The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-23
INDIANS SPEAK
FINE ENGLISH
Bannocks Arrive in Salt Lake and
Surprise by Their Education.
IN PAINT AND FEATHERS
PLAY BASEBALL AND GIVE WAR
DANCE.

| cOpper-hUed gentleman. the same
being highly Ornamented with grease
paint, feathers, beads, tinware, etc.
return your friendly How joint" by
saying: Il am quite well, thank you;
although I find the warm weather rath-
er depressing or something 10 that
effect.
That is the kind Of treatment you Will
get from most Of the BannOck Indians
who arrived yesterday TO take part in
the Pioneer day celebration tomorrow
Almost all the younger members Of the
party of III that came from Fort Hall
are able to converse in English, not the
broken English of the average Indian
but high-claSs, weli-mOdulaJed. cor
rectly pronounced English, the sort OF
English that would not disgrace a we'll
posted white man.
OF course. everybody knows in a gen
eTal way that the Indian schools are
educating the younger Indians, but il
is nevertheless almost startling to hear
college English coming from behind
grease paint and gaudy blankets Most
of the visitors from the reservation
have failed TO put on all the habits OF
the white man, although they have
taken on his language While the ma
jOrity Of them wear the clothing Of the
white man, all Of them make conces-
SiOnS to the customs Of their forebears
by retaining some article Of apparel or
ornamentatiOn that is distinctly Indian
II may Dt OlLAg a DGtLuG4 nE1-hLle or a
brass bound belt. but there is always
something that the white man does not
display.
Band Leader Talks Readily.
Tom Cosgrove. leader of the Indian
band, is one of the more advanced In
dams Save for his dark complexion he
cauld pass for a Caucasian anywhere
His English is almost faultless. and his
conversation covers q wide range OF
subjects
-'Howdy, Can you speak EngIish?''
visitor to the Indian camp asked Mr..
COsgrOve yesterday
Yes, I think can make myself IN
derstOOd in a general way. What would
you like to know about2' was the reply.
Il am anxious to learn whether your
band plays by nOte2"
Yes, We play by note almost entire
ly-"
DO you play any Indian music2"
'Oh, yes; but we don't play that by
note don't believe any Of our music
was ever transcribed At least we have
none Of it in written form. We play
our native pieces entirely by ear"
Indians are naturally difident be
fore strangers, but after COsgrOve had
: broken the ice. half a dozen of his com
panions were drawn into the CONVERSE
. ton. which progressed vigorously with
every one taking q voice now and then.
Some Of the older Indians refused 10
talk, but the younger ones. after their
nrst shyness wore off, took a hand in
asking questions
Try New Sensations.
The young men improved their first
day at the salt Palace by patronizing
the various aTnUsements- The NINA
ture railroad took their fancy and near
" all Of them tried q ride Others has
/ tened to the aerial sWing-after they
had watched its operation a time or
two.
What IS that thing? A sort Of nner-
ry-go-rOUnd?" one Of the young men
asked
The nature Of it was explained to
him
@'Oh. yes" he said. quite an fnstitu-
ton, isn't it? If they only had power
enough they could swing those boats
straight OUT
The old Indian men and women gazed
contenptuOusty at the foolish contrap-
tons Of the white men. NO- for them
any such ridiculous forms Of recreation.
Instead, the old men stationed them
selves under the shade Of the trees 10
smoke, repair damaged f1nery and med
| itate-while the squaws prepared the
beer, bread, coffee, sugar uOtatOeS
etc. that constituted the bill of fare
The party contains a bunch OF sweet
girl graduates. who have just returned
from Carlisle. Lawrence and Fort Shaw
schools. The girls are Julia Baker.
/ Belle Venus. RebeCca, BrOncho. Jean
/ cite POCGtellO and Evelyn Summer The
young ladies kept themselves from pub
| lie view during the afternoon bv re-
naming in a tent erected for them. but
visitors who got an occasional peep at
them declared they were cOmely young
women, any one Of whom might have
posed for a portrait Of Ninnehaha with
out discredit to that famous Indian
maiden.
The party consists Of seventy-three
men, twenty-Seven women, nine chill
! dren and two infants The infants are
"a = rll-.r- o. r.
Jack EdInO, and are aged about six
weeks They are accompanied on their
visit to Salt Lake by their dOting par-
ents-
equipment were brought by the Indians.
Afer their arrival at the Short Limo
depot yesterday morning they marched
! to the Salt Palace. where camp was i'm
mediately established They viii re-
main there until this morning.
when camp viii be removed to Liberty
park.
Typical of Indian Life.
Barring the evidences of civilization
1 visible in the near distance, the scene
1 was typical of Indian life. Careful in
vestigatiOn would disclose that the
| tepees were made Of canvas instead OF
/ skins. but they were erected in OrIhO-
| dox fashion CamDfires blazed merrily
/ under the trees and kettles filed with
1 food were carefully attended by the
Z
] the Indian village of story was lack
I ing. There was not a dog in sight any
/ where, in the kettles or outside them
| Indians are superior to white men In
| at least one reSpect-the Indians stand
| the heat better than their pale broth
i ers- The sQuawS sQuatting around the
/ blazing fires the bucks walking in the
| blazing sun. the old folks resting under
Il the trees and in the stUffy tents, all
| wore their blankets Just as If il were
! chill December. A few OF the young
\ men, the members Of the band, the
/ baseball players, Indian policemen, etc,
| wore the garments Of civilization with
out additions in the shape of flannel or
/ heavy blankets. but most of the In
/ dams We're attired in garments that
| were not i'll suited to an Arctic eXpIOr-
4 ing tour. Those who would talk agreed
| with YOU that it was warm, but they
4 agreed in a manner that gave ycu
i plainly to understand that they called
i it warm Just to be friendly with you
and not because they felt the heat.
Leaders of the Party.
Superintendent A r. Caldwell of the