Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-19
INDIANS AND The FOURTH,
How The Red Men Celebrated on the
Grow Reservation.
Independence nay la northern wyom
inE observed by AboriKines VINO
Present Peculiar scene.

A reunion Of the Indian tribes wal
held on the 4lh and 9th Of July on the
Crow reservation on the Wyoming
line In the northern part Of the state, n
short distance from Sheridan. The
Sheridan Post gives an account Of the
celebration, aud speaks OF the lndisn
parade NJ follow:
The tatade was the next number on
the prog ram which was arranged BY
the indians Themselves nnd ca TtieI
out In n sort OF gC-as.you.plehse manner.
They rode two abreast, the bucks pre-.
ceiling the ,quaws, making = pageant
ut least n mile and n half In length,
nondescript In appearance each was
ornamented and rugged out according
To his particular taste and the amount
OF Nariogated HUNGRY ho apponed g.
possess. There were the inevitable
gaudy colOtod blankets, teaded vests,
vests aud SACKS trimmed with rows OF
elk teeth, strings OF beads, articles OF
clothing urnAmonted with small shells,
bear claws anu weasel skins, hair
braided and intersperHed with painted
feathers, face ami bodies crossed and
striped TO give n gtotssque appearance
TO some anu 10 others makeup that
was positively hiiosus. e was motley
thr0nR, utterly lndescfibabiv in detail,
and " DO fully appreciated had 10 be
seer.
Plenty Csups and Medicine Tail led
the procession, bsdecked In all the
nncfy imaginable. Plenty CouBs Ia at
! the head OF the western band aud ex.
orls more iBilueuce over the entire
tribe than any other chief In Il. He 10
rich In horses and cattle aud hruwd Ia
business matters. lie derived his
name from the fact that he has many
valorous deeds 10 his credit, the word
coup" meaning brave deed. Med.
iclno Tail carried yellow guld0n, "a
fac slmiie Of those carried by Custer.
men, which bore the Inscription,
"Custet's 9Th u. ). Cavalry." Chisf
Deaf Hull carried an umbrella ami
leather buster. Tho chief wears
large silver medal conferred upon him
'otiy.nve years ago, during tine presi.
dency " Willard Fiilm re-. lie also
was one Of the participants In the
Crow outbreak VI 1857, anu subsequent
TO the disturbance wHs confined In the
military prison ~ Fort Smelling for
period u nine months. While In the
prison he made several attempts g.
suicide by cutting his throat which
still bears the marks VI the weapon he
used.
Following tho ohiefs and braves
came children aud pRpOsses, OF which
there seemed 10 be a legion, dressed
AMI uudtessed, painted aud powder
and nxed up "io klll." PstAsol. Of
every color snd kind, sleigh bells on
horse trappinRs aud clothing, peacock
feathers aud fly brushes, brilliant silk |
handketcbicfa ami red TlbD3ns In pro-
fusion, making the greatest cOngl1m-
crate aggregation WI ever witnessed
and one We are utterly inadequate TO |
tho task OF describing 30 that cur read.
srs could obtain even the iAintost oou.
| ceplion OF II as II actually appeared.
The ridotu then iOrmtd u 6emiciTclo
opposite the stand on which were lu-
Gated the ofliceis from the agency and
Fort Custer, aud this white people wno
had Travelled miles to witness the |
novel exhibition. Within the SPACE |
intervening. the dance took place aud
continued curing tue remainder Of the
afternoon. There were the Grass or
War Dsuce, the Scalp Dance. the Owl
Dance, the Tobacco or Medicine
Dance, and number Of olh0rs, up.
paronlly all alike. The orchestra OF
Tom. Tom aud vocal artistic, however,
changed the style u their music for
each particular dance, indicating 10 |
the participants IN "the may" what
was next expected si them. After ths
scalp dance one little sawel-gn Sioux
stepped out IN iront Of tue audience
anu made n great talk, toc0unting tho |
"cOup6' of tue Sioux ia their cUntesta |
with the Crows, how the lstter had
been whipped time anu time again,
and boAsttd Of the number Of
scalpB he had taken personally. lie !
carried u Winchester, which no held |
aloft that oil might te0 toe three VI
four scalp, with which Il was OrBA.
menied ~ evidence OF the fact that bis |
statement was vstScious. Then an |
interchange Of presents took place 10 |
show that the Ratchet had been buried |
anu the white winged dove OF peace |
lowered over all. In 1856. during n
similar celebration, the Crows took |
Onense al talk made by a Sioux brave |
anu genuine Tumpus resulted In |
which two OF the latter lTibs were
killed.
After the sham battle, which |
amounted TO little beyond the wasting
OF considerable ammu milton and several |
cavalry charge, n Sioux buck and |
squaw were selected to represent a |
milling event which occurred during |
the Custer campaign, In which bOth |
were slain. They stepped into the |
arena and were hred upon by q deiach.
nlent supposed 10 be out uCOuting. |
When they fell, Sioux tquaw sitting
on tho ground at our feet, IN cited |
with chad HEART" struck up the most |
uneatthly wall that mortal ever
listened TO, anu kept II up until the |
report started that her papooso had |
died In her arms and one sympathetic
ally inclined white lady stepped out Ui |
the stand 10 Investigate. II tfansplred |
however that the papO0se story WAS a
myth, but that the scene just enacted
was repetition Of one Ia which her /
sister had been killed ON the Little |
Horn some four or flve years ago aud !
for whom she was mourning. Alter
her griei--which VHe perfectly natural
ami not "mAke.belisve" by any means
had subsidized, she was presented with
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