Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-18
FROM THE Widest WEST
GRAPHIC SCENES IN BUFFALO
BILLS SHOW.
Contests Between Whites and Reds.
Life of the Indian Accu-
rately Depicted.

The white city at 18th and / streets
northeast. where Buffalo Bits show has
spread its tents. was surrounded by an
army of small boys early this morning.
1t was a host more persistent than any
detachment of border police or COWBOYS.
From every direction came the poss'
bringing their lunch. prepared TO stay
out the day. and not a few with hopes Oh
being able to join the show. Early 100
the lunch stands. peanut roasters, lemon
ade sellers and fresh clam men look
their places. so that soon every avenue
of approach to the temporary wild "es'
was lined with open-air restaurants.
The ticket buyers began to appear as
early as IL o'clock. and as the ticket sell
ers did not open their booths Tor ouni.
ness until l O'Clock these early oirds oio
not catch the worm until they hao fods'
ed in the sun for two hours.
The Indian encampment had a croWo OF
visitors all the morning. Several OF tue
big chiefs We're in full regalia ana hau
donned fresh daubs of yellow ana req
grounds, too. in the judgment OF the
small boys. who hung around all day.
watching the men smoke and the squa"s
mend tents. The hardened co"o s.
slouching around. were also followed ps
many a hero worshiper, the big tent
full of ponies and horses was inspected
thoroughly and the .sideshows with their
humping brass bands were CROWDED
from morning until after the big show be-
gan in the afternoon.
push BALI on Horseback.
The new feature of this years produc-
ton is a game of push ball on horseback
played by cowboys against Indians The
ball is an enormous affair, six feet three
inches in diameter 1t is not gentle
sport. Any one who has decried college
foot ball as dangerous will experience a
sensation of having reached a point far
beyond the limit when he sees that mass
of struggling. squirmins, kicking horses
and men.
~ depicted in the reproduction of the bat
tie of Summit Springs, fought in 1869.
The heart of every boy who saw the per-
Torrance this afternoon thrilled as the
courage and discipline of the soldiers and
the remarkable strength and fortitude of
the scouts were matched in realistic man
ner against the savage cunning of the red
warriors. This Is real battle-all but
the bloodshed: and as arranged by Buff
falo Bill VINO was chief of scouts under
Col. Carr when the fight took place. 1t is
declared to be an accurate reproduction
of the encounter
Scenes of Indian Life.
The Indians go into camp at nightfall
and the spectators are given a scene OF
Indian life as true to the original as is
possible. Tile raising of the tents. the
preparations for supper around the fire
with the assembled squaws, papooses and
dogs receive every touch necessary to
make the scene realistic. There is an In
dian wedding between a fine-looking
young brave and the hanL-omest girl in
the tribe. A barbaric war dance follows
in which the fighting men give way to the
fury and hate caused by the known pres
ence of the palefaces. At last the camp
goes to sleep. guarded by sentinels.
AT dawn the United States soldiers and
scouts charge the Indians. From the
tepees the savages jump, armed with ri
f1es tomahawks. scalping knives. revolv-
clouds, is pierced by the cruel streak OF
rife shots and the thud of hoofs mingles
with the cries of the fighters and the ex-
ultant yells of The red men prisoner
is taken. The battle is a desperate one.
but the tide of fortune at last favors the
white men and the Indians are overcome.
There are numerous exhibitions of
horsemanship. both on bad horses and
on horses that can do almost everything
but talk. The cowboys seem to be able
to lasso anything. either from a running
pony or when standing still There are
marksmen whose aim is almost superhu-
man. Buffalo Bill himself takes part in
this feature of the performance. and his
eye and hand seem a S steady as when he
was young scout on the plains. The
glass ball that his bullet cannot hit has
not been manufactured.
Miss Annie Schaeffer rides a vicious
broncho. She is said to be the only
woman who can ride one of those kick
ing, paving beasts with as little fear and
as easily as a cowboy.