The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
INDIAN CHIEFS WILL MAKE A
NEW TRIBE OF SCRIBES.


Members of National Editorial AssOci-
alton Are Slated for Adoption into
the BIackfeet Race when They Visit
Glacial National Park Reservation
During Their Montana Tour In July.
Uniaue and Picturesque Initiation Cere-
mony is Planned BY the Redskins
Newspaper Men to Drop the Blue
Pencil for the Mammoth Quill of the
Rocky Mountain Golden Eagle.
Glacier Park Station, June 16-In
preparation for entertainment OF
members of the National Editorial
Association on their arrival In
Glacier National Park during their
Montana tour in July, the Blackfeet
Indian council already has appointed
it's reception committee to greet
the editors in genuine "aborigine
fashion," The welcoming Red Men
will consist of the tribal chiefs OF
the Glacier National Park reserva-
ton, Two Guns White Calf, Eagle
Calf, Wolf Robe, Many Tail Feathers,
Heavy Breast, Turtle, Lazy Boy,
Middle Rider, Big Springs, and Curley
Bear. This array of full-bloods, at
tired in beaded buckskin and feather
ed regalia will present dazzling
sight to the "quill showers" from
among whose tribe each of the Indian
chiefs will select subjects for initia-
ton into their own tribe. The adop-
tion ceremony attending the taking
of white men into the Blackfeet
tribe is a picturesque proceeding.
The pale face subjects, stripped to
the waist, are arranged, kneeling,
within circle of Indians. Amid the
tumult of beating tomtoms and
solemn chanting of the adoption song
each chief paints his family hero
glyphics upon the bare back of the
white man he is to sponsor with an
Indian name.
Wallace ODell, president of the
New York Editorial Association,
is known to be under consideration
as one of the prospective subjects for
adoption, and it is understood the
Indians have been in communica-
tion with the executive officers of the
N. A. A., seeking the names of other
state editorial chiefs. The Indians
are bent on honoring real chiefs like
themselves and they naturally regard
the editorial chiefs as the ones who
measure up as their own peers. Con-
sequently they are making their ini-
tiation arrangements accordingly.
For the comfort of these men it
may be said the ceremony is not
nearly so trying as being tarred-and-
feathered by the Ku Klux Khan,
since the vegetable dyes used by the
Indians readily wash off with ordi-
nary soap and water. Mrs Medicine
Weasle, who has charge of the "color
caldron" will be very busy woman
during the month of May directing
the flying squadron of squaws that
will roam the Rocky Mountain slopes
gathering roots and >herbs which will
be stepped to produce all the colors
of the rainbow that are to decorate
the backs of the ,"class of editorial
chiefs" that is to be honored on this
gala occasion.
The Blackfeet Indian Council has
written to Louis w Hill, chairman OF
the Great Northern Railway, one Of
the charter members of its tribe oil
Adopted Pale Face Brothers" asking
him to issue formal invitations to all
white men and women in the United
States who have been taken into the
Blackfeet Tribe, urging as many as
can be present in July when the ''big
initiation ceremony for the editors
takes place The Indians keep a rec
ord of all of, their adoptions, each
accepted pale face member signing
his own name and his Indian name
with the historical mammoth Golden
Eagle quill that has been handed
down through generations by the
chiefs of the Blackfeet tribe. The
tribal ledger contains the names Of
several hundred white people many
of them men and women of national
distinction. Mr. Hills indian name
is Gray Horse Rider.
Thus the editors on this tour, after
viewing the agricultural stretches OF
Montana, taking part in the semi.
centennial celebration of the estab-
lishment of Yellowstone Park anc
| finishing their business meeting ir
Missoula, will find very interesting
part of their program is to take
| place when they reach the famed
ertswhile hunting grounds of the
Blackfeet Indians in the Rocky
Mountains of Glacier National. Park
MIrKIE SAYC