Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-20

white mans friend He was made chief of
Gen. Miles Indian scouts, and served in
that capacity for a number of years. The
general reported him to be one of the
bravest and most sagacous scouts that
ever served under him Hump was wound
ed In the shoulder during the Nez Perces
war, and about two years ago he came to
Washington. and, through the solicitation
of Gen. Miles and Senator Kittredge, he
was allowed pension from the govern
ment.
Chief Iron lightning was born In the
same lodge as Chief Hump, and the two
redskins have always been the closest of
friends, sort of college chums," as IT were,
since the time when as papooses they
camp, sharing the willy gopher in his hole
and Staying the unsuspecting prairie owl
with bows and arrows. Later in life this
Damon and Pythias of the Cheyenne river
Sioux decked themselves with feathers and
smeared themselves with paint and went
on the warpath together, ambushing the
lonely paleface pioneers In their dangerous
journey across the plains, and putting forth
their might to stay the march of civiliza-
ton the western frontiers. But civiliZa-
ton came little too strong for them and
finally Iron lightning, like his friend
Hump realized the folly of defyng the in
evitable and surrendered to the more pow
erful paleface.
Made but One Cast.
And now in the evening of their careers
the two chiefs come to the home of the
''Great White Father to view the glories
of that civilization which they once exert
ed themselves to destroy. The officials of
the bureau of ethnology took photographs
of the two chiefs Tuesday, and Wednesday
they were escorted to the model shop of
the National Museum, where it was hoped
that they would both be preserved in plas-
ter for the enlightenment of future genera
tons. They are both fine-looking Indians,
in spite of advancing years and their we'll
marked, weather-beaten features would
have been an addition to the collection of
life masks of the Indian tribes.
But 1t is seldom that the museum can get
more than one mask out of group of In
dams at a sitting. Hump was the first to
submit. He made a very good subject
Taking face mask now Is not exactly a
comfortable process, though 1t is not as
long and trying as it was a few years ago.
Mr.. Palmer, the Indian expert of the shop,
did the work, and soon had Hump carefully
done up in towels and the rapidly harden
Ing plaster working up to his eyes and nos
trils.
Andrew John, the governments Seneca
pensioner, was along with the party, and
he tried to get Iron Lightning interested in
some of the sights of the model shop. But
it was no use. There was deadly fas-
cination about watching the things that
were happening to old Hump. By the time
the plaster was all over his eyes and nose
Iron Lightning came to the conclusion that
Mr.. Palmer was some sublmated form of
slap DOCTOR" If that superstition extends
among the Indians, and he coldly reniged
on the life-mask proposition.
None for Iron Lightning He had been
through g. score of pitched fights In the
west, where quarter was neither asked nor
expected. He had stood up to the buffalo In
his charge and fought at close range with
the grizzly bear. But when 1T came to cold
plaster of paris. he proposed to pass out
and make it a jack.
white muck no good" succinctly trans
lated the interpreter. And if the govern
ment wants cast of Iron Lightning's fea-
lures they will have to get it in the form Of
death mask.