Evening star., 1925-03-06
INDIANS DESCRIBE
CUSTER MASSACRE.
Yankton SiouxS Attend Coun-
Gil and Feast - Of.
/ fiCiaIs Take Part.

Chief Antelope and Chief Hollow
Horn, Yankton Sioux Indians, at
council and feast-known to them
as Wokdakapi Ga Wotari-today at
The Metropolitan Club. which was at
tended b. prominent Government Off
Gals and diplomats.
1t was given by Col. Jennings {.
Wise, counsel for the Indians in their
case of contention of their rights In
the Pipestone Quarry and Black Hills.
Owing to A custom taught by mis-
sionaries. the older chiefs, who fought
In the Custer massacre. appeared IN
civilian clothing, although number
of younger chiefs were in native cos
tune.
The order of the council was first
the peace pipe, in which all the guests
I.ledged friendship TO the Indians. Col.
Wise made II brief address, in which
he introduced the Indians. The feast
then was held, which consisted of:
Tado- Wahanpi (meat stew, Wax
maheza- Ujapi (maize and hominy
pudding), Omnica -Kmiyanyan (baked
peas), Waskuyeca (meal cakes and
honey, Wakadyapi (coffee) and
Canupa (round tobacco).
Give "Big Talks"
Big Talks" were given by James
NJ. Beck, acting Attorney General of
the United States, known to the In
dians as the Great Paleface Chief of
Justice, and the three older Indian
chiefs. These were followed by the
Big Hand Shake, in which the guests
were greeted by the Indians. Chief
Good Boy, who was Capt. Raymond
r. Bonnin in the World War, was in
terpreter.
Those attending the feast were:
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon: the
Great Paleface Chief Money Guarder;
Secretary of War Weeks. the Great
Paleface War Chief; Acting Attorney
General Beck, the Great Paleface
Chief of the Great Grandfather's
Lawyers; Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Robinson, the Little Paleface
Chief of the War Canoes, to whom
special tribute was paid by the In
dians because he is the nephew of
former President Roosevelt. known
a the Big Cowboy: Assistant Sec
retary of State J. Butler Wright, the
Little Paleface Chief of the Tribal
Papers: Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, the
Big Paleface Chief of the Warriors;
Mai Gen. +. {. Davis, the Big Pale
face Chief of the Warrior Writings;
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Charles II. Burke, the Paleface Chief
Guardian of the American Indians.
Maj. Gen. William J. Snow, the
Paleface Warrior Chief of the Big
D. Rockenbach the Chief of the Camp
of the reat-Grandfather; Senor Don
Juan Riano Gayangos, Spanish Am
bassador, representing the Tribe of
Spanio; Maj. Nictoriano Casajus. mil
itary attache of the Spanish emba ssy;
Raul Tulmoht, secretary of the Bel
giUm mbasSy. representing the Tribe
With Tongue Kin to Familiar Ones:
Sir Esme Howard. British Ambassa-
n
Long Knife: Col {. l.. u. Charlton,
military attache of the British en-
basSy; Brig. Gen. George y. l.. Du
mond, Count Louis de Sartiges and
Count Jacques de Sieyes de Seynes
of the French embassy, representing
the Tribe of the Familiar Ones; Sig
nor Augusta Rosso, Comdr Count Ell
tore Sommati di Mombelio and Count
Delfino Rogeri di Villanova of the
italian embassy, representing the
Tribe of the Big MoccaSiu.
Mr.. Marc Peter, Minister from
Switzerland. and Leon Alexandra
Girardet, secretary of the legation,
representing the Tribe of Several
Tongues; Daniel Steen, counselor of
the Norwegian legation. representing
the Tribe of the Weird Talk; F. Nano,.
secretary fthe Rumanian legation,
representing the Tribe of the Long
Moccasin; DR.. Sao-Ke Alfred SEE,
Minister from China, representing the
Tribe of the Long Scalp Lock; Capt.
Axel f. Wallenberg, the Minister of
Sweden, and Commercial Counselor
Gustaf Weidel representing the Tribe
OF Strange Talk; Count Laszlo SEE
chenyi, Minister of Hungary, and
Counselor Pelenyi, representing the
Tribe of the Tangled Words; Hipolit
Gliwic, counsel of the Polish lega-
ton, representing the Tribe of the
Lonesome Tongue.
Other Guests Present.
The Tribe of Home Palefaces was
represented by the following: Lieut..
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Rear Admiral
William W. Kimball, Maj. Gen. Tas-
kcr H. Bliss, Rear Admiral Sidney
Staunton, Rear Admiral William L.
Rogers. Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen,
Brig Gen. James Allen, Brig. Gen.
James S. Parker. Brig. Gen George
Is. Downey, Robert Lansing, Frank
jim MacVeagh, Thomas ]. O'Brien,
Col Henry A. du Pont, Edwin B.
Parker, Chandler p. Anderson, Fred
erick 1. Cox, Henry W. Anderson. Col.
Archibald Hopkins, John Hays HAM
mond and Oscar T. Crosby.
Charles Warren, DR.. Joseph *,
Dixon, Charles MacVeagh, DR. Charles
Noble Gregory, Charles Henry But
Ier, EDWARD A. Hartman, L. Hart
Anderson, Capt John II. Gibbons,
Col Stephen Bonsal, Col. L. V. Book
miller, Col. Hugh d. Wise. w. Parker
Jones, PeRy B. Turpin. Marshall
Langhorne, DR.. Cary D. Langhorne,
w F. Cresson, Walter r. Tuck erman,
Dr. Edwin c. Lee, Henry f. Butler,
Capt. f. A. Allen, Lieut.. c. c. Jadwin
and Marshall Morgan
Each of the guests was presented
with attractive souvenir the
form of a booklet, containing the
Indian name of each together with a