The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29
SECTION THREE

- NE windy. rainy morning. went 20 the teRee
"a Of old Hoo-sis-mox-TnOx yellow Hair. who
had come to visit his friends among the tribes
~ OF The I-mata reservation at the time OF their
midsummer pow-wow. had seen him and wanted
to have talk with this veteran Palouse chief born
100 years ago.
The old man was not at home Several young In
dams lay in the dripping tepee. stretched upon their
blankets AS started TO leave the shelter Of the wig
wan one of the young fellows rose to his elbows and
said to me:
MY friend you had better not attempt so until
the storm over. Besides, fancy HOosis-
viii be back pretty You viii ind q learn you
ing stories He scarcely any English, but as
familiar with both bis language and yours shall
gladly act for you as Interpreter
you win certainly capable Of doing that" said
Il suppose 1 should he answered back only
short while ago held chair at Che-ma-wa. the In
dian college. you know. Seattle
You see 1 just visit to some OF my friends
and relatives mo beon to the tribes of this reserva-
tion. I Yakima. yet have here many knfolks
And there IS great pleasure sometimes in casting
aside from the c5nventonalities of civilization
rThe blanket? Oh that is the comfortable
thing when lives in tepee. It serves for
coat overcoat, bed and Her lived the Indian life
for four years once. but hadn't had blanket for
long time until yesterday Here pull of your coat and
I wrapped myself within the folds Of the bright
.Now take n cigarette. half close your eyes dream
end you win be an Indian veritabie' said my new
Comfortably stretching out little cared for the
Tainstorm the return OF yellow Hair learned
from Tennessee to jhe state of Washington and, like
friend. then. an educated half-breed.
You have tried then both the wild life and the
why. certainly. prefer the civilized life, but
you not how those who have been reared close to
Natures heart would choose the WILDE 1t must have
been some satisfaction my mothers people to
at win over this vast country and have no barbed wire
fences in their way and signs stuck about: Keep
Off the grass Their tribal warfare was only daring
ssport. And wait until you the big parade You
AT any rate, when the Indians were called upon by
the whites give the larger part of their country
they fought"
THAT was in the war Of $50"
Yes in what is known as the Yakima war because
It was led by Ka-mi-a-lin head chief of the Yakima
Your mothers peopIe?"
well what was the cause of that war? I know
that you discuss it fairly you have in you the
bioods of the two races"
There were many causes In the first place must
say lot the indian mat until ne was badly abused he
was always very good to the white man. Read the
of the tribes in this country, with the exception the
Wshrans, were kind 10 the whites, giving them ponies
and at times, dividing with them their scanty stores
Aonc The nioreers took aj,-a1taea of fpeI1 avobene
(iug worthless trnkets valuable mission
was false Settlers polired i'm and oeclIped fbeir Ia5s
They stood everything but being driven from their
pastures and hunting grounds This was the culmnat-
and was "a fierce war. too. All tribes from the
Pacific to the Rockies acted in concert. They made
their first and last great attempt to Gust the Bostons
Boston know, is what the Indian calls
white because the first expedition o. whites TO
this country was from Boston The Boston then
gradually driving the Indians from their lands
The various tribes made simultaneous attacks at places
many hundred miles apart
But how could they do this? They couldn't use
tclegraphc instruments" said T..
"Oh. yes, they could-lteraIIy-teegr meaning
write far. The Indians have always had a method
signaling which Is almost quick as telegrsphing
They do this by building fires that uD columns
OF smoke. For example a fire left to burn two
utes is to the Indian what the clicking the key
10 the telegraph operator When Custer killed
Indians told Mrs. Custer of it the dav after
happened. She at Fort Linco;n-over 500 miles
from where her husband was massacred."
Are the Indians then always the lockout
eignals?" ] asked.
q "Oh. yes. continually; when they apprehend war.
Whey send runners from tribe tribe allied
and establish signal code; they appoint signal
tons These are along the trails. The Indians. YOU
know, away before the times of the whites. had "a
clear from the mouth of the Columbia to the Nssis
. Fipp- They are always built high up ridges: the
. Indians fearing surprise. travel a valley"
But didn't the whites sometimes interpret these
: signais?"
yes. sometimes. But they were unable to HELM
: themselves much, and they could answer back
Ny father has told me that during this Of
(which we speak "a band of whites coming were
told by friendly Nez PerCes away n Idaho Of
of Washington several days before IL place.
While was listening to StonewaU Jackson Of
these customs of the Indians old HoO-sis-mox-r ox
came I'm. A hardy, whita-Whiskered bucl5s1in-
Hair 7 soon learned. Bill woodward. a famous
od-tme western scout. The wet A Young
EQuaw placed pile of sticks I'm the of the
y1epee 20 make fire. She didn't strike a match In
the stick. This drill she placed a piece wood
and began with the bow % work the
drill against the wood. Pretty sparks MT the