The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

VIII De H0ttlc. IL sDfLtS 10 BASS
As my dread of ending in sudden err
ure disappeared. my enjoyment Of -
bath began ana ! must say that I nav!
| took one tina. / look back upon I'D
greater pleasure since the DAYS vhsn
used to play hockey from school n :.
swimming When the tops Of nv fn,sss'
began TO wrinkle like washervonsn,ss
left the water. / found that there was !.
hinged wooden cover for the bathrna
which, when extended over il, conversss
IL into an excellent bench for dresri,s
purposes. Every one knows that il ssI.s.
time and tries ones patience to rr.s
on fresh underwear. after a bath, in IS.
most commodious ofrooms. The swinvin.
and iostling of train, running almost
mile minute increases this labor fou,soIs
in the circumscribed limits OF PulIr,s
car bathroom, but after ten Minus.
of patient labor was hIl,
dressed, and then l stepped out y
nv narrow quarters into the mo,.
cornmodious barber shop. where I ~.
shaved in excellent style without hen,
even scratched by the razor let alone en-
When / returned TO my compartments !,
the sleeper my English friend worshirnsS
me as hero with his admiring e,sss
Were ever people SO luxurious as "
Americans,
see that the court of claims in Wash.
ington City has handed down decis;o,
which will give the Pottowattomie IN.
dams nearly $200,0c0 for lands in Mich.
gan and Indiana. / have been over thsss
lands IN Indiana to which the Postowas.
tonnes lay claim, and if those in Mich
gan are no more valuable the Indiana
have been very greatly overpaid fne
them. But there appears to be nothing tea
good for the noble red man these days
and rich Indians on the frontier, throarh
the generosity of the governments. An
about as plentiful as millionaires in Nev
York 4 fine two-horse carriage was shin
ped from a New York firm the other dsy
for old Muck-a-Muck or some other
chief of the Sioux nation. The oraef
came from an agent in Chamberlain
s. D., who reported brisk demand sof
good eGuipages among the untutored but
wealthy savages. This recalls the story Il
the Wappeton buck who exchanged lin
share of q government land sale for an old
battered hack, and with it aroused suchs
spirit of envy on the reservation
that n brother buck, who also had
government roll, went TO town
and bought o hearse with plumes on d
and used it as a family pleasure convey.
ance with great success. Not many In.
dams, however, are riding in hearses-not
as many, perhaps, as should, considering
that the only good Indian is q dead In.
dian-but more of them are riding IN
carriages every day. And why shouldn't
they? During the past four yean
the Indians have sold over 30,0N00
acres of lands TO the government. Thess
tremendous concession of lands mean vast
sums of money for the red men. and many
of them are rich even among white men
The 1850 Osages have over $500.
coo to their credit in the treas
ury and receive $4,000 every
three months in interest. When the
Sioux and Chippewas close their accounts
with the government they will have been
paid over S2o. 900, 600, which will be divided
between 4, 600 bucks. squaws and papooses
for IN these transactions L ncle sam makes
no distinction between sexes, ages or con-
djtions. At the very lowest estimate, shs
government will pay SIS, 900. 600 TO the In
dams for the lands included IN the nego-
tiations during the past four years. Il
was. l thir.k, the Fifty-tirst congress which
appropriated $500, go TO pay the Choc.
taws. and the Cherokees were TO receive
over IS, 900. coo for the Cherokee strip in
Indian territory. Why shouldn't lns
dians ride IN chaises while white men
walk?
If the government were able and viii.
ing to make every Indian a Jay Gould, is
does not follow that it can maka
civilized men and women of them.
The incident is still fresh in the puhlie
mind where the young Indian, educated
at the Carlisle school in Pennsyl.
vanla, returned TO the plains AID
killed United States officer Justification
was claimed for this act, but there really
was none. Il was pure savagery. and ret
this Indian had not been long out Of
school and was, perhaps, as near
civilized as any Indian IS susceptible
of. A correspondent in Tahlequah,
\ 81 -.a<
of civilization he finds IN that section
is an Indian editor and an Indian minis
ter. Ny correspondent called at the resi-
dence of a Creek Indian farmer one dsy
and remained by invitation for dinner.
Imagine my surprise" he writes. when
the head Of the family took his sessx
the table and asked blessing on
the food. Also imagine my surprise
when this same head of the family
(he had sixteen childrenl took one Of the
boys away from the table for some MS.
behavior. iambasted him with piece OF
mule harness and swore some of the most
terrible Indian Territory oaths during the
performance that I have vet encountered
and | have encountered great many"
The Cornplanter Indians occupy soma
OF the garden lands OF the state Of New
York, and have lived there for many years,
having every advantage accorded them
and yet ii is question If their civilization
as community is much further advanced
tnan when they first took possession o.
tuls reservation. A year or two ago, vas
riding up the Allegheny river on the
western Pennsylvania i New York RAJ.
road, which passes through the reserva
ton. Below Salamanca my attention w1
attracted 10 an Indian astride OF log
noa'lns complacently down the middle 81
the river. His long legs were immersed
IN the water up 70 his thighs. de Wa
chanting a maudlin Indian dirge. and alto
ge'her presented rather novel pIctlFs:
/ asked the conductor about our noble red
brother on the log, and he inforEed
me that this was an ordinary spec
taele during the summer months
ana not an infrequent spectscss
agreeable bathing. The conductor wass
stout. aforementioned man. named Rich
aTdson-"Pap" Richardson his friends IN
buHalo called him because of his large,
iatheriy appearance. He looked like
Groyer Cleveland, except that be had
more good nature in his face. Conductor
Richardson went into the Indian question
with me, as he had come To know 1t from
running train through the Cornplansss
reservation every day for some years, and
coming IN contact with the Indian as
patron OF railroads. that important 81
lunct OF civilization. He had many an
inorouS incidents TO relate in regard 70 sle
devices of the Indian to beat the railroad
company out OF his fare. An Indian, %
SAID, would never buy ticket except .
the next station, no matter how far y
expected 70 travel He would not get Oh
az the station 10 which he had purchased
ms ticket, but wonld continue on DIS
journey, taxing chances on the conduet0
oNeeiooSlng MIN. When called upon y
pay, he will reluctantly she'll out enough