The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-08
JUST LIKE THE PALEFACES.
CryTLrz ID REQUIREMENTS or THE
INDIAN Wards OF THE NL7IoM

The Bnz,nr-,iEe Variety or store. at the
| wooster street Government Depot-S--,.
| dent Lamps. Dinner Caster, ana Tooth
| Brushes .Aionw with toiored blankets.
II you waut 10 see the trousseau Of the future
| Mosdames Loi aud also tho worldly goods with
which Messrs Lol intend to cndow their duSky
brides. you should drop in at tho sign ut the
Stars and Stripes at II Wooster street.
It's a quiet block Anything less aboriginal
| could not well be imagined Han indian should
turn tho corner. or q warvhoop OF the most
modest proportions should be let loose there.
he windows in tho staid old warehouses would
| wink with amazoment. No a looks pretty
| much like its ncichbors except that it is ds-
| tinguished by large and rather dinGy Amer.
| team flag This signifies after you have found
| It out that the place is the warehouse OF sup.
| plies for all the Indians in tho country.
| Tnorc is food for thought in the vast array
and variety OF articles stored here preparai nv
| to the dispensing OF chem among tho wards Of
tho nation. Tho vision OF Mrs. Oid-liorse-
Stick in the-Mud working tho buttonhoes in
| her husbands garments Ia n strange ono. So
| Is tho picture OF that noble red gentleman civ.
| ing an additional rudy tingc to his clcnr,cut
| features in n vain search under the bureau for
| the treacherous collar button. Yet these are
| the scenes called up by tour OF tn" Indian
warehouse. Aud there are other trains ot
tnOuRnt Wnlcn are Qulpe rs touonihH'
But, in the first place. the theory OF the
Indian Bureau. as stated by the surcrlnten-
don't OF the Wooster street warehouse must
be introduced. This theory is to the effect
that, while the Indian may be a tolerably noble
work OF God. the white man enjoys the result
OF largo assistance from the tailor and his
brethren in the arts OF civilization. Tho idea,
therefore. is to make the Indian over in tho
image OF the white man. Hence the collar
buttons buttonhole twist. and SO on.
Early In the spring the agents at tho reser.
vations make out lists OF articles they need for
the Indians under their charge and these lists
are sent to the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
at Washington. Congress then makes an an.
preparation OF such a sum as the conditions
and Mr.. Holman permit the schedules are
turned over to the New York warehouse. and
bids are at once advertised for. About the
middle OF May the goods begin to come In.
They are gotten out again as quickly as pos-
sible. 80 that between May and December two
or three million dollars worth OF goods passes
through the doors OF No. n. During these
months the warehouse Is busy place. Nine
or ten clerks and fifteen or twenty porters are
on the pay roll. not to mention inspectors OF
goods who examine them to see II they are up
to the standard required. After December
everything ouiets down. and q head clerk and
ono porter are the only ones besides the super
n n a sssf c sh Se Of
much food for spec ulatlon. Oonsid or the sub.
Wit! Without Blanket is ike Hamlet without u his
cloak: but in the made-over Indian Of the res.
anything but the beds Is DISCOURAGED. This
= blow to the savage Be . B IRyI ea.
most brilliant ii ;Rusd blSnEet. for their slam:
yearn for scarlet. but pathetic Item appears
tnilast years report. showing that only ;s5
%he pss al adro
were thrust upon the petitioners
sSRa Sasig t Ss
years advertisement for bids:
Ga ass . s.11aada s;,25s ssi 800 yards
ssa ,sGs. 5ss S sSoS sod quality no
K KensuSky t lean. 500 S,i ydnrda
Shifting. hickory. is, 500 yards
do not intend to allow dealers to unload their
RaSPsba and NJ s5r
of-the- Way. In the matter Of handkerchefS.
too, tho Commissioners relsnted. aud gave
such an assortment OF rkey-red ones as must
have almost consoled the petitioners for tho
indigo blue blankets.
ton! what do you say. to 400 yards OF mos
quito bar for your descendants Hereisa
q curtain Of pink MOSQUITO netting mapping
siriIy In I'll the doorway Of tePee AnL ass
quondam sealpine Indian arrayed in Kentucks
nd hGs s by6h 1s wpps the sweat
yards Of the ma nation: e20 pairs mems boots
Nos to IL aso psre mems HrsGs a2o
msns shoss and then
Gesen
dozen mirrors. a gross darning, needles,
dozen spools cotton. 10 i:s6 pairs OF suspend.
ers. ESQ dozen closed thimbles, s., dozen
dozen tooth brushes. gross huirpIns. = gross
buttonhole twist gross safety pins. i.,0ol
silk. and 10 gross collar buttons
9d sse he One picture was not
forty staiwart Indians Bending H their unac
%ndsr f fse d he
marking an epoch in history.
Of
needles A new era has evidently dawned in
sausNwdomd Hair Hair brushes: lne ana coarse
eVdences Of cultivated abopisina ' tase aai
equally pleasing is the Inference to be drawn
brushes should find a cordial wei come among
the tribes One need not wonder what het;;
the 100 aoss Of
buttons, but It is not so much Ia evidence
what the Indians find to do with 100 dozen
bottles OF indelible inki
This tendency to rise in the scale OF civilized
requirements may be accounted for possibl"hy
the 10000 pounds OF baking powder demanded
In one list. A suggestive item is one request
Ing some $50 600 pounds OF soap OF varoGs
kinds. not to mention about 10000 pounds OF
washing soda Fifteen thousand gallons II
syrup, 1878 pounds OF pepper. and other
important necessities were furnished as ac.
ceptable offerings to the, Indian appetite.
The crockery list is full OF interest Here
one may learn that thirteen dozen dinner cas-.
ters went to grace the festa boards OF the In
dians last year With these was a goodly com.
pany; dozens upon dozens OF plates. pie din
ner. breakfa SOUP. sauce. tea-eyery variety
OF plate In fact. There were $50 dozen chin.
neys for students lamps. accom- anied. II
course. BY an item OF this sort OF amr in an
other column: and there were also hanging
lamps and bracket lamps. and there were ~
dozen glass salt sprinkIcrs.