Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1904 — INDIAN OUTBREAK. [ARTICLE]

INDIAN OUTBREAK.

Primitive lowa Muaqnakiea Jealoua of Dog-eating: Igorrote*. It has been reported to the Interior Department lit Washington that no more typical example of the primitive Indian is to be found in this country than the Musquakie tribe of some 400 men, women and children, who live right in tha center and heart of lowa, one of the most advanced States in the Union. Just at present the Musquakics are very much wrought up and jealous over the notoriety which has been gisaa the Igorrote tribe® at the world’s fair on account of their dog-eating habit. The chief of the Musquakies claims that the Igorrotes arc not the only savages that enjoy dog as a tribal dish, that the Musquakies have been pioneers in the habit for centuries and that the American people have never raved over them. With the Igorrote no female is permitted to partake of the dish, as it is a delicacy for warriors only, but wihen the Musquakies have a feast on the reservation the women eat as much as do the men. The Indians scarcely ever taste of beef, preferring pork, chicken, skunk and dog meat. Dogs are very numerous an the reservation, being raised and fattened for feasts, dances, pow-wows and other special occasions.