La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-16
ASSEMBLY or INDIAN TRIBES
The rransmisaiAaippi Exposition to Have
Not.bis Exhibit


The Transmisaissippi Exposition to Have .
Notsbis Exhibit
Omaha. July S.-Conrress has Just
set apart special fund OF $4,000 TO
be expended In creating nj Omaha the
rarest chronological exhibition ever at
/ tempted In this or any other land. Sit
| uatcd In the heart of the great Amer
can Union. within easy reach OF all
the remaining great Indian reserya-
, tIons, IL has been possible here. at
comparatively slight expense, 10 gather
upon the Exposition grounds show
which would be possible nowhere else
in America.
Sioux from the Dakotns. omnhas and
wInnebagos from Nebraska. Sacs and
Foxes from Iowa, Chippewas from
Minnesota. Kickapoos from Kansas,
Mandans from North Dakota. Crows,
Blnckfect, Cheyennes and Flatheads
from Montana: Sheepcaters. Bannocks
| aud Nez Pcrces from Idaho: Iakimas
from Washington. Utcs from Colorado.
Arapahoes and Shoshones from Wy
oming. Piuies from Nevada, Zunis.
MoIuis, Navajos and Apaches from
Arizona and New Mexico. Diggers and
Mojaves from California. Uma'illas
from Oregon. and representatives from
! Indian Territory and Oklahoma of
Creeks. Chickasaws. Chocktaws, Semi
Dolcs. Cherukees. Osages. Otoes. Ionk-
| awas. KiowaS. Comanchcs, Poncas,
iowas. Quapaws. Delawares, kaws
and other tribes and remnants of
tribes conGrcgated in their wickiups.
tents iepees. wigwams and cabins.
pursuing their usual avocaiions and IL
lustrating their dances. religious rites
and savage customs. make up show
unlike anything ever before presented.
Delegations from every tribe in the
Union viii he ON the grounds nj one
time or another during the Exposition.
Each fy,se VIII be exhibited in appro-
prlte 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 will be reproduced.
In connection with these illustrations
of savage life. of aboriginal habits and
customs and the paraphernalla 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 will be prominent.
The Indian Department at Washing
ton has placed nj 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. 1t Is the last op-
portuniiy of seeing the American In
dian as a savage, for the government
work now in progress will lift the saw
nge 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 on the maps of the Unit
ed states the Indian reservation and
wipe Off the face of the earth the res
ervation Indian.
Captain w. =. Mercer, L. s. A., has
been detailed TO take charge of the In
dian Congress and his plans are SO far
advanced Ms to make the assembling
OF the Indians only matter OF the
short time necessary to transport them
TO Omaha. The captain has engaged
men who have lived among the Indians
for years TO arrange contests, tourna-
menis and daily program OF rare fea
lures Professor James Mooney OF the
Bureau of Ethnology Will make re
markable exhibit OF Indian heraldry.
the result OF years of study and re-
search.