The Newtown bee., 1909-07-23

got 1t just as 1 was eaving Sioux Fans for q long trip. | am now over in the middle of the great Cheyenne Reservation. Look on the map and you can find 1t. The last chance l had to get mail was a week ago yesterday. The next chance l. shall have will be next Wednesday, SO l shall be 12 days away from mail. That probably seems very strange to you who live a mile from the postofiice and have a rural delivery every day in the week bus Sunday. This Cheyenne reservation contains about 6,G00 square miles. You can compare it with Connecticut and see how big it is. am driving every day; some days as far as SO miles, other days about 30 miles. Two on three days th.s week we were in q reg;on about 70 miles from any railroad. To-day we are getting back toward civiliza- tion for we are only about 50 miles from the railway now. The people among whom I travel are all Sioux Indians. There are no white people living on Cheyenne Reservation ex- cept the officials of the government, who manage the Indians. have been sleeping in the Indian cabins, on hard bunk, some times rolled up in blankets on the cabin floors. The cabins are usually of logs, containing two rooms, some times only one room. Indian families as a rule are pretty large. There are a good many crying babies and go many dirty dogs. One day 1 passed an Indian and his wife who were driving and seven dogs were with his wagon, and they were all Gis. I sometimes wish they would eat their dogs more than they do. I was in an Indian cabin about a
 month ago where dog stew was on the table, but I didn't eat it. I go hungry a good many times, at break fast and dinner and supper, because
 I cant work Up a strong enough
 appetite to eat what they set before
 me. Sometimes the raw material of
 their meals is fairly good but the
 Indians handle it and cook it and serve it in such dirty ways that l cant enjoy it Eery much. But l crowd down enough to keep me go- ing. 1 am having service every day in the rude Indian chapels, and often at night q circle of 20 Indians will sit around on the floor and smoke their pipes till midnight and talk with me. Sometimes they want to complain about something, some times they want to ask me for money to repair their chapel or get new
 bell and sometimes they simply
 want to tell out their hearts. y
 Sometimes they want tC give me money to help carl.y on my
 missionary work. One night, last
 week, I slept in my blankets in a
 little tent, which I have with me. l
 lay on the ground and the night was pretty windy and I tooA a bad cold. But that is letting up now. We had to use the tent that night because the cabin which we were trying to reach was too far to travel before dark. Sometimes on these Indian trips travel two days and don't see any cabin or any people. I have
 with me on this trip white missiun- ary who has been among the Indians
 35 years and who acts as my inter- preter, and an Indian man who helps us with the horses and helps us find the way. The names of these people are very funny. Here are the names of some among whom have travelled on this trip: Owns Bob Tail Horse, Paul Brings Grub,
 James Don't Touch It, Thomas Takes Him Standing, Wallace Lends His Horses, Frank Smells The Log, Harvey Left Hand Bear, Henry His Horse is Fast, Frank Poor Dog, John
 Banged In The Eye, John Iron Lightning, Picks Up Eagle Feather,
 John Did Not Go Home, Frank His Horse Looking, The Bear Looks Running, Beautiful Bald Eagle, Left Makes It Long, Clayton In The Hole. Handed White Cow, Alexander
 Some of the names are so curious you will think that I have made them up. But I haven't. they are just as they apear on the official register ol the Indian Department and are all living in the part of the country where I am travelling these two weeks. I don't get many min utes to 'myselI and have written to send it to the Bee editor to print