The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
SALUTE OF CANNON
MADE Chief JUMPY
AFRAID OF WHALES
Refused to Enter Ocean at At.
Iantic City for Fear Giant
Fish Would Bite Him
HONOR GUEST BIG DINNER
Exchanged Repartee With Pres
ident; Put Bonnet on I'm
known Soldiers Tomb

With the tumult of its great white
way now a memory whichever IN
dian stole that he iS-hc can not re-
call without some happy thrill. Rcd
Tomahawk. Sioux chief. is back in the
land OF his forefathers. home from his
picturesque visit to the white hous
and to the big cities OF the paleiaces.
After his return Monday afternoon
he and Frank Zahn. the Fort Yates
interpreter who accompanied the agea
chief. remained over at the GRAND
Pacific for the night. Now he VIII so
hack 10 his home at Cannon Ball. 10
dream over it for the rest OF his days,
for. according TO Zahn. the S &C
corded the old chief a welcome IN
which nothing was too scod for his
entertainment. from mere MOVIE CAM
era shots TO a reception al Was:llIe-
tons SWEETEST hote! as the guest O.
General Charles P. S~urn'nerall. chiei
cf staff Of the army. and a call at the
white house. during which ne con-
ye-sed ar hour with President Hoover
ard presented him with a fancy peao-
e6 tobacco pouch.
Baked At Surf Dip
IRE old chief baked at one feature
only He vas invited 10 take a dip IN
the ocean at Atlantic City. nu' nc
declined. -.
~-Fraid Of big whales" he told his
hosts. ,a.,.
while ne was away the chief shook
hands with 1000 people in Washing
ton Then he desisted. His right arm
and hand we're in collapse. Interpreter
Zahn said. .
The peak OF attention paid him was
reached in q banquet In the park OF
the Carlton hotel. Washington. said
the interpreter. The chief was the
guest OF General Summerall at this
dinner. The great hosiery. n finest
in Washington. was lighted III a
slowing diamond. said Zahn. when
General Summerall and a o OF
other lesser generals and staff officers
marched Red Tomahawk INTO the
gathering.
The flash Of swords and the glitter
Of rold lace had no visible effect on
the old chief. said Zahn. He was as
impassiyc as when he smokes the pipe
at home at Cannon Ball.
Thousands Gather to Sec Him
Outside thousands OF spectators
we're crushing about the hosiery or
hanging from upper-story windows to
get a glimpse of the chief. said the
Interpreter. He stalked amid all this
excitement and hubbub IN full Indian
panoply of buckskin. moccasins and
,feathered headdress, according to his
Boswell OH the trip. The movie men
shot thousands Of feet of film. just
Is they did at Philadelphia. Atlantic
City, and at Minneapolis on the way
east.
Red Tomahawk. III fact. had the
pleasure Of seeing himself in a news
movie at the Fox theatre In Washing
ton, the scene being his exit from the
white house after his call on the
president. He and Mr.. Zahn occupied
the presidents box and the theatre
folks turned the spotlight on them
while the picture was being shown.
In one Of the movie poses the chief
also talked into the talkie mechanism,
so that photograph and voice a be
reproduced for future generations to
enjoy after the Indian has become
something Of the myth civilization
eventually will make OF him.
Philadelphia Paper Films Him
The. chief set out from here June
II on his tour of the east. He was in
vited to attend the athletic events and