Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1914 — Page 2

BLACKFEET'S SACRED FESTIVAL

ICTURE to yourself a vast treeless plain with high jpSr's snow capped mountains I in the distance. On this ypr } level stretch of ground Inill/<B>i dian te P ees are arranged in a semi-circle. Some | I are white, others are i(vv\ yellow or red or brown. 11l I At one side two tall trees are stripped of their {branches. This is for the ceremonies of the medicine lodge. There is •a motley crowd of Indians on (foot and on horseback. Mingling {With them are white men and women ifrom the adjoining country. All are massed around a circular rope fence, Inside of which the Blackfeet Indians •re holding their annual festival with stories and sacred dances. If you were in Montana last June this is what you would have witnessed when 2,000 Piegan Indians from Canada and this country held at Browning, the Indian reservation just outaide of the Glacier National Park, their remarkably festival. The varicolored tepees held members of many rtribes of The dances which were witnessed are old, old, so ancient that the Indian cannot tell when •they started. The beaded jackets, etrange feathered headdress, medicine (bags and deerskin suits which Indian chiefs wear cannot be purchased for {money and the strange chants are jhanded down from father to son. If you press closer to the rope IJTence and mingle more freely with |the onlookers you will see among the crowd white men in khaki suits, high boots, sombreros, and white women {watching the dances, which last for four or five days and which afford the Indian an opportunity to renew 4tequalniances and go through religious ceremonies. Perhaps by your side is a young '.lndian girl on a pony with trappings sos beadwork; next ter brer is a New 'York society woman, and jogging elTk>ws with her is an old Indian •squaw with blanket or beaded cape •and black hair braided down her back. In her arms she holds a blinkling Indian baby, strapped to the back board and swathed in embroidered .and beaded blankets which lace together. On the Outskirts of the crowd are Indians sitting on horses to which are attached the travels for carrying burdens, for they may have come a long distance. Over all, the onlookers, the dancing chiefs, the ißinging and swaying IndiStns, the hot tsun beats down. Then suddenly the chiefs cease to chant. Several other leaders of the tribe push into the circle and begin a rhythmic song. Tomtoms are beaten, •the Indian braves shout ard leap, coming down always on the gorund «n a certain beat of the music. The {lndian women, leaping to their feet, ijoln in a circle that retolves and reTolves and produces a hypnotic influence which in some cases seizes the white onlookers. These Blackfeet Indians with their love songs, their wolf songs, Sioux celebration songs, game eongs and tribal hymns fascinate you. Their dances, the sun dance, the (grain dance, the grass dance, are

PHOTOGRAPHING THE BULLETS

' If « photograph of a speeding bullet could be taken the print would problably show a space like a body of Water marked by what looked like (speeding water bags, each having a trlpple In Its wake. Photographs of [projectiles have been snapped In time «f peace, bat It is doubtful If the camera ever caught one as It sped on Its mission of death. A bullet speeding at the rate of 3.000 feet a second,

among the most interesting given by the Indians. Though some of these redmen may ordinarily dress in the store clothes of the white man they are all interested enough in their tribal dances to assume their ancestral garb when the dance and song festivals occur. They look upon many of these ceremonies as having religious character expressive of their beliefs. The sun dance as given by them always has its beginning in a woman’s prayer for the recovery of the, sick and the whole tribe come together to fulfil vows, to fast and to pray, as well as to seek what diversion dancing affords. The chief dancer of these Indians is Chief Fish Wolf Robe. He has many handsome costumes. Some of them are of buckskin with necklace of many strands of beads and leggins and moccasins ornamented with porcupine quills. Another chief may wear a war bonnet of feathers tipped with stained horsehair. Otter and mink skins are woven in and out and the animals’ tails hang down behind. Bracelets and leggins of tanned deer skin ornamented with porcupine quills are common. The Blackfeet Indians have from time immemorial known of a wonderful trail which runs north and south along the Rocky mountains. According to authorities who have gained the confidence of the chiefs, no one knows bow old this trail is. It is called the “Old North Trail” and is worn deep by the feet of travelers. Though it is not used much now since railroads have come, the deep ruts still show amid weeds and mosses. This trail runs at a uniform distance from the Rockies, passes near where the city of Helena now stands and extends south as far as Mexico. The road has been frequented by Canadian Indians as well as American redmen and it forks where Calgary stands in Canada. This Old North trail has many traditions connected with it and stories are told of expeditions of Canadian Indians who went south to the dark skinned people (Mexicans), It took 12 moons of steady traveling. There are many legends in Glacier National Park connected with the early life of the Blackfeet tribe. One of these is associated with the beautiful Two Medicine lakes. Here Is the story as told by a Blackfeet chief: “Many years ago there was a famine in the land of the Blackfeet, which is set down by my father from 1835 to 1837. At that time the Blackfeet Indians owned everything from Hudson bay to the Rocky mountains, and In all that land there was no green spot except in the valley that is called Two Medicine. Even the buffalo left the country because there was no food for them and the Indians that sought refuge in the mountains found no game or anything to eat except berries. “Then the old men of the tribe with? drew to the vallpy that Is now called Two Medicine and built there two medicine lodges, so great was their need. They worshiped the Great Spirit and prayed to be told what they should do to be saved from the

which Is more than 2,000 miles an hour, makes a great disturbance In the atmosphere and creates air waves which, of course, are Invisible to the naked eye. If you draw a stick through the water it causes little eddies and waves to trail behind It.- The faster you draw the stick the more waves and the wider the angle will it leave. The slows* the stick is drawn the fewer

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famine. And the Great Spirit heard them and directed them to send seven of their patriarchs to the Chief mountain, where the, wind god was then residing. “They followed these directions and seven of their oldest men retired to Chief mountain, and there surely was the wind god. He stood at the summit of the mountain and the wings extending from his shoulders spread wide over the valleys. He faced north, east, south and west and his wings quivered as he stood. The old men worshiped him from afar but were afraid to come near him to make their prayers, and after their long journey they went back empty handed to their people. “Then the medicine men directed them to send 14 of their strongest and bravest young warriors to intercede with the wind god. These young men also when they reached the mountain and saw the wind god were afraid, but they drew nearer and nearer to him and finally they dared to touch the skins he was wearing. They made their prayer to him and he listened and his wings quivered and quivered and gradually clouds began to gather over the plains and the rain fell a 3 if in a deluge. He stretched one wing wide over the plain telling them to go back there and they would find the buffalo. “The warriors then descended to the valley and brought the good news to their people, and they found that already the buffalo had come back and the famine was broken. And ever afterward the valley was called the Valley of the Two Medicine in memory of the medicine lodges that were there erected to the Great Spirit in the time of famine.”

Witty Retort.

Curran was on terms of intense enmity with Lord Clare, the Irish lord chancellor, with whom when a member of the bar he fought a duel, and whose hostility to him on the bench he always said caused him losses in his prosessional income which he could not estimate at less than £30,000. The incidents attendant on this disagreement were at times ludicrous in the extreme. One day, when it was known that Curran was to make an elaborate statement in chancery, Lord Clare brought a large Newfoundland dog upon the bench with him, and during the progress of th» argument he lent'his ear much more to the dog than to the barrister. This was observed at length by the entire profession. In time the lord chancellor lost all regard for decency. He turned himself quite aside in the most material part of the case, and began in full court to fondle the animal. Curran stopped at once. “Go on, go on, Mr. Curran,” said Lord Clare. “Oh, I beg a thousand pardons, my lord; I really took it for granted that your lordship was employed in consultation.”

Raw Meat Juice Cure.

Prof. Charles Richet, to whom the Nobel prize for medicine was - awarded last year, declares that if a person suffering with tuberculosis will go to a slaughter house daily and drink the fresh juice- extracted from eight or ten pounds of raw beef, ho will be cured within three years.

the waves. Just so the bullet, remarks the New York Sun. If it is traveling slowly no waves can >be photographed, as apparently there are none. ■ Photographs of a bullet t going at a rate of speed lesß than 1,200 feet a second show no air waves at all. This is an interesting scientific discovery. But anything cutting through the ah at a greater rate than this disturbs the atmosphere to such great extent! that air waves are formed and can be photographed.

FOR BREAKFAST TABLE

POPULAR CAKES DELICIOUS IN COLD WEATHER. —— Wheat and Buckwheat Both Excellent Served Steaming From the Griddle—Waffles, Properly Prepared, Delicious, p. Wheat Griddle Cakes —Silt into s large mixing bowl one quart of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a scant teaspoonful of salt. Beat until very light two eggs, add one teaspoonful of molasses and a pint of milk; mix well, and very gradually blend the liquid into the flour. Beat the batter vigorously until it is full of air bubbles, add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, beat again and pour into a pitcher. Bake immediately on a heated griddle. The cakes must be served as fastastheyare baked, Sg even the lightest cakes will spoil if allowed to stand and steam in an oven. If the batter seems too thick a little more milk may be added, as the thickening quality of the flour and the size of the eggs may vary. . Waffles —Beat the yolks of three eggs until light, add one pint of milk and gradually blend the liquid into three cupfuls of flour that has been sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking posSter anfloneteaspoonfut of salt; give the whole a good beating, and when it is very smooth add one tablespoonful of melted butter and the stiffly whipped egg whites. Bake in well-greased waffle irons that have been thoroughly heated. Old-Fashioned Buckwheat Cakes — Put into a stone jar with a rather narrow neck one teaspoonful of salt, three and three-quarter cupfuls of buckwheat flour and one teaspoonful of molasses. Then slowly mix in a quart of water from which the chill has been taken, and half a cake of compressed yeast that has been dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of tepid water. Beat the batter until smooth and very light, cover the top of the jar with a saucer and stand in a fairly warm place overnight (about 65 degrees). In the morning dissolve half a teaspoonful of baking soda in two tablespoonfuls of hot water, stir this into the buckwheat batter, beat thoroughly and bake immediately on a hot griddle. A cupful of this batter may be saved and added to the cakes es tomorrow, instead of using fresh yeast and may be continued for a number of mornings if these cakes are frequently served.

English Chicken Pie.

Cut into dice two ounces of ham, four large fresh mushrooms and four truffles; add to this two ounces of butter, with an ounce of flour, a pint of white stock and a glass of Madeira. Stir this over the fire constantly for two or three minutes, then let simmer for 20 minutes very slowly. Put in them two cupfuls of cold cooked chicken cut into small cubes, half a dozen gherkins cut in slices, and the salt and pepper that seem necessary. Line a dish with paste and bake till it is yellow. Then fill with the chicken mixture, cover with a paste and bake slowly for almost an hour.

When Beating Eggs.

Eggs should be beaten in different ways according to the use they are to be put to, whether much air is to be beaten in or whether a fine close texture is wished. The latter is the result when the Dover egg beater is used, as it is operated by turning a wheel without lifting the beater from the egg so incorporating little air. The flat wire beater gives the airiest texture of all, and 1b best to use for ange.l cake, sponge cake and meringues.

Steak in Butter and Crumbs.

Prepare enough dry bread crumbs and fill a cup, turn on to a platter, cut a pound and a half slice of rump or round steak in palm-sized slices, which butter on both sides and salt and pepper and thoroughly cover with crumbs; broil over a bed of red-hot coals; be careful not to scorch even; servo with brovfned potatoes, celery relieh, stewed tomato, macaroni and tomato or creamed cabbage.

Fish Puff.

This is a delicious dish made from remnants of cold cooked flßh. Chop fish and mix it with equal parts of mashed potato. Season with Balt and pepper and a tablespoon of melted butter. Stir into it two eggs, form into a roll," brush with a beaten egg, roll in bread crumbs and bake In a quick oven until brown.

Egg Salad.

Boil six eggs 16 minutes, cool in cold water, cut in halves, mash the yolks, add one-fourth teaspoon mustard, little pepper, same of salt, one tablespoon vinegar, three of oil or melted butter. Stir all together, place the halves of whites on lettuce leaves, form the yolks into little balls and place in the whites.

Steak and Fish Planks.

Planks are now used in cooking fish and steak, the meat being both cooked and served on these planks. The wood seems to give what is cooked upon it a distinctive and desirable flavor. To make the planks non-absorbent they •should be rubbed, before using with some oil that will not hurt the food.

Chinese Salad.

Equal parts of cold macaroni cut into small bits, minced ham, lobster and cold boiled carrots, chopped. Mix well and add some good mayonnaise dreaajlng, with a few capers.

/fXWta yk<G» mm HOWLAND MADMAWI HWIMDS ■ SBlow, wild March winds! Blow east, .blow Blow north, blow south blow as The Joy of spring Is in my breast, The snow is gone f r o m yonder I hear the hopeless ones complain Because dull clouds obscure Because the rain beats on the _Ahd mad March winds afe roarCease cease, ye dismal ones, to Because the March J winds wildly PBjr The > r so to tell the That spring is ° n the way yy fm once more. IBlow, mad March I#l winds! Blow 's&JTi ; gloom away, ItNi 5 Blow vernal tints across the - lea; What matter if the skies be gray While April’s hopes are blown to me!

MERE OPINION.

If you have no reason to be cheerful you will emphasize your mistake by neglecting to look as if you were being well treated by the world. The time that is used by a woman of sixty-five in frizzing her hair might just as well be devoted to solitaire. Nothing so grates upon the nerves of one who is disappointed in life as to see another who is making the best of things as they are. Why do women go on experimenting with substitutes for trousers? If men could ever have found anything better than real pantaloons they would have adopted them) long ago. There is something good in every man, but frequently it is too deep to be worth digging for. The fame that is thrust upon a man is never accompanied by stickers. Money is never compelled to talk through an ear trumpet.

Barely Possible.

The beautiful stenographer was alone in the private office of the great financier. Presently a reporter for the Evening Howitzer arrived. He glanced first at the beautiful stenographer, then looked at the closed desk of the great financier and after that he took a careful survey of the office. “Mr. Bullington is not in, is he?” he asked. “1 don’t believe he is,” the beautiful stenographer replied, “but you might look in the waste basket. He may be hiding under some of the papers there.”

TOO YOUNG—YES!

“Yes, but father was drawing a much larger salary at,the time than you’re getting.”

Luck.

“I found a nice, new, crisp $lO bill the other morning, greatly to my surprise.” “Well, almost anyone would be sur prised at finding a $lO bill. Where did you find it?” “Ri my pocket. My Tlrife had missed it somejiow.”

As He Figured It.

“1 hear your daughter has gone east to school.” “Yes.” for college, I suppose?" “Well, as nearly as I am able to figure it out she is preparing to stick ma for a gorgeous commencement outfit.”

A Difference.

“How did he lose his money?” “Backing a musical comedy in which ail the members of the chorus wbre skirts teaching below tbelr ankles.” "That isn’t losing money. That’s burning the Btuff.”

Self-Evident.

“What do you consider the most beautiful thing in the world V “A sweet, innocent girl about nineteen.” *'Oh, then you have no daughters for whom it is necessary to buy Easter outfits.”

Diplomacy.

“Are you one of those,” she asked, just to lead him on, “who think two can live as cheaply as one?” “It all depends on the tastes of the one,” he diplomatically replied.

“But mamma thinks I am too young to marry.” “Why should she think that? you’re much older than she was when she got married, aren’t jou?”

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