Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-21
HARVARD LOSES TO YALE
Big Chief Tom Marshall
to Mingle With 'sOkOboji'

The Okopo1t IndtdnS nave deserted
Stheir reservation They are assemb-
ling for their twentieth annual pow
WOW. dog feast and bath. Cedar
Point, Ohio, is the objective point
and June 2s-27th. the dates. Two
hundred contestants will be present
and compete at this trapsho oting
tournament; $1,000 in cash with many
valuable trophies will be distributed.
THE Okoboji Indians, annually meet,
at some popular resort in the United
States. where one week is devoted to
the social phase of life coupled with
the sport alluring. Shop talk is
There eliminated and peace with neu-
tra1ity reigns, a la Indian custom.
No small tepees will be pitched.
The Breakers Hotel (Scucum Wick
le-upp) furnishes accommodations
for at least 100 unterrihed and un-
washed guests. Officiating as Tribal
Musical Director, we have Lieuten-
sant John Philip Sousa (Chief March
iKing) ably assisted by Rolla o.
iHeikes (Chief Bald Eagle.) They
have staged a recital on their TOM
toms, those weird, impressive. mar
'vellously musical instruments, the
yminiature kettle drums. Cave men
foriginally stretched COW hide over
hollow low stump, utilizing this prim-
sitive ear pleasure as a mess call or
tribe assembler. Ben S. Donnelly
MChief Wealthy Water) directs the
Meet footed runners who will kindle
land keep burning signal fires on the
nrest of hills and mountains. chain
Sof hre with pillars of smoke, an
pounes, by an understood code, to
tribal absentees on distant hunting
grounds, the Importance and neces-
sity for their attendance at the Cedar
Point meet
Fred Gilbert (Chief Heap Talk)
noted for his prowess with scatter
igun and ability as a sun, moon, snake
,and green corn dancer, will lead
tribal dancing in full Indian costume.
John r. Taylor (Chief Buck Eye) has
Isecured from the State Game Warden
Ia special dispensation to kill and
!serve a koshered canine at the cere-
,unonial dog feast, where the High
Chief will officiate. June is a closed
season on dog. served in any style
hence the necessity for a special per
nit before guests could be invited
and catered to bounteously.
Traps are located on the shore OF
Lake Erie. within a stones throw
of the historic naval battle grounds,
where Commodore oliver Hazard
perry in 1913, took Commodore Bar
clay with his British fleet, to much
needed cleaning.
The Okoboji Indians are the pre-
-mier limited. trapshooting orsanlza-
zion of the world. Every memper Is
selected by ballot which Is taken oy
casting arrow heads into blanKeS
~ Apdine of one obsidian (black)
noint rejects the candidate, hence
M "crooked tongues" become mem
hers. Organized 81 years ago. with
a membership of seven, there mas
been a gradual tribal increase uhti.
+ha roster shows a membership OF
134. covering a territory extending
from ocean to ocean, from Cahaoa 70
the Gulf of Mexico, almost every
state has membership. Inc se'en
,charter members were:
Tom A. Marshall (High Chlet)'
Chief Long Talk.
pn1,a o. Heikes. Chief Bald Eagle.
Ered Gilbert, Chief Heap Talk
William r. Crosby. Chief, kenne-
Charles w. Budd. Chief Dago.
Chauncey NJ. Powers, CHIEF WIPE
Stick. . p,ra,o
Hump. -,,s - .ar
.-r am an Okobojki Indian" he is i'm
ynediately accepted by thes hootlnS
Sraternitv as a Good Indian, with
80 heinz associated with the dead !
ones. During our annual pow wow |
+uarriors recite their trapshootlhs |
successes and hunting experiences !
without fear, it is non-permlsslDle
to interrupt or inject~quesuon shaA
ing veracity. ~,
All souaws and warriors will ap-
near at the dog feast in full lndlan
costume, buckskin, feathers ana war
naint. Chief Heap Talk will lead TO |
the banquet tepee, executing en- route
his many tribal dances
MANY of the Okobojis were absent
at the 1918 pow WOW. They mad
been called to the colors and sue
cessfu1ly demonstrated the efficiency |
of shoteuns in front trench fighting.
The first war reception extended the
Boches4 by expert trapshots, operat-
ing scatterguns, was Immediately in
terrupted by the cry "kamerad' TO
he followed by a storm of German
protests. against the introduction OF
q lead barage, which precluded the
use of poison gas or nquld nFe'
few gold stars grace our banner. A
rising vote at the feast, toast to the
absent warriors who gave their lives
in defense of Old Glory. They are |
now in the Happy Hunting Grounds
We extend an especial invite to the
Pacific Coast CSetting SUM Indians.
The Canadian (Beaver) Indians and
the Wesley Hogans of the Rising
Sun. Come, bring your squaws ana
papooses, eat dog and rub noses Win
uc Won are welcome.