The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-11
BUTTE News.
WAR DANCE or THE REDS
Smooth and Graceful Moves and
Poses of the Hungry Braves.
THE ENTERT TAIN MENTlS ON
New and Striking Combinations in Paint
Introduced-An Aboriginal Feast
Scheduled for To Night in
the Auditorium.

The Indians declared war yesterday
against starvation. Bedeeked in all
their finery, filled to the brim with good
dog meat they marched into Butte yes
ferday afternoon. 1t was pretty cold,
but they did not mind ii and hoped up
and down through Butte's streets, Civ
ing unearthly yelis now and then-yells
80 frightful that street car ran away.
The Indians are camped few miles
out OF town and claim that their ac-
cumulation of provisions is ali gone, and
they are on the verge of starvation. The
city donated them the Auditorium for
three days in which to give war dances
for the entertainment of the public and
to raise money to keep themselves
through the winter, and they started in
with their dance last evening. There
was not much Of crowd to see the
dance. but those who were there en-
joyed it. The old Indians, sauaws and
papooses occupied the platform while
the braves were seated in front of the
platform ready to jump UP and dance
and yell when the spirit moved them.
The orchestra consisted of seven
braves seated on their launches around
a big tom-tom, which they would beat
Justify. Each member of the orchestra
would, as the pow-wow progressed,
jump up and go dancing and skipping
down the hall, yelling in time to the
music. They were the star sololsts, and
ii was the way they had of letting ii
be known that their voices Were still for
war When each member of the orcnes-
ira had declared himself in this way the
chorus came in. The chorus was all
right. There Were a dozen braves In II
and they were dressed in paint Of
rnIArS Rihhnpg hung down their
bare backs and feathers were stuck in
their hair. Around their legs were red
strings Of sleigh bells and when they all
danced together to the beating Of the
tom-tom it was enough 20 make the
Russians evacuate Port Arthur
The dance was two-step. 1t was a
case of one yell to two steps. They
would make the circle of the hall once
or twice, then the music would cease
and they would flop into their seats. The
best dancer in the lot, so far as endur-
ance goes, was the brave attired in a
becoming costume Of verniilion paint,
striped with purple paint. The most
graceful dancer in the lot looked hand
some in a close fitting costume of green
paint with yellow POLKA dots. Another
hewitching costume was that worn by
Hit-Me- With a-Feather. 1t consisted OF
a striking combination of purple, red
and green pain t, plentifully smeared.
and rattlesnake ornaments. Among
many other dreamy costumes attracting
attention was one of red. white and blue
paint In stripes, typical of the priority
of the Americanism of the red man. The
rest of the dances We're a repetition of
the first one, that dance being repeated
about dozen times during the evening.
Between dances the pipe was passed
from one brave to another. each taking
q few puffs, and a pail of water was
passed around.
Tonight il is announced that the In
dams Will have an aboriginal feast in
the Auditorium and eat some dog. There
will be q change of programme and sew
eral new dances will be introduced. and
there viii be some new and striking
combinations in paint