Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-08-25
VALUABLE INDIAN RELICS.
interesting Collection Becomes Prop
erty of Historical Society.

Interesting Collection Becomes Prop
erty of Historical Society.
The State Historical society has re-
Gently received a very valuable and
intensely interesting collection OF In
dian relics. which are now on exhibi-
ton III its museum at the state house
in Pierre.
Through the untiring effort and
earnest solicitation of Mr, E. j. War.
ner of Cherry Greek, life member of
the society, the Indians OF the Cherry
Creek district have donated to the mu-
scum the following mementos Of their
early life; Seven bone saddles, three
hide workings, four whetstones OF In
dian design, two hide hash baskets,
six porcupine quill bags of hides tam
ned SO hard that the quilts will not
work through, two wooden dishes OF
Indian manufacture, one steel tanning
instrument which resembles large
chisel with saw edge ,one Quirt, two
polished buffalo horns, two antelope
horns, four buffalo horn spoons, one
hide case for war bonnet, one hide
satchel, one big horn, one beaded
knife sheath, one tobacco pouch with
pipe and cleaner, two scrapers used in
the tanning of hides, four cherry
Founders or hammers which are made
Of stones with hide jacket and raw
hide handle, one covered war club,
and one war club with buffalo horn
end and eagle foot handle.
In addition to the above Mr.. and
Mrs. Warner presented the society
with fine specimen of war club, one
hide scraper and beaded hat band.
Other late additions to the museum
are a cherry FOUNDER or hammer, a
buffalo horn spoon and bone needle,
which were secured at Rosebud by
Mr. Robinson, and medicine bag
which was secured from Bear Nose of
the Pine Ridge reservation. These
medicine bags are worn by the Indians
in the hair at the back OF the head
whenever they so ON the war path.
This particular bag was worn by Bear
Robe, an Oglala, throughout the He'd
Cloud and Custer wars.
Chiefs Hump, Iron Lightning, Vel
low Owl, His Horse Looking, Poor Elk
and others of the Cherry Creek dis
trict, under the leadership of Hump,
have made and decorated an old-style
hide tepee which will be set up in the
historical museum. The poles for the
tepee were brought from the Black
Hills by the Indians The hand-work-
ed shields OF porcupine quilts and
beRdwork which ornament the sides of
the tepee were constructed by Edward
Swan and wife in memory OF their
first-born child, Eagle Boy, who died
last summer The tepee stands about
ten feet high and measures twenty
five feet in circumference at the base.
1t is decorated with fifty-eight illus
trations of daring deeds by various
chiefs, portrayed in the old Indian
paints. Among the chiefs thus given
prominence are Hump, Iron Lightning,
Yellow Owl, His Horse Looking, Poor
Elk, Top of the Lodge, Buck Elk Thun.
der, Worn Out Horse, Charging Eagle,
Afraid of Nothing, Black Eagle, and
many others
With these interesting articles add
ed to the former collection of the so
ciety, it now has museum which is
well worth going to see. The officers
of the society are always pleased to
show visitors through the rooms, and
no one should miss an opportunity to
view this museum and inspect the 9TH
CIR work Of the historical department
of our state.