The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-30

counse;led him against the fight at
Wounded Knee in the campaign of '90-'91
in which battle Sitting Bull was killed.
Red Cloud is so called because when he
was on the war path, he and his warriors
wore red blankets, which in the distance,
gave them the appearance of great red
cloud
Winona. the daughter of Chief Crazy
Horse, the famous Indian strategist, who
led Gen. Howard on a 1900 mile march
in 1878, is at the exposition. She is said
to be the most expert rife shot in the
world. Unlike the average Indian squaw,
her Accomplishments are not those of
peace. -
The exhibit of the Indian Bureau in the
United States government building, at the
Pan-American Exposition gains an espe-
cial interest and value after seeing these
old chieftains SCARED with the wounds
of many battles, this woman who knows
how to fight, the younger braves, who
read and write, draw and paint, and are
skilled in all the arts of peace, graduates
of Indian schools, etc This exhibit was
installed by Miss Alice Fletcher. who
knows more of Indian life and character
than any other woman in the United
States. The exhibit shows both her knoWi-
edge of the subject and her artistic ap-
probation of Indian character. She is
the staunch friend of the Red Man and
has published an interesting book in
which she includes many legends, tradi-
tons. religions, folk songs and folk lore
of a number of tribes AT the entrance
to the exhibit is a case of Indian relics
which antedate the discovery of America.
To the initiated these are full of meaning.
Then the evolution of the Indian under
the influence of civilization is told in the
systematic installation until the final
group enclosed in beautiful grill work,
shows the educated Indian to be artist.
poet, scholar and author! This repre-
sents a modern sitting room, designed
by Angel de Cora, an Indian girl who
graduated from the institute at
Hampton, Virginia, and is now studying
art her chosen profession. in Boston.
The fireplace is poem in wood. A
conventionalized eagle-The- Thunder
Bird of the Indiana-in dark wood, is
inlaid on the light panel which supports
the mantel shelf 1t is placed here be-
cause the Thunder Bird" is also a type
of the Sun, the source of all heat and
fire. Around the entire mantel is wood
carved scroll made up of the sacred
fire sticks with which the Indians pro-
duced fire by friction. In the topmost
panel is an oil painting representing a
fiery sunset on the prairie. In the left
of the picture is a group of Indian tents
through which the glow of the evening
fires shine On a knoll near the center
are an Indian maiden and an Indian
brave grouped so as to Indicate the for
nation of another hearthstone in the
near future. Around the ceiling is
frieze of plaques made from dyed gras-
SEES. These dyes are in all colorS, and
unlike the ordinary apiline dyes do not
fade. The secret of the vegetable color
ing matter remains with the Indian.
These plaques are in many interesting
designs and each one has significance
bearing on religious ceremonials. social
functions, or some ancient Indian Gus
toms the pale faces do not understand.
In this room are articles of furniture,
hand-carved and inlaid with onyx This
dainty apartment is entered by beautiful
portiereres woven by the Navahoe In
dams.
Near the entrance is a column of diff
ferent colored woods arranged so as to
look from a distance like a costly Mosaic.
The pedestal has four faces, on which are
inlaid NEUROLOGICAL designs and symbols
of Indian allegories much older than the
advent of the pale face TO this hemisphere
which cannot be interpreted by Miss
Fletcher or any other expert i'm the his
tory of religion of the American Indian.
The capital is as ornate as that of the
Corinthian column, and reproduces four
heads of Moqui Indian maidens, clusters
of oak leaves and acorns. etc. On the
top of this column is an ancient urn of
classic shape, which suggests those seen
at Pompeii and in the museum of Greece.
Around the bottom OF this pedestal is a
reproduction of the well known Greek bor
der. A suggestion OF this border occurs
on many of the more ancient water jugs.
plaques, etc.
The exhibit is in charge Of Frank La
Flesche, an Omaha Indian, whose recent
book published by Boston firm is re-
ceiving many ecomiums from the press
Of this country and Europe. There is
vein of pathos and poetry through it
which appeals to every friend of the
brave people who were greatly misunder-
stood by the majority of the white set
tiers in this country. II is dedicated to
the Universal Boy" and shows the
healthy adventurous boys impulses 10 be
practically the same weather born in a
wagwam on the Western prairie or
modern home.
The Indian folk songs and folk lore
give evidence of reverence for an all pre-
vading Great Spirit a keen appreciation
OF the beautiful and a chavalrous regard
for women in keeping with the character