Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-23

variegated coats aud trousers, while the
sQuaws would have given June rain
bow cards and spades, 50 to speak, In
the matter of color Though they really
had hoes), aud can truthfully say that
never saw such formidable, forcelui
array and so little achievement. The
men were for the most part sitting
around, smoking cigarettes or Longing
half asleep, while the pappooses rolled
10 the sun and the squaws alone swung
the glitteriog hoe.
These Crow Indians, | take II, bear
about the same relation to virile Indians
OF the Sioux stamp that the genus cor
vus bears in ornithology to the white
beaded eagle. When one of these
Indians takes up bit OF land
and sets up as a granger, the govern
ment builds him nice frame house.
As soon as the house becomes perpen-
dieular the aboriginal farmers sets up 4
tepee on his front lawn, moves his fam
lily into it aud turns the government
mansion over TO his ponies.
On ration day az the Crow Agency
special wards OF the nation flock there,
men and women. for frolic. Each
gang has a certain number OF cattle,
and they do their own slaughtering.
This is q gala occasion for the Indian
aud his dog. When a steer is stricken
down he is Immediately eviscerated and
tbs leading man seizes the kidneys as
bon bouche. These are eaten warm,
and if the buck is in high feather, he
smears his face with blood. The liver
and heart of the steer are eaten by
tribesmen OF lesser degree while the
souaws squeeze out the intestines and
proceed TO devour them with gusto,
cleaning by water even being dispensed
with.
EVEN sCHOoLED INDIANS BARBARIANs.
Engaged in this sort OF barbaric gus
tatory pastime will be found Indians
who have been schooled at Carlisle and
elsewhere, and who ought to know bet
ter. And right here; under the shadow
OF the handsomest, best equipped agen-
cy in the West, ana under the eye OF
the finest cavalry barracks outside OF
San Antonio, Texas, these Indians dis
poss of theg dead by hanging them up
IN tree tops. / saw within i've miles OF
the fort q Crow corpse In a tree-a very
becoming place for a cTow-and l could
not regret the scarcity of trees and SINH
lar ornamentation. 1t is somewhat sat
isfying to know that these Indians who
cling so tenaciOusly 10 the skirts OF bar
barlsm are not fructifying. Their CEN
sus shows an annual decrease of from
6ftv 10 a hundred. Their general
worthlessness aud the vices and diseases
kindly translated TO them by the whites
may be depended on 10 do the business,
and the Grow Indian, like the Irish
wolf dog, will 5000 be a "Reminiscences.
We approached the battle field from
the rear OF the Indian position and
when we had climbed TO the browning
point where the monument stands the
picture spread out before US was CON-
plete. / had always supposed that
Custer had led his little band into some
sort OF deep, dark ravine, and had been
held Ia aud simply slaughtered. Nothing
OF the kind. This field is 3 succession
Of brown rolling hills, divided by gnl.
lies and immense dry arayss, trendi0g
mainly 70 the little river which sweeps
around the bases. Standing IS the
monument we had a view Of the bottom
lands in which the Indians, previous
to the battle, had pitched their viii
lagos. These were aidden from the
view OF Custer. as be cane around the
point OF mighty hog back, until he
was actually engaged.
These elephantine hills, IL may be re-
marked, bold and bleak and destitute
Of shrubberY, are so convoluted and in-
tertWined that an army such as Alex
ander led into PhOenieia might be
hidden behind any one of them without
attracting the attention of scout
hundred yards away. No pen picture
can adequately describe the formation
OF the field upon which the fighting
took place. But the story Is plainly
told, though no living witness has told
it. Poor Custer was the victim OF mis-
Information, but it is unjust 70 his
memory 20 say that be was
rockies or foolish. He had been
general OF volunteers, with a
splendid record as q cavalry fighter,
aud on this expedition he was lieuten-
ant colonel, aud Ia command OF the
Seventh cavalry. He Was 10 disfAvor at
Washington. BE was anxious 10 dis
tinguish bimselA 10 battle. At the ad-
vance Of rsrry's kxpedition be had been
pushing for somekaays on the trail OF
,band Of SoutheR Wyoming Indians.
karchiag TO Join y tinE Bulls uprising.
Knew from az lze Of the trail THAT