New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-12
INDIAN CHIEF COMING
u.od Of Police of Reservation to
Arrive Here To-day.
FIRST VISIT TO THIS CITY
,v,,, Pc Guest of Officials of the
American Museum of Nat
ural History.

s.,als ~ the American Museum Of
HISTORY will have as their guest
Ns'' GEEK or two the chief Of police Of
fo' 80 reservation In Wisconsin.
tn Crsrk Wissler. curator Of anthropol-
- said yesterday that the chief. who is a
% ,,,,4ed Indian. will arrive to-day or
grow. His coming is looked forward
Err great interest by Dr. Wissler and
,nen skinner. Of the museum staff
h.s worked with the chief in numer-
VIZ axresitions he has made TO the
o. IN Wisconsin. Mr.. Skinner is
,~ensrinc 70 60 on an all summer ex-
,,.t,- ~ the reservation of that tribe.
.,s Indian. who assisted him on other
.s,ons viii accompany him back 70
Wisconsin.
~, viii he the chiefs first visit TO New
~ 90 said Dr. Wissler yesterday, and
=. gill probably ind many things here to
,..s-sst him. not the least among them the
T,aisn exhibits Of the museum"
r, announcing the coming trip OF Mn
s,,,rr4r Dr.. Wissler said two other mem
- ~ the museum STAFF were now study
~. tho Indians in Montana and in the
-,..diao Northwest In Montana. on the
-, reservation. Dr. Robert II. LOWE has
- studying that tribe for some time.
~ r. Goddard has some 10 the Cana
a., Northwest 10 study the Western Crees
and the Sarci Indians
For ten wears more" ssid Dr. Wissler
go, viii he possible 10 obtain information
=. ,he early history Of the American Ind
=, After that time. however. it will be
s@cylt for then the old Indians will have
r,.dA vav for the reservation Indian. and
-,,gizstion VIII then blot out for the tribes
80, the memories Of their past life
Mr. skinner who has been 10 Labrador
.,a the Hudson Bay regions several times
. study the Indians there. made trip
,,s, YEAR through the Florida Everglades
= s,ud, the Seminoles. According 10 DIT
u-,sslsr II was the most comprehensive
.vnedition in that region ever attempted.
Tho effect Of civilization on the Indians
4. nowhere better shown than in the case
- The Navaioes in Nevada. Dr.. Wissier
.,vs Where they used 10 weave their
c,otbes NJ the material used in their
,,,,ksts they now buy their clothes
end devote all their time to making blan-
bets for which there is a commercial de-
,,aDd A. for pots and other household
utensils. this tribe finds II more convenient
n b-v the American kitchen product in
fsct language. art and folklore are making
vav among the Indians for civilization.
on their reservations. said Or. Wiss-
,- che tribesmen have not the needed
materials 10 manufacture such things a.
-roccasrs L is almost impossible 70 get
brckskir and COW hides sell 40 such a good
rrice that IL Is not profitable 10 use them
DR.. LOWE is engaged IN Collecting infor-
nation about the old military societies or
the Crows. &c has also come across nu-
rlerous curious social customs on this
reservation. which is near the Custer bat
tlsfeld one Of these is the 'mother-in-iaW
tsnoO" and the other that of playing prac-
.i.si Jokes In the case Of the former Gus
tom Or LOWE has found that sons-in-laW
are permitted under no circumstances 70
converse with their mOthers-in-laW IN
ioke pav,ne an Indian is permitted only
m iesf with tribesmeu of the same clan
20 which r'- father belonged.