Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-25

r,,y,,ap scbool at Carlisle. Pa. when nc
v.s boy. He only remained ~ VI,
srbool one day Then he escaP-a az,
made his way back to The oia Spo''ed
Tail reservation for the distinct pur,
nose OF killing the man Ino assassiha'eu
his father. ~,,
William Spotted Tall wears peghge
shirt and blue necktie; also preeen
clo,t and blanket. His moccaslns "ers
beaded In a beautiful color scnehe -.
naIe b,ue. He wears his black hair long
and highly ornamented with feathers. oh
~. hreas,. SUSPENDED from his neck by
buckskin thong, he wore huge SILVER
medal that was presented TO his father
NV General Grant. AS he sat In the walt
,na-room nj Polk-street station snohihs
cigarettes. William Spotted TAN was a
fine exhibit OF that native dignity anu
gravity which you read about III SoVpe'
novels. ,ra-
The heap biggest Indians in the aggre-
cation were No Neck, Yankton Cnariey
or Plenty Wolves, and hoehy ea'
Those three are the head chiefs ot tne
three tribes representative SIOUX .,c
Cheyennes. and the Arrapahoes. no W
and Yankton Charley called on re"elai
Miles at his request. They were ae.o,'i-
panied by the chief interpreter jun
Shangran. No Neck Is accompanied "
his wife, White Buffalo Cow ana tner
adopted child. Johnny Burke NO Ven.
Johnny Burke No Neck was pieheu Wy
az A papoose on the battlefield right ai.sr
the battle OF Wounded Knee. Chiei w
Neck adopted him, and the name "
Johnny Burke was given nm III ooi'pn.
nent 10 Major Burke, whom every ooN'
knows. =. 1s.,
some OF the other Indians who coE-
posed Mr. Snyder's band arr Stahoins
Bear. Little Wolf, Iron she'll br,nss
Rack Plenty Of Horses, No Water, Lit'le
Rear. Keeps the Mountains. High lear
Charging Crow. Flat Iron, Sees heu'
Feather, Black Heart, Hand ana marry
Shirt. A few Of them have oeen WIN
Buffalo Bill before. but to most oil lhem
il is an entirely new experiment.
Flat Iron Is 76 years Old. 1.-THE and agile
al youth. and a noted "crisr among
the Ogalalla Sioux. Standing Pear, ~
old aborigine sinner OF 20 WINTERS 'is
played with a good deal "a savage pflhs
a ''scalp-shirt'' he had just finished. Bar
ring the buckskin and the beads III the
shirt. II Is composed wholly OF thc scalps
which Standing Bear and the other men,
bers of his band have gathered IN long
and fruitful life of violence.
Major Jesse VI. Lee, nov on Generai
NIiIes's staff. but who used TO be the In
dian agent, at Spotted Tail and Rosebud
agencies, came down to the station TO
see some OF his old wards. great many
OF them recognized him, and shook mis-
hand heartily.
These Indians a-a from fhe Pine Ridge
and Rosebud agencies. Only Indians or
good moral character arc allowed u
lrsve the agencies by the DeodrtmeNt
of the Interior, and then only on the giving
# bond that they VIII return Colonel
Cody gave a $4,000 bond for this con-
slgnment. They came from Eushvllle. ;.
ID. over the Northwestern road, in two
passenger coaches They arrived at $40
o'clock yesterday morning. and We're
transferred In buses to the Polk-street
station. and left at o'clock over the
Wabash. They were accompanied by Mr..
Jagoe. travelling passenger-agent for the
West Shore road. When they reach New
York they will be met by Colonel Cody
and those new English mail-coaches he
has lust imported to put on that plea
sure route betwe Sheridan, Wyo., and
Yellowstone Park. In these the painted
saVages will b. driven down Broadway
and across the Brooklyn bridge TO the
shOw-grounds
The baggage Of the entire party was
extremely limited. Most of them wore
blankets and breech clouts. They will
come back six months from now wearing
loud-checked trousers, turned up at the
bottom. and silk hats. No extra baggage
cars were nece ssary on their train yester-
dav. II Will take az least two extra ones
TO bring back their trunks and hat
boxes. Thus does the untutored savage
take on the veneer Of civilization.