient and discharged both prisoners with
lecture on the advantages of sobriety.-
To this admonition they made no reply
other than ugh, ugh" and stalked out OF
court as stodily as only red man can.