The Washington herald., 1912-05-27
INDIAN CHIEFS
DRAW ATTENTION
Attired in War Paint and Feathers,
Sioux Braves, with Wild West
Show, Attracts Crowds.

Seven Indian chiefs. in war paint and
feathers. walking along Pennsylvania
Avenue and other downtown thorough
fares yesterday afternoon, attracted Sun
day afternoon crowds. The seven chiefs
were the representatives Of the Sioux
nation. who are in Washington under the
special patronage Of Col Fred. Cummins
director general of the Young Buffalo
Wild West and Col. Cummins' Indian
Congress and Far East show, which
pitched its ten acres OF tents at Fifteenth
and II Streets Northeast yesterday. and
will exhibit afternoon and evening. to-
visited several OF the public buildings,
and also dropped in at the National
Press Club, where they were given an
informal reception by the newspaper
men. Some OF the writer's had known
two OF the redskins previously. having
met them after the Indian uprising 1t
Wounded Knee.
The chiefs were Sitting Bear, Red
Shirt. Ore Feather. Red Star. Eagle
Head, Painted Horse, and Eagle Bear,
the interpreter.
Col. Cummins brought his thirty-six car
loads OF wild West and far East show
into Washington early yesterday morn
ing, and Immediately started to trans
form the vacant space at Fifteenth and
II streets INTO leuleQ city. An euoI-
nous crowd OF people visited the grounds
morning and afternoon. and took espe-
clal interest In the herd Of long horn
cattle and Western horses.
One Of the Old-time wild West features
which has been a by-word with Young
America for decades Is the Deadwood
stage coach and its escape from the In
dians. The seven chiefs who attracted so
much attention on the streets yesterday
-. ~
bush. Something new to Washington
will be the long-horned cattle from the
African veldt and the Boer rough riders
who show how these beasts are herded.
Mexican vaqueros on their Peppery
little ponies will show what sort OF eques-
tran feats are performed south Of the
Rio Grande. and a hundred or more
riders from various countries Of Asia will
contribute the far East portion Of the
programme.
Annie Oakley, famous as a rife shot
the world over, is with the show. She
has been breaking glass balls and making
marvellous rife records for thirty years
and claims to be better this year than
ever.
A big street parade which will cover
much OF the city will start from the
circus grounds at $50 o'clock this morn
ing II will be headed by Col Cummins.
bull whip manipulators. the twenty-oX
team. the elephants, Camels, and horses.
The Russian dancers will take part in
the parade, as well as the Western cow
boys and cowEirls, Tartars, CosSacks,
Cingalese. Arabs. and Indians.
The parade will start from Fourteenth
Street and Florida Avenue Northeast at
$50 o'clock II will proceed to Maryland
Avenue Northeast. to B Street, to New
Jersey Avenue. to Massachusetts Avenue,
to Seventh and K Streets Northwest.
north side Of the Public Library. west
in X Street Northwest. 10 Twenty-second
Street. south to Pennsylvania Avenue and
east in Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
to Fifteenth Street south to Pennsylvania
Avenue again. and east in Pennsylvania
avenue to First Street Northwest. north
to B Street. east to Maryland Avenue.
east in Maryland Avenue to Fourteenth
Street Northeast. and show grounds