Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-03-01
PALISAD1AN

running in to ask her she declined We
stopped at another house for some cur1os, Tor
the driver had told us they sold bead work
articles at no cost at all, hardly, but the old
who served seemed more than
pleased. The writer got down to make another
picture of this house, which was a small caDln'
with only one room, in the center OF winch
was an old stove, probably fifty years OLD, no
carpet on the floor battered bureau IN one
of the room, few Struggling pctufes
on the wall, everything suggesting the dlreSt
poverty To the Gedit Of the Tuskaroras be
it said, however, there are few evidences OF
this kind of squalor. At this particular house,
hung up under the beams of the little porch
roof that covered the front entrance were
four little puppies dried like mummies and
suggesting the story that comes from Mlch1-
gan of the annual dog feasts, where the North
ern Indians make preparations each year tor
their time of eating dogs especially prepared
for this occasion. Chase s Osborn the
Michigan editor and politician, personal
frierd of President Roosevelt, than whom
there is higher authority in his state, IS re-
sponsble for the statement that he has been
al one of these dog feasts and that there IS
nothing in the world finer than a barbecued
dog, prepared only those Northern Indians
do the job.
Editor Hursakcr, of the Saginaw, Mich,
Courier Hcyald was an invited guest at
How the OF these dog 1eaS Is ana ana
His Medicine. process which lasted
whole day before the meal
WIS announced. The dogs had been kept If
pens the whole season Of several months, and
fattencd upon the heads Of fish, which said
to be the ultima thnlc OF perfect dog tatteners,
making the flesh of wonderful tenderness and
of delicious flavor. When the editor stood
up at the table he at once claimed his in
ability to go dog meat but upon the de
mands Of his appetite becoming strenu-
GUS than he could Withstand, he was frally
induced to take some, and his plate was piled
high with the carcass of a fat little puppy
with a skin like peeled onion and eyes as
big glass marbles
Cant go it," he said, and when some one
ooh, just taste it once and forget it," he
took up a httle piece and was so overcome
with its quick appeal, that when his friend
Osborn next looked at him again there was
nothing left of the puppy except the head and
tail bones!
We did not get an invitation to attend
dog feast at the Tuskarora Reservation, but
the above story told to
The Chief of our party and some Of
Police of the t the nave not tbeE goc[e1
1uScaroraS. tempt for the narrator to
this day The dried, mummifed puppies of
the Tuskaroras are used in the form Of stews
when other meats not procurable in tn
winter season.
This sketch would not be complete without
mention of the prime ruler of the TuskarOras.
life as he himself puts it. As we were stand
ing in front of the little church, he rode up
in small sulky, drawn by a two-year-od colt,
ard looked much the embodiment of
picturesque individual, that photographer
concluded at once to get a shot This Ely
reserted:
mo! No" he exclaimed. ME had heap
picture made before. All damn lies just like
you, all damn lies, just like you, just like
YOU"
Upon being assured that he would be pre-
scented with a picture, he fray consented
to pose, and with a yell that could be heard
a mile he proceeded to get ready. The ac-
companyng picture is eviderce OF his char
acter He said he was on his way to make
an arrest, as a man had shot his wife the night
before just around from the church. No in
cident of the day interesting than
talk with the Chief OF Police. He uses
far better English than the average Red Man
ard gave evidence at the same time that he
thoroughly civilized by showing much
familiarity with t'Old John Barleycorn." In
the midst of little conversation he sud
denly broke away with his pony, and with
wild yell threw the lines at his feet, while
his raced IoV-u he