Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

governed is shown by the fact that IN
their laws there is little punishment
aside from fines and Punishment. me
great pride that the individual takes in
his town rights and his fear of losing
them keeps him in order. The simplicity
of the code sometimes becomes humorous.
Some of its provisions are as follows:
Amy person Slandering another with
ou sufficient evidence shall be fined in
the 1st offence So, Second SO and in the
third they are to be removed from the
place. Amy person found guilty or
stealing shall be fined from 81 to -.
If amy citizen are notified to attend
meeting and fail 10 do SO without suffi-
cient excuse shall be fined 81 to $1.J0
Be it known that no person are allowed
to swear on the high way. Be 1t
known that we shall have fence law
and it shall be four feet high. All
male citizens of Indian Town from IL
years upward shall pay 81 year and
until the amount is paid they VIII not
be given no land.
Here is a community in which SANDER
is the greatest of offenses, ana Where Ih5
affairs of the municipality are conducted
at an expense of 81 for each mature male,
or about $50 year.
The chief of the tribe, until recently,
held his office by right of birth. The
nonarchical form of government has,
however, been thrown off, and now the
chief and councilmen are elected once III
four years. In each case two Candidates
are nominated. When e4ectlon day
comes the able-bodied men OF the com
munity file 10 the schoolhouse, where the
balloting takes place. The Candidates are
No. ] and No - Those voting for NO.
! place a grain of corn in the ballot DoX
Those voting for No. put In a bean
Later the grains of corn and the Deans
are counted and the successful candloate
:a''NN"'1uced. There is 10 Dtiilot poA
stutfing.
The greatest festival of the year is
..F'orefathers' day" This takes place at
the opening of summer when the weather
is fine and the larder is we'll filled, for the
shad season is not long past The object
of the festival is TO keep green In the
minds of The Pamuni.eys the memories OF
the glories of the past Nllham ierrlii
Brady is at present the grand Ola man
of the tribe His name like that of
George Major Cook, the present chief,
and TheopholS Dennis, an eX-preSldent,
has little Indian significance. Yet these
are the family names OF the tflne brad-
by has been many times chiel ana claims
TO he a Hneal descendant of Powhatan.
This claim would probably be true of any
member of the tribe, so constantly nave
they intermingled through marriage
Brady is E?ost inslstent uoon keeping
m the customs of the tribe of old. He is
a man of considerable int lligence and
learning and an endless talker. He has
travelled several times around the world,
when he cruised as a sailorman In ms
prime He reads everything available
i1non the life of the early Indians. Then
he insists that the tribe revert to those
customs.
In Pursuance with this idea the playlet
of ..Tocahontas and Capt. John Smith is
mt on in the woods during the forefather
celebration. The scene is identical with
that which must have surrounded its
original production. There is the same
blood in the veins of the supernumeraries
i'm the mob scene as flowed in the veins
of those who actually attempted the exc
cution 300 years ago. William Terrill
Bradby impersonates his ancestor. Pow
hatan, and a better Indian type it would
he hard to find Captola Ulalah Cook
plays the part Of Pocahontas. She is the
best of them ALA slip OF girl of fifteen,