The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
CARLISLE BAND CONCERT.
4 Musical Evening mt the National
Rides ArmOry Hall.

The Carlisle Indian Band gave concert
last night at the National Rifles Armory
Hall. The numbers Of the following pro-
gramme. with several encores. were rem
dered:
Overture "JubeT' won Weber,, conlud-
ing with the national anthem; Idylle,
Gypsy Life" tie Theirel; song, The Two
Roses" (WernerI Glee Club; suite,
Aboriginal (Wheelock1 la Morning on
the Plains OBJ Festival and Dance Of the
Red Men; selection, Faust" (Gcunod);
Srabat Mater. "Infammatus" (RossinD,
euphouium obligato by Robert Bruce,
Sioux. Burlesque. The Arkansas Trav-
eler" iReeyest-A scene in the band room.
The Instruments have a dispute as TO how
the cid melody should be played the par
Elephants iu the argument being the picco-
10. sayouhores. blossoms, sarrusophones,
comets clarionets. oboes. trOmbones, ell
uhoniums. basses. alto. and bass ciarioHets.
Grand scene from the Huguenots, The
Blessing Of the POiguards' ,Mcyerheerl;
violin solo. Vision de Jeanne dare
,G0unodl. Zitkala Sa. patriotic anthem.
star Spangled Banner tArnold).
The carlisle Indian Band is an aggrega-
ton Of musicians consisting Of fifty seven
Young Indians under the leadership Of Den
niscn Wheelock. musical instructor at the
Carlisle School. The nucleus OF this band
plaved in Washington at the inauguration
of President Mckinley. II then consisted
Of only twenty-three pieces. and was
thought decidedly amateurish. Since then
it has been strengthened by additional
talent. and trained to artistic efficiency by
prof Wheelock The Indian boys Of TWEEN
la, I,a. IY.ass
musical talent and 1t il expected that this
band will be one of the interesting fea-
lures Of the Paris Exposition
Prof Denuson Wheelock a full -b,ooded
Oneida Indian. told a Times reporter yes
terday some OF the difficulties he had over
come in finding his musicians and in train
ing them 20 play artistically. II must be
remembered. he said. that there is not a
man in the band who is thirty years old.
They are all young, and few Of them had
any training. he said, until he took hold
Of them Under the circumstances, there
fore. the band merited the testimonial
given it at the suggestion OF senator De-
pew in Lafayette Theatre. that its per
Torrance had been most satisfactory and
remarkable.
Zltkala Sa, who accompanies the band a.
a -oloist on the violin. and who reCited
The Famine" at the LougfelloW memorial
meeting yesterday, is "a voting wcman OF
pleasing personality. Her name in English
signifies Red Bird. she is a Sioux, and
was born In Dakota about twenty-five
Years ago. She Was taken when ten years
old 10 Whites Institute, Wabash, Ind
where her educdtion was begun. Later she
attended EJrIham College in Indiana, TAX
ing there the highest honors in oratory.
She taught one year in the Carlisle Indian
School and is aow studying violin In the
Boston Conservatory Of Music.
ZiJkala Sa has portrayed in recent ar
tlcles published ia the Atlantic Monthly
her own life. She has a talent for writing
as well as music, and she modestly stated
to a Times reporter yesterday that she was
ambitious to excel in both, for the double
purpose Of showing that the Indian woman
is capable Of acquiring the accomplishments
OF the white race, and Of beneftlng her
own people