The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
HONOR indian
Chief TODAY
Services for Hollow Horn Bear
to Be Held IN St. Paul's
Catholic Church.
PLANS FOR THE FUNERAL
Statesmen and Officials to Pay HON.
age to Leader Of Red
Men.

The Indians of North America,
through the thirty-two delegates of the
different tribes that are now in WASH
ington. and many white men will do
reverence to the memory of Mato-he-
hlo-ge-ca. Hollow Horn Bear, chief Of
the Sioux Indians, at the funeral of the
chief, to be held this afternoon at $50
o'clock at St PauIs Church. The body
Of Hollow Horn Bear will leave Wash
ington at 6 o'clock tonight. to be taken
to the Rosebud Reservation. South Da-
kota for burial. The train bearing the
body will be met on the way by the
wife and two daughters Of the great
chieftain, who will accompany 1t back
to the reservation.
Mato-he- hlo-ge-ca passed away yes-
terday morning at Providence Hospital
from complication Of pneumonia and
uraenic poisoning. after an illness of
only four days.
He is mourned by the Indians Of this
continent as the great chief, and was
looked up to by his white brothers as
the most representative of the redmen.
He was the great statesman. who had
laid wise plans for the development and
advancement OF mis- brothers and the
great orator who had been able t. lay
these plans most forcefully before the
United States officials who have worked
for the Indian. He was merely the chief
of one of the many tribes, but he was
regarded as the leader Of all the chiefs.
Came to Inauguration.
He. with over a score other chiefs. had
come on to Washington to be present at
the Inauguration of President Wilson.
He had probably been the central figure
in more councils of the chiefs with the
officers Of the government than any other
chief, and his loss has staggered the
men who came with him. The faces OF
the Indians. schooled to conceal the feel
ings in their hearts, are drawn with
grief. and the old chiefs seemed older
by ten years last night after the funeral
arrangements mad been made.
The funeral of Hollow Horn Bear will
be attended not only by the chiefs and
several Indian women. but by the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. the Chiefs OF
Divisions. and officers Of the Indlan
Bureau and a number OF Senator'S
Representatives, delegates from the I'm
proved Order of Red Men, and other
representative men.
A conference OF the Indians was held
yesterday afternoon TO decide on the de-
tails of the funeral. The matter OF the
dress the chiefs shall wear was brought
up and discussed, hut whether they SHALL
attend the funeral and accompany the
body to the station in Indian regalia or
in ordinary citizens clothing was left
Undecided. That Is left to the Judgment
OF the individual chiefs. The funeral
services will be conducted by the Rev.
Father Ketcham. the priest who was
with Hollow Horn Bear when death
came. The Indian delegation will pre-
cede the body Of the great chief to the
church in carriages
Family to Meet Body.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
notified Chief Hollow Horn Bears fam
ily of his death yesterday morning. and
1t has been arranged that they shall meet
the body on its way to the Rosebud res
ervation and go back with 1t for the
interment
The pallbearers will be the following
delegates from the different tribes: Rich
ard Wallace. Crow: John Carl. Chippewa;
Thomas L. Sloan, Omaha: p. III. kennei-
ly, Blackfeet; J. y. B. Hewitt. Seneca,
and r. J. Hamilton. Umatilla-
The honorary pallbearers will be: NJ.
]. Bentley, DR.. w. S. Whitman. Louis
NJ Bernstein, Jacque Heidenheimer. Gus
II. Beaulieu, W. T. Whitaker. o. J. kel-
logg. Hon. Harry Lane, Hon. T. ].
Walsh, Hon William ]. Stone. Senator
Poindexter, Senator Gamble, Hon. Moses
f.. Clapp Hon. Scott Ferriss, Hon.
Charles f. Burke. Hon. c. II. Dillon,
Hon. Charles Carter. and Gov. d. II.
Johnston.
The body will he escorted from WASH
ington TO the reservation by John Green,
a Sioux, ana a member of the Rosebud
tribe.
Chief Hollow Horn Bear was man
of large property in his country. His
death was so sudden that no will was
made His property will therefore re-
vert to mis- widow and two children. and
his chieftanship will go to nephew,
his own son having died some years ago.
Chief Hollow Horn Bear was deeply
interested in the effort the Indians are
making to have Thomas l.. Sloan, of the
tribe Of the Omahas, appointed Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. and one OF
the last things the big chief asked his
friends when they left him Friday night