Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-21
life. He has become famous, so the

teRenu runs, TOT OelhS pu'iet PIoo''
having been shot many times In battle
mad In test OF his powers, though with.
out effect. He is a wonder among his
people.
i The competition for prizes between
the various districts. in their singing,
; drumming and dancing furnished an
Interesting feature.
! The steer roping contests were very
! good, though the steers were most
too light for real fast time, as the pom
lies were used TO heavier animals.
| This was however. a very good exhi.
| biiion OF this western game and az
forded considerable amusement.
Probably the most amusing number
on each days program was the bron-
| cho "busting"-and II cal be said TO
have been as fine as was ever seen in
the west. There numerous "out.
laws" aad their bucking. pitching and
| stff-legged bobbing covered every
antic known in this great horse-game.
| The riders scored 100 right along,
for not a man was dismounted during
the entire series of the fair. 1t Is
truely great sport, though very haz-
ardous.
The program of each day continued
until dusk, and on the evening Of the
second day at the close of ceremonies.
was witnessed one of the most i'm.
pressive scenes the writer mas ever
beheld. 1t was a western scene with
all the stirring effects, all the reality.
and all the romantic touch that could
be crowded into any picture.
II was dusk and there was a move
meat in all directions for quarters.
The twilight which hung over the sur
I rounding hills was dimned by the
| cloud of dust which arose from the
stir of pedestrians, horsemen and We
hicles. The squeak of snaps and sad
| dies with the thump of hoofs. the
mixture Of cowboys. braves, sQuaws
and horses lent Il the reality OF the
/ picture. Down to the right could for
I IA short distance be seen the long
long rows of tents. then these became
outlines aad finally faded into mere
| shadows. beyond which nausht but
the campfires could be 1t was
one great, extensive panorama, a typ
;cal western scent, miles in extent,
complete in every detail, as true as
nature could create it, and was done
in hills and plain. dust and dusky
humanity.
At night there were many side
shows. dances and entertainments,
while the dance around the campfires
~-~,a~l@I nos n yynfnysn nnd an.
joyable exerience to view this scene
on the fiat from the highland at the
fort, and TO hear the ki-yi, the zip,
and the wierd songs OF this strange
people. They are no different from
the white man for when they bet
a going they generally make a night
iof ii.
There really was not a great varie-
ty of entertainment from day to day,
though there was something doing
every minute. The variety did not ap'
peal TO the white man as to the Indian
for there is so much ceremony which
is meaningless to the pale-face, yet
full of meaning to his dusky brother.
The Indians have = great many very
peculiar ways which seem cold-blood'
ed to the white mar. For instance
one which appears both grusome and
laughable. yet to the Indian was mere
ly a matter Of business. The wife OF
one old buck was failing fast and was
expected to die any time. He went
to town, bought a coffin. One man
who saw him going home with it sup
posed his wife dead. A few days lat
er the party was passing this mans
house and saw the coffin standing up
beside the door. He inquired the
cause, and received the reply: "Oh
he not yet dead yet; he die soon"
The old man believed in being pre-
pared.
Rocky Butte.
Many who are unacQuainted with
the Indian nature have the impress
sion that there is no mirth in the
dusky hide, hut such is not the case
for they are long on joymaking and
many of them are OF a most iowa
nature. One of the most comical In
dian persons the writer ever met is
Rocky Butte, nic-named "Broncho.'
"Broncho" is a woman of at least II
summers, small in stature. and bub
bling over with giee at all times. She
is about the best known woman or
the reservation. and is said to have
been the ony woman who rode in the
battle OF the Little Big Horn. com
monty known as the Custer massacre
She attended a side show OF tbs
Grounds and hccarmaA 6apn1y interest
ed in the monkey. She was tickied
almost to death at the antics of ths
mcnkeys and almost suffered hyster
les in laughter. She coughed. wheel
ed. CONFUSED. waved her hands anG
furnished more fun ior the audience
tlan de mok."
Sitting Bus Grave.
About half way between the town
site and the camp grounds is The
grave of Sitting Buil, IN a small felt
once used as a military cemetery. The
grave is enclosed With a little picke'
fence. and a Slab bears the inscrip
ton Grave OF Sitting Bull" 1t is
said on pretty good authority that the
old warrier's body does not lie in this
grave as it was removed to the IA
tionai museum Immediately after bur
ial. The Indians OF the reservation
do not seem to care-as his hostile
movement which resulted in his death
MAS highly unpopular with the Sioux
Father Scenarios Work.
One of the best known characters
at Fort Yates and loved man is Faith