The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-17

English Amazed TO Find tire Redmen
Nisa In Their Day and Generation.

English Amazed TO Find the Redmen
Wise in Their Day and Generation.
From the London chronicie
IN ths presence Of tie thrse Cams.
alan ia dtans VINO have come b Lon
don 70 ias before the Great White
King 5ys ana sorrow on etlIi;s
not help lin King % Mark gtltnis I
gorgeous brave who rgasted an
Innocent Anlertc ans with some exceed
fngIy choice TippeTary. sSs
a Daily Chronicle represe tentative
went to the Soldiers Home the other
evening to see the chiefs and enconn;
tered upon the staircase a tifck.set,i
coppercclo gentleman talking to
two tawny companions: There We're
no Gathers there was no paint, no.
moccasin, no tomahawl just three
comfortable tweed suits and SOFT som-
ibreros. Come along, boys. ( said the
5thickset gentlemen, and the three.
made for little room where they I'M,
'troduced themselves as Chief Joe,
captla1o, OF the squamlsh tribe, North
Vancouver. British Columbia; Chief.
Basil, OF the Ronaparte tribe, Ashi-
croft, British Columbia and Chief
Charlie Tailpaymilt. Of the sowician
tribe yancouver-the last a little old
man, considerably older than his com
.pantons. who are about forty five.
Atithe ONCE Of the high commission
.er for Canada the Daily Chronicle had
ALREADY been informed that the chiefs
were "tust children being paternally
cared for during their stay In London.
Never having seen the late Queen Vic
Itoria they had been deputed by their
Acknowledgement to journey to London
and greet the great good King Ed
ward VII.
II these men be children, one trem-
Ibles to think what their compatriots
maybe, For two minutes Chief CapIl-
ano spoke rapturously of his visit to
London. OF the bus ride from which
the party had Just returned. Of the
trip on the underground railway. Il
have never seen anything like 1t be-
FORE" he said. ''The crowded streets.
the noise, the big houses, the railway.
wonderful. wonderful. It was :"
At this moment the interpreter enter
ed, and Chief Captlano Immediately
forgot his EnglfshI
1t was, perhaps, a nice little point
OF indian etiquette, but Chief captlanoI
absolutely refused to speak in the
presence OF his interpreter AS for
the Interpreter, a young, fulliblooded
Indianof the Fraser River tribe, when
one mentions that he has been to.
school one has said everything. He.
talked in an easy-going. nasal fashion
that suggested very knowing Amer
lean, In quite business-like way he
limited that their lips were sealed as
to the real purport OF their visit. "But
1 may tell you this. We have come to-
see IL something can be done to stop
the. restrictions that are being placed
on our hunting, fishing, and shooting.
The Indian lives by his rod and gun.
and to prevent him from shooting
duck or deer or from fishing in close
time is starvation. It gets worse ev-
cry year, and what is to happen to us
during the winter is matter OF great
concern
No further information was Vouch-
safed Chief Capflano was still la
mentally or automatically ignorant
of the English language, Chief Basil
was lost in the contemplation OF the
carpet A silence like the silence OF
the backwoods came upon the little
room And these men are children!