Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1890 — Page 9

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THE BOSS LIAR. Fishes Trained to Carry Messages Daring a Blockade, Chic ago Post. 'Yes, I was a spy during tho war, and, if I do say it. I reckon I was the, most successful one that went uncaptnred." said a email, inoffensive oomnionplace-looking man at the Sherman House to-day. "I was in the rebel service, and so was my brother. When .Porte.r was shelling New Orleans I was with iiia fleet at a spy. And, thanks to a game my brother and 1 used to play before the war, 1 was able to send accounts from the fleet to my brother In New Orleans of everything that was going on. Porter know from the way in which he was frequently forestalled that there was a spy in the fleet, and he tried hard to catch him, but he never succeeded. And I kept 'right along until New Orleans surrendered and my brother was taken prisoner. How did I send my accounts across? By fishes. You see, when Bob and I were boys we were both under twenty when the war broke out we used to train fishes to carry messages across the river. We took brook trout (they are the most intelligent) when they were young, tamed them and by smearing a fly or a piece of meat with asafetida could catch them whenever we wanted to. Other kinds of flies smeared with a certain kind of oil wo gave them, but thatmade them sick and after awhile they wouldn't touch anything but flies with the asafetida on. We taught them that by swimming straight ahead in any direction we turned them they would find a line fly at the other side of the tub; then we tried . them in a pond and then the river. They swam with the accuracy of a bullet never deviating a hair's breadth, and in a thin little tube, fastened to the under part of the flsh with two copper wire rings, we were able to send messages to one another. You see one of us would iix a fish, set him in the river carefully pointed to the spot across tho river where the other was and let him go. Off ho would swim like a flash. I would signal to ray brother and he would drop a line with flavored fly or meat on the end into the water, and in a few minutes he would feel a bite and up he would pull our finny messenger. My brother would cut tho string in the fish's mouth, read the message, answer it and put the fish back iu the water and steer it for me. By that way we had lots of fun. You catch the ideaf Well, when I was with Porter that's the way I did. He saw me fishing, as did his officers. But they saw nothing suspicious in that. Would youT' . nigh Prices fcr Social Favors New York Sun. Men of the type of Baron Hirsch are more numerous in this country than every-day people imagine. To the man who has to put in most of his timo in the struggle for existence, it seems odd that there should be men who are willing to sacrifice everything they have in the world for even the slightest social recognition. The news that Hirsch has paid a salary of $40,000 a year to a woman high in French society for introductions in Paris, coming on top of the Baron's prodigal expenditures for similar services in En gland, would indicate that that victim of rapacious social aspirations is considerably in advanceof anythingthat can be shown in this country. Still, there are at least three men in New York city who are and have been the laughing stock of social leaders for several years. They excito little comment except an occasional skillful dig from tho society naDers. But their names are familiar throughout tho upper section of New York. One of them spends an income of $70,000 or $S0,000 a year in a recmes enoti to pusu nis way in, but without success. The doors of society are closed against him. Many men of less intelligence and fewer personal advantages thau he are securely settled in side, but they have never shown a desire to . I 1 J. a . . enter, wuicn is always aeemea a iarai imDcdimeut. It is generally believed, however, that anybody who is willing to rav $40,000 a year for social invitations in this town would receive very strong hacking. though society is notoriously capricious in republics. The Wear and Tear of Political life. New York Sun. There is no more trying business than politics. Men of long experience in tho elections in New York watch the leaders of tbe different parties with an interest that is more or less grewsome. Ihe stcadv. in terminable and violent wear and tear on the men who head the big political movements tell on their looks, weight and man ner so rapidly that the most sturdy consti tutions would break down under it if it were not for the short period during which the excitement lasts, ihe men who are so fond of tracing the subtle connection be tween the physical appearance of man aud his mental occupations should consider that one reason why the successful New York politician is always represented as a broad-shouldered, powerfully-built man. vi that nick neck, a round head, and a plentiful supply of strength, is because about the only snccessf ul ward workers in town who are able to hold their own as tho years roll by must have a strong physique.

BRITAIN'S LEADING SOLDIER

Sir Garnet Wolseley Takes Command of the English Forces in Irelaud. An Irishman a Military Ruler in Ilis Native Land Achievements as a Warrior Views on America and Canadian Annexation. Special Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. London, Sept. 25. An Irishman to the manner born will command the. British forces in the Emerald . Isle after the first day of October. No military appointment made in Great Britain for more than a hundred years has caused more comment and is more significant than the transfer of Lord Wolseley from the position of Adjutantgeneral at the War Office and the practical executive officer of the English army to the command of the troops in his native land. There is much speculation among all classes as to what the change means, and a settled conviction that he, would not have been promoted to tho higher grade had not the British government felt assured tha the peace of Europe for some time to come, at least, was assured. For, by common consent, Lord Wolseley, in case of war, would be sent as the commander of the forces on the field. It is no disparagement to other officers to say this, because, he has earned the place in the white heat of battle, ranging all the way from England's first conflict in Burin ah, in 1853, to the war in the Boudan in ISSi. Thirty-two years of groat achievements in war have also been supplemented by some grades of civil duty which developed a' high degree of executive and diplomatic ability in the Irish gentleman who has been, and is, both soldier and diplomato. It is a singular, if not a natural, fact that the two" most eminent soldiers of the British army are both Irishmen Lord Wolseley. who is just now filling the national eye and keeping busy the Engiish tongue, and Sir Frederick iloberts. who commands in India, ijyjon them England would rely for its experience and ability in action in case i a conflict at arms. Both of thciu. I think, came from what may fairly be called the middle classes; at least Lord olseley did, and he is emphatically a self-made man. But he comes of a fighting family, for his father, grandfather, and even earlier ancestors, were soldiers, and ho takes to the profession of arms as an inheritance. His mother, who reared hira for tho profession while his father was in the army, turned his mind carefully and earnestly in a military direction, and his first books of reading related to war. None of the groat generals which our late civil war created ever had a more romantic career in the military service in the new world than Lord Wolseley has had during his forty years of army life in the old. Ho has endured all the hardships of the field and camp iu every sort of climate and every sort of weather under tho sun, in tho service of that empire upon which it may be trulv said tho sun never sets." He began early to reach out for a high place, and is promotion from a poor ensign's place in 1852 to the virtual contral of tho army in 1SS5 was rapid and lasting. So lasting, indeed, that, just reaching sixty years ot age, he returns to tho land he left a poor lad, at the head of the favorite command in tho whole list. The Duke of Cambridge, the cousin of the Queen, is nominally the commander-in-chief, because the law of succession requires that place to be filled by one of royal blood and in direct communion with the head of the nation. But for several years past Lord Wolseley has been recognized as the leading soldier of the kingdom, aud has exerted an influence in army matters rarely ever before accorded to any man, except in time of war. What is more, this influence has been felt in many ways in the improve ment of the service and the betterment of the conditions of the men. This is a matter of great importance to such an establishment as they keep up in this country, where tb difficulties of obtaining soldiers are becoming more and moro serious every year. It is rare to find embodied In one com-, position the twin elements of soldier ands diplo mate, and yet Lord Wolseley is a living example of the fact that a man may have the elements which go to make a great commander, aud, at the same time, the power to manage a delicate job of diplo macy, lor, besides his brilliant military services, he has handled several important civil commissions of a high character with marked ability. Between his army and civil occupations -ho has been constantly kept in the foreground of combat with the world ever since he was of age. For the first time in forty years this command in Ireland will not only give him a rest, but the opportunity of being of great use to his people while enjoying his books, and an opportunity to indulge his literary amt r" t . 1 : 1 ! . 1 . onions in nnismng uis 1110 01 me great Duke of Marlborough, upon which he has been engaged for some time whenever he could snatch a moment from the many im perative demands upon his leisure. Ordinarily the mere cnange of a man from the War Office to Ireland would not be regarded as worthy of serious remark. But in this instance it has set all England to gossiping. Besides being .an Irishman, Lord Wolseley is a Liberal. Atone time net favored Mr. Gladstone's policy, but he has parted company with "the grand old man" upon political matters, and, whilo holding the idea that localities should be left to look after their own affairs, he believes that the diplomatic service, tho army and the navy should all be dominated by a rep resentative assembly doing business undsr. the shadow of the throne. He is proud of his race, and talks very enthusiastically 3f its future. lie firmly believes in imperial federation and in the power of his countrymen to become the quick-witted head upon the stolid English composition, thus combining the two elements to make a porfeet whole government both iu war and peace. While he will have little opportnr ity in his new sphere of action to ma?re any real peaceful impress upon the political condition about him, it will be impossible for a man of his strength of character and fertility of mind not to exert a beneficial influence for tho people about him in whom he has such a firm faith. THE GENERAL'S CHARACTERISTICS. During the past six weeks I have had somewhat of personal association with him, and during the army reviews, which I attended at his invitation, I have carefully watched his habits of mind and action in comparison with those about him. A stronger personality, clad in a soldiers uniform, I have rarely ever seen. I have been trying for a month t6 liken and compare him with some federal general of distinction from our rebellion. But he is different from any of them I can recall. Besides possessing an abundance of firmness and a good opinion of his own judgment, like Grant, no has plenty of push, like Sheridan, whom he admires as much for his record as for his being an Irishman. But there is a sort of finish in his composition, polish in his manners, mental activity of a thoughtful kind, and a subtle diplomacy that I have never before met in an officer who has won distinction in the pestle of tight. These qualities are ail foreign to the rugged soldier, such as we know in our country, and as a rule would cripple the military instinct, or ability, from dominating the individual. As we found to our cost during the war, these finely-drawn theoretical minds were doubtful of their own genius in the crucibleof plan and onset. But it does not seem to affect Lord Wolseley that way, for he is aggressive enough to please tho most exacting, unless I greatly mistake his character. It is remarkable how manv small men have been great soldiers. Napoleon was undersize, Grant hardly up to the average. Sheridan bslow it, etc. Lord Wolseley is in the same group. Ho is hardly np to the medium, and is slim and lithe of frame. His face is rather small, but full of firm lines, that areyery ap-, Earent when he closes his thin lip under' is grey mustache. His eyes arCvsbarp and searching, and .his manner the perfection of fine breeding, as always found ia a

real Irish gentleman. His hair was once dark, but is now almost white, but there is a freshness to his face, and a twinkle in his blue yea that make him look as fresh as at forty, when he must have been an exceedingly handsome man. It is impossible to estimate Lord Wolseley by his achievements and then compare him with the great soldiers the wars of the past thirty years nave developed, because his distinction has been won in different fields and under very different conditions than those of any of the old heroes who have passed oft the boards of action. He is still the star in tho play. It is a cruel but truthful adage that "no man can be judged aright nntil he is dead." As Lord Wolseley has apparently many years of usefulness left before him, and is returning to his people in a pleased frame of iniud, in fine physical health, and lofty ambitions for them and himself, the last pages of his history may be stronger than those already written, and new laurels may be yet won in the great play of human life by this earnest and able man. There is rarely much in the peaceful side of a strong soldier's life that is striking enough to write about. People love to read about heroism, adventure, and the dramatic features of a military chieftain's career; not what he has done with his legs under the desk and a pen in his hand. The story of Lord Wolselcy'j life is so full of the dramatio that it intrudes itself at every turn and sets aside all else. During England's second war with Bnrmah, in 1852, he was only an ensign. In leading a storming party; both he and a brother officer were shot down as they entered tho enemy's works, One bled to death in five minutes,

General Sir Garnet Wolseley, and Wolseley was'only saved almost by a miracle after months of terrible suffering. The Crimean war in 1854 found him ready for duty, but he got terribly knocked to pieces there. During the seigo of Sebastopol fate was strangely against him. He was slightly wounded on the 10th of April and again on the 7th of June, but on the 20th of August, while at work in the trenches, he was knooked over by a solid shot striking near him, killing those about him and rendering him almost lifeiess. He was picked up for dead, and hardly rocognizablo from the number of wounds on his face. His body was as if filled with the contents of a shotgun. The Burgepns regarded him as beyond hope, but he took a different view of it, and after suffering for many weeks he recovered. For a long timo he lived in a dark cave, total blindness being threatened from the effects of his wounds. While in this plight, and the dire calamity hanging over him, the fail of Sebastopof was announced. In wounds and other casualties Lord Wolseley had any amount of bad luck, for ho hardly ever went ' to war without returning with a wound; but they gained for. him the coveted promotion for which he fought. He had chosen a soldier's life, and he accepted a soldier's fate without murmur. After the Crimea ho was ordered to China on a diplomatic mission, and was shipwrecked near Singapore. After a startling adventure he was rescued, completed his duty, and, the eame year, 1857, he is found in India suppressing a mutiny. This created him a lieutenantcolonel at a single jump from the captaincy that his brilliant service in the Crimea brought him. In 1500 he was in the Chinese war, and afterwards on a diplomatic mission to Nankin. In 1S61, about tho beginning of our war, he was hurriedly sent to Canada in connection with tho Trent affair, and became deputy quartermaster general of the Dominion. He remained there for several years, traveling extensively through North America and studying the conditions of life in the United States. The Bed-river expedition, in 1870. won him a knighthood, and the following year he spent as assistant adjutant-general in the War Office, The Ashanteo war made him a full major-general and inspector-general of the forces. From 1875 to 1878 he was Governor of Natal first, and of Cypress afterwards. The Zulu war, in 1879, found him commander-in-chief of the forces, and high commissioner to South Africa. The Egytian campaign of 18S2 raised him to a peerage, and the war in the Soudan, in 18S4, carried him forward to be considered the first soldier in England. On his return, in 1885, he was made Adjutant-general at the War Office, and given full swiug, 60 far as Parliament would permit him. in the advancement of the army, the welfare of which ho- has so much at heart. The final act of promotion which takes him to Ireland rounds out to this point a most remarkable, honorable and brilliant career. It has been a hard fight against long odds, but it is won, and the rest of the road is smooth. In war he has never known defeat, and in peace his policy has generally been recognized as wise and appropriate. Americans will wonder why a man with each a record as this is not the real commander-in-chief. Lord Wolseley would be in the field should England be called Jto war. but he can nover be in peace The army chieftain, because he is not of ro3al blood. That place is a kind of figurehead kept for one of-tfce royal family, and the Duke of Connaught, the Queen's youngest eon. is being trained to fill the shoes that will ere long, in the natural course of events, be left vacant by the Duke of Cambridge. It may be said to this young man's credit that he is likely to be more than a figurehead, for he has not only been carefully trained, but has studied hard, is tilled with an ambition to make himself an efficient commander, aud is credited with much military ability. But soldiers are born, not educated, and all the theoretical Knowledge in the world cannot fit a man for tho command of an army if he lacks that spirit, dash and determination that makes a man supreme, not only in the plan, but the onset of battle. UNLUCKY AT SEA THE UNITED STATES. It is a remarkable and singular fact that while Irish soldiers, from Wellington down to tho present time, have been conspicuous in the hazards of the British army, they have never made any marks whatever in the navy, which Irishmen seem to shun as a cat does water. Perhaps Lord Wolseley 'a experiences on the ocean furnish a reason for it, because he never seems to go to sea without a batch of accidents following the ship. He was thirty days in crossing the Atlantic when on his mission to Canada in relation to the Trent affair. He is sure, it is said, to bring a storm to a vessel or send it against the shore as certain as he embarks. It is also related of him by an army officer that, on a campaign, he is sure to have everything he owns stolen or destroyed before he gets through it. The wonderful experiences he has had in serving his government on every continent under the sun, except Australia, havo given him a fund of practical knowledge that makes him a most valuable companion, and there are very few men who cannot learn much from his wonderful store-house of information gained in actual coutact with the world. Unlike most soldiers, he talks exceedingly well, and puts things in such shape that one does not need a map to find out what he means. He has great faith in the Chinese, aud thinks that some day they aro going to be a great nation and possibly make trouble for the balance of Europe. He says they possess every military virtue, are stolidly indifferent to death and capable of any amount of endurance. The Tartars, he adds, have ruled them for three nundred years by beheading the more active, capable And progressive of the Chinamen, and he relates an anecdote that when the Chinese coxnialsaionor was asked if it were truo

that he had beheaded C0.000 in three years, he replied, "Oh, many more than that. But these rude Tartars," says Lord Wolseley, "will not always be able to control the nation in this way. Some strong man will some day rise up and change it. Thirty years ago the whole system came near toppling to its fall, but Gordon saved it. Tho Tartars may not be so fortunate another time." Lord Wolseley also bellovcs that there will be another war between France and Germany, which will be one of the bloodiest' conflicts that Europe has ever known. The new commander ot the British force in Ireland has seen much in tho United States, and in conversing'noon it with me he said: In America you have a pure democracy, and a pure democracy is capable of doing much more in the direction of strong measures and of war than a mixed system such as ours. When democracy is thoroughly established in England the chief security against war will have disappeared. It u democracies that make wars, oligarchies that are afraid of them, especially an oligarchy like ours, which is timid and hampered by the party system. Our system, by dividing the nation politically into two halves, each of which opposes on principle whatever the other one proposes, paralyzes our strength when a minister is tempted to go to war. If our people were as unanimous in cases of affront as the United States we should goo war many more time3 than wo do. In America questions of foreign policy involving the maintenance of the honor of the flag or the rights of American citizens are outside the area of party dispute. The whole nation acts as one man. Hence, Russia, Germany and Franco habitually show the United states a deference which they never show England." .

Continuing the conversation, he said: "The American system would work better if the best man were given, say, five or six years supreme power, with the right of renewal in case he gave satisfaction, instead of having a Prime Minister habitually hampered by colleagues and Parliament, as we do, with the result that neither continuity nor consistency in tho conduct of our foreign affairs is possible." Speaking of the annexation of Canada, Lord Wolseley said be did not believe that it would over join the United States. "All history shows," said he, "that when ty-.o states lay together side by side tho friction of the frontier developed an antagonism seldom overcome." He is a very firm believer in permanent peace between this country and the United tstates. He regards it as folly even to consider the possibility of a conflict between these English-speaking nations, and believes it their duty to stand by each other, for the day may come when the final straggle between the cemented powers of earth, which must inevitably occur, will doubtless be between the English-speaking people on the one side and those who talk in other tongues on the other. Upon subjects of civil administration Lord Wolseley is a most careful and constant thinker, and his ideas of government, as will be seen are by no means entirely bound np with tho one he serves so well. His many resources of mind and extensive travel havo given him a remarkable insight into the character of different governments, and upon them he is a most fluent and able conversationalist As did General Grant during his trip around the world, he seems to have absorbed knowledge by the load, and to have kept turning it over and over until it impressed itself into .his active brain. Such is the character of the soldier who takes command in Ireland, and it is in this capacity that he just now becomes such an interesting persor v to tho peoplo not only of the United ,es and those of his own conntry, but ,o to the civilized world, Frank A. Burr. AT THE COTTON CENTENNIAX. Things That Can Jim Seen at the Great Exbibitlon at Paw tucket. Boston Transcript A hundred inscriptions in Pawtuckct tell you that cotton is ki jg. The old fire-eaters of the South could not have yielded more ardent loyalty to J'ti-'t Cotton than that of tho Pawtucketers, t Pawtucketer wor ship the king in hit ndustrious and benefi-' cent character. A little sprig of cotton plant bearing a tuft of the fleecy, long staple cotton stands in a vase at the foot of the "cotton-field" in the exhibition halL There is a story connected with this particular sprig of cotton, and a moral lesson, as well as a practical demonstration of the change of character wrought in King Cotton by the war. This cotton is a sample of that raised at Andersonville. Ga., by G. W. Kennedy, a colored planter, and grew on the site of the old "prison pen" of in famous memory. It was sent by the planter to Key. Dr. Bullens, of Pawtucket, tor ex hibition. It is not fart distant from the cotton-gin ginning, and as the cotton-gin always Tarings up the story of Whitney and his unwitting part in exteuding negro slavery, so tho sprig of Andersonville cotton, raised by a negro on a spot forever associated with tho great struggle to perpetuate the bondage of his race, is a reminder of the great progress of the African race in .the United States, and of its emergence irom mo conauion oi cnaneinoou to iving Cotton to that of subjects to whom his majesty must look for safety on his constitutional throne. In close vicinity to the cotton-gin and the Andersonville cotton is a tableau representing Undo Sam telling Samuel Slater what ho expected a centary to bring forth. Slater holds a long band of cotton in his hands as if he expected some one to wind it, and Uncle Sam trembles with emotion and the draft that finds its way through the windows of the exhibition kail. Separated by a screen of gauze, typical of the veil of futurity, is an exhibition of the finest cotton products of tho Pawtucket mills of to-day, demonstration that Uncle Sam's expectations have been realized. Perhaps as Uncle Sam of 17.H) was moro conservative than he has 6inco become, his vision took in tho spectacle of colored militiamen marching through the streets of Pawtuoket in 18vK) and earning the applause of tho assembled multitudo and it made him tremble. Exercise for Saints and Sinners. Nortnweatern Christian Advocate. We are not pleading for tho cycle, but we plead for aud with' the brn-Oorker, who always needs some recreation. Ordinary dyspepsia yields to exercise, and a whirl on a wheel demoralizes most kinds of extraordinary dyspepsia. Whirl it away in some manner, and thus servo God tho bettor. A rifle, quoits, bicycle riding, boating, horseback riding, gardening, walking, orsome other recreative exercise ought to be included in the round of Christian duties. Mere dumb-bell motions aro as unattractive as sawing hickory wood with a dull saw from a sense of physical duty. We - once knew a man who E rayed God to .reveal tho reason for is spiritual depression at a timo when he wan unconscious of dnty omitted or of sin committed. A sensible physician hinted at a sluggish livervand a regimen of prescribed exercise cured tho liver and the bad conscience at one stroke. Blue mass might have relieved the trouble temporarily, but tho conscience would havo lurked around in the vicinity and caused a relapse. The body's laws are God's laws, and a 6avage physical conscience is closely related to its spiritual fellow. We havo Jtnown some sallow, cadaverous clergymen, who never have any fun, sit an hour talking of their indigestion, go to tho table and eat dinner enough to satisfy an athlete, and then devote half the following afternoon doubtt ing whether justification is by faith, after all. Sloth comes to such men as inevitably as remorso to any other sinnor. The human stomach also has its conscience, and faith 4 withnnf Tr-rr Ir to i 1 1 Tint rn rrv it Wedding Anniversaries. New York Tribune. Somebody gives out the following as a correct list of wedding anniversaries: Three days, sugar; sixty days, vinegar; first anniversary, iron; fifth anniversary, wooden; tenth anniversary, tin; fifteenth anniversary, crystal; twentieth anniversary, china; twenty-fifth anniversary, silver; thirtieth anniversary, cotton; thirty-fifth anniversary, linou; fortieth anniversary, woolen; forty-filth anniversary, eifk; fiftieth anniversary, golden; seventy-fifth anniversary, diamond. A Ileasou for IU Ram's Horn. G3niuastics are paid to bo compulsory in all the schools in Germany. This probably explains why a Dutchman would die wiih lockjaw if compelled to do his talking with both bauds tied behind hiia.

GHOST DANCE OF THE CB0WS

Grotesque Eeligious Exercise That IIn3 Como Into Tosuo Amons Bed Hen. They Dance Until They Fall from Exhaustion, and on KecoTericj Consciocsnc3 Tell cf Things Seen in a State cf Trance. Special Correspondence of the XndUnsroUs JotmiaL. Pine Ridge Agency, S. D., Sept. 2T. On the2Cthof ArriL 1S00, I was appointed a. special Indian agent and disbursing officer. OnthelCth of June started lorWashins-, ton City for instructions; spent thrco days in that most beautiful city of the republic; was introduced into the Indian 0icand received my instructions. . On the V)th of August I w&3 ordered to the Pins Kidgo Agency to obtain a list of the names of the Indians from whom General 'Crook took ponies in 1S7C Thence I went to Roiebud Agency, S. D.; from then to Cheycnno River Agency, upon tho Missouri river; from there to the Cro3 Creek Agency, and from there I returned here, on the 20th in it. , to finish the work I came first to do. My.objsct, however, in writing this letter to the Journal is to describe a ghost danco held by the Indians, which, in company with a number of employes at the agency, I witnessed last Sunday, believing it will be interesting to very many readers of the Journal as showing some phases of Indian character and life with which they are not acquainted. This is a religious dance of recent date, growing out of a doctrine recently proclaimed by a Crow Indian in Montana that Christ was soon to return, arivo out the white people, restore their former hunting grounds to them supplied with abundance of game and put them whero they could live again by the chase. Thid proposition being in harmony with a desire strongly cherished by them that this might be, au idea that they have clung to in all these years of defeat and decrease of numbers, and the absorption of nearly all their lands by the whites, and they have eeized npon it with a great deal of religious enthusiasm, and as evidence of their devotion thereto and belief therein they have adopted tho ghost dance and carry it with much religious fervor. This was oTV--denccd by their actions somo three weeks ago, when the agent, Mr. Gallagher, with, somo twenty-five police, interfered to put a stop to it. They evidently had anticipated some such action, for when the demand was made eleven warriors, stripped, leaped up, seemingly out of the ground, with warpaint on, leveled their guns on the agent and his force and gave him to underbtand that they, with others, were ready to seal their religious convictions at the mouths of smoking rifles and in defense of what they esteemed a religious rite. The agent deeming, under all circumstances, after parleying a while with them, with the deadly guns pointed at him, that discretion was the better part of valor, withdrew his force and the dance went on. When we arrived 1 suggested to the interpreter that he make haste and inform the chief men that we came not to interfere with their exercises but simply to see for ourselves and to an nounce that arrangements had been made to have a council of tho Red Clod Indians the next Thursday. All of which he did promptly by calling to one of t he chief men Torn Bellyl in the ceremony "the proclaimer," who came to where we wero standing, when I notified him cfour rurEoses. He was silent for a moment; then e dazed me a little by saying that this was Sunday and they had their religious

cxercue, and he did not know about making announcement about the council, but he would see some of the chief men and get their views, which he did. aud camo back and shook bands with mc; ,he said they were glad to f-ee us, as we would learn there was no harm in their dance, and the announcement woald be made. Meantime, my friend Finlay, who had talked so freely about ecalps, took his position in the rear, and 1 am inclined to the opinion if there had beentieinon&tratioa of a hostile nature he would havo -taken to tho tall timber, and left us to our fate. There were at least 150 tepees, forming almost a complete circle, within which the Indians had gathered to the number of six hundred, a part to engage in the exercises and a part to look on. At a given spot a young tree was planted, on which was placed the American flag, ground this gathered the priests, who sat down on the ground and remained silent for torne time. Around this tree, about equally distant therefrom, men, women and children to the number of near four hundred formed a circle, and assumed at first a sitting position. The men were arrayed intbeir warpaint, consisting of red, black and yellow, with feathers in their hair, leggins on their lower limbs, "blankets wrapped round their bodies and moccasins on their feat- The women were clad in dresses of variegated colors; some were beaded in the most artistio style, aud their faces Tainted in a manner that would make the averape hightoned whit woman whopaintsher delicate cheeks feel like committing suicido because she could not measure no thereto. It wan a strange, wild scene, and calculated to make one who is attiicUd with that disease known out in the "wild and woolly West" as tender-foot feel somewhat shaky, and to examine his scalp and see whether it was securely fastened in its moorings. THE DANCE AND WIIAT FOLLOWED. One of the party, not havin g any more regard for an individual's feelings than & good man should, as we approached tho camp lifted my hat and exclaimed that I

had just the amount of hair which made a scalp a rich prize. All theso feelings wero deepened and intensified when we remembered that we were in tho presence of, nxf" surrounded by, a band of Indians w5 in the past have been the most .determined opponents of the government west of tho Mississippi, and the last ones to lay down their guns, bury the tomahawks, abandon , their war-dances and submit to the inevitable. Tho Indians forming the outer circle sat down on their feet and remained quiet for some time, when they broke out in a sortof plaintivo cry, which is pretty well calculated to allect the ear of tho sympathetic. Then some one passed around with a vessel in his hand containing some kind of roots, reminding one somewhat of a Methodist love-feast, where the meeting is opened by the passing of tho tread and water. After this is partaken of at a given command the Indians rise to their feet and join hands, thus forming a complete circle. Having occupied this position for a moment they begin to chant their opening hymn which, upon this occasion, was as follows: "Man, take hold of my hand; tho great Spirit tells me this" and commence a slow, measured movement from riht to Kft, increasing the pace as they go,ud it is not long until all. old and young,nr singing and becoming excited. This islejjt up for a half hour, when, many being overcome with ihe exercise and excitement CQifcected therewith, fall where they were standing in the ranks or leap wildly frojji the circle into the open space, fall on thoir faces upon the ground, strike -ho ground furiously with their hands, thoughjthey were endeavoring to dig a hok I theiein, leap up wildly again, rush fro:us ij one side of the circle to thv other, thnmin ; ' out their arms, and finaliv fall exhausted

and apparently lifeless. When a certain number naa tnus exnaustea tnemseivts mo dancing stopped and all sa down again. As the exhausted ones revived they gathered into a group iu the center of the space, and the proclaimers received an account oi their experiences while in this state and then proclaimed it to the Indians. Here are some of them as given me by the interpreter: Tho first one said that when he fainted he "sat on the right of God, and He shooks hands with me and said He was verv glad to teo me. and when 1 went back I bhould tell the Indians that they were on the right way." A young woman said when. ho fell an" eagle hovered over her and picked her up, carrying her to a house. The door being open, the cay le went in first, and feho followed, and saw Christ, who shook hands with her three times, and said He was glad to see her, es the had been thi rs belore. Another caid that Christ wcul nt ceo bin Issr to rjzLo tho Enliil