Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-05
Miss Florence Minis Sends
Some Real Indian News

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Some Real Indian News
Items.
Dear Advertiser:
Knowing my weakness for all In
Edian lore, one of my friends here
lhanded me the other day copy OF a
Southern Oklahoma paper, the Can
fton Record. In it was column of
Arapaho Indian news written by In
Edian correspondents.
i had never seen anything in cur
rent print before which seemed SO
Etypically true of them. The items
were both interesting and amusing
and instructive, as regards Indian
names. I shall quote part of the col
umn:
"Word was received last week that
Going-up-Hill is married to Yellow
Hair of Left Hands"
walking Bird made flying trip
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to Watonga last Thursday"
"Black White Man Of Calermet
married to Mrs. Black Bear both of
that place."
Charles Cedar Tree of Watonga
|;have gone back home which he have
been with us for the past month"
"Chief Little Byrd of Segar Agen-
cy is married to Miss Thunder of
Geary last week"
& Sleeping Wolf is camping at
Woodward stock yards"
+ "Crazy Old Man will leave for Wy
oming Wednesday morning"
( ss "Heap-of-Crows will hold hand
games at this place this week"
s. Several other names mentioned
were "White Hat" "Mr. and Mrs.
Spotted Horse" "Howling Wolf"
and 'Young Bear"
don't know why the news was not
corrected as far as sentence con-
.struction was concerned, before be-
ing printed. Perhaps the pride of the
Indians prevent it.
:sAll of the Oklahoma Indians do
not have the name of some animal.
Two well known and prosperous In
dams near here are named Frank
Mason and George Miles.
The other day on the street corner,
I saw rather nice looking young In
dian woman with papoose all bum
died up in her arms. / stopped and
admired it, and asked her its name.
The glance of whitening scorn she
gave me might have been rebuke if
I had chosen to take it so, especially
if my intention had been mere in
quisitiveness. However, I was inter-
ested and waited to see if she would
talk to me. Finally, in most grudg-
ing way, she said the baby's name
was Delphine. At least that was what
I understood. She made no effort to
talk plainly. thought the name more
characteristic of a Greek maiden
than an Indian.
The Indian is certainly not social
being. AS you pass them on the street
their black eyes give no evidence of
seeing you at all, and whatever their
emotion is, they do not betray it.
Their faces are masks behind which
they live, and even if they ever un-
mask, it is among their own tribes
and with their own peoule.
Some days ago, I met an old In
dian woman ON the street dressed in
flashy colors, mostly red. Her entire
face was covered with red paint. To
her that was good taste, and little
she cared about what anyone else
thought. That is the main thing /
have noticed about the Indian, their
sublime disregard of what any white
person thinks or does.
To her, red paint was an element
of beauty, and the larger the quanti-
ty the more striking the appearance.
The savage learns moderation and
temperance from civilization.
Sometimes one is surprised by in
dividuals that seem different from
the rest. For instance, the other day
1 walked in a store, and an Indian
with long braids had preceded me.
He turned to the clerk and to my sur
prise, said in perfect English, "Wait
on the lady first"
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