The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-26

for Crooked Claw" says this yare parent
commentin' on his he'plessness that time,
Bills gone canterin' up TO his old gent &c
demonstrate a lot; not hungerin' for learn.
In. an Crooked Claw says this to Bill
The Great Father is too many for Crooked
Claw: an too strong. You must go &c
school as the Great Father orders. 1t Il
right. The longest spear is right
"Bil is rebranded like I says, Bill Con.
nors.' an then he's done bound down "a
them books. After four years Bill gradyoo.
ates; he's got the limit. an tho %philanthro.
lists takes Bills hobbies OF an throws him
loose with the idea that Bill will go back
to his tribe folks and team 'em TO read.
Bill bach, shore. an b at once The
Usage laughin' stock for wesrin' pale-face
clothe&. Also. the medicine man tells Bill
he'll die for talkin' paleface talk an sport
In . palefacs SKIRT. an these we're phophe-
cies. preys on Bill. who's eager to live a
heap an amt none ready to cash in. Bill
gets back into blankets an feathers in about
q month. Its this away:
''Old Black DOG, Q leadin' sharp among
The Osages. IL goin' about with a dab of
clay In his ha'r, an wearin' his most torn
an ornery blanket That's because Black
stampedes over tho Big Divide, mebby it's
two months prior. Black Dogs MOURN
has got dealt down to the turn like; an
windin' up his grief an tears. Usage fashion.
he gives q war dance. Shore; them savages
rings In q war dance on all sorts Of csr.-
moniea. It don't alters mean they're hostile.
an about to spraddle forth on missions OF
blood. Like I states. Black Dog. who's
gone - the end OF his mournful lariat about
that departed squaw, turns himss'f loose
for . war danos: an he nacherally invites
the osags nation to gel on the festiv ties.
"Aocordin' to the rooles Of the game. pore
Bill, Jest back from that school. has got to
cut In. Or he has his choice between bein'
fined q pony. or taktn' . lfckin' with mule
whips In the enthusiastic hands Of a brace
Of Kettle tenders. whose delight as well as
dooty It IL to mete out said punishment.
Bill can't AFFORD to go shy a pony; ans as
he's loath to accept them larrupin's. he
the halle. An as nothin' but feathers.
blankets an breech-clouts goes at q war
dance-the same bein. Usage dress-clothes
that away. an the social r0oies plumb
severe; costoomes hayin' to be what Colonel
Sterrett describes In the "Coyette" once as
de risorous-BM shucks his pale-face gar
ments an arrays himself after the breezy
fashion OF his ancestors.
''Bill attends the war dance an shines.
Also, bein' praised by the Medicine men an
older bucks for Quittin' his pale-faoe duds:
an nndin' that old-time blanket an breech-
clout easy an saloobrtous-which Bin plumb
forgets their feel in his four years at that
sem'nary-he adheres to 'em This yers
lapse into aboriginal ways brews trouble for
Bill: he gets up ag'inst the agent.
TITS the third day after Black Dogs war
dance. an Bill. all paint, blankets an
feathers, is sa'nterin' about Pawhusky,
takin' life easy an Injun fashion. It's then
the agent meets Bill an sizes him up. The
agent asks Bill does he stand in on this
we're Black Dog war dance.
Don't they have 10 roast dog at that
war jig?' asks Dan Boggs. that evenin Im
these "Reminiscences to Peets.