Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-25
CANINE CoNsoMME GA
LORE.
Missouri Valley Visited by a
Large Band of Indians.

/: Missouri Valley Visited by a
Large Band of Indians.
Dog soup was at premium in Mis-
souri, Valley today during the visit of
the large party OF Indians who are en-
route to Buffalo, where they will par
tictpate in the Indian Congress to be
held in connection with the Pan
American Exposition this summer.
The Indians were from the Rosebud
agency near Rushville, Neb and re-
Gently received permission from the
United States Governments to leave the
reservation for certain length of
time and are now being taken to Buff
falo by private enterprise. In the
party we're many famous Indian chiefs
who in the years past caused the Gov
ernment any amount of trouble.
Among other chiefs of note in the
party were Little Wound who is now
S6 years old, Jack Red Cloud, Black
Heart and Rocky Bear.
The Sioux Indians in the party num-
Der Ill, the Winnebagoes 2S and repre-.
sentatives of Is other nations complete
the list. The special train upon which
they will travel to Buffalo left Rush
Vile via the f., E. & M. v. yesterday
evening at $50 and arrived in Mis-
souri, Valley about 1:3O this forenoon.
The train consisted of three stock cars
filled with the finest horses owned by
the more prosperous Indians of the
party, six coaches filled with Indians
and one car load of curioslties.
The management of the Miller hotel
here received previous notice of the
coming of the party and had dim
ner already to serve upon their arrival
here. The paraphernalia of modern
man. such as knives, forks and spoons
were eschewed by nearly all the
aborigines, the fingers being used to a
decided advantage. Some idea of the
appetites enjoyed by the Indians may
be formed from the following facts
taken from the itemized list prepared
by Manager Pardee, of the Miller
hotel, the same being aside from the
victuals served the other patrons of
the establishment:
29O pounds of roast beef,
40 gallons of coffee,
lis loaves of bread,
20 pounds of butter,
25 pounds of sugar,
10 gallons of tea,
25 gallons of milk,
5 bushels of boiled potatoes,
60 pounds baked beans.
Every member of the party was
dressed in the style peculiar to the In
dian; every dusky face was painted in
some grotesque style, one proud old
Indian having his face painted a
bright green, deep yellow encircling
one eye while delicate shade of black
surrounded his other optic. He at.
tempted to outdo the rest of the party
by dressing in more up.to-date fash
ion. He had discarded the blanket
and instead he wore white "biled"
shirt. He wore the shirt in much the
same manner as a Chinaman, not one
inch of the shirt being obscured from
view. The merchants in the vicinity
of the depot reaped quite harvest
during the few hours the party stayed
here. Every Indian in tie crowd
seemed to have plenty of money which
they were not the least backward in
separating themselves from when they
saw anything that met their fancy.
The squaws bought red dress goods,
looking glasses and perfume while the
bucks invested their money chiefly in
10 cent diamonds, tobacco and "Uneeda
biscuits"
About / :45 the tram pulled out for
Chicago.