The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-03
INDIAN RITES
HELDFOR MARIE
ARE DESCRIBED
Sacred Ceremony of Blood
Brotherhood Is Performed
When Tribe Adopts Ruler

when lTlOc AOOptS NuIcT
Ancient Indian ceremonies Of blood
brotherhood and initiation into Thu
Sioux tribe were described by Majol
A. b. Welch yesterday in telling Of
the ceremon which took place wher
Queen Marie entered the .a1ian tepe,
ut Mandan, TO be niue member ol
the tribe.
When Queen Marie desce ndcd from
the train. Major Wclch met her. ane
in tho conversation which followed
least with on here" replied He,
Majesty.
After the speech by Red Tomahawk
when the Queen was presented with
hcaddress, the Major escorted hel
to !. buffalo robe and asked her t.
be seated. The old men Of the tribe
ried her to the entrance Of tho sol.
dicrs lodge. where she was agar
lowered to the ground.
a High Honor
The ceremony Of carrying n visitor
to the lodge is high honor, Majo,
WEIGH said adding that It il only
distinguished.
The Queen entered the tent. where
the Major explained the ceremonies
md, with the Indians seated in .
circle around her, barred her arm
sufficient to draw blood. REQ
give tho blood sacrifice for the In.
knl 80 Ne Il ~ =
Major thrust the needle into II.
on the arm of the new sister Of tho
Sioux and touching the blood on Red
Tomahawk's arm, the major then put
the blood mark on Queen Mares
forehead.
BY the time the ceremony had been
performed, several of the secret ser
let the Queen get out Of their sight
entered the tent.
The Major Is now believed to b
the only living white man who drew
the blood of n Queen and lived to tel
the tale and he admits that he was
taken aback at his tcmcrity in doing
so.
Tho Blood brotherhood rites hAs
been decided upon before the trait
arrived at council between Major
WEIGH and the old men of the tribe
lnasmuch as the rite has not beer
performed for many years by the In
dians Of the upper Missouri, the mat
ter wns submitted to the Indians tol
approval.
Red .Tomahawk Agrees
Z. cs~,l, -, oVsA an II
II want to talk first about this. W.
Sioux people have been kept ava!
from the white people too much. Loni
ago. ! was young man but now
can see TINT plainly. II Chargini
Bear Major Nelchl wants this thini
done, IL shall be done" The othe1
Indians then expressed their mp
proval.
Several pieces of Rumanian EN-
t-n;aa-- which we're handed to tn
Major by the Queen as the train wa
n...lnp slowly on. of the yards wcr'
structions TO hang them up in tn
tribal dancehall at Cannonball.
It was originally planned to pre-
headiress, with a buckskin dress, blu
III Tile EuNu uLkCItudbt VII 'suC NGANuVAs
les, this was neglected, as was tn
presentation to Princess Ifeana of |
beaded headband.
comprised the headdress given tn
Queen. Major Welch said that the,
were ell eagle feathers, plucled from
feathers in the headdress. Sine
drSe t1i
monetary value of such h,addres
il high. The war-bonnet was that o
Red Tomahawk and consequently hat
much historic value attached TO II
since This chief was one Of the twj
men who killed Sitting Bull and ha,
hold of his lief. arm when he diet
an important fact in Indian annals.
KENNEDY CALLS
MARIE DEMOCRATIC
Queen Marie was very gracious an,
democratic, John Kennedy. membe
Of the Legion guard OF homo wh;cl
accompanied the queen to Clcna!?c
1.-THE queen displayed l.ecn know
ledre of farm conditions and wa
much interested in North Dakota.
Mr.. Kennedy said. "She said sh
was sorry that we had had SO littl'
rain out here this year and talke.
with US on agricultural subjects.
"When we asked her If she wa
afraid when she was taken into IN,
Sioux tribe at Mandan, she replied
"A queen never can be afraid Sh'
was very excited about the ccre
monies she underwent and remarke,
several times that it was an expcr
fence she would long remember.
"Princc Nicholas was also yer!
pleasant, and chatted with US abou
the country we were passing through
He regretted that he could not hav,
seen North Dakota in more pros
porous year and said that he like
the plains"
Before leaving the train at Glen
dive. Or. w. +. Cole of Bismarck AM
M. Kennedy were presented will
Autographed photographs OF hersel
BY the queen. who said: II certainl!
etpxeeiate the kindness of the Ameri
c1n Legion to me during my tril
through your state"
Hlecti0las in Morton
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