The sun., 1910-05-16

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Three grave faced old men wearing
huge brown sombrerOs with a feather
standing Stihiy up from the brim oi each
walked through tho Grand Central wait
ing room early yesterday morning. BE-
hind them came a younger man with
the same reddish tinge ol cheek and tina
same air Of ressrvs and with him was
a stout CHEEKY person obviously Western
Remnants of the show, presume
said the blas6 BostOnian. awaiting his
train. Which goes % prove that a real
American Ia not appreciated.
| For these four were no show Indians,
but the three elders Of the Warm Spring
tribe and an interpreter come all the
way from their reservation In central
Oregon % do business with Washington
and incidentally Sc New York Albert
Kuokup is the eldest Of the visitors and
he alone has the gray hair which his 70
years call for. Then comes TullaK HOlli-
quilla. n years old. with tho straight
black hair and carriage 0f . hoy. and the
younggter of the party Is Henry Queah-
pama. aged 20.
The Warm Spring reservation. where
some 500 trihesmen live. IL shOuldered
on the one side by Mount jefferson and
the other by Mount Hood. &
Eighty miles from the forty square miles
of reservation II the nearest railroad.
although the Hin Hartman lines will
soon make the distance shorter. Now
Of late there has arisen q difficulty as TO
the exact boundary Of the reservation
which was laid out IN 1881. - the tribe
got together and decided 10 send their
first offiCtal representation 20 Washington
Albert and Henry Were chosen a. envOys.
while TullAx came along on hia own hook.
paying his own way, to So the world of
tho Eastern white man before he dies.
All three Of the men have the ssy among
their own people subject of Oourse to
the approval Of Claude G. Covey. super
intendent Of the reservation. who came
along with them. together with Hen
Wilson. the interpreter Incidentally
Ben IL one of the best tackles that the
Chemawa industrial school has turned
out and is no alOuch 40 baseball either,
playing shortstop on the varsity.
The Warm Spring tribe. that YOU may
call -Mullee- II you prefer the aboriginal.
has always been friendly toward tho
white man. In the Modoc wars IN tho
'1Os. for instance, eighty memb bers of
this tribs served a. scouts Tor our truops.
and one og our visitors, old Albert Kuckup.
was In ~ the capture of Capt Jack
the MOdoc chief and notorious had man.
This was in ~. and the MOsioCs had taken
% caves IN southern Oregon IN the lava
lands where u was almost impossible 20
get them. The redskins simply sat tight
and blayed away from their hiding PLACES
every time a white face appeared. Bat
Albert and another Indian scout went ia
and dragged Capt. Jack out of his cave.
and that about ended the trouble.
The party left the reservation on Nav
.. drove over 10 the TRAIN private con-
veyances TullaG has a LOT % these. for
he owns over 900 head of cattle and Is
the richest man in the trihe-and then
started east. stopping az 81. Paul and
Chicago.
As Mr.. Covev. rather naivelv put II.
they found that the Grand Union here
was full up so they left their things
IN the Hotel Vanderbilt. across the street,
yesterday morning and started oh % go
the town. with the Brooklyn navy yard
a. the first STOP. There they saw the hig
ous workings we're explained 10y bsn
Wilson TuilaE looked AZ the big fellows
for a minute and then In series ~
staccato grtlntH wanted 20 know What
chance the Indians would have against
q thing like tha' in case oi war.
They returned 10 tins side Of the river
and started down into the subway. Here
Albert baked II was very dark and
rlmaly down there and tho prospeCts -
HL HHH.aH .aH#.H HHaHNH
underhanded landslide method did not
appeal. Brn insisted and he and Nr.
COvey led tho oid American downstairs.
Albert did not open his eyes. however.
until he was la Forty second street air
again. 40 his impressions pt tho subway
are haZy Bsu saws that the other two
enjoyed IL immensely. lts pleasure
90 hear Ben's English, by the way.
After dinner a fifih avenue lus was
anuushed and captured and the five
went NJ 10 Grants Tomb. The Pal.-
sades beside their own magnificent hills
seemed pretty insignificant % the Warm
SpruCers. but thsv remembered Grants
name and we're very much impressed by
the old soldiers resting place.
The traifC policemen made the biggest
hit with the visitors. IullaN weighs
2dO pounds aud stands a good AK feet
ia his stocking. but he made adWIring
comment every time huge cop was
sighted Automobile are ~ novelty
to dwellers on q reservation where over
land tourists abound
The elders said nothing AZ al AZ sup
per. Just ate and ate. bgt aftsrward IN I
bis room TuliaX sat down on the side 0f 4
his bad and muttered something 10 Ben. /
He says said ths Interpreter very .
slowly and very surely, that there are .
too many white men IA this .
city But on the whole he prefers it 10 ,
Chicago, which was extremely dirty.
Then the ancient pleasure seeker and .
his two old friends went TO sleep under .
The roar oH the elevated
Mr. COvey had sous pictures with him .
of the reservatton-the industrial school /.
with a long line Of little girls slmpering .
on the front porch, the sawmlll. wh"rs
the sons ~ the elders labor mightily /
aud the youngest COyey. aged Z months.
whom the father hates 10 leave unit
June I. when hs expects 10 bring his
charges back.
This morning the delegation goes 20
Coney Island and this afternoon they take /
the train for Washington. much 10 the .
disgust Of Ben. who wants 10 stay and see I
4 bR ball game.