The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1898-01-08
NDlAN HERALDRY.
utted States Exhibit mt the
III Omaha Exposition.

II 4
MR. Hfted States Exhibit mt the :
omaha Exposition.
Tbafestigation Of the North Amer
;can dian along lines which have
reeei6d but little attention heretofore
LII I,ef special interest to the student
,e eth0logy, and form an attractive
,,.rt oythe great Indian exhibit at the
TransYississippi and international ex-
-os;+;.k Next year. The result of
tboro Ri inquiry into what has proven
). ontete system of heraldry in use
,,,or .Ieertain Indian tribes for ages,
III Hsigns and symbols, mysterious
s;aaiazaAe and ceremonies, handed
da e %om generation to generation,
- arlsA new departure in the line OF
athno Ideal research. The indian eA-
I ~ Skfpaated by the United States
SsSe rAnent at the Omaha expositlo IN
1soc <beinp prepared by ames MOOT.
ey. a..,-.Se1xtatfve OF the bureau o.
etExT} 81 the department of the
inter%. Mr.. Mooney has devoted
many Years to a careful study of the
Indian along the line OF sa-
cred 4Fultions, religious ceremonies,
and s1bolic signs of heraldry. Mr..
Moond is white man of scholarly at
tainmbts, and an adopted member OF
the KtNa-Apache Indians, nomadic
tribe, wing in the southwest part OF
the U&ed States. He was admitted
to fullmembership in the tribe sew
eral Yes ago, and has spent the great
err pa1aof the time every year with
them, vhile quietly pursuing his in
vcstigsfons without exciting suspi-
clen dadistrust of the Indians. 1t is
the rap1t of the knowledge of tradi-
tionalpre and symbolic language ac-
| o,,;redh connection with Indian triba.
affo ;rsThich Mr.. Mooney proposes to
aan;1 ban interesting manner at the
T,.a r. Mississippi exposition MI.
4 Moon$ had charge of the installation
Of theIndian exhibit at the Nashville
exnosipn, and he wishes to have more
/ snace Eleyoted to that feature of the
royerhnent exhibit at the TRANSMITS
sissiptexposition than was given to y
at Na]ille.
One the main features OF Mr.. Moon
i ey's designations will be reproduc-
ton, Btorically correct in all IT'S ae,
tails, the last great council OF ths
amal8jaated tribes of the Kiowas a l
Apaclt. held in june, 1867. The en-
campnent. which at the time the coun
ell WISH lid covered stretch of country
j tersrn{ /, in extent. will occupy abou
ea.-s., As of ground at the exposition
The encampment will consist of abou
ESQ tepees. In this camp the tepees
the Indian families are arranged in
great circle facing toward the center
The tepees are close together, and pre-
sent an unbroken line at.all points eS
cept at the east, where wide spac
IS left Tor an entrance. Each tepee
marked by the emblem of the subdi
vision # the tribe to which its owne
belongs and these subdivisions az
grouped about the circle in the order O
their Precedence. In front of eacl
tepee IL erected pole, OH which ar
snspeuded the shield and other wa
hapleniNfs of the occupant of TIL
,cpee, zach shield being |emblazone'
with MrS hcral1iic device Of it's owner
In the center of the great circl
formed by the tepees, stands the med
icine aglge or temple. which sreltri
the carved image, or idol. typical OF tn
sun. This lodge faces the east, an
back of it stands the tepee of the prizes
or medicine men and a small tepee
which the dancers are purified befol
entering apon their energetic dew
tons.
After the confidence of the India1
. had been secured sufficiently to allo
the models of the tepces to be made NJ
Afooney was obliged to secure the ser
. ices ofsone or more Indians in each
the sixIsubdivisions into which tt
s tribe was divided in 1867. The sube
zisions we're these: Rec, Elk, Kiov
properSRig Shields, Kiowa-Apache al
: BlacE ss. This work was finally {
COMP led, and the models are now
ing Hz<ss7e A number are complete
4 lanS7 y s7hs time the exposition ope
ffe 4{Iz1keaumber VIII be ready for 6
fhibitionY
Mr.. Mooney has correct reproductio
< RI the Shields and heraldic devic
which were used at this celebration u
der the OIL reg llHC. lHCll iCPI OuuStlo
on brace the many different kinds
8 decorations, the significance of the q
e v;ce its origin and the ceremony a
companying it's conservation. The COZ
It nrete system of heraldry of these |
r 5ians has been formulated, the signi
r, .nce oflwhich has thrown light .up'
= he early history of the tribe, and g
p fords ons means of tracing the traye
It .nd origin of this branch of the hums
chicago Inter Ocean.
IS duration of Life.
% of the children born alive one-four
a d;e befors II months, one-third befo
r. tbe twehty-third month, one-half /
n fore theireighth year, two-thirds
: fore their thirty ninth year, thrt
fourths before their fifty-frst year, al
lot about 1000 only one survives
whole century. -Chicago Inter OceaI
4 The Widow Was All Right.
: 81 wantyou to take couple
s chances % a poor widows cookstove
IL so cents aticket.''
r. .But what's the poor widow going
= do without her cookstove?"
a @Oh, she's moved into house whe
,e they havea gas stove range.'.Cles
land Plain Dealer.