Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-12-07

red skins and the members of the
surveying party were frequent. Fin
ally, while attempting to escape to
neutral territory, Dietz was cap
tured. Through the exercise of di-
plomacy he soon gained the friend
ship of the Indians, was taken heart
lily into their fold and given tepee.
For some time he acted as trader,
operating on the Missouri river, TAX
ing out buffalo robes and bringing
back produce and knick-knacks for
his red skinned friends.
Later he was offered as a wife the
belle of the tribe, the first daughter
of Eagle Horse, whom he accepted
and took to his tepee as his bride
Two children were born of the union,
after the family had removed to the
Pine Ridge reservation in South Da-
kota, the first daughter and the
second a son. Upon the latter the
name 'Lonestar" was conferred by
an uncle, who had won the name
himself when he conveyed party of
tribesmen through a terrible night
storm TO safety, guided by a single
star,
Soon the mother died and the
father left the reservation, later
marrying the sweetheart of his boy
hood days, After spending five years
in the Sioux camp "Lonestar" joined
his father and step-mother in Wis
consin. He received a grade school
education in the schools of Milwau-
kee and completed a high school
course at Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
At Rice Lake his football procliv-
ity first asserted itself, and for four
years he played a stellar role on the
high school team. In 1902 Lone
star" who had been named Will
lam, after his father, when he de-
serted the reservation, entered Mac
alester College, st. Paul, with a
view to becoming a minister After
two years he abandoned that idea
and took up the study of art, in
which he gained much proficiency.
He did considerable mural decorat-
ing for the st. Louis exposition in
1904. Many pieces of his work were
included in the Indian exhibits there
and he received much favorable press
comment.
In the fall of 1904 Dietz entered
Friends University, at Wichita,
Kansas, where he spent one year,
going in 1905 to Minneapolis to en-
gage in the advertising business, in
which he met with much success. In
1907 he entered the Carlisle Indian
school, completing his course in
three years, at the same time taking
special work in art at the Philadel-
phia School of Industrial Arts. AS a
tackle on the Carlisle football teams
of 1907, 1908, and 1909 he deyel-
oped into a player of national re-
nown, ranking close to his team
mate, the redoubtable Jim Thorpe.
Upon graduation Dletz was made
superintendent of all the art indus
tries of the Carlisle Indian school,
including native Indian art, arts and
crafts, mechanical drawing, etc. He
contributed many works to the lead
ing magazines and periodicals, also
lecturing and writing on Indian life.
He was factor of Importance in the
commercialization of Indian arts to
modern uses, such as interior dec
orations, carpets and tapestries, tile
floors, and china.
Realizing his great efficiency as
football player and his unusual
knack Of imparting that knowledge
Of the game to others, the Carlisle
authorities mado Dietz assistant to
Coach Glenn Warner at his alma
mater. He served in that capacity
with success until 1915, when he
came to the State College of Wash
ington to enter upon the career
which has marked him as one of the
greatest coaches. organizers, and dis
ciplnarians in any football camp in
the United States.
Since coming to Pullman Coach
Dietz has become imbued with the
idea that the motion picture is the
logical medium through which to
show the native Americans in their