The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
In New York
Dy PAUL HARRISON

 hotel the othor night. Indian chief dancing the doublo-Lindy. Indian maidons cavorung in the Zlegfeldian manner, Indian squaws wearing evening gowns and look ing on with gcnteci appreciation.
 F'irowuter was circulating, though by no means freely, among Bomo of the young braves. Indinns. ah you know, are r1tural-born orators, NO tho old mon had made m olo- quent plea for Bobrioty. "l.isBon, you guys" said the old men, "re- member thnt this is n public party, NO don't go Ro,ting tight and ere. uting a bad impression"
 Thus spoke the wise aged ones l of the Indian Confederation of America, which ia located in New York city. And tho result was that everybody at the Frontier Costume ball wore h mion of dignity and only occasionally gave way to an aboriginal "Hey-heyl" or "Get Hotw Nobody got scnlpcd except m elderly visitor whose toupoo foll of whilo he was looking into one of the teepecs set up in the lounge. I undcrstnnd he was looking for Princess wootie.roo.'e.
 No War Paint
 The costume scheme of the pow WOW Beemcd to Do for most Of tho Indians to como dressed like pale- faces. TO look nt some of tho womon who were not painted any moro than the wives of white sot- | tiors, you would ncvcr suspect that they had spent the day scrnpinl hides and trimming lodge poles ana turning vonison on n stick.
 And, of course, they hadn't been but instead had been pounding typewritorB in trokerR' offices, play ing bridge in their apartment par. iors. and having In n snack of cal- ami from the jelicntcBBcn.
 "Paguc.naG'.scan"
 Quite n few of the braves, who are all chIofs now, arrived in na- tive rogalia, but they were mostly entertainers or oiilcill. ot the con- | federatiOn. or both. Chief Shunn- tonn. whogo grnndpappy was the last hereditary chief of tho Paw ncoB, iB sachon of tho confedera. ton, Alexander Orchar ts Bngn. more, n sort of vlce-prcBidcnt. A Mrs owen is keeper of wampum Leon A. Miller. collector of wnm. pun; R. II. Johnson, keeper 0i records; Max Major, guard of wig. wan. The organization numbers about f50 Indians (not counting papooscs) and represents somo b0 tribes from the Klinkets Of Alaska | 10 tho San Bias of Central America,
 Chief Henry Red Eagle, an All gonquin from Maine, is q lccturef and n prolific writer for the pull magazines. He taught me sto snj "Paque. nap -soan" Uhe spelling ii my own) which means How dt you do?'' Chief Little Moose, half.brocd dancer. gave me q les. son in Chippewa. Next time l meet one of them 1 shall say "A'noea. c. '.kamcgas?" (What Is the newsY) And ho probably will reply: "Gow. oena-gude-nu". tNo news what ever.)
 Deer Girl
 ono of the best known Indians ii Princess White Deer an lriquois who used to be in Mr. Ziegfeld'i Folilcs. Her father, Chief Jim Deer, is 7s, and the last hereditary chief of the tribe. Chief Deer gave me lesson in sign language. and II was struck by the similarity oi some of the motions to those oi Dave Chascn, Joe Cooks famous stoogc. Talking to q Chickabaw from Oklahoma learned that Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray once compiled m English -Chickasaw dictionary.
 Heap Big CeIbf Cobb
 New Yoris's oldest Indian. so fai as anybody knows, is Chief Lons
 Bear. n senaca. He Is o3 or g4. and Isn't sure whicE. but is pretty Spry and gets along all right carving and selling tomahawks and occa. sionaliy inducting somebody into the tribe at $5 per induction. Ht snys he has made lots or movie stars into brother Henecae.
 Irwin $. Cobb is an honorary
 chieftaln of the confederation though nobody is quite sure why
 The organization aKsembies twice
 a month, but the meetings arc
 mostly social. One Of the things they have decided is that the,
 wouldn't want this country to bs given back to tho Indians, consid' erlnR the shane ffg in,