Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-22
INDIAN ON STAMP
LIVED IN CAPITAL
Chief Hollow Horn Bear
Identified With Aid of Eve
ming Star Files.
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, philatelic
curator Of the Smithsonian Institution
and vice president of the American
Philatelic Society, has solved one OF the
major mysteries of United States
postage stamp history by identifying
the Indian portrayed on the accent
denomination current since 1928.
For more than a decade, the
philatelic public has known that the
countenance shown in the composition
was that of Hollow Horn Bear, Brule
Sioux chief. but the question, who
was hep" remained unanswered until
Mrs. Manning discovered his photo
graph in the files of the American
Bureau of Ethnology and his obituary
in the files of The Star.
The stamp itself gave no clue Its
label read merely: American Indian"
and Post Office Department officials
said the Governments purpose was to
commemorate the Red Man in general.
The portrait was alleged to be ideal
ized," not direct reproduction.
Determined by Comparison.
But Mrs. Manning's researches hav-
ing produced print from the original
plate, and comparison shows the stamp
to be identical The engraving was
done at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing by L. S. Schof1eld and l..
Lamasure
Chief Hollow Horn Bear. The Star
reports indicate, was a weIl-knoWn
figure in Washington from 1903 until
1913. He had a great reputation
among his own people as an orator,
and the principal purpose of his pro-
longed visit to the Capital was persuad-
ing the Government to give the work
OF the Indian Bureau to a person of
Indian descent.
His first appearance in history was
an incident of Maj. Gen. George
Crooks campaign in South Dakota IN
1889. Hollow Horn Pear was chosen
to represent the Indians of the So
called Rosebud Reservation, and 1t was
with him that the military leader
dealt in the interests Of the pacification
OF the territory.
Shots Taken at 81.
He was 81 years of age in 1918 when
the Treasury Department selected his
portrait TO be reproduced on SIS bills.
The Indian Bureau listened to his ad-
vice with appreciation and the Bureau
of American Ethnology regarded him
as 1.-The ideal type" of Indian delegate.
Hollow Horn Bear attended the in
auguration OF President Woodrow Will
son March 4, 1918, ard The Star for
that day notes that he led the Indians
who marched in the civic division of
the parade down Pennsylvania avenue.
AS a result of the cold weather and
exertion he contracted pneumonia.
The last rites of his church were ad-
ministered by Father William H.
Ketchun, director. Bureau of Catholic
Missions, and on March Is the tired
old chief died.
Catholic Church Rite.
His funeral was held from st. Paul's
Catholic Church, Fifteenth and v
streets, Father Charles Warren Currier
officiating, and Secretary of the In
terror Franklin K. Lane, Senator Will
liam Joel Stone Of Missouri; Repre-
sentativeS James S. Davenport of
Oklahoma and Charles H. Burke of
South Dakota, and F. H. Abbott and
Mrs Marie L. Baldwin of the Indian
Bureau attending. No less than Is
minor chieftainS, dressed in brilliant
robes and head dresses, followed the
pallbearers chosen from six different
tribes down the aisle. Among the
flowers was wreath from Capt. Will
liam M. Wilcox Of New York, vet
eran Indian fighter, whose life Hollow
Horn Bear once had saved The chief
was buried in the Rosebud Reservation
Cemetery.
His stamp, indigo blue in color, was
announced April 81, 1928. 1t went on
sale at Muskogee, Okla, the most
representative Indian town in the
United States" and headquarters Of
the five civilized tribes. May l.
Mrs. Manning will have both pho
tograph and stamp on display in the
philatelic division, Arts and Industries
Building, beginning tomorrow.