The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
Brave From POttaWatOmie Res
erTatiOn Visits State House.
Many Strange and Terrible
Things Startle Him.
SEES GREAT SPIRIT.
1t Was Only the Elevator But
He Did Not Know.
Would Have Thrown Stones at
Goss Bird Collection.
.eWheope; Hoorav. /"

'FWhoope; Hooray."
Those were the almost indistinguish-
able words of a yell which reverberated
through the state house basement Wed
nesday afternoon, dying away into a
gurgling monotone, while their author,
a husky young Pottawatomie Indian
described a circle in attempting to
walk along the hall. He called himself
Rising Sun"
The noble red man was somewhat
intoxicated and was visiting the cap
itoL He could not walk in a given
direction. He started to leave the
building and had his head turned
towards the door but his body would
not follow his brain.
The Indian had a thirst which could
not be quenched. He saw a jug in the
Office Of the state house engineer. 1t
was filed with oil. An attempt to
drink the contents was stopped by some
one. Soon the Indian saw a bottle
containing shellac. The fumes of alcO-
hol followed the cork out of the bottle
and before hand could be raised the
Indian had swallowed a mOuthful of
the stuff. The shellac and bronze
which had been used to touch up radia-
tors made the Indians mouth sight
to behold
A newspaper reporter got hold Of the
Indian and marched him over to the
state Historical society where he was
shown the mummy which is the petri-
fed corpse of a woman holding a babe
in her arms. The superstition of the
race Immediately seized the drunken
man and he started run for the
door, He missed it and crashed into
the casing. Another charge and the
Indian spraWled on the floor. BY this
time the spectators had opened the door
and the Indian went out with such
force that he crossed the hall and tum-
bled headlOng into Mr.. Coburn's Rus
sian thistle. When he arose from this
mishap the parts of the thistle which
had attached themselves to his hair
and clothing made ludicrous object of
the brave.
With the thistles in his hair and the
shellac around his mouth and the fear
Of the mummy in his heart and wob-
bly, action in his knees the Indian start
ed for fresh air.
Under the dome in the basement the
electric light has been giving the cleo
tricians some trouble. While the In
dian was crossing under the light it
went out. With a yell of terror he
sprang aside and landed in a. heap on
the concrete floor. At this juncture a
man rode a bicycle through the gloomy
corridor. The Indian thought the ghost
of the mummy was after him and he
made K break for liberty. He started
and came to the circular wall around
the corridor. He ran around the circle
ana was soon making fast time
around the improvised track He soon
emerged into the corridor where the
Dunsmore house used to sit. The Goss
pathological collection adjoins this
corridor. The Indian saw the birds
and force was required to restrain him
from throwing stones through the glass
cases. He seemed to think the birds
alive and subjects for sport.
After the Indian had Invested himself
of most of his clothing some one told
him something about a certain brand
of squirrel whisky which Bob SempIe
could locate for him and piloted the In
dian to Bob's Office door. The Indian
meel1ly staggered in and said:
Me want squirrel"
Bob was dazed for a moment hut
managed to gasp out.
Git"
''Huh,' grunted the Indian.
Semple doubled his fists, shook them
at the object in the door, and said Cit
Then the Indian took tumble over a
cuspidor as he started from the door.
Inc elevator passed up rapidly with
the light in it pickering in response to
the motion of the machine.
Great Spirit said a bystander.
Emitting the PottaWatomie war
whoop the Indian made a rush for the
stairs. He tumbled and rolled down
the iron steps landing in a sitting no.
slt1on at the bottom. He rubbed his
eyes and the places where his body
touched the floor in blissful, drunken
unconsciousness and took his bearings
He set sail again for the door and man
aged to get out.
The Indian then started down street
Outside he met a woman. She started
one way around the iron guard post and
he started the same way The woman
was frightened and the two had a short
chase around the post until She man
aged to dodge into the building The IN
dian fell over on the flower bed and
rooted his nose among the plants for a
rev moments. He came to suddenly and
started down the street, hatless, coatless
and Shirtless