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countless numbers. The bison was
particularly numerous in Kansas at
one time, owing to the fact that the
buffalo grass was there most plenti-
full. At times the plains were a solid,
moving mass of monsters; as far as
the eye could see they were visible in
enormous numbers. Trains were Of
ten delayed while herd crossed the
tracks of the Union Pacific railroad.
At one time they roamed all over
the country. Naturally migratory, the
Indians knew their wondering habits,
and followed them. They were in
those days of the greatest value to
the Indians. They supplied nearly all
of their food, and millions were
slaughtered each year for the susie
nance of the red man. Not only did
the buffalo supply food, but furnished
the robes and hides for clothing and
dwellings,
The practical extinction of the buff
falo was not due to the Indian, but to
the white man. While the Indian
never killed more than was needed,
the white man slaughtered relent-
lessly. Then, too, the white hunter,
when he was a hunter and not merely
tenderfoot out on a sporting excur-
sion, would simply take the fur hide
and leave the carcass to the wolves.
He was very wasteful, and the
sportsman" who spent a day killing
off perhaps hundreds, would not touch
the meat, although the knowing ones
found the buffalo steak superior to
that of the beef of commerce.
Buffalo hunting was a science, and
was only to be engaged in safely by
those who thoroughly understood the
methods of their prey. In the hunt
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to Bliss, o. T., 50 that the sightseers
may be able to witness the event.
While the Poncas are keeping the
the details of their plans secret. there
can be no doubt that the hunt will not
compare with those of the days when
there were millions of buffaloes on the
plains In those days buffalo hunt
was, in measure, one of the most
dangerous sports man or horse could
enter into. Those who have taken
part in these hunts have described
them as being unsurpassed in the ex-
element they produced.
The Indians on their fleet ponies
pursued their prey with swiftness, and
the spectacle of an immense herd,
sometimes a mile long, pursued, and
1t might be said, with equal justice,
pursuing the hunters; dust enveloping
the hunters, horses running close
without being guided, and apparently
entering into the spirit of the hunt
as much as the riders was an expe-
rience never to be forgotten. So fas-
cfnat1ng did the chase become that
the more it was INDUCED in the
keener grew the enjoyment, until, as
some hunters will confess, it finally
became passion. In the eagerness
VI lHe chase every muscle Qu1Vered,
every nerve was at it's fullest tension,
every faculty was keenly on the alert,
and the excitement brought with it
the glow of health and the vigor of
youth. When the firing began the
reins were dropped over the horses
neck and not touched again by the
rider until he was through firing. The
horse had to avoid obstacles in his
path without suggestion from his
rider. If there was a mole in the
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have always enjoyed a reputation tor
being very peaceable. They were
driven from their Red river home by
their old enemy, the Chippewas, who
forced them beyond the Missouri
river. Following them up closely, the
Chippewas drove them away once
more, when they Joined the Omahas,
which alliance has had the effect of
preventing their humiliation.
Although a part of the Sioux nation,
the other tribes kept up a relentless
war upon the Poncas, as did the Paw
nees, Osages and the Kansas Indians.
What these wars left, smallpox and
the white mans vices nearly finished,
and from a total of about 5000 there
are only about 600 now. The remnant
was placed on a reservation, near the
mouth of Niobrara river, in Nebraska,
and here their ill-luck followed them.
This time it was not their Indian en-
envy, but the federal government
which failed them. Uncle Sam neg
lected the terms of the treaty made
with them, and once more they be-
came nomads, forced to the hunt for
subsistence. They nearly starved to
death, and, as if destiny had some
thing worse in store for them, they
were forcibly removed to Indian Ter
ritory, where the unwholesome water
killed off their animals and depopu-
lated their ranks. Subsequently they
returned to their friends, the Omahas,
and then to their home in Nebraska.
Forty years ago, when Chief White
Eagle was chosen, there were about
5000 in the tribe. Only eight survive
of those who hunted the buffalo at his
Inauguration The Council of Ad-
visers consists of ten, and since he
can no longer draw the necessary quo
rum he has retired, and his son, Horse
Chief, takes his place at the head of
The tribe.
In accordance with the traditional
laws of the tribe, the chief and his
advisers are selected in a buffalo hunt
The coming hunt will bear little re-
semblance to that of forty years ago.
Then the arena was the bound1ess
plains; now it is to be an Enclosure
5000 feet long and 1900 leet wide.
Then it took place with herds innu-
merable; now three bison from the
Goodnight ranch, in Texas, will fur
nish the sport
1t is intended to make a show OF
xe hunt, and Indians from the tribes
in Indian and Oklahoma Territories
have been invited. Some have al
ready arrived and erected their
tepees. One of the western railroads
expects to run excursion trains down
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Little White IiIN.

Little white lily, afieat on the stream,
open your tender heart, wake from your
dream;
Lift up your face to the kiss of the sun,
Wake and rejoice that the winter is donei
Though you are tiny and humble and
frail,
Little white lily, though soon YOU must
fade,
He loveth all things Who all of us madeI
Little white lily. there's given unto you,
do;
If to one heart you bring, seeing you
there,
Thoughts of the Hand that created you
II you lift one soul from earth for a
space
Twas for that Heav'n gave you beauty
and grace;
Little white lily. although you are small
You are His servant, Who fashioned us
-Pearson's Weekly.
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for her father had quarreled with
Walters father, and he did not &C
cord the young man welcome to his
home.
Lena" said Walter, 81 am glad
you took old Perkins up, and 1 will
be glad to see the old miser shell out,
put you two women can never do
that blowing"
Logan in her younger days lived on
a farm, and had often helped with
the blowing when they were short of
help, so her part will be perfectly
done. A year ago 1 was at Uncle
Joels and helped with the blowing
for the fun of it. The burrows may
not be very straight, but Wen plow
the field all right
But it's such hard work for YOU.
Lena" he said deprecatingly why
didn't you let some of the other WON
en- do it?"
Because. Walter, well-more de-
ponds on my blowing that field than
you know. 1t isn't the church debt
and coming up with old Perkins alone
that inspired this plan-or the carry
ing out of it,
What do you mean, Lena?" he
asked in surprise
q I'll tell you tomorrow after the
last furrow is furrowed," she said,
laughing There is one thing you
must do. You must use your infiu-
ence to help make old Perkins cash
up
The sale of tickets to the novel
contest had been unprecedented.
Thursday afternoon almost the whole
town fiocked to the field of Farmer
Lucas, who lived on the outskirts of
Hollyville.
In readiness for the signal stood
Lena and Mrs. Logan, in short skirts.
stout shoes and broad-brimmed hats.
pair of steady, sober dapple grays
were hitched to the pillow. Lena and
Mrs Logan were to share the labor
equally, alternating in driving and
guiding.
When the appointed hour came a
bell sounded and amid the cheers of
the multitude they started on the first
furrow- Across the field they went
and back again to the starting line.
Good" commented the men an
provingly, noting the tolerably
straight burrows.
The women halted long enough to
drink glass of refreshing lemonade
Walter Hodge offered them, and then
resolutely took up their work again.
When the field was plowed Mrs.
Logan and Lena were escorted to
their homes by the Hollyville band
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Mr.. Perkins groaned in apprehen-
sion when posters announcing the
contest stared him in the face for the
next two days. Handbills were con-
stantly thrown in his door and thrust
into his hand.
One ray of hope was left to him.
Lena Winters, that slight, frivolous
little thing, would not be able to plow
one row.
From different motives Walter
Hodge was also concerned about
Lena's part in the program. He met
her on the street Wednesday even
ing and they strolled away in an op-
posite direction from Lena's home.
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The Ponca Indians are about to
elect their tribal chief in the tradi-
tiOna1 manner-with a buffalo hunt,
and for that purpose have purchased
three bison. For the sentimentalist
there is in this statement the pathetic
reminder that both the buffalo and the
Indian are almost extinct, and that
the coming hunt will probably be the
last to be witnessed on the western
plains.
There are little more than a hand
full of the Poncas left; if the white
man ever found a good Inlian, which
some claim to be an impossibility, the
Ponca was a near approach to that
ideal. The tribe was part of the
Sioux nation, and the original home
was near a branch of the Red river
and Lake Winnipeg. The Poncas
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ground, he must detect it and jump
over it; a rock, he must overcome it
in the same manner. He was the
pilot, and his only duty was to carry
his rider safely and surely without
being told what to do.
Time was, within the memory Of
many living men, who are not SO very
old, either, when the American bison,
or as he will perhaps always be called
here, the buffalo, existed in the west
ern country in numbers incalculable.
Between the eastern range of the
Rocky mountains and the Mississippi
river they roved in herds so large as
to seem impossible to one who never
saw them. There is a well-authenti-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
United States eattIeships.

Our oldest battleship, the Texas,
has length of Sol feet and q dis
placement of 6,315 tons. The new
Maine has a length of 1888 feet and a
displacement Of 1880 TONS The
Georgia is to have length of 435 feet
and displacement of Is, 600 tons. The
California, just launched at San Fran
cisco, has a length of SOB feet and a
displacement of $4,000 TONS The
Texas has a speed of sixteen knots an
hour. The California is to have a
speed of twenty-five knots, or is to
be, in spite of her great size, q faster
ship than the Brooklyn or New York,
and as fast q ship as that greyhound
Of the sea, the Columbia
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Proetor,s Sense of Homo

United States Senator Redfeld
Proctor's strict regard for the laws.
even those of minor Importance. is
well known. An illustration of this
happened recently. The Senator and
his son, Redfield Proctor, Jr., were
hunting rabbits in the mountains east
OF Rutland few months ago. The
younger man, who had become separ-
aIeo from his father, shot large rae
coon, and when he next met the Sena.
tor he proudly exhibited his nrize
My son." said the Senator, sternlv
the open season for coon hunting has
not yet begun Come with me-"
The Senator thereupon marched tba
young man on to the residences Of q
Justice OF the peace, where he an
peared against him. and the bow was
Aned Tor the offense. the money beine
advanced by the senator himself.
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ing, as has been stated, the horse
was a quantity of no insignif<ance.
In killing these animals the hunter
rode boldly into the fleeing herd, his
horse running only as fast as the buff
faloes. Then, selecting the animal
desired, he fired directly behind the
fore shoulder, as this was the tender
est place, and shot entering at this
point was most likely to strike a vital
part. This threw the buffalo down.
and after the hunter had exhausted
his ammunition, or had selected a suf-
hc1ent number, he returned and killed
those he had already wounded that
were left lying on the prairie.
With the Indians the hunt was much
more simply conducted. They did not
always penetrate a herd, but often fol-
lowed it and picked OFF the animals in
the rear. The hunt for which the
Poncas have made such elaborate
preparations will, of course, be a tame
affair compared with the hunts in the
days gone by, and, of course, the
sixty braves let loose upon them will
not at first attempt a killing, or the
sport would be of short duration. In
any event, the last buffalo hunt is one
or great interest, and as the beasts
are now scarce and costly, it may
without fear be called the last. Then.
also, the breaking-up process of the
Indian relations is nearly completed.
In few years the hostile red man
will be legend, he is fast succumb-
ing to civilizing influences, his hunt
ing grounds are poisoning with pop-
ulous, thriving towns. The Poncas
are most likely about to fnaugurate
their last chief, as well as to hunt for
the last time the monarch of the
Ledger.
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Miss Lena Winters have accepted the
challenge and will pillow a field at the
Lucas farm southeast of Hollyville
on Thursday, p. m. Price of admis-
sion 20 cents. Reserved seats on the
rail fence. Proceeds of tickets and
800 offered by Mr.. Perkins to go to
the church,"
Mr.. Perkins gasped and paled
and foamed at the mouth when he
read this. He swore it was an out
rage and a put-up job. and that he
would not pay it. 1t was all a trick
of that little upstart of Lena Winters.
but Deacon Holmes and Walter
Hodge quietly reminded him that they
were Witnesses, and that the offer
and transaction had been explicit and
exactly as Miss Winters had stated.
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Gated story that the garrison at Fort
Kearney actually fred their canon at
an immense herd once to prevent
them, taking the fort in q rush. Many
officers and cavalrymen who were
stationed on the frontier years ago
tell Of travelling for month at . time
ard never being out OF sight of their
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THE EXECUTIVE
APPOINTMENTS


/ As foreshadowed in yesterdays Ad.
vertiser. Governor Carter the same das
made the following appointments:
To be Treasurer of the Territory-A
]. Campbell.
To be President and member of the
Board of HEALTH f. Pinkham.
All of the executive appointments
made since last session of the Senate
being in Office at date, were sent to the
Senate by message yesterday All Were
confirmed with one exception stated in
the report of Senate proceedings else
where, and in that case the Governor
was not DESTROYS of confirmation for
the reason given by Senator Paris. The
list follows:
Lorl,in Andrews Attorney General,
Nov. 25, 1903; C. S. Holloway, Super
intendent of Public Works, Nov 25,
1908; AIatau t. Atkinson, Superintend-
.ent of Public instruction. Nov. 25, 1903;
James w. Pratt, Commissioner Public
Lands. Dec. l, 1908; j. H. Fisher, Audi
tor, Nov. 25, 1903; Arthur NJ Brown,
High Sheriff, Dec. II, 1903; Walter Eu-
gene Wall, Surveyor, Nov. 80 1903; A
j. Campbell, Treasurer, April Is, 1904;
L. E. Pinkharn, President and member
Board of Health, April IS, 1904; John c.
Lane, member Board OF Health, Dec
10, 1903.
Appointment Of members Honolulu
Park Commission with commissions
dated January II, 1904. are as follows:
e. S. Cunha, A. S. Cleghorn, L. A.
Thurston. Henry E. Cooper, Walter NJ
Giffard, f. NJ. Hatch.
e. G. Waterhouse, NJ. D, member
Board of Medical Examiners (recom-
Mar. 5, 1904
Boards of Inspectors of Animals
Port of Kahului, Island of Maui: w.
F. McConkey, M. D., member and ex-
ecutive officer; Edgar Morton, mem
Der; w. It. McManus, member; commits
sions dated Sept. Is, 1908.
Board of Registratfon-For Islands
Of Kauai and Niihau: Arthur II. Rice 81
Sept. %, 1908
Inspectors of Election-First Dis
trict. Island of Hawaii: C. n. Prouty
and VIM. Geo. Kaihenui, Third Pre-
,inct; Ira E. Ray and David Ewaliko
Fourth Precinct; B. N. Kahue. Seventh
Precinct; Henry Louisson. Eighth Pre-
;inct; T. N. Naleilehua, Tenth Pre-
sinct; commissions dated Oct. 2. 1908.
Second District, Island of Hawaii:
Geo. P. Tulloch,. Robert K. Naipo
Thomas Ait and J. L. Kawewehi, First
Precinct
Third District, Islands of Maui, Mo-
okai, Lanai and KahoeIawe: Chas.
Gay. Fifth Precinct; H. T. Bateele,
. =
Il. Nui. Tenth Precinct; F. P. Rose
rams, Thirteenth Precinct; M. H. Ka-
lie, Fourteenth Precinct; A. S. Kaho-
okai and Edward Wilcox, Fifteenth
Precinct.
Fourth District, Island of Oahu.
Harry Macfarlane, First Precinct; w.
5. j. Q. Makekau, Second Precinct;
William Savidge and F. B. Angus,
Fourth Precinct.
Fifth District, Island of Oahu: S. L.
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WANTED.
FOR RENT.

LARGE furnished room with board If
School. 6757
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did JerroId get anything out of his
rich uncle's estate?'' ..Well, rather-he
married the daughter of the attorney
for the estate.''-Ex
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WEATHER BUREAU.
Honolulu, Alexander ST.,
April I3, 10 p. m.

Mean temperature-73
Minimum temperature-63
Maximum temperature
Barometer at 8 p. m.-So.02; steady.
Rainfall, "a hours up to a. m.-OS
Mean absolute noisture-6.2 grs. per
cubic foot.
Mean relative humidity-75.
Winds-N. E; force, to 8.
Weathe@Fair with valley showers
Forecast for April 14-Moderate
trades. fair with occasional showers.
r. c. LYDECKER,
Territorial Meteorological.
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BURNS AND CUTS.-Slight injuries
renee in almost every household. While
they are not dangerous, except when
blood poisoning results from the injury,
they are often quite painful and an
noying. They can be quickly healed
by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
1t allays the pain almost instantly and
heals the injured parts without matter
being formed, which insures a cure in
one-third the time that the usual treat
ment would require. 1t is the most
perfect preparation in use for burns,
scalds, cuts, bruises and like injuries.
1t should be applied with a feather,
and before the parts become swollen if
possible. For sale by All Dealers and
Druggists. Benson, Smith & Co., Ltd,
Agents for Hawaii.
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PASSENGERS.


For San Francisco, per S. S. Ala
media, April BE. j. Benjamin, Mrs.
F. Bowen, ]. f. Clyne, j. F. Crow
son, A. T. Felix, Mrs. Judge Gear,
Mr.. Gilman, Capt. Grant, w. NJ. Gull
ly and wife, Mrs. Hartshorn, T. w.
Hebron, DR.. J. NJ Holt and son, Mrs.
J. S. Kimball, Mr.. and Mrs Kirk, Miss
Keen, r. Leighton, j. NJ Loyitt and
wife, VIM. McDougai, Mrs. L. H. Nc
Fadden, A. MCNEIL and wife, Mrs. A.
Macintosh, Miss Macintosh. Rev. A.
Macintosh. w. A. Maurer and wife,
J. Meinecke and wife, Mrs. 2. K Ny
ers, Miss w. Mohr, H. "A. Munson,
Miss A. Dat. NJ. C. O'Mara, Mrs. E.
w. Parker, E. E. Paxton, w. S. Red
dington, R. Reid and wife, Mrs. Sam
uels and child. Miss NJ. Sickley, Sister
Anna, C. H. Smith, H. j. Solomon
and wife, G. Spottiswood, DR.. Spottis-
wood, NJ Storey and wife, Rev. C. c.
Tiffany and valet, r. j. Waters, w.
C. Waters. wife and two children; Rev.
p. c. Weber.
For Kahoolawe, per stmr. Likelike.
April &c. Conradt, wife and SER
want; Mrs. w. LAM, child and ser
want; w. H. fitzpatrick, r. w. Single.
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AT WAHIAWA, ten dollars per week,
two dollars per day. Stage meets
BIS p. m. train from Honolulu at
Pearl City, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Address Mrs. Caroline Rhodes. at
Pearl City. Phone King 81.
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COOL, mosquito-proof rooms; central
location, Helen's Court, Adams Lane,
rear Elite Ice Cream Parlors. 674s
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Kauai, First Precinct; Oscar Cox.
Third Precinct; LENA Spencer. Fourth
Precinct;s Moreno Hull, Eighth Pre-
cinct; c. f. Alexander, Ninth Pre-
cinct.
Sixth District. Islands of Kauai and
Niihau- Huddy. Jos. L., Eighth Pre-
All the commissions of election in
'spectors are dated October 2, 1908
--s-----
health in the cause of labor did.
eh?'' Yes. He always rode, never
walked, drank nothing but champagne.
smoked ffty-cent cigars, and soon got
an incurable dyspepsia. Judge.
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ROOM AND BOARD.

TWO mosqufto-proof rooms, also board,
in private family. All modern con-
veniences. Apply 1872 ,Kinau street.
6766
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Amana, the missing clerk of the
Gregg Company, is said not to have
embezzled money but to have forged
and cashed a check for $1,000, which he
did the more easily because the firms
name was stamped on the paper.
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must PAY
THEIR BILLS
Executive Notice
Issued by
Carter.
Reprimand for Clerks
Who Fail to
Do It.
Governor Carter Makes Strong
Order on Complaints of
Merchants.

Government employees who fail to pay
their bills are likely to be summarily
removed, if the first sharp reprimana
does not make them mend their ways.
Governor Carter yesterday issued an
executive notice to the heads of de-
partments, calling attention to COM
plants made against employees failing
to pay their bills to merchants and
storekeepers.
The executive order is as follows:
EXECUTIVE NOTICE.
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To All Heads of Departments.
Office of the Governor,

honolulu, april 10, 1SU4.
Complaints have been made that
some of the employees of the Govern
ment of the Territory OF Hawaii fail
to pay their bills due merchants and
storekeepers for the necessary supplies
which they procure for themselves and
their families.
1t is the sense of the Executive that
clerks, who are in receipt of regular
and stated salaries, should make every
effort to meet their proper and legal
obligations. Unless satisfactory rea-
sons can be assigned for. their failure
to do this, all such offenders should
be sharply reprimanded by the heads
of their departments and informed
that any further complaint, made up
on the same subject, will be followed
by dismissal
The Executive feels that those who
fail to act honorably in their private
affairs can hardly be expected to give
full and adequate satisfaction to the
Government that employs them.
c. r. CARTER, Governor.
saThe merchants have been complain
ing for some time about the failure Of
government employees to pay their
bills said the Governor in exp1ana-
ton of the order while 1 don't be-
lieve in making the government COLI
lecting agency for merchants, who
often are lax in allowing credit.
on the other hand I don't believe in
government employees ignoring all their
bills. The practice should be stopped"
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED AT HONOLULU.
Wednesday. April

Wednesday. April 10.
Stmr. Mikahala, Gregory, from Kau-
al ports at 4:30 a. m.
stmr. Lehua. Self. from Molokai
ports.
DEPARTED FROM HONOLULU.
Wednesday,, April IS.
S. S. Alameda, Dowdell, for San
Francisco at a. m.
Am. bktn. Archer, Lancaster, for San
Francisco at a. m.
stmr. Ke Au Hou, TulIett, for Ka-
paa, Kilauea, Hanalei, and Kahhiwai
at 5 %, m