Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-10
BUFFALO BILL
HOME AGAIN.
HIS INDIANS NOW TALK ALL THE
FoREIGN TONGUES AND HAD
A GOOD TIME.

Buffalo Bill and 60 Sioux Indians
arrived In New York last week after
having spent three or four years
abroad teaching the continental coun-
tries about the gentle life In the wes-
tern United States. The Wild West
show made lots of money abroad. but
the entire outfit seemed glad to get
home again. Major Doyle. the press
agent Of the show, told a reporter of
the New York Times about the trip
and said reporter wrote It up In a
way which must have pleased the
major. The Times said that the ma
5or was chock full OF interesting sto-
ries of the trip, and he fairly bub-
)led over with enthusiasm az he pro.
eeded to tell them.
| Never. never anything like IL In
he entire world" declared the ma
ior. mopping his brow as an excuse
II
o catch his breath. "Oh. II | only
iad phonograph to tell II! IL
would take me seven months to de-
icribe what they saw and what they
experienced For four years these
led men have been invading not only
apitals like London, Paris. Rome.
Vienna. ct cetera, but I'm the last year
hey have actually visited IL coun.
tries, with as many tongues: they
nave visited almost every CONNER.
'ial, artistic, architectual and nat
iral point OF interest
The laurels in the itinerary OF SO
'iety travellers, millionaires. automo.
pilists, diplomats. or any class can
not exceed In completeness the sweep
ing, detailed method OF the Sioux.
who have minutely covered the
ground from John Groat's To Lands
End In England, Scotland. Wales and
IN Europe. Paris all Franco In fact.
Ill Italy, by way OF Trieste to Agram.
oy way of Vienna to Budapest. Bel
srade, along the beautiful blue Dan
ube. down through Crakow, and
along the Russian border. the Veter-
land"
Itch kann Deutsche sprechen." in
corrupted big Indian. whose name
sounded something like 'Man-with-
a-Grouch'
Yes" continued the Major, these
red men went along the Rhine. visi-
ted Belgium. Brussels, Antwerp, and
historic Ghent, where the treaty be-
tween the United states and England
vas signed. Al Agram one OF them
learned Croatian. They acquired
hungarian at Miskoloz, Szentes,
Nviregyhaza, and Nagybeczk
vt Mararossziget they learned Polish
md Ylddlsh
"Oh, If ! only could find words to
ell the story, Why. sir, in Rozes-
,ow they conversed entirely In Po-
ish. Yes. these wards Of the United
states government have had every
source OF information, everything
brown open to- them. The wonders
If land and sea. the existance OF old
ocean, OF Pompeii. OF the burning
Rome, the glorles Of the ancient art
galleries. the brilliant splendor OF the
castles, Of Windsor and others. pal
aces and parks. the grandeur OF st
Peter's-yes. thousand, ten thons-
and. things almost mystical IN the
untraveled uncomprehended until
actually seen"
Est-ce que Get American com
prend le Francais?" inquired Man
with-a-Groucb." and several other
Indian chiefs pointed to the reporter
and asked the same question In Eng
fish. Does this American under
stand French
Reporters are the most highly
| educated mon I'm tho vvortd o,,,,,tot
ed the major, bowing for space.
They are the men who will tell the
entire people Of America that Buna-
10 Bill's show has returned and will
go into winter quarters until II Is
time TO open up i'm New York next
spring
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