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Evening star., 1943-06-27
Visits Of Early Indian Delegations to Washington

who had remained In the building. As the
mob approached the doors were locked
These were quickly broken open by the
mob, who rushed in, smashed the printing
press and scattered the type in the print
ing ONCE on the first floor. Meanwhile.
the little handful Of Republicans had
assembled with the slightest possible noise
to the second floor, where the meeting
of the organization had been held.
1T was not long before the mob fol-
lowed them and proceeded to destroy the
flags, pennants and furniture OF the club.
ROOM The third floor was the next
refuge for the club members, and when
the mob approached the third floor, the
roof was the only place to which f,vther
retreat could be made. This was prompt
ly occupied
II have often heard my father describe
this experience and say that before clos
ing the Scuttle each member of the party
took loose brick from the chimney and
prepared to give the invaders warm
reception should they advance beyond
the third floor They did not do this,
however. but went down stairs and then
some one cried: Fire the building! The
feeling of the captives on the roof can
be better imagined than described The
mob did not know they were in the
building at ALL nor were these gentlemen
anxious to inform them to that effect;
but they had no desire to remain and
be roasted to death.
While debating what was best to be
done they were saved by the interyen-
tion of Capt. Goddard and his little
force of men, who scattered the rioters
and released the captives."
This building housed the printing plant
of the National Era, in which was pub
lished Uncle Toms Cabin and here was
also printed the Republic. an early Wash
ington newspaper. During the Civil War
it was the armory Of the 9th Battalion
of the District troops. The building was
standing as late as 1917.
Evening star., 1943-06-27

''The Indians surrounded Reno's COM
mand and held them one day in the
hills. cut off from water, until Gibbons
command came in sight, when they broke
camp in the night and left. The 7th
Cavalry fought like tigers, and were over
come by mere brute force. The Indian
force cannot be estimated, as they bore
off or concealed most of their killed.
While preparations were being made
for the removal of the wounded. party
was sent on Clusters trail to look for
traces of his command. They found
waiting them sight to appall the stout
est heart. All along the slopes and
ridges and in the ravine, lying as they
had fought. line behind line, showing
where the defensive positions had been
successfully taken up and held till none
were left to fght-there, huddled in a
narrow compass, horses and men were
piled promiscuously.
'At the highest point of the ridge lay
Custer, surrounded by a chosen band.
Here were his two brothers and his
nephew, Mr.. Reed, Cols. Yates and Cook
Evening star., 1943-06-27

simple monument of the Choctaw Chief
Pushmataha. He was, have been told
by those who knew him, one of Natures
nobility; man who would have adorned
any society. He lies quietly by the side
of our statesmen and his magistrates in
the region-for there Is one such--where
the red man and the white man are on
a level On the sides of the plain shaft
that marks his place of burial l read
these words: .Pushmataha, Choctaw
chief, lies here
"The monument to his memory is
erected by his brother chiefs, who were
associated with him in delegation from
their nation, in the year 1924, to the
Government of the United States.
Pushmataha was warrior of great dis
tinction, He was wise in council, elo-
quent In an extraordinary degree, and
on all occasions and under all circum-
stances, the white mans friend. He died
in Washington on the oath Of December,
1924, of the Group, in the sixtieth year
of his age Among his last words were
the following: When I am gone let the
big guns be fired over me-"
The day after the funeral of Pushma
taha," We are told, "the deputation visit
ed the Office in charge of the Bureau Of
Indian Affairs. The countenances of the
chiefs wore a gloom. which such loss
was well calculated to create. Over the
face of one of the deputation, however,
was a cloud darker than the rest. and
the expression of his face told tale Of
deeper sorrow. Ask that young man, said
the officer in charge of the bureau, what
is the matter with him. The answer was
I am sorry Ask him what makes lim
sorry. The loss, the answer was expect
ed to be, of our beloved chief. But no
it was, I am sorry 1t was not me- Ask
him to explain what he means by being
sorry that 1t was not him. The cere-
monies of the funeral, the reader will
bear in mind, were very imposing. The
Evening star., 1943-06-27

the State of Mississippi and which more
than hundred years ago numbered 25,-
900 souls
Pushmataha, who died in Washington
about IL o'clock midnight on December
%, 1924, had come to this city with sew
eral other chiefs to see the President for
the purpose Of obtaining settlement of
the debt due from the Government,
originating in the treaty held at Doaks
Stand in 1920, and known as the met
proceeds claim"
AS Is usual In such matters, three of
the four chiefs who came here-including
Pushmataha-died waiting for settle
ment. The fourth, seeing what must
await him If he stayed here, beat 1t back
to the tall timbers and at least had the
satisfaction of passing away among those
who loved him more and appreciated
him better than did the white man at
Washington.
Government Finally Paid
OF course the Government paid the
debit always does pay its obligations
but not until 1888. 64 years after poor
old Push" had gone to the happy hunt
ing grounds. where even United States
coin will not pass as currency; however,
with the unfortunate result that the
more than $1,000 900 paid by the Gov
ernment could then only be used by the
grandchildren and great-grandchildren
of Pushmataha.
Upon one occasion the celebrated John
Randolph of Virginia, himself of Indian
extraction, alluded to this Indian chief
in speech made upon the floor of the
Senate regarding this Indians grave IN
Congressional Cemetery, in which he
said:
'Sir, in a late visit to the public grave
yard my attention was arrested by The
Evening star., 1943-06-27

ber when the customer used to be eter-
nally right?
Customers don't lust look" so much
now. They don't exchange SO much. They
have ceased to protest so much. The
majority of them are quite willing to take
their own purchases with them, acqui-
escing, almost happily, in carrying out
the request of the little red, white and
blue signs posted here and there, please
Take Small Packages With You" They
go even farther. Dozens of times day
customers are heard to tell the sales
people, quite cheerfully, too, You needn't
wrap that. I'll just drop it in this bag"
And Stayed On.
Numbers of salespeople taken on for
the rush seasons stayed on, even an oc-
casional grandma, and all of these have
been heartily welcomed into the store
family" as the "higher-ups" refer to our
5000 or more employees. While some of
these amateur salesladies" are head
ache to the floor manager, they often
afford laugh, too, relieving the tension
and lifting the pressure just when, some
times, 1t is becoming almost unbearable
The other day in our store two young
girls, hand in hand and chatting hap
PLY, entered the bookshop They ap-
preached a brand-new salesperson and
one of them said to her, MY Sister
Eileen" Startled by the introduction to
the customers sister, the salesperson
nevertheless acknowledged it with How
Evening star., 1943-06-27

time shopping were softened by their
unhurried, simple attitude. The Gus
toners were their friends and especial
guests, or so their manner impressed
one.
There were youngsters In the store
who employed the age-old gag of asking
off, particularly on Saturday afternoons,
to attend their 'grandmother's funeral"
but the real grandma employees had the
edge on the youngsters this time. The
hour-glass was completely upside down
and the grandmas were the ones asking
to have time of.
Not because they were tired or had
the very least thought of attending their
own funerals, but because one dear old
soul wanted to have dinner at hotel
with her great-grandson who had re-
Gently received his commission, and an
other wanted to visit her granddaughter,
who had just had a baby at the hospital.
What heritage of courage and fortitude
have that uniformed great-grandson and
that newborn great-granddaught
Meeting the Challenge.
While many of the "oldish" ones were
almost dead with fatigue and aching
feet by the time the rush season drew to
a close and not many of them are to be
found in the stores now, they did answer
the crying ads for help when help was
SO badly needed and real help they gave
so long as the necessity demanded. They
have demonstrated their away FROM
home worth in the modern world, world
far removed from the one of their
youthful days, and when they are needed
again, in the stores or out of them, they
will come forth to meet the challenge.
They deserve better place than a
seat in the home corner while the world
moves swiftly on and have an idea that
we will be remembering grandma when
this war is over, not as dear old lady
of threescore years and ten," but as
the young-at-heart member of the fam
lily who marched out in 1912 to meet the
army of shoppers who besieged the
stores.
When the war is ended and we have
won our hoped-for-fought-for peace,
let's keep some of this give and take.
spirit that is being shown now by Gus
toners and salespeople alike. The clerks
have been giving lot and the Gus
toners have shown that they "can take
it, We all needed to learn this lesson
not only of give and take" but what to
give and how to take it, and on both sides
Of the counter people are coming through
with bigger and better understanding
Let's keep this as one of the real vic
tories.
Appreciation of this spirit is one of the
big things that lies behind the chastened
behavior of our customers and perhaps
another contributing factor is expressed
In sign hanging in popular restaurant
that caters to thousands of hungry
patrons: BE kind to the salespeople: we
can get plenty Of customers"
Evening star., 1943-06-27

and Capt. Smith, all lying in q circle
of few yards, their horses beside them.
Here behind Yates company the last
stand had been made, and here, one
after another, these last survivors Of
Clusters five companies had met their
death.
THE company had successfully thrown
itself across the path OF the advancing
enemy and had been annihilated. Not
a man had escaped to tell the tale, but
it was inscribed on the surface of the
barren hills in language more eloquent
than words. Two hundred and sixty
one bodies have been buried from Gus
ter's and Reno's commands. The last
one found was that of Mr.. Kellogg, cor
respondent of the Bismarck Tribune,
and also, believe, of the New York
Herald.
In ravine near the river were found
the dead bodies of the men and horses
Of Capt. Thomas w. Clusters company,
together with those of Capt. Algernon E.
Smith and % men of his company. 1t.
James E. Porter. 1t. John Sturgis and
1t. Harrington. together with IS enlisted
men, were missing, and no trace of them
could be discovered.
Clusters body was not mutilated.
Maj. Reno, who was also in this en-
gagement at another part of the field,
and suffered severe losses, was able to
withdraw his command to a place of
vantage and keep off the Sioux until
the next day, when Gems. Terry and
Gihbon came to his relief.
A Military Error
Some mistakes are easily corrected,
but military errors, especially those
made in Understanding the strength
of the enemy, usually have serious or
fatal results, and Gen. Custer undoubt-
edly realized, when it was too late, that
he had made a vital mistake that meant
the destruction of his brave and gall
liant band. But there was no turning
back or attempted retreat-even had
this been possible.
Sitting Bull, who led the Indians at
this time, was later whipped by Gen.
Miles, but succeeded in escaping to
Canada with a part of his band. In
1881 he returned to this country and
surrendered and was confined at Fort
Randall until 1883. In 1890, when under
arrest by Indian police, he was shot and
killed by Sergts. Red Tomahawk and
Bullhead, and is now passing eternity in
the Happy Hunting Grounds.
Evening star., 1943-06-27
BY Janet LIE Waugh.

When you went shopping last Christ
mas did you think you had wandered by
mistake into the Old Ladies Home in
stead of your favorite department store?
Did you miss those brisk, competent girls
who used to sell you nylons when there
were nylons to sell? Well you see it's
like this. The girls have gone to war.
They are breaking their pretty red fin
gernails on production line somewhere.
And that's why grandma is fumbling
sweetly behind the hosiery and handker-
chief counters.
For the past Is years I've been floor
Evening star., 1943-06-27

old chief had said When I am gone, let
the big guns be fred over me, ard they
were fired.
The Custer Massacre
Besides the discharge of minute guns
on the Capitol Hill, and from the ground
contiguous to the place of interment,
there was an immense concourse of citi-
zens, long train of carriages. Cavalry,
military, bands of music, the whole pro-.
cession extending at least mile in
length, and there were thousands lining
the ways and filling the doors and win
dows, and then the military honors at
the grave combined to produce in this
young chiefs mind feeling of regret
that he had not been, himself. the sub
ject of these honors. Hence his reply,
I am sorry it was not me- and so he
explained himself"
1t has been quite long while since
there has been an Indian uprising in
this country, and it is quite unlikely that
we shall ever have another one. Indeed
there are many redskins today fighting
side by side with their pale-face brethren.
That they are good fighters has been
often demonstrated when they were en-
gagged in battle with our own soldiers,
nd v>rouaI l,
conclusively than did the Custer mas
sacre of June Is, 1876.
The news of this great carnage did not
reach Washington until IL days after
its occurrence, and then the account as
published in The Star was a. r1eager
one, though 1t was as full as the known
facts would then permit. 1t came
through special correspondent of the
Helena (Mont) Herald from Saltwater,
Mont, and said:
"Muggins Taylor, a scout for Gen.
Gibbon, got here last night direct from
the Indian camp of Is lodges on the
Little Horn and Immediately attacked
the camp. Custer took five companies
and charged the thicket portion of the
camp. Nothing is known of the opera
tions of this detachment. only as they
trace it by the dead. Maj. Reno COM
manded the seven other companies and
attacked the lower portion of the camp
The Indians poured in murderous
fire from all directions, and besides, the
greater portion fought on horseback.
Custer his two brothers, nephew and
brother-in-law were all killed, and not
one of his detachment escaped. There
were 207 men buried in one place and
the killed are estimated at 800, with only
81 wounded.
Evening star., 1943-06-27

manager in one of the biggest depart
ment stores in city which has suddenly
gone boom in this war that Mr.. Schick-
elgruber started can testify that things
are happening which have never hap
pened before in the history Of modern
merchandising. They are undoubtedly
happening in your town, too. For in
stance. there's grandma behind the
counter.
She used to be the unwanted woman
in any smart shop when the accent was
ION youth. But today the employment
office yearns over her. Did you read
those pre- Christmas advertisements
which flooded your newspapers, begging
women to come to work behind the coun-
ters? No experience? Don't let that worry
you; just come to work; we1l teach you.
Past 40? Forget it. Who cares about the
figures on your birth certificate If you
know enough to make change for GUS
toner?
And Grandma Game.
In our store they actually sent out
pleading letters with their charge ac-
count statements Cant you come to
work for us? Give us any hours you will;
choose your own time; only come Come
and work" And grandma came.
At least last Christmas was white
haired Christmas! But here's the big sur
prise. When it was all over and we sur
veyed the annual wreckage, one and all
OF us agreed that despite the shortages
and rationing, it had been the easiest
Christmas we'd ever experienced. Sur
prised at that? So were we. But the ex-
planation is simple. The customer in the
winter of l942-1943 had developed an
tnferiority complex. He-and especially
she--has stopped being right. Remem-
Evening star., 1943-06-27
BY John Clagett Proctor

by join GidSeJL FIoctOT
A picturesque sight we rarely see now
adays is delegation Of Indians such
as frequently visited Washington years
ago, all dressed up in their tribal cos
TUNES, to have powwow with the Great
White Father about some lands which
had been taken from them and sometimes
without just compensation. And fire.
auertly they attended receptions at the
White House and squatted on the floor
and smoked the pipe OF peace. And
this they repeated whenever they were
invited, as we may Judge by note from
an early diary, which says:
a funny reception given to some
Chippewa and Apache Indians last night
at Representative savage's. The In
dians squatted on the floor in their skins
Il don't mean their own, but artificial
ones), and in beads and feathers, with
smell of campfire smoke and earth and
and we all shook hands with them, and
stared. One of them took hold Of the
lace on my sleeve. and smiled at 1t with
childish delight. Then they sang, beat
ing their tomahawks on the floor to keep
time, strange chant like the wind in
canyon, ending with sharp, fierce bark
ing like dogs. We made show of them,
and they made one of us. Which were
the most civilized"
War Dances Here
In antebellum days James Maher's
Globe Hotel, which stood at the south
east corner of Thirteenth-and-a-half
and z streets, was the rendezvous for
the many delegations of Indians who fire.
quently visited the Capital at that time
to urge their land claims before the Gov
eminent. II have frequently seen them
half naked" writes Judge Bates, ION the
common at Fourteenth and c streets
northwest, in genuine war dances, full
war paint, feathers, war whoops and all.
Upon one occasion two rival delegations
from the Sac and Fox tribes met in a
free fight on the avenue, enlightening
the terrified citizens in the art of war
fare by throwing tomahawks at each
other for awhile"
The Tremount House which stood at
Second street and Indiana avenue, was
another favorite stopping place for Indian
delegations, and during the presidential
campaign of 1860, here was the Republi-
can $wigwam." At this time, according
to Walter C. Clephane: Lewis Clephane
was president of the "Wideawakes," the
Republican Club of the city, comprising
some two hundred members, who had
their headquarters called the 'Wigwam'
at the northwest corner of Second street
and Indiana avenue in building which
is still standing. On the night when the
returns of the election were received,
after all the members of the club had
left the place with the exception of some
five or six, members of a small military
organization known as the National
Volunteers made an attack on the wig
wam'
MY father was one Of the 'Wideawakes
Evening star., 1943-06-27
Shoe Rationing.

Shoe NatIOnlne.
That gives you line on that particu-
lar salesperson, but how about this Gus
toner. The request came at the close
body in the department limp from sheer
establishment. The customer was pretty,
she was vivacious, she was young and
breezing up to grandma, who was behind
the counter in the sporting goods section,
she cooed sweetly "Do you have white
harness that I may purchase for my
dog?" Then coyly added, I'm going to
be married and want my dog to look
like bride, too"
Even in department store "a little
bird" sometimes fits about and one must
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have been in our store one afternoon,
for somehow runaor, that high-powered
language in which he chirps, was RAM
pant with the news that shoe rationing
was about to begin. The department
was literally thronged with customers.
People were beside themselves with
eager impatience which, as the hours
rolled on, turned into rude irritability.
had been going from one salesperson
to another as fast as could asking
them, in an effort to have everybody
waited on, Are you busy?" "Are you
busy?" Are you busy?" Every one was
tired, shoes were everywhere. on the
floor, on the chairs, on the window sills; !;
the customers were demanding and the
harassed salespeople were tearing from
one customer to the next nearly knock
ing each other down in their haste.
Having finished with one very trying
customer and seeing about six more
ready to pounce on him, one of the
clerks ducked through the crowd, rushed
up to lady of dowager mein, and in
stead of asking If he might wait on her,
he grabbed her by her fat arm, looked
fiercely at her and yelled, Are you busy?'
The customer appreciated the situation
and she and the apologetic clerk had a
hearty laugh.
Grandmas' Patience.
While SLOW but sure" was apparently
the motto of the grandmas who hobbled
into our store and found themselves
established behind the counters, and
while they let neither customers nor ra-
tioning interrupt the even tenor Of their
way, they made good and many of them
brought with them some of that now
almost extinct quality knowns as cour-
tesy., They had peculiar and rare
patience with the customers, gentle
ness in the service that they rendered
and many OF the inconvenience OF war
Evening star., 1943-06-27

do you do? It's nice to meet YOU" Be-
wildered the girls looked at each other,
then back at the clerk and finally one of
them said Don't you have it? It's a
book That's it's name"