The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-15
ROUGH RIDERS FAREWELL
Stirring Scenes Mark the Regi-
ment's Last Days.
DANCES BY THE INDIANS
The Disposition Of the Mascots of
esting Dehnte-COI Roosevelt Pre-
sented With the Flags of the Com
mand by Secretary Alger.

Camp Wikoff n. Y, Sept. l5.-Last night
Col Roosevelt. with few of his staff
officers. is in command Of empty tents
The company streets of the Rough Riders
are deserted.
The last eight troops of the regiments
We're paid of and mustered out yesterday,
and nearly every man left for New York.
This is Col. Roosevelt's last day in the
service. and before night he, too, will
leave.
The last few hours the Rough Riders
spent in camp We're filled with their noise
and jollity. Last night there were great
bCn-fires in the camp and a series of In
dian dances were held. They were not
solemnized by the solemnity or inward
fervor of the real Indian dancer but they
were complete in every formalisy. The
crowd Of on-lookers was as enthusiastic
as could have been desired.
Levi Jones, the Cherokee; RattIesnake
Pete the Sioux; PoIluc, the Pawnee, and
Michael. the Apache, all took part. There
was the Sioux stamp dance, significant
of the hardening Of the ground when the
rains let up in Spring; the snake dance
OF the Apaches. in which the rattlesnakes
are usually carried in the hands of the
dancers. who initiate the sinuous motions
of tina; reptile in their steps and body
contorti0ns. and the Moqui smoke dance
the dance of peace and the harvest.
Notwithstanding the late revels, all
hanGs were up early today and ready for
more devilmeu5. Among other things
they tossed unwary passers-by in blankets
in ihe company sJr-els. Then they de-
clared boycott on all the peddlers about
the camp and drove them forth with heir
wares
Most everyone took a last ride on his
horse, and the sudden descent of a small
group of wildly yelling riders, urging
their steeds at their utmost pace, scat
tered many a quiet cavalcade, pedestrians
and others.
Then there was the disposition of mas
cots. While group of Troop / men were
discussing the fate of Teddy the eagle,
which was sent TO them at Tampa,
Trooper Coe slipped away and presented
himself at the flap of Col. Rooseyelts
tent. He saluted in a way of his own
and was asked in. He fumbled his hat
a few moments and then began:
Look here, colonel, 1 own a ma jorify
of stock in that Troop eagle The fel-
lows are talking about giving him to
somebody else, but i think you should
&AdhG hllIAr SlI lOu SdS lfe WOru. SIT,
and ], seeing / am the majority share
holder. will undertake to see that you
get him. Now is il a go?"
The matter was finally arranged in this
way. Col. Roosevelt got the eagle and
will take 1T to Oyster Bay with him to-
morrow. His children, he expects, will
enjoy the pet for a time and then it will
be presented to the new natural history
collection IN the Bronx Park.
Josephine, the mountain lion belonging
10 A Troop, is to be given to the Central
Park Zoo.
The regiments dog, Cuba, has so many
owners that. ii has not been arranged
for and unless IL slows away on some
train Il will be left to the life-saving sta
ton here.
Secretary Alger has intrusted to the
care Of Col. Roosevelt the flags which his
command carried through the campaign.
A meeting Of the Society of the Army