St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-29
THE WILD PLAINS.
They VIII Be Realistically Repro
duced at Lake Harriet.


The amusement season at Lake Har-
riet opens next Friday, with the advent
of the Wild West show which appears
Oh the. grounds adjoining the lake.
Among the leading features Of the show
are Capt. Bogardus, the champion rifle
shot, and his four sons, who are also
celebrated crack shots. The challenge
OF Capt. Bogardus directed to the rifle
shots of the Northw est is being conSid-
cred, and the probabilities are that
it will be accepted and match
shot at one of the performances.
of the Wild West show. In the troupe
OF thirty Sioux Indians accompanying
the show there are several noted char
acters, of which Red TOmahawk is per-
hapS the most conspicuous TOmahaWk
is the slayer of Sitting Bull, who, twill
be remembered, led the late Sioux up
rising at the time of the Messiah craze.
Red fomahawk is the noted scout and.
trailer, tall, 1.-THE and supple, and. the
personifcation of j. Fenimore Coop
er's Indian heroes. 1t is proposed, with
the reproduction of the scenes attending
the killing of the famous Sioux chief, to
give realistic representation OF the
shooting, with the slayer of the old war
ror in tie part. Mrs. Otherday, widow
of the famous Chief Otherday, and
probably the oldest Indian woman in
the country, is with the show, and is a
historical character. Her husband is.
the chief who, during the massacre III
'62, saved the lives of hundreds Of
whites in the Northwest.
Otherday was friend of the whites.
| and by his influence in the councils OF
the tribes throughout the entire North
west succeeded in preventing what
would inevitably have resulted in the
slaughter of numerous whites. Two
Bluestone braves from the tribe of the
Sioux, noted for their cunning and
deviltry. are among the number -ap-
pearing with the show. MendoZana,
direct descendant of Chief Shakopee,
after whom the town OF Shakopee was
named, and Tahappemaza (''lron
Shoes'0 are among the Indians in the
troupe, and with whose history the
Northwest is lnSeparably linked, are
| two of the famous tribe freedmen who
are to engage in the exciting stage
coach robbery, which is a feature of the
performance.
Perhaps the most startling feature of
the programme to be presented is
if not interfered with, will prove;
intensely interesting. The ''sun dance"
is the celebrated and tortuouS dance of,
the Sioux, which occurs but once in
seven years. The dance is to deter
mine the, valor and courage OF the young
''bueks" who have arrived at the age
when they are deemed fit to go forth to
battle, and is q succession of wild wlerd
and uncanny dances, held from sunrise
to sunset. The. young ''bucks" strip to-.
the waist and cutting strip of flesh
from their breasts, faSten to it long
buckskin thong, 6ne end of which is ati
taehed tOa pole. They dance about the
pole from the moment Old Sol peeps
above the eastern horizon until he sinks
below the western slope. The young
men whoendure the fatigue and pain
are considered worthy TO battle. the
others failing either from exhaustion or
inability to stand tbs torture, are re-
Iegaled to places among the old women
and superannuated warriors. The
Sun dance is to be given, with
out of o.. course, its DarDarlc
features. although care must be taken
{ that the dancers do not work themselves
to point of frenzy, where they are
liable to become dangerous.
A crowd of Western cowboys i'll ex-
citing ehase5 and daredevil featS of
craftsmanship add to the interesting
+ features. and the show gives promise OF
being one thoroughly enjoyable and eX-
citing. ffhe street railway company are
TO put on extra cars 10 the lake to aU-
icemn o ate 1he crowds that are expected
to visit the pleasant resort