The western recorder., 1898-07-14
AssEMsLY or INDIAN TRIBES
Ths Tr.nsni.si-.,pps Ezposit,on to Have i.
Notable Exhibit

Nofabie Exhibit
Omaha. July a.-Congrcss has Just
set apart special fund OF $4,000 to
be expended In creating at Omaha the
rarest chronological exhibition ever at
tempted In this or any other land. Sit
uated In the heart of the great Ameri-
can Union, within easy reach OF all
the remaining great Indian reserra-
tons, II has been possible here. Mt
comparatively slight expense. TO gather
upon the Exposition grounds n show
which would be possible nowhere else
In America.
Sioux from the Dnkotas. Omahas and
wlnnebngos from Nebraska. sacs and
Foxes from Iowa. Chippewas from
Minnesota, Kickapoos from Eansas,
Mandans from North Dakota Crows.
Blackfeet. Cheyenncs and Flatbeads
from Mon;ana: Sheepeaters, Bannocks
and Nez Perces from Idaho; Yakimas
from Washington. utcs from Colorado.
Arapahoes and Shoshcnes from Wy
oming. Piutcs from Nevada, ZunIs.
MoquIs. Navajos and Apaches from
Arizona aud New Mexico. Diggers aud
Mojaves from California, Umatillas
from Oregon. and representatives from
Indian Territory and Oklahoma OF
Greeks. Chicknsnws. Chocktaws, Semi
Atitrr &titiVhttr- tfr1Efrs %ftVtT- A'hh-
awas, Kiowas, Comanches, Poncas.
Towns Quapaws- Delawares. Kaws
and other tribes and remnants OF
tribes congregnted in their wickiups,
tents. tepees. wigwams and cabins.
pursuing their usual avocntions and H.
lustrating their dances. religious rites
and savage customs. make up show
unlike anything ever before presented.
Delegations from every tribe in the
Union will be on the grounds ut one
time or another during the Exposition.
Each type Will he exhibited in appro-
prite costume with weapons utensils.
industrial appliances. ceremonial OBJ
jects burial structures and handiwork.
Their games. their solemn festivals,
their peculiar customs and their nat
ural surroundings viii be reproduced.
In connection with these illustrations
OF savage life. Of aboriginal habits and
customs and the paraphernalia of the
plains. mountains. lakes and forests,
their homes, exhibits OF their indus
trial advancement. their school work
and other incidents OF their slow but
sure movement toward civilization and
enlightenment viii be prominent.
The Indian Department at Washing
ton has placed at the disposal of the
Exposition its facilities. Office force and
field employees for making up this
notable exhibit. The Indian Congress
is undoubtedly the strongest. most
original and most Interesting feature
of the Exposition. It is the last op-
portunity Of seeing the American In
dim as n savage. for the government
work now In progress will lift the saw
age Indian INTO American citizenship
before this generation passes Into his
tory and the onward march of Ameri-
can civilization and American indus
try will wipe or the maps OF. the Unit
ed states the Indian reservation and
wipe on the face Of the earth the res
ervation Indian.
Captain w. A. Mercer. u. S. A.. has
been detailed TO take charge of the In
dian Congress and his plans are SO far
advanced ns TO make the assembling
of the Indians only n matter OF the
short lime necessary TO transport them
TO Omaha. The captain has engaged
men who have lived among the Indians
for years to arrange contests, tourna-
ments and daily program Of rare fea-
lures. Professor James Mooney of The
Bureau of Ethnology VIII make a re-
markable exhibit of Indian heraldry.
the result of years Of study and re-
search.