New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-22
WILD VEST GUSTS CIRCUS.
Buffalo Biz Opens at Garden To-
mOTO00 after Long Absence.

Down from Bridgeport. in peaceful Connecticut.
a hundred Sioux in paint and war bonnets hit the
tran for New York over the New York New Ha-
ven d Hartford Railroad. yesterday and pitched
their camp in Madison Square Garden. where they
are part Of Buffalo Bills Wild West. This is
the first time the show Of wild men and wilder
horses has been in this city in five years. and it
is TO open tomorrow for a three weeks engage
ment There are three hundred performers in all.
among them cowboys. girl riders Mexican rurales.
Cossacks, japanese and Arabs. The last two
acrobatic performers. but the show as a whole is
mainly dependent upon horsemanship for its eff
fects. To this end there are five hundred horses
and seven buffaloes All the horses and most of the
Indians fresh from the plains, and this will be
their first public performance.
An incident that Will not be repeated as a part
of the show occurred last night. when fifty Indians
from the Hippodrome paid a friendly call on the
Buffalo Bill redmen. They are all members of the
Sioux Nation. The HippOdrome Indians, led by
Chief White Bone, greeted the Wild West tribes
men, who lined up. men. women and children. be-
hind Chief Iron Tail. There was speech by Chief
White Bone, who said that he and his men had
been making much money here and were happy TO
aid their brothers. Then came the handshaklng
and the giving away OF money. The reporters and
Garden employees stood by In something like
amazement when they saw the Hippodrome band
passing out silver dollars and notes TO their Ires
After this peace dance and smoke talh hiieU
Since the Wild West was last in New York 1s it
new features have been added to the ProgIGIiL re
mains, of course. but the great feature OF TINS
years performance is The Battle OF SUNNY
Springs The engagement which this reproduceS
was fought in July. 1859, when Colonel WiLiam1 r.
Cody discovered the encampment of hostile In t
and brought to the scene his commanding onlcer'
Major z, A. Carr. whose forces defeated the IN
dians. At the mimic fight tomorrow night lhere
VIII be present in box at the Garden me ccil I
mander of the United States cavalry IN me IeeI
battle He now ranks Brevet Major GeneIdI
Carr and has just returned from the PhhpplleS
10 retire from service. ,-, l,.4
Another event on the programme is Ihe o %Tea1
Train Hold-Up.' in which is reproduced a ho9IIo-up
of a Union Pacific train at Rock creek, Myo''
1899 and tie robbing of the Wells Fargo car =;
Colonel Cody (''Buffalo BilD is TO take part IN
the battle scene. and during the New York engage-
ment is 10 use the Arabian stallion, MueZZln'
which is owned by Homer Davenport the artSt.
Colonel Cody was busy yesterday supervising me
housing of HIS forces N the Garden, where the
most of the Indians have their sleeping quarters
in the upper stories and where all OF the peFIor-
ers in the cafe. which has been refIrnshed dqT
the purpose IN camp fashion. Colonel COY sara
he Was in the best of health and especially
pleased by letter which he received from General
Nelson A. Miles. who praised the show for It's IN
struCtlVe features.