The sun., 1902-07-27
sun DANCE OF THE CHEYESSES
s.noo nDItNS PfRTORu ~ ~
OkI tHOut
Va farturins terrmonIrs rrrmitird the
Dance the Iirs, IN Nan, lear White
obsrr,rr> Present Iraturrs "i
GTeat nriisisus nltr si the he, run.s.

Mod buI. q chief uf 'h" southern cheyenne.
heard in th" tNurd"r and lightning ~ q
storm at uIght a ,ut." urging him 10 bold
| a -un dance iur the worship uf ihr Great
| Spiri' Mad Bull believed that the vot.r
wa~ dtNir" and announced 10 hi- 'rites-
. mon hat b" would hold q -un dance this
summer IN" th"v"nu" med, ire men q,
once i"gnn making Trrraruti,us for th"
dance
b" ~h"l" trilc II tho sout hrrn Ctrv-
"nne~, w''h visiting Sioux, SOU hcrn I tr-.
osagr~. fuHcas, Iawnccs. ki"Was and
Ar'paho"S. altogether more than 20o
I lndihEs. earn" pouring into 'ho valley -
T %" North ynadiar River. Bh,lr thr'H
ui'"- from This place. daring m" vr,k -
. 'h" Fourth of july ard covered th" green
plain with their tcp,r,
I The ponies W"r. turned ou>a ~ Craze.
/ 'h" squaws busted Themselves with tho
/ duties Of ~" camp, the children. lik" chill
| dr"n evervwh"r", ran shouting aud laugh
I ING a. play while IL" men sat IN the shad"
and smoked endless pipes ofiohacco mixed
| with the inner bark of the rcd willow.
! brought from the land - 'hr Sioux
! 4 greater gathering 81 Cheyrnnes had
/ not been S''n IN yrar- and POSSIBLY viii
never b" s"cn again h Oklahoma, Even
3 'h" Rcd Moon hand from the upI'r Washiia,
/ clu-' 'u the Panhandle Of Texas. vlIthrT
! they had con" to IT, a. far as possible from
whi'c men. vcrr th'rr
Iu" uppuri unity 'p witness a sun dance
/ oi -G,h magnitude brought here James
Mooney, ,rhuulngI.' ~ the Smithsonian
/ lus tuition. aui Tr. George Bird Griurcll, for
many years a student of North American
lriIdu rribr,
For uv.l"r uf vcsrs 'he Ch"ycnnes
! nav" not been permitted 'o hold their sun
| dance regularly, oven .u 70 modified form
/ The Government hb. Fronu-I upon such
/ cerymuul"~, IN th" ground th1r they ~
b iard,d the Indians moral and material
adyan, cmrut Lately, the older Indians
nlv" been allowed 'u have mHr' latitude
900 tiI" obs ''rN aH,r OF TRIAL Cu-t um-. and he
results ar" -l.d to D. NOT Gl~a' lsfac'orv
\ delegation of .it Cuovrnu, m'n went
90 MAJOR George " n S'ouch, their agent
a. Darlington. ukIdh, ma. 70 plead for I"f-
mission 80 hrit 20" sun lln>r Ih"v SAID.
We ar" old ant vii! soon ia" All our
dave a." haN" -~TrIi-'d 'h" Great spirit
un' ~ 'ua vn.fo man, bu' ir osr own vav.
Too many winters nave gone for us 'u learn
about the Whit" mans G.i "" b".I"vc
%" i- ugi Great ~piri' h4' Or do not know
-l.' .- worship 'lr Grca, ~yirit ~ Gii
,yr fathers iu th" old uav, W" lu not arA
'l.- tor our Young people "" WIl soon
H' done, dui hey cau follow m" whit.
man, Vay. We tell them io learn about
'H" whit" Wtn cod. AMI 20 worship Hun.
for D. All. O." br-' for them
MAJOR >'u..L N.y.a'd tu 'l,.r "utr-aiy
aud gave '.' u,-..,.. ,HTU.s--I.u
it'l tr..ut-u d. taN.tlu."l' a1"I,r,
-ru dauc"t- "hu -nr g'' tp d. "A'r"rr"
I"uIu," ur io make then selves NOR" worthy
Il 49," bless ~ Il fl" tf-a' spirit. under
Ncu, extreme Iiy-,aI iuI'.I- Tie ugd-
.r- oi MANY u.J warriors -tlll h'aT "a aTk-
II u llr la-t Iu-'auo" ut tie -Iu dane"
tortlr" among ~" -uLtNoru thevennc-
u,cr rrri tp.Tf,'u wears ago. m sight oi
the Government agency bLlldiHss at arr
ingtnn
In Indian fastened in tho f,sh - N.
hr"Isi ri" ends - 'vu long raw .id" thureS
LAT 'rg y 'fGcG fi.iU 'ao top - lie
sacred uue kIiv-- were thr - 'Lrur gt
th" fish "a hi~ back ant lIr, in ;urr places
and shorter 'iuIg~ v'-" Ias-'d thrpD gh
DO" cuts ami --CJu'H ucd ~ the fD-l
A' '." "aI ~ each thong was "a bufHlu
*, ? ''li dragged .D t'c gro III.
lli- D. Jose . - ID. 4u,, sut . the thongs
verr torn from hI- breast. and then To- . n
Until 'l' flOrg~ were f'TFrd .ooe.. from
OBJ" flesh - 'i- bleeding hHck and liI.
m army ofo'r -av '." Spectacle. and
notified rf" Indian agent. who compelled
Tons ,nr-ruuv was shocking sight
20 iru rur'-f'4iIDd Suur''.irs- lie dar,.r
J',i o.. Z Dee o." Dui I'D rrl,a-- himself His
family and SIu-'r"u, frantic with religious
iauatIcism. stood ror Td him, chanting
and urgug f.w 10 lear lis ~ feriIg~
rrav-Iv. hi. the dtuy,r rugc,-d amt
90 rrrr..f ' 'I't trC' .si e tho ordeal
N'' long ago IVA. almost impossible for
z HI't" I"I~'n e. vI'Lo,S "A -ln dance
among Indians iu 'lc -, 'lv.st Ton
tVf . o.. ! L..
-Dr., of ~" barriers aud nov ~ is hot
'iN"'lt fpr favored Persons to sse What
T. dore
l. 10 almost impossible. however Tor
most r"r-sI~ go learn ~. significance
= to I.' al md -y'ul,.i~frs g 'ie dance
This Euovk kdge l. To-~"s~.d hV 'he i,,dI- .
Gin" m'r.nr fr'h1. PRIESTS. i"alpu s!vg' ardri
and 'ran-if 't"d 20 tn"lr suCce~s,t. No
-rn dance = common 20 most Western
Indian trb"- and l'- ceremonies prac' irally
The same
Tre . "v"rre tepccs formed = grca,
cirCl" 'Ia' al an 'T"nirg 60 the east
TIE '";''- faced ~" ccr'r" ~ N" cfr,lr.
vlcr" ''..d 'r" sacred rol" with o. large
brnil" = ,l.v h'auch'- fastened diago-
raIlv near o." Co..
,r,.ud tii- r,l" Wa huil, tho sacred
lodge. about tltv f,'' 10 diameter ard
opening 20 -" east II was unruofod
save for q covering that rruicc'cd about
ter fs-f .r.u -" top q tho Walls. forming
Shelter from tie -un
F.Ul.'g No sacred tree in tho forest
ard 90 wing r down and bringing /, -
'h" a.Sr,N I.iCn D. an ,laburnte Csr.mory .
Nu s.,u,r b. the sacred Iol" trol r., m
sd" %" camp circle. than N. warriors
4 Nv armed aud with both themselves
and rl"ir T., uir- reel lrrd"ut In RANT.
Utargo uuon tle pole ~ f'll sToed, firing
grsr- and vloupinC. each man striking
no ro'o With his weapon.
Indians 80 ho IRrticii ate IN The sur dane.
,iN cot" flciu-'lyCe 20 abstain y r.a days
and rigl'- -" v'riHd # 'lD dance. from
f,od aud drink notv lfhstarding tho fact
- ~ they undergo greet iatFrc IN their
dancing n" weather was cNtrcuclv hot .
drr.rg tli~ last dance, ard sycctaior-
r.. ~ dfr l'v In puenchiug their thir-t
I'm not hungry, but I'm verv THIRSTY" .
-sid on" of 'hc dancers
'Whv uo' get water and something tn
ce'' Nobody voulL find y Outr- a whit.
visitor said to- him
That vurld he vtorR.- 10 ret lied
II" Great - ~ ~Ses all ] do. and n 4
.lot ~ en- ~ drink vCr Va di. NotIirg
worh over -nt.sfv my hunger | rrtrh'
,at h't ! vo. id grow Toourr ard t,pfrr
and ~ thor away uu'il dead
Not until the -"cnnd dsv J. tho sacred
lrdc" 'rllv rrcrH-rd, and tho -un dane.
~ h.ll 49, ing Iarlv IN ~" w,nirr siN
rarr''d women and a. Tarv rrcd'cir.