Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-07
HEN PARTY At GoEs-To-wAR's.
Sewing of % New Tepce Brings To-
gether n Very Select Cotcrie.

sewing of n New Tepce HriuRS To-
gether Very Select Coterie.
There was a social function OF more than
ordinary Importance out at the Indian
grounds yesterday. In fact 1t was the swell
est thing that has occurred in Indian So
ciety for many moons and all who hap
pened to be participants felt highly hon
ored
For sometime IL has been apparent that
the Goes-to-W War family has been in need
OF new tepee The old one, having with
stood the SHOWS OF several winters and the
rains of as many summers, had become
trihe dlapidated, dirty and full of holes.
Goes to-War being a big man in the Sioux
tribe felt that 1t was beneath his dignity
to live in tepee full of holes and so in
formed Captain Mercer, who took the same
view of the case and at once gave the old
warrior a requisition on the Indian store
for enough white duck to construct the
habitatlon. Yesterday morning the purchase
was made and, as proud as a boy with his
first pair of long pants, Goes to-War lugged
the cloth across the open tract and flung
it down in front of his wife, telling her
that now they would have a ,tepee that
would outshine any in the camp, provided
that she got a hustle on herself and put
the thing together.
Mrs. Goes-to-War suggested that she had
nothing in the house that was good enough
for company, else she would invite the
neighboring women and have a sewing bee.
Goes-to- War said he could fix little thing
IKE that SO he hied himself down to the
office of Captain Mercer, telling him that
he was going to have company and that he
would need something extra for dinner. The
captain grasped the situation and issued an
|
reached home he was loaded down with
sacks OF dried prunes, beans and bacon.
The stuff he turned over to Mrs. Goes-to
| War, who at orce issued invitations to
Mesdames Three Fingers Pretty Eagle.
! Touch the Clouds, High Wolf Cut Nose,
Yellow Back. Crooked Elk and the Misses
| Brown Bear, Owl Eyes, Running Horse,
Jumping Bear, White Hawk and Fast Girl
| to attend and bring their scissors, needles
| and thimbles. All of the invitations were
| accepted and long before noon the party
was in full swing. The Old tepee was taken
down and spread upon the ground and over
! it the new cloth was laid, the old tent
being the pattern for the new one. After
the cloth was cut, the women commenced
sewing and during the balance of the day
it was as merry a sewing bee as one could
wish to see. The women worked and
chatted and did not seem to mind the white
people who gathered around the place
where they were working and which had
been roped off to keep out the intruders.
Shortly after noon Mrs. Goes-to-War
served dinner to her guests. In this she
was assisted by her daughter Black Prairie
Chicken and the Misses Comes Alone and
Looks High. Mrs. Goes to-War superin-
tended the cooking of the bacon and beans,
while young women served the guests and
poured the coffee. The dinner served
on tin plates and was all in one course.
After dinner the work upon the tepee was
resumed and long before the Indian battle
it was completed and raised, ready for
occupancy.
Two or three times during the day Goes
to-War visited his home but at no time
did he stay long. He went over to neigh
boris for lunch and when asked why he did
not eat at home replied: 81 always did hate
those hen parties. I have got one over at
my place now and don't propose to go back
until it breaks up"