The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-08-25

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the tom-tum. other Indians quick
~ gathered and the fun began. The
dance was designated as He Lu
Ski, which when put into English
means nothing more than Brave
Dance. This is a dance for the
Winnebagoes and Omahas, and
they were the only ones who par
ticipated An Indian would start
out with slow swinging step. This
he would continue for time.
Gradually he would move faster
and faster, continuing Till he fell
exhausted. Then others would
dance and fall until about all had
taken tumble.
TO celebrate the occasion, Tom
Sloane, an Indian attorney from
the Omaha agency, presented sill
yer medal as big as saucer to
Stone, one of the Foxes. Gift-mak-
ing proved contagious, and Silver
Brown of the Omahas, in the best
language he could command, said
he would give pony to the Indian
he loved best, aud requested s. A.
Combs, white man, to name the
recipient, Combs picked out Smoke
Maker got the pony. Mr.. Brown
then explained that it was the Gus
tom for some person to give away
a pony when the He Lu Ski dance
was given, and as he had hundreds
he thought it his duty to. do the
giving.
Oh lie She None, who boasts OF
having seen 1l3 summers, then led
more dancing, and this was follow
ed by horse racing and game of
la crosse between picked teams OF
Winnebagoes, which was stopped
by darkness.
During the morning hour there
was dress rehearsal, a mum Der OF
the tribes putting the Flushing
touches on the dances which they
will give during their stay. A
large ring was roped off for the
purpose of preventing the whites
from crowding up upon the dancers.
This ring is about 100 feet in diam
eter. The band stand, or rather the
band ring, is in the center, and
here the Indians will sit upon their
launches and beat out dOleful
music, while around them will
gyrate the painted and featherbe.
decked children of the mountain,
plain and forest.
The ball opened by a party of
Assinaboines putting on friendly
dance, which, when uninterpreted,
is Xxi vi Hi" The dance is an
easy, swinging affair, the move.
ment being similar to that of a
chicken that hops about with badly
frozen feet. This dance continued
for an hour or more, after which a
number of squaws injected them
selves into the ring and gave Il
dance peculiar to the women of the
Sioux tribe. Like all other Indian
dances, this one was accompanied
by singing and the beating of
wheezy drums. 1t is apparent that
time and harmony don't count for
much with Indians when they
dance, noise being the principal
accompaniment. The women were
beautifully painted, red being the
prevailing color, though there were
many bright stripes of black artist
ically daubed across their cheeks,
lips and foreheads.
Mrs. Hits-the- Eagle High in-the-
Clouds was the belle of the ball aud
won frequent and uproarious ap-
plause. Her step was as light as
that of a young fawn, while her
costume was strikingly fetching
She wore a dress of red blanket
cut decollete at both top and bot
tom. Over this she wore muskrat
skin trimmed with red flannel. Hen
Jewels consisted of elks' teeth and
bear claws.
Miss s-Like-the-Dee was at.
tired in dainty suit Of yellow
calico. reaching to her knees, a
girdle of brass encircling her waist
She encased her feet in slippers OF
buckskin. hair side in, the tops
worked in porcupine quills, dyed
red and blue. Her pantalettes were
of blue blanket, cut bias, and trimm.
ed down the sides with white braid
Although quite tleshy, Mrs
Knows No Fear danced as lightly
as though she was made of feathers
Notwithstanding the fact that she
tips the scales at POS pounds. Hei
costume was rich in the extreme
1t was of yellow squaw cloth, g
kind OF flannel and was profusely