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leader Peo-peo-tolluck spoke also Prof
Edward S. Meany. professor or history IN,
the Washington State University-leadlng
spirit of the Washington University HIS
torical Society and friend to Joseph
made the closing address Although the
professor bears the Indian name of Three
Knives because of his great keenness, he
wore the American citizen war bonnet-a
plug hat-and Il full dress suit.
This occasion was no joke for Prof.
Meany. He had read, he said, all the print
ed history about Joseph and had found out
all about him he could. He knew Joseph
to be a man OF daring yet generous ma
ture He recited the history of Joseph ana
concluded by saying that he believed him
TO be a much-wronged man.
After the unwilling ceremonies the as
sembled Indians rested few days awaiting
the potlach of Joseph.
Potlach-what is that? When an Indian
dies his relatives never squabbie over the
chattels he leaves behind. Instead the near
est relative takes pride in giving away all
of his belongings to the friends or the de-
ceased. His saddles, blankets. bonnets.
clothes and trinkets are put in heap; mis-
horses and cattle are driven up. The bon
net is held aloft or horse led up. The
nearest relative tells Of the friendly deeds
some one has done for Joseph ana then
gives to that person the bonnet or the horse
Then the one who receives the gift makes
a speech telling how 1t fills his heart with
JOY to be remembered by the departed In
this way every possession OF the dead
passes into the hands Of his friends. In
the case of Joseph his widow. stripping her
self clean of her dover, gave away all the
chatteis of Joseph
The Nez Perces and their visiting friends
from surrounding tribes Will remain until
after the 4th of July for their annual cell
ebration-parade, games and races. They
have pitched one big tepee hundred feet
long in which to dance. But their dances
will be solemn ones this year, because their
great chieftain is no more and they have
without happy
CHARLES n. CREWDSON.
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Neighborhood House. This one small back
yard constituted the only authorized play
ground in the capital until 1903 when a
public playground committee was organized
and six plots of land were set aside for the
use of the children. These grounds were
meagerly equipped with apparatus and the
committee encouraged to greater eff
forts. so that in 1904 eleven plots of ground
were set aside for the little folks of the
tGwn.
Within the past year the movement has
made rapid strides in popular favor, and
the citizens have been aided by Congress in
the work Impetus was added to the
movement by the recommendation con-
tanned in the Presidents message TO the
last Congress. wherein President Roosevelt
said.
Public play grounds are necessary means
for the development of wholesome citizen
ship in modern cities 1t is important that
the work inaugurated here through NoIun-
t2ry efforts should DE taken up ana eX-
terded through congressional appropriation
OF funds sufficient to equip and maintain
numerous convenient small play grounds
upon land which can be secured without
purchase or rental. 1t is also desirable that
small vacant. places be purchased and re-
served as small-park play grounds In
deEsely populated sections of the city
which now have no public open spaces and
are destined soon to be built up solidly.
All these needs should be met imme-
diately."
AS a result of the vigorous efforts and
cor slant agitation of the project by public
spirited and philanthropic citizens and Off
Gals, Congress at the last session appro-
priated in all $500 for the playground
work 81 900 to the Commissioners for pub
lie recreation grounds and Sl,JOo 10 the
board of education for the equipment OF
school Fairgrounds. Private subscriptions
were added to this fund, and with the aS-
gre gate amount secured the Fairgrounds
committee at the beginning of the summer
opened up twenty plots of ground for the
benefit of the city's children. Of these
Fairgrounds seven are known public
Fairgrounds and the remaining thirteen
are school Fairgrounds. but all of them
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walton In the state of Washington he re-
turned broken hearted He had been to
our nations capital to make final plea
for the valley of the bunch grass. the clear
lake with its big red fish, the deer and an
telope. the camas root and the wild rose
the Wallowa. But his prayer was in vain.
To the stage driver who hauled him toward
his tepee he said: Last time Joseph leave
here for Washington. Next time Joseph go
away from his tepee he go see his Great
Father"
Joseph never smiled after his return.
Within a month after he came back While
lying in his tepee one day-last September
he told his faithful squaw to bring him
quickly his eagle-feather war bonnet. She
knew what this meant and ran to get for
him the crown of the great chieftain. TOO
late, When she came back Joseph was
deadl The cause?-a broken heart.
After Joseph's death the question among
the Indians was: who walk Joseph
track?'
The Indian. however, is slow to move. In
things both important and unimportant. 1t
takes brave four hours to put on his
feather clothes. / remember when Chief
No-Shirt was once in Chicago. He was
hurrying TO Washington. At Il o'clock he
started to dress to have his photograph
made. His train left at pm. At 3 o'clock
asked him to hurry He answered. why
you no begin more soon?" So the first
news that the tribe was thinking about
choosing chief Who walk Joseph track"
came to Pendeton. Ore, In January.
Grizzly Shirt. living on the aUmatilla reser-
walton near there, wrote to Albert Waters,
who was elected to succeed Joseph. asking
him about the pow-wow for the election.
| II is the custom on such occasions for chiefs
from neighboring tribes to attend AIbs,t
answered in a letter given verbatim thus:
''NESPELEM. Wash, Jan. 10, 1905
Mr. Grizzly Bear:
"Endearing:
AT so longest / won't find off
your letter except last two days ago to
receipt. And / will go explained to our
daily in Nespelem are my neighboring all
of us we'll that is your letter to liking to
noted everything but honestly to opinion
to say those widows of Chiefs are us well
daily. but one Is woman seriously sick at
so longest last fall ago wife of Tir-co-tsa-
cow-cow.
And 1 viii informed to you what we
have finished of feasts next year of the
month of June. Well next time spring
weather to let If TO noted of what day
commenced feast of Chief. friendly we us
of all are anxiously feeling of our Chief
death. 1 was glad that / receipt your let
ter stiil SO lately. This winter we have
without happy. This is closed to informed
of our feeling anxiously daily. And our
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the Nile.
The sun was dropping out of the blue sky
into sepulchral clots of clouds which drifted
near the horizon when the fellow braves of
old Joseph lifted the stars and stripes that
draped--in derision. it seemed to me-the
monument and fastened the flag to four
poles so that ii would be canopy for the
head stone.
The monument was the gift of Samuel
Hill, through the Washington Historical
Society. 1t stood seven and one-half feet
hfgh-white marble shaft in a granite
base. We stepped up and read the inscrip
tons:
On the back: Erected 20 June, 1905. by
the Washington University State Historical
Society,""
On one side: He led his people in the
Nez Perces war of 1877. Died 81 Septem-
Der. 1904. Age. about GO years"
On the other side the old chief Neg
Perces name: -mah-too- h-lat-kekt,"
and under that the meaning in English of
this name. ''Thunder-rolling-in- the-moun-
tains."
On the front. underneath a medallion
stood out the words Chief Joseph" / read
the words looked at the carved face and
said in my heart as recalled the injustices
done him: Justice? Justice? His fathers
gave food to our footsore and hungry ex-
plorers. Their children turned him from
the cedar-clad mountains where roamed the
antelope and the deer, from the clear lake
where swan the big red fish, from the val
ley where grew the bunch grass and the
camas root and where blossomed the wild
rose" Then felt grateful to the few pale
faces who in honoring the great redskin
cheftais by making monument for him
had shown mercy unto the mercifui.
X X
And afterward was the tenor of the words
1 said In my heart repeated by the speakers
of the day. AS they stood underneath the
hooking stars and stripes they could look
over the valley of the Nespelem and to the
Cascade peaks in the distance. The monu-
ment stood on q little knoll To the 400 In
dams and the 100 whites foregathered first,
after the opening prayer. spoke Albert Wa
tiers, the newly elected chief, Dressed in
his eagle-feather costume, he told his tribe
how greatly honored he felt to follow "Jo-
seph track" Then spoke Yellow Bull, the
feathers of his bonnet fiuttering from head
to heels. Yellow Bull was perhaps entitled
to the chieftainship. and at a second pow
wow may yet be elected instead of Albert.
as all of the tribesmen were not present
when Albert got the office. But he spoke
no word of this. In his speech he only
showed great reverence for his dead chief
tain. Ess-how-ess, who followed Yellow
Bull. had been one of Joseph's warriors in
IT. He told of the bravery of his fallen
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Big Crawish Caught In Pacific.
Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
A monster crawfsh Pacific coast looster)
was caught on fish line Thursday evening
off the east side of the Long Beach pier
by Frank Deffiey veteran fisherman VINO
says in all his long years or Angling NO
had never seen another so large.
II is a wicked looking creature. and SENDS
s,t,,e-s down the backs of the gentler sex.
From the tail TO the head il measures
thirty inches with a body twenty-four
inches in circumference. The main feelers
are each over eighteen inches. and the feet.
from which the claws are missing. are
over a foot long 1t weighs eighteen
pounds and Is thought to be fifteen years
old Ii has fierce eyes. and is apt TO give
one unpleasant dreams.
The monster was presented to the aquar-
ium, where Manager Davis says 1t is a
greedy beast, and eats everything given it
seaweed snails. crabs. alfalfa and smaller
crawfish. 1t is the largest he has ever
seen.
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How Some Plants Hide.
.onulnr Science Monthly.

From the PopnIhr Science MONTHLY
c. G. Pringle, for many years famous
plant collector. especially in Mexico and the
arid regions of the United States speaks
of native grass of northern Mexico. Muh-
lenbergia Texana, such a favorite with
all grazing animals that 1t is usually ex-
terminated or nearly so except when grow
ing under the protection Of thorny shrubs.
usually mesquite bushes.
How many times / have contended with
the horrtd mesquite bushes to gather an
armful of this grass to carry joyfully to my
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~ ROM twenty small plots of ground
within the city of Washington there
rings out every day. excepting Sun
IL day. the happiest music In the
world-the laughter of children at
play. And every peal of laughter every
shout of pleasure that emanates from the
public Fairgrounds is an eloquent expires
sion OF the JOY and thankfulness of the
child-life of the national capital for the
generosity of the municipality and of phil
anthropic private citizens which has made
possible the enjoyment OF privileges that
belong to the boys and girls of the city by
natural right.
Practically all the larger cities of the
United states within recent years have rec
ogniZed that public Fairgrounds for their
children are civic necessities; that 1t is the
duty Of the municipality to provide grounds
where boys and girls. reared in the con-
geSted centers Of population. may and
romp and freely exercise in open-air play
protected from the danger of accident and
injury which is incident to the occupation
of the public thOroughfares as recreation
grounds. For It has been proved that If
proper Fairgrounds are not provided the
little folks Will use the streets for their
games. In spite of laws and regula tons to
the contrary and Notwithstanding the vigil
lance OF those appointed to enforce the
laws.
Cntil about three or four years ago the
children Of Washington were deprived of
their natural right to safe recreation
grounds. and only within the past two
years mas the movement gained appreeia-
bic Roadway and popularity. But today
the twenty Fairgrounds maintained in the
national capital speak of justice toward
The City's children-the boys and girls who
are to develop into the future men and
women OF the capital and upon whom the
civic responsibility will descend.
The recent progress In the public play
ground movement in Washington has been
notable. In 1901 there was but one small
playground, established by private chari-
table enterprise in the back yard OF
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chutes' may be seen on few of the play
grounds.
The naturally happy and care-free dis
position of the colored race is traditional,
but to adequately understand to just what
degree this characteristic predominates
among the colored people one should visit
the playground for colored children at Del
aware avenue and / street southwest and
see a large number of the youthful repre-
sentatives of the race in Washington max
ing business of play. There could be no
doubts after such visit as to the ability
OF the dark-Skinned children to thoroughly
enjoy themselves. on this large lot the
children give full expression TO the ex-
uberance Of their nature. and the effect Is
contagious. On this ground large swings
have been erected, and there several
see-saws, teeter boards. flying rings and
other apparatus. The colored children also
enjoy the sand box, base ball and leap frog.
and other sports incident to youth are in
dulged in by the children of the neighbour
hood.
Children of practically all sizes and all
ages come to the various Fairgrounds
throughout the city and revel in the de-
lights afforded them. Many little moth
ers" may be seen on the grounds in charge
of their baby brothers or sisters. who can
only crawl about on their hands and knees
in the sand boxes or enjoy rides in the
swings and give evidence OF their pleasure
In the crows and COOS and gurgles of in
FAINT expression.
1t Will awaken many "reminiscences Of
earlier days in the minds of grown men
and women to see the tots. with streaming
hair, gliding through the air in the swings
10 dizzy heights. and then letting the old
cat die just like the older persons were
wont to do in the days when they answered
to mothers call and were free from the
responsibilities of their present life.
The sight of the happy children at play
In hose orr set 1Gf hat mr.
pose touches responsive chords of sympathy
I'm the hearts of the older folks. and
awakens a desire that all the children OF
the city may have an opportunity for
greater enjoyment. and that more and
larger Fairgrounds may be secured for the
outh OF the national capital.
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near r street northwest: Magruder School.
18th and Nj streets northwest; Stevens
School. 21st street near K street north
west; Phillips School. 9th and n streets
northwest. and Bell School. LIST street near
street southwest
Every pleasant day during the summer
an aggregate of about 5000 city children
assemble on these twenty Fairgrounds and
make merry with youthful games and ath-
letic sports, thereby obtaining much needed
healthful exercise.
With the opening of the Fairgrounds in
Washington this summer the work was
placed on systematic basis, and general
supervisor of Fairgrounds, DR.. Henry s.
Curtis who has had several years expe-
rience In such work in other large cities,
was placed in charge of the system. In
addition to this general supervision each
playground is under the direction of a
trained teacher physical director whose
duty it is to organize games direct sports
and look after the apparatus installed for
the children.
ct 70 tI,n
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winter time is over cold and storm blow, If
you can reply please.
from your friend
Albert Waters
"Nespelem, Wash"
The next news that came to the white
world was in letter written on June Is
to Maj. Lee Moorhouse, Pendleton, Greg,
by the Cayuse chief, Ta-wa-tui The major
is great friend to the Indians in the north
west He is. one white man who has been
square with them, and he has their conf
dence. SO Ta-wa-tui wrote him:
'NESPELEM. Wash, June 10, 1906
Dear Sir:
Mr.. Moor House:
"A view words drop to you this
afternoon my friend. l was life today and
this here all inhabitant. Indians wall
twere) today In council successor Chief Jo-
seph track. Zone to follow in the tracks OF
Joseph. He was finished today who was
successor today name his Albert Waters
head chief today. Hah-lo-ket his assistant
Albert Waters. June % days there he was
In council the feast. that his all 1 am
writing to you. MR.. TA-WA-TUI"
From this letter the major cleaned that
the successor to Joseph had been chosen,
and that on June % there would be feast,
at which time Joseph's remains would be
exhumed and reburied. and that the monu-
ment given by the whites and much talked
of by the Indians would be unveiled. He
was right.
Having reached there by rail on the morn
ing of the 21st, I travelled from Wilbur.
Wash. by stage. in company with the ma
jor, to Nespelem. / felt a great desire to
attend the obsequies of the greatest Indian
chieftaln, and the dusty forty-five-mile
stage trip was no bar
On the morning of the ceremony the sun
arose. to shine upon cloudless sky. The
dewy, early morning grass was rich to
smell, but not so sweet as the perfume from
the cedar and the wild rose of the WaIlowa
The Indian again was slow. The unwilling
was set for o'clock but at that hour not
an Indian stuck his head from out his tepee
They were dressing.
When they did come forth they saw too
many cameras on the field. They retreated
and held a council, the result of which was
that none save Maj. Moorhouse and one
other should make a picture. Into their
cases went score of cameras and kodaks
Many whites were present. This took an
hour.
The next interruption was Indian flu
neral of an Indian child. This took another
hour. The squaws.. decked in their bright
blankets. came marching up, bearing the
body. A few speeches, the burial and then
the chanting of the death hymn. The wall
ing of these Indian women carried me away
back in upper Egypt to village near
LUXOR where all night long I listened to
the hired mourners pouring out their lam
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he asked for the Wallowa. Our govern
ment. through its agent, Gov. Stevens.
gave the valley to Joseph and his people
Joseph was happy again.
In 1877. though. Joseph took to war. The
whites had again broken the sod in his val
ley. A paleface killed an Indian; redskins
killed two white men. War.
Joseph is accused of cruelty. He pleads
mot guilty" l believed him. Shortly be-
fore his death he told white man friend
that one night during his war his braves
brought as captives TO his tepee several
women and children. He put them under
guard, and when his warriors slept sneak
ed through the lines his prisoners and sent
them home
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Joseph's war was brilliant Within seven
ty-fve days from July u to October 10,
1877. Joseph. leading his entire band-many
hundred warriors. women and children-aed
them 100 miles. fighting all the while the
pursuing enemy-the entire United States
army of the northwest. Gen. Howard. who
chased Joseph In this running battle. pays
him the highest tribute. These two gen.
erals-the red and the white-sat together
on the same platform a year ago at the
commencement exercises of the Car
Isle. Pa. Indian School-sat as friends.
each admring the bravery of the other
Gen. Miles captured Joseph's band. They
were making way for the Canadian from
tier but were overcome near the Bear Paw
mountains. One reason for the capture. /
have been told, Is this: Josephs braves
had driven off the white soldiers. seiZing
their camp. In the camp frewater;
the Indians drank this and became helpless.
When Joseph handed his rife TO Col. Miles
he swore that from where the sun now
stands / fight white man no more" He
kept his faith.
But many times has Joseph gone to
Washington to sue in vain for his home in
the Wallowa. He has never set foot on his
native sod since his capture, being held for
many years a prisoner in the Indian Terri
tory and finally placed on the exile reser-
walton where he died.
When Joseph made his last journey to his
home near Nespelem on the ColyilIe reser-
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Unwilling Chief Joseph's
Monument and His Potlach
Copyright. 1905 by Charles y. crewdsOn,)

WIDER a heap Of cIods. a fitting
stone shaft at his head. lies at last
in exile-the body that held the
~ spirit Of Americas greatest Indian
r-chieftain-Joseph. the M
Perces His potlach has been held his
chattels have become the belongings of his
r-dskln friends Joseph. save in our minds
IS no more.
Who il Joseph? What did he do to make
him great? Sixty years ago he was merely
a baggy-cheeked papoose slung on the back
of his squaw mother But he was the son
OF a long line of chieftains of the greatest
tribe OF Indians west OF the Rockies. the
Nez Perces, who dwelt along the Snake and
the Columbia They helped Lewis and
clark and their squad. Without the direct
succor OF these Indians the abundant val
levs sleeping beneath the snowy crags OF
our beautiful northwest-Mounts Tacoma.
Baker. Hood. the Cascades and the Cour
a Alenes-would not be ours -
Joseph's grandfather was Nez Perces
entertain when the two great explorers
crossed the continent; his father. Joseph.
dyelt In the fertile Wallowa valley "hen
our Joseph's father came to die ne calied
his two sons-Ollicut and JoSeph-to his
bedside and told them never to leave the
WaIlowa-to fight first. 1t had been the
home OF his fathers for all time. The pale
faces were coming
In the wallowa grew wild the bunch
grass that fed Josephs ponies, and the
Camas root, his bread. over the surround
ing hills and mountains roamed the deer
and the antelope. These mountains shone
on the mirror face of a clear lake In which
swan the now extinct big, juicy fish, its
meat red cherry. and sweet. The odor
OF the wild rose and balsam from the noun
tain cedars filed with a sweet perfume the
air OF the Wallowa. Joseph loved his home.
The palefaces came more and more. They
stuck their plows into patches of the un-
scratched bosom of the valley and built log
cabins in sight OF the smoking tepee. Jo-
seph hardened unto the voice OF his father.
At the great council with the whites in 30
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entations over the body of little boy OF
the Nile.
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When Joseph made his last journey to his
home near Nespelem on the ColyilIe reser-
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A visit to the various places of recrea-
Arizona republican., 1905-02-24

J. H. W. JENSEN,
 Guardian Snead minors. Phone Main PAP or Tempe road. 3h miles.