New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-27
FLYING BOAT TILTS
WITH INDIAN RIDER
Chief White Calf, First OF
Race to Soar Like
Eagle, in Peril.
AVIATOR'S GOODNESS
AVERTS DISASTER
War Whoop of the Blackfeet
Echoes at Dobbs Ferry as
Flight Starts.

Flight Starts.
In an exciting fight from Dcbbs Ferry
yesterday morning Two Guns WHITE
Calf. OF the Glacier National PARK reser-
vation, in Montana, won the distinction
OF being the first Indian TO make trip
in an areopiane. When the machine had
been in the air for ten minutes and was
hying at an altitude OF 200 feet. a nasty
pun OF wind turned il over on its side,
and 10 the horror of those watching the
fight fell a sheer hundred feet. Only
the coolness of Ralph NJ. Brown. the
pilot saved the occupants from disaster.
The fight had been arranged through
the courtesy OF w. T. Thomas. president
Of the Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Com
psny, Of Bath. n Y, and was made in
one OF the companys flying boats. Fausto
Rodriguez. manager of the company. an
nounced Monday night that Brown would
carry one OF a party of twelve Indians
now enjoying their first Eastern trip in
charge OF Charles b. Griffin, United
States Indian agent for Montana.
Lazy Boy Wanted TO Fly.
Chief Lazy Boy had volunteered, but
as he was considered to have had his
share OF honors during the trip about
the country. others of the party frowned
on his selection.
So the whole crowd gathered in room
e2G9 and the candidates outlined their
claims The main qualifications OF Lazy
Boy. as given by himself In most I'M
pressive manner. were that he had served
twelve years on the Indian police and
always had obeyed the orders OF his
superiors.
Then Two Guns White Calf took the
floor and said My father was chief OF
the Piegan nation. He gave to the Great
Father at Washington al Of Glacier Ma
tional Park. My father was brave man
lie was not afraid to die. /. too. am
brave man. | am not afraid to die. And
IL | should die, / know that my white
brothers would take care Of me and bury
me besides my fathers. in the shadow of
the great mountains that have been my
home"
White Calls speech won the day and
even Lazy Boy voted in his favor. After
details of the trip TO Dobbs Ferry had
been completed. the party sat long into
the night discussing the wonderful event
which was 10 take place in the morning
None Of the Indians had ever seen an
aeroplane. with the exception Of Frank
Guardipee ugly Face. who had been
educated at Carlisle, and who is one of
the two men in the party able to speak
English. The other is chief Eagle Calf.
The delegation accompanied White calf
70 Dobbs Ferry. and the effect of the
setting incidental 10 the fight was pict-
uresque in the extreme. As preparations
for the flight were going on nine OF the
number. including three Of the squaws,
stood huddled in a group on the beach
Each Of them pressed the hand OF White
Calf and spoke earnestly into his ear.
White Calf exhibited a charm in the
form Of tiny stone from his Glacier
Park home and treasured the others.
All this time Chief Medicine Owl, the
medicine man of the tribe, stood little
apart from the group and, with his
hands and eyes raised to the blue sky.
invoked the protection Of the Great Spirit
over the life Of his brother. AS the ma
chine SKINNED over the water, the eN-
rrcssion on the eleven faces changed
from one OF foreboding, TO one OF in
tense interest Eager eyes followed the
plane when it left the surface and rose
into the air like a giant bird and the
voices OF the men arose in the startling
war-whoop of the Blachfeet.
Fall Frightens Squaw.
When the machine fell it was taken
for part of the performance and the only
sign of excitement shown was tight
clenching Of hands and little gasp
from White Calls squaw. In minute
more the flight was over. Brown by
clever manipulation OF his controls
righted the craft. brought it to the water
and ran il high on the beach In speak
ing of his trip, White Calf said;
Machine very shaky on the water
Stop shaking when we go up. Can see
ike the golden eagle over the mountains
As ne looks down. so did l. Wind tip
machine over. but / had been told 10
sit still and did so. Not afraid. Ny
charm save me. When boat come back
to water ! motion with hand, Go up
again. but he would no do it.
White Calf is son Of a chief OF
the same name who ruled the PieGan
nation and owned vast tracts of country
The elder White Calf. according TO Hoke
Smith, OF Glacier National Park. coded
the territory embraced by the park 10
the United States. II includes l,5oc square
miles.
The Indians in the party are Medicine
OWL and squaw Ugly Face, White Calf
and squaw. Bird Rattle and squaw. White
CULVER. Fish Wolf Robe. Eagle Calf.
Lazy Boy. and Mrs Julia McGee. a half
breed. who acts as interpreter FOR the
women.