Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-05

White Brother Who Took Him Up
Averted Disaster When Flying Boat
Tilted-Chief Medicine Owl Invoked
Protection Of the Great Spirit as the
Flight Started.
In an exciting flight from Dobbs Fer.
ry. N. Y. Two Guns White Calf of
the Glacier National park reservation
in Montana won the distinction Of be-
ing the first Indian to make trip in
an aeroplane. He is one Of party of
twelve Indians enjoying their first
eastern trip in charge of Charles B.
Griffin. United States Indian agent fol
Montana.
When the machine had been in the
air for ten minutes and was flying at
an altitude Of 200 feet puff Of wind
turned it over on its side and. to the
horror CT those watching the fight.
1t fell a sheer hundred feet. Only the
GOODNESS Of Ralph NJ. Brown. the pilot.
saved the occupants from disaster.
The fight had been arranged by w.
T. Thomas Of Bath. N. Y. and was
made in a flying boat.
Chief Lazy Boy wanted to go up.
but as be was considered to have had
his share Of honors during the trip
about the country others Of the party
frOwned on his selection. The main
qualifications Of Lazy Boy as given
by himself were that he had served
twelve years on the Indian police and
always had obeyed the orders of his
superiors.
Speech That Won Honor.
Then Two Guns White Calf took the
floor and said: my father was chief
Of the Piegan nation. He gave to the
great father ut Washington all Of Gla-
cier National park. My father was a
brave man He was not afraid to die
l. too, am q brave man. l am not
afraid to die. And II l should die
know that my white brothers would
take care Of me and bury me beside
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.
None Of the Indians had ever seen an
acceptance with the exception of Frank
Guardipee ugly Face. who had been
educated at Carlisle.
The delegation accompanied White
Calf to Dobbs Ferry, and the effect Of
the setting incidental to the flight was
picturesque in the extreme. AS prep
arations for the fight were going on
nine Of the number, including three Of
the squaws, stood huddled in group
on the beach. Each Of them pressed
the hand of White Calf and spoke
earnestly into his ear. White Calf ex
hibted 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 machine skinned over the water
the expression on the eleven faces
changed from one Of foreboding to one
Of intense interest. Eager eyes follow
ed the plane when It left the surface
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and the voices Of the men arose in the
startling warwhoop of the Blackfeet.
Says Charm Saved Him.
When the machine fell it was taken
for part Of the performance. and the
only sign Of excitement shown was n
tight clinching Of hands and a little
gasp from White Calls squaw. In ii
minute more the flight was over.
Brown righted the craft. brought 1t to
the water and ran 1t high on the beach.
In speaking Of his trip White Calf
said:
machine very shaky on the water.
Stop shaking when we 60 up. Can see
like the golden eagle over the noun
tains. As he looks down so did l.
Wind tip machine over. but had been
told to sit still and did so. Not afraid.
My charm save me. When boat come
back to water l motion with hand.
Go up again. but he would not do it ="
White Calf Is son of a chief Of the
same name who ruled the Piegnn MS.
ton 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 to the United States. It includes