, 1898-09-01
AN INDIAN sCAlPED.
HE BECOMES THE VICTIM OF
ONE OF THE RACIAL
CHARACTERISTICS
Eats-His-own-Blood Tells . Story
After Knocking Out Two Redskins
One Of Them Receivers and Lifts
the Topknot Of His Assaiant-An
Indian Tale.

There Is an individual In the Indian
village on the exposition grounds, says
the Omaha Bee, who presents a horri-
BILE example Of a man who has been
scalped. He is an Indian and is known
as Eats -HisIOwn-Bloo Why the In
dian was given this name no person
seems to know. There is nothing about
him that indicates that he eats his own
blood or the blood Of any other person.
Instead Of being blood-thirsty and
cruel, he is one of the most genial and
companionable Indians on the grounds,
and his whole makeup fully estab.
fishes the fact that Mr. Eats His-Own-
Blood bellies his ltame.
Mr.. ats-His-Own-pIc was scalped,
and a glance at the place where his
scalp ought to be furnishes the most
conclusive evidence. The man, Is a
Standing Rock Sioux and something Of
a farmer. That is he Is a theoretical
farmer. Instead Of tickling the bosom
Of the earth with a pillow and planting
and reaping, he tells the young Indians
how to farm and then lies back in h'a
tepee. comfortably rolled up in a
blanket. This is what he does when at
home upon the reservation, but here
in Omaha he devotes the most OF his
time to eating rations and visiting the
midway, which has many attractions
for even an Indian with a bad name at
tached to him. 4,
Eats-His-O n-Blood is pretty we'll
advanced in years and has tramped
through the SHOWS of sixty odd winters
and the heat Of IN equal number Of
summers, but still he is as active as q
boy in his teens and enjoys about the
same sights that would please and
amuse such a boy. On the Midway,
Eats-Hls-O wn-Blood's favorite resort
is in front Of a Punch and Judy show
and he new leaves until the curtain
is rung down on the final act. He will
wrap his blanket around his form and
when Punch proceeds to chastise his
better half with a club the old man
will laugh and cry by turns. However,
when the devil comes up and carts M.
Punch away to the internal regions,
the enjoyment Of the Indian knows no
bounds. He will at such times hop
around like a pea On a hot griddle and
will laugh until his sides will ache.
When a young man. ACCORDING to
Eats His-OwnJBlood's story, he was a
great hunter. One day when he wa up
in the wilds Of Minnesota hunting
moose, which animals at that time were
were Numerous, he struck q hot trail
and followed, leaving the members Of
his own party far behind. Night came
on and still he was on the trail Of the
moose. Not being inclined to abandon
the chase, he camped for the night and
bright and early the following morn>
ing started out with q full stomach and
a renewed determination TO capture the
animal OF know the reason why. It
was winter and the snow covered the
ground to the depth OF several inches,
but this did not make any difference to
the Indian. During the day he came
up pretty close to the moose and at the
same time he came upon the trail Of .
couple OF Indians who were following
the same game. they having crossed tho
spoor, and instead Of leaving It, follow
ed on. About the middle of the FORE
noon Eats-Hds-Own-Bood came upon
the moose and at the same time he saw
a sight that made his blood boil. At
that instant an Indian fred an arrow
into the animals body and 1t fell dead,
pierced to the heart.
ITO say that l was mad does not tell
half the story" said the Indian,
through an Interpreter. II had followed
the creature for nearly tweoty-four
hours and then to have It taken by two
Indians who had NO claim upon 4
made me about as hot q Wknnebago ~
there WAS IN the woods. I walked right
up to the two Indians and demanded
that they give m the carcas end they
take the skin Instead Of doing this,
they gave me the laugh. THIS was .
declaration Of hoshNttes and although
Il was . case Of two against one, I'ped-
cd for the fray, thorwing on my hlankst
and stripping down to the bad. The two
Indians did the same thing AAd No
went It It rough and tunnb,s without