; ,. . ,.iaijr . ut Tafttif
i f.! Jifrk -landlord I'alii-
1 ! . t at Any Fi t!hl
i . ir I nWt.J a 1 K.
v . ,. N T., CorreKi-uinlence New
i'i X. Sun. ., -, ,..-,,
No one hal said & word that
v-v;l,l . 8l!fe'ft . the sublet , of
M.iiKc,'- unless It might have , two
i niafti from over toward I'm buck,
v !io came In and failed for 8MMJ.Hk;
so evor iKHly was surprised when lind
l rl Charlie 15aldwl4 C th ; to l1)d
liirtixe spoke up' nNsald: r
1 The thicken snake I hail when t as
n youngster over bn the farm at Hope
well Juni-tfon beat alt the snakes I
ver sew or heard of, and I was sorry,
I tell you when It died.4'
The 1'ochuck citizen filled, his (fl,
passed his hand over his eye a couple
nt time and glanced uwamlly around;
the room and up to the celllnsr 1' to
ensure himself of sumetMnir. put M
Klasa back on the wiuntcr emuty
at down find listened. , , j
' "The way that snake and t win to
he associated was quite odd," continued
Landlord Baldwin. "Una spring I tmni
a nice yellowish-white egg in the barn
yard, and betnf cuHous to know what
kind or bird had mislaid that egg; I
took It nd plated under an old hen of
oura that wa lust then busy hatching
out a. aettlne. When th old hen brought
' her' brood out , 1 wa on the watch to
aw what the err 1 had found in - the
barnyard had done and when 1 aaw,
I ctvjt you my word ! was startled quite
bit. There were sixteen thickens and
a snake In the' brood. The snake was
' about eight inches long and spotted. If
it had stopped at that I wouldn't have
thought so fnueh about . It; but the
snake hud a tew other point that I be
lieved then and believe now, were rare.
Down the centre of Its head, from lla
. forehead to-nenrly the tip of its nose,
wa a notched line of ml. standing up
not more than an e fihth of ; an inch.
but high enough for me to see that it
waa a fair attempt at a chicken' comb.
, There wa a, little ruff of feather about
lu neck, and about an Inch above lta
tall a spur, maybe a quarter of an Inch
Kmir. stink out So. Consequently,- 1
can give yon my word that it wa the
-funniest fooklnr critter any one could
IMMMiibly think up."
Landlord Baldwin paused to start
' some Are on hi ehrar butt and Sam
Wilkin, the blacksmith, exclaimed;
"Sinflnr! 8lnrlanst thing 1 ever
heard of!"
, "Satisfied that this was the Tilrd that
- had come out of the egg I found in the
barnyard, continued Landlord Bald
win, "and not anxious to grow any
, ' . A ):''
I ' " ' '
-,. : i. i k t . i i-r ...i.-. . -
t;,.'TII i ft, :r. t !". Oil S 1'"
and ;. !,.,--. f.r feu;.. i-pe I-nri
lie tiini ft rHjM r as natural as hie and
fainted ml. He set it down on the
kthkk while he talked bundles io tin
folks. I wa lKUliig on llstli-tfuly whon
I hi-ard that crow of Mow's I turned
and looked, and there Hose was, stand
In aliuoet o hi tail, bis neck cruoked
and nending forth a fierce challenge to
the planter rooster. I had to atull my
hat In my mouth to keep from buntln',
I 1.... i
t; ::ia.Hiwii:i A tu:ti.: ua .sg.i
t .. j illll- 1" f - 1
v a i i. f. I t v !' !t
,iloi.ii-d bciou-l 1
H-l
1 lil '
I lil-
LasUi Three laa and KUUUaudV. .!.
I'p tha IiidUaa to a Urtat mate ot
clteinaut-Toftarea tb Hravea imif
wantluctiUuUI rat o g.
White fjigle. Oklahoma, Coirenpond-
ence w York Sun. " ; " ; -
The annual aun danea of the Ponra
Indiana wu held near this place in the
iu. nil nwmii if limL AunuMt. Nearly
and I waited to ee lie fun that I knew lwo nun(rej Indiana, Including aeverat
waa coming. I women ahd ft hoy Scarcely 12 years oia,
The ilwr roomer aian'i reply toi-,!,,,, it ' and nware than a
Moseys challenge, of course, and that! hmiaand Indiana were In camp. The
mai!! Mose hopping mad. He croaked
another crow out of himself and then
sailed In. tie whopped that spur of his
around with a whlah and brought it
down on that rooster until everything
rung. Mode's spur sank Into the plas
ter rooster half an inch, broke off, and
gave Mtwe a shock that sent hlin llylng
uresent were costlier and more numer-
ous than had bee1ven in years. The
dance was attended by ytsiting Kaws,
OsatfiS, fitoes, Tawnees and a band of
Poncaa from NcurasKa. rne master oi
ceremonies was White 'Eagle, Head
chief of the tribe, anagnlnwnt Indian,
standing feet and i inches lit his moc
three feet away, But up he got andlm.in.. -ri white tnees of the Indians
rushed at the rooster furiously again gt0IMj Jn an Immense circle on a 'prairie
head on. He plunked against that urt- east of the government agency build
fielding Trrmt like a atone out of a cat- tn n h -nricth. was the Arkansas
apult. and the recoil sent him back fur.Jrlv,,r; niarked by rugged bills and the
ther than he ,had gone berore. Mose verdure of its forests, as it came down
rose feebly and gased & second at thelemm ih far-niT mountains of Coiorado
rooster with bulging eyes, and then layn Its ever-widening and winding
down and passed away. . 1 I tenches. Flint columns of smoke from
"I have never forgiven myself" said th teoeo Ires rose softly In the sum-
Landlord Baldwin, "for permitting that! nM.r ttlr, tho tinkle of bells came faintly
fight to go on.( Never!" - : Ifrom the pony herds graslng In the
The. roebuck ctltaen acted for a mo-lvallev. and tawr.y children rotnued and
ment a if he Intdnded to resume hlslghniited at play, while Ihe men sat
remlnlsi-cnces of the snapplng-furileliimoklpg Jn solemn groups, and the wo-
snuke, but changed his mind, sampled meni bearing the burdens of tribal life.
once more" his native tipple and started
i'ochuckward, and Blacksmith Ktm
Wilkin said:
Ain't it slng'lar"?
TUB WAKK rOKaNT TKOVIILE.
buHlcd thomselve with domestic duties.
The sun danre was cflebrated with
ihree day and night of dancing.
The Poncaa, once a warllk-j and power
furtille on the' Weaterh "ptohw hold to
the tradlllons and ceremonies of this
dance with great demotion, although
time and circumstances have modinetl
some of Hi chnracterlatlc features. It
came lo the Poncas from the Sioux
long ago, but even at this day in essen
tial details It is the same a the sun
, III
I.. I I
lif.l.l V.HU
lotted ti
Around the sacred tree the squaws
1'Ullt the il.mrp tfpi''4. with n entrance
fowiiril th" dawn. Two roncentrJo cir
cles of pcl-s alxnit ei?1it Twt apart
wete fixed In the ground and Joined to
gether at the top by crowpleces, upon
which was laid a roof of canvae or
green boughs.' This year the Poncas
used canvas;, last year the roof was
built of willow branches.' The sacred
tree and a greater part of the 1 space
Immediately surrounding It were open
to the sky. Si wall of willow branches
was fasteued to the outer circle of
Doles to screen the dancers from too
curious eyes. Near the entrance to the
camp circle' was raised a tepee, in
which the dancers were costumed and
painted. The fact that an Indian would
take part in the sun dance wa shown
by a. banner 'on' a 'tall pole In front of
his tepee: Then, when everything wa
in readiness for' the dance, the banners
were moved and massed together near
the entrance to the danre tepee. Thy
were of bright color and could be
en front' a long distance fluttering
gaily In the wind. - '
There was dancing both in the dance
tp and onr the open ground In front
of Its entrance. The dancers were nak
ed, ecept for a breeehclolh and a
short apron. These aprons were elab
orately trimmed with beads. Their
bodies were painted red or yellow, some
using one color and soma the other. On
their arms, faces and chests were' cu
rious deslgng in white, black,' red, yel
low and green, each dancer using one
or more or these colors.
poultry built on those lines, I picked up f" m L V ri .u- V L ... 1
,lfll 2? thtr!T conveyed by the glowing account giv-Ni
furious etucktng and the brood. In
It Ws KagatllMt b UaUIgh Wswiiapr
-The Hatter S.MIfd-B. i W. ljuub
Usolgni HI I'Mtarate. '
gpeelnt to The Observer. ;.
Wake FVirest.-' Ket't. 29.-Kev. S. W.
Lynch," who for many years, haB b?cn dance of the Kloux. The , Poncas say
, U.. . t k- . 1' .. I. 11'. . K . . ' I . L . I . 1 . . I .. .. ..... ...II . n
um ivnunr :iniw-riiTi, hub ir-iinai iiiB tinnvv in on mvutauuii to iiir
lged. In 'reslgn'tng his ' pastorat Mr. lOrcal Spirit through the power and
Lynch said that he had took such ac
tion not because of anything the church
had done or had failed to do, but be
cause he felt it beit to accept the call
wbleh he has received at Itoanoke, Va.
Mr. Lynch's rcnlgnatlon will go in o
effect October fth, on which day he
win preach his fnrewoll sermon.
Yesterday's and to-day's issues of a
HaleiKh paper give ft very sensatlonnl
account of the 'disturbance between the
fnctilty.and a number of the students
of Wake Forest College. The gonial
feeling here Is that both the fiuut y
and student have been mlsrepresente 1,
nd Or. t". E. Taylor, president of the
eluding the composite chicken-snake,
hastened away to the shelter of herj
protecting twings. Bbe stood - there,
bTlsed,up.Hkeva nfad porcupine, with
the'.'-snake-' seemingly her particular
tare, ail ready to Ight me If I advanced
to do Jt harm; so, wondering at the,
strange power of maternal love. I drop
ped the club and went and told the folks
tttvitie fh furor irwlM tt HvMtnrk wu
; naa on ne rarm. we couia come to nut
one conclusion, and that wa that while
the egg had been a snake's the hatching
j of it by the hen had Imparted to It dur
ing the Incubation a few physical char-'
acterletlcs of the chicken;- ao wonder-!
ful.o mysterious are the processes of
' nature. Bo Wonderful, so mysterious!
And I am glad to-day, more than glad
that 1 dronned that rluh" . ,
( The landlord paused again, and pon
', dered. The Pochuck cltlsen, embolden
' ed by the fact that he had put his glass
back empty,' ventured to remark that
r; lie fiHQ tiesra oi ioibh in rocnuca wno
had seen a snake called the snapplng-
' turtle snake, whose forbears, he Im
agined, must have been contemporaries
i 'miUUA rA ,MMAt,d.t MM..iil
V, UU3, (iUWVI OlIU (UltCtVCU I 'H Iv-s Vfl
the Bilyrlan period, but Landlord Bald-
win came out of his reverie, frowned
the Pochuck narrator down and pro
ceeded: ' '
'."With the exception of his physical
; Idiosyncrasy this snake didn't show uv
. particularly remarkable until grass-
hOPner thne rame around, although he
had grown amaslngly. Young chickens 1
, aote on grasshoppers, but they have to, 23S;
tnmte mat uiusive ana acroiwiic insect
u o" persistently that by the time, they
get not more than half a square meal,
on It they have had such a run for their
money that they go to bed tired, so to
speak. Now a snake In the grass will
I calls 4 panic among graanhoppers and
' they'll put tn their best licks to get
away In the direction opposite to the
. one in which the snake is moving. So
; that brood of chickens simply had a
picnic When grasshopper time came
. around, for' their snake fnwter-brothr
Just rounded the grasshopers up and
Bentf'em in clouds right where the
chickens were lying low and waiting t j'
. gobble em. - - I
"Our chicken never went to bod tired
that season, and nobody's chickens ever,
t Were o fat when (all came and 1 guess,
' our farm wa the only one in all the.
country that didn't have things eat-n!
s up by the grasshoppers that year, just
Deeauae of the co-operation of the gen
flclent to say tlmt the question at Issue
wa not one of hazing, though brought
Into prominence by a young man s
being haxed. Kverythlng is perfectly
quiet now and no further' disturbance Is
expected. v-
Arrangemonts are being ma.le for th
lnfer-coIleKlrttl, debnte between Trinitv
and Wak Forest, which will be held
lit ltalebrh Thanksgtvlnq evening.
committee from e:ich Institution Will
meet In ftnlclgh to-morrow to arrange
for questain, Judges and other particu
lars. I
Tbt World's Mavlas.
In a recent parliamentary act the fol
lowing was stated a the official
strength of the seven principal navies
of the world:
COMPLETED.
Battleships. England, 50; France, 8;
Russia, 14; Germany, 19; Italy, IS;
United States, 7; Japan., 6.
Armored Cruisers. Englund, 9
France, 7; Russia, Germany, 4
Italy, 5: United States, 2; Japan, 6.
Protected Cruisers. England, 103;
France, 38: Russia, 3; Germany, 15;
Italy, 16; United Siutes, 14; Japan, 14.
unprotected Cruiser. England, 11
France, 7; Russia, 3; Germany, 20
United States, 6; Japan, 9.
Armored Coast Defence Vessels.
England, 10; France, 14; Uuaala, 14:
Germany, 11; United States, 15; Japan,
4.
Torpedo Boats. England, 95; France,
Russia, lil; Germany, 140; Italy,
143: United Slates, 20; Japan. 38.
Destroyers. England,-!l; France, 9;
RusKla, 10; Germany, 12;-Italy, 3; United
States, 3; Japan, 11.
Special Ships. England. 2; France, 1;
RumhIh, 0; Germany, 3; United Stales,
1; Japan, 1.
UNCOMPLETED AND BUILDING.
Battleships. England, 66; Frame,
Russia, 24; Germany, 29: Italy,
united utateK, ik; japan. 7.
Armored Cruisers. England, 29
France, 22; Russia, 12; Germany. 7
llnty, 6; United S'ates. 11; Japan, 7.
Protected Cruler. England, 1'iT
France. C-S; Runela, 14; Germany, 22
Italy, 16; United Slates, 20: Japan. 17.
Unprotected Cruisers. England, 11
France, i: Russia, 3: Germany, 20;
Italy, 0; United Slates, l; Japan, 9.
Armored Const Defence Vessels.
England, 10: France, 14; Russia, 1
Germany, 11; Italy, 0; United States, 19;
Japan, 4.
a:
Torpedo Ronts. No figures.
Destroyers. England. 113;
Franc
11;
lou of that snake with the anoetlte of
' our chickens.
.... ,. ...
"One day, in the latter part of August, '23: Russia, 53: Grmany, 27r Itnlv,
I wa down in the lot where the chick-. United States, 20; Japan, II.
eh were running, and hearing a queer 'Special Vessels. England. 2; France,
noise i stopped to listen. 1 located thc.i: Russia. 7; (iermany, 3; iialy, o;
direction. from which the Bound came, i United States, 1: Japan, 1.
and walked quietly over that way. lj ;
pkil 7 7 "1" , .""'"" Another Addition to Concord-Opting Ul
Till ArHiin A immm oki In mnA Mninfl nofir I r 1
1 looked 4own along the fence, and' MU1 Frop.ru..
. there I saw the snake lying on the top! Special to The Observer.
'.' . t 1 X I 1L T i. I
- '.. swenuy i saw mm (mcord. Sept. 29.-In the northern
, rise up on the rail half his length, ',,t.f,011 ,,r 0x,1(UTlls ,.((ll,:,v. lives i
jTooa bi nern, anu throw it in anu out mmi.r of y(rt,Ms. It is known as th
iw miwrevi i-orvea, wuo aia raoum open.) ymw settlement. They are kikxI, hon-
"? " "u uruu vumv i ot imi Mi Dutch citizens. Thev ure happv
. open mouth. The snake wa trying to'porple. Always have something to sell
rearn to crow! The effort was a gold nn(i moniS their number the furm.-r.
viwv ijui whb a. ; trine, ioo sioimni. mPrchant. mechanic, doctor and
h onaae ana cnicaen were too evenly tai-' pren,-her is represented. In the mi-l.-u
, miii-vQ in ms nature, u ne naa oniy naa f thl unalloyed happlneHs.unleontcnt
nJr ne.W0Ula nnve S01 ln 're, mcnt cornea the tempter In the sha nt
""" cure, i anow ne wouia. .... ('upt. t.. McDonald, tn expert prosper
inre eni vn. i imeu eiiori in iiiopc (or in mineral properties oml opens t
' day, and I had one of the best gam?-' iM.n, Vasi ouanUtUs of Mild and eon-
cocks, I suppose, there wa in three JH,r in ,hn ground ovrr which ihey have
, eoontle. I was minting on winning a labored for a scanty subsistence for
little omethifig with him on the quiet, y(.ftr ,mtttt The hum ot machinery will
, and one day turned him out fof cxer- BOon b heard there.
nN -ioee inai was tne name we naa on the 7th or October the law au
come to know that snake of 0urs by tlon sale cf lots In the Karris Addition
. was laying on the back step taking a to Concord, one" and one-half mibs
noce..i: Suddenly , that gamecock bf north of t!e, town, on the Southern
mine, way down ln the lot. lifted np a Railway, begins. Col. Akeir. will he :h?
crow that plainly meant a challenge to auctioneer. Streets, broad and nice
every rooster there wa within hearing, have been laid off and named. Near
Like a flash Mose wa up almost on the these lots i the Gibson Cotton Mill an 1
. tip of his taiL : H threw all sort of ihe extensive biilldinps of the Pnfnitm-
crooks into hw hecki and let that queer Company. Many lots arc being sold
crow of his- come out with all th vim privately every day. but enough will bo
he' ceuld put -into its The gamecock left to Insure lively blddlnir on sale day.
, couldn't hear It, of course, tut he crow- Many nlco houses are b.Mng built ind
ed attain. That was enough for Mose. In a short Hme this will b the prettiest
'IT of that stoop he went, and down he part of our tnterprlsing town.
ailed for that lot. I followed hlm of '' .
course, but Wouldn't keep up, and by the" : IT GIRDLES THE GLOBE.
time i got there the fight- was on. Say!,' ; The fame 6f Bucklen Arnica Salve.
Mose done that game rooster up in less ss the best In the world, extends round
than a minute, and then got up on his the earth. If the one perfect healer
pooy ana gav? ctw ma almost 0r cuts, corns, burns, bruises sores,
threw me In flta,'" I -laughed so; sorry as scolds, 1 bolls, ulcers. felonsT actios
I wa that my great gam rooster had, pains and all skin eruptions. Only In
ben put to Bleep. , fallible pile cure. 25c. a box at Burwell
,"Uut that experience wa ma eternal & Dunn Co .
ma leg) y of Ihe sun for an abundance
of food In the coming year and for
preservation from disease and evil spir
its. It also expresses gratitude for
whatever good fortune has come In the
past. The literal significance of Its
customs and of the decorations and
equipments of ihe dancers is difficult
to learn. Even the most capable stu
dents of the sun dance have told little
else than bow it was performed, ad
vancing Into perplexing uncertainties
when they attempted to tell why this
or that thing was done.
The ceremony Is always held on a
level plain. The tepee camp-circle of
th Poncas this vear was possibly a
quarter of a mile In diameter. The en-
irance to this circle was from the east,
toward the centre. Fiist the custom
ary council of Ihe head men wns held
to decide uixin tho programme, tlniy
thf head chief and his band chiefs have
the right to sit In this council of their
own volition, and the honor of an Invi
tation, seldom conferred, IS greatly cov
eted by Indians whose status Is simply
membership ln the tribe. Unless Invit
ed the latter are not even permitted to
approach the council tepee. But this
vear a whl'e friend of the Poncas Wa
invited to the council.
"We bavrt grown to love you as If you
were a Ponca," said White Eagle, cour
tier and diplomat, to him, "Since you
were a little boy you have known us
and been our friend. When my people
wore hungry In the cold winter you
gave them food. When our ponls
were' stolen you helped us get others.
and when our children died, you gave
us money to buy coffins. We ask you
to eat with us and smoke the pipe. On
this day and at thts council we eat dog,
and In many years no white man has
been given the honor of eating dog
with Poncas."
The whlto man was In distress. Ho
had not known that the Poncas ate dog.
As a rule, the tribe hud long since
abandoned the custom, but It had sur
vived in the deliberations or the sun
dance council. So dog was eaten, ,-ft
plate, a cup, a spoon, but no knife or
fork, were placed In front of eapfi per
son. A steaming brass kettle was
brought In and. bocinnlhg with the
white man, a portion of meat and a
quantity of soup were placed In each
plate. This was repented In turn until
the contents of the kettle had been ex
hnusted. Brtiad was broken and eoffe-i
poured. A fat pup nhout Ihe also of i
big coon had ben cooked. Thanks to
Ihe squaw, the lieml, tail and feet had
tieen thrown away. Ihe white man
drew the hamlione of a hind leg, and
his task was lo consume about a quar
ter of a pound of dog meat. Bracing
himself for the ordeal, he selxed the
meat with. his fingers and bogan eating.
But, so he said afterward, there worn
worse t'hlngs'thnn dog. The meat wes
seasoned with salt, and tasted not un
like young pig. The ludlai..- ate with
V'listii. and the white mun ate most of
his share ,uid then excused himself
from further Indulgence by saying thtt
he had jiiKt eaten at home, and was not
very hungry
After the fenst on dog the dishes were
removed and White Eagle filled his red
sandstone pipe with tohnccn mixed
with tho Inner bnrk of the red willow
that conies from tho land of the Sioux.
The pipe whs passed around, and the
feast came to an end.
"You now same as Ponca," suli
White Eagle to his guest. "Wo want
you to bring your topee and your wife
and children, and camp with us while
we donee."
Several days were consumed In pre
paring for Ihe sun dance. First came
the wur chase. T1k Indians painted
themselves in war colors, caimrisoued
their iionies for battle and assembled
at hiiniie on a low hill outside tho
camp circle. Suddenly there was the
miuihI of the wai whoop ami the tumult
if limning horses. The Indians came
charging into the camp circle nt break
neck spt (id, riding their ponies furious
ly rouni' ln front of the tepocs. firing
their guns nt Imaginary foes, and ob-
f.cunng each other In dust and smoke.
Twice did they ride the circle, the wo
men standing In front of the tCpoes
chanting in n wb,Td minor key. Then
checking their horses suddenly the rid
ers rode to the chiefs who stood nt the
centre of the camoclrde and dispersed.
A committee vvafl'ient to find the sa
cred tree which Is supposed to grow ln
some mysterious place In the forest.
The Poncas use the willow, al' hough
the Sioux, from whom the Poncas got
the sun dance, use the ash. The tree,
about 'thirty feet hlah. was carried
into camp with much solemnity. All
the branches, except those near the
top, were removed. The latter were
bound together with willow withes. A
banner of black cloth was fastened to
the top, alternate bands Of bark were
removed, and the bare places painted
red. About half way up the tree, and
almost at right angles with the trunk,
was . fastened a' bundle of vlllow
branches. The tree was raised and
fixed 'n the ground by the souaws. Then
each Indian who has signified his In
tention of dancing appeared at the door
of hi tepee and nt a signal ran with
sll his might to the sacred tree. The
Indian who first reached the tree was
considered to have achieved the great
est honor, Ms success being regarded
t!
At I,tt t! tiuvctnuicf-t , i
Yt to Lsra ef aa lutu- .
Washington Post.
A mild sensation was created at the
Ethnological Bureau ono day last week.
The head of a man r-Krlt:d to bo a-
rifled, and discovered sornewheie in the
wilds of New Jersey, wa forwarded to
the bureau, and a convocation of scien
tist was called. A young geologist
connec ted with the survey had discov
ered this remarkable curiosity, and had
sent a detailed description to the bu
reau. They are annual, or, rather,
semi-annual occurrence. ' ' , ' -
No such thing a a human ietrlfica-
tlon ha ever been discovered, ' rei
niarked Prof. W. J. Motiee, "but that
t no reason to say that It cannot exist,
or ha not existed. It may be possible.
I doubt It, nd everybody else who has
inquired Into the matter at all doubts
IL The human flesh has never oeen
known to become petrified, but, never
theless, any case reported to us is in-
qulnl Into, so we awaited with some
degree of curiosity the -coming ot this
gentleman." ,n' ' , " , "- ; ' '
i "Thl gentleman," wa very careruiiy
packed, and the box labelled "glass.'
HI di-Bcrtpllon had ; aroused general
Interest, so there wa quite ait assem
blage of ethnologist, ' geologists ana
paleontologists, a Well iw clerks, ad.
In fact, the entire bureau force on band
to view the curious head as soon a it
No sooner wa It unpacked than Fror.
McGee announced: "This is no petri
fied man," ' It so closely resembled one,
however," the feature were bo plainly
indicated and the substance so like a
indicating I Petrification that there were questions,'
thereby Some brave deed he had per t " What else is it7 ywnai no you cau
formed. th trii.ni tmnd to wfilch he be-1 it? i It wan a limestone boulder, curU
longed, or the leader under whose, tute
lagr he danced. Their black hair hung
loosely on their shoulders and In It
were fastened bags of "medicine."
The danclna-on th flrst-day began at
sunrise. A many. Indian a could sit
within reach of a big drum, beat upon
It In good lime, and chanted the suppli
cating songs of the sun dance,' women
Joined ln the singing, grouping them
selves on the ground nenr the drum
mers. Each dancer had a wooden whis
tle adorned with the soft plume of the
bald eagle,Mvhleh he blew In time with
the drum beats, raising his feet stiffly
and alternately from the ground, and
swaying hi chest with, a peculiar back
ward and forward motion. The whis
tles sounded like the calls of a large
(lock of young turkeys. The dancer
did not touch the whistle with : his
hands which hung loosely at hi side,
A few of the dancers held shields, Each
dancer gased steadfastly at the sun, as
If In ecstacy of adoration, and occa
sionally lifted hieh his hands, with his
palms toward thC sun. White Eagle
and the head men of the tribe took
turns In harrnntruing the dancers, In
citing them to tie bravo, and relating
deeds of prowess of Indians long deed
and gone. When the sun sank In the
wost and the full moon rose In the east,
silvering the earlh with a tenderer
light, the dancers continued their de
votions, gazing upon the moon, which
Is Interchangeable with the sun In this
dsnce.
For three days and nights the dance
continued, the dancers rolling at ln
tervals to rest beneath the shelter of
the dance tepee. Scarcely anv food was
eten. On tfho lust day. Slt-on-the-
HIU, the old "medicine man of Poncas,
his wrinkled face hideously painted,
holding m one hand his whistle and a
small bell and In the other ft. small
mirror which' he flnshed toward the sun,
danced alone outside the tepee. He
danced ln a manner that waa a wonder
In harhirlc. ritualism. A long semi
circle of dancers. With waving banners
above them made a magnificent hack-
grnnnd
Slt-on-the-HIll was a consummate
nctnr "nd the picture was aa wild and
uncivilized ns the dream of a fetish
worshlc.er In the depths of an African
forest, With short quick steps, he bi-
enn the round of a circle ehoot one
hundred feet In diameter. With un
lifted fice and arms, bo addressed the
sun slowly nnd as If In the awe of some
great mystery. Again, his words came
from between his teeth as n man apeaks
In the stress of great pain. Several
times he crossxd hi arms over his
breast. Tho walling song of the women
and the drum beaters, the booming
drum and the sounding Whistles were a
savage accompaniment.
The desire: of the dancer Is to have
visions in which he believes that he re
eolves re vein t Ions from the Great Splr
It. Should his dancing fall to produce
this visionary state, ho resorted In for
mer days 'o physical torture, horrible
in Its cruelty. The dancer who offered
himself for torture stood unflinchingly
while an old warrior, lifting as much
flesh aa he could grasp on the dancer's
back or chest, thrust through it a wood
en skewer nnd drew after It n rawhide
thong. The Poncas ore said never to
have used a knife for this purpose. The
thong was tied and the other end fas
tened to th"! snered tree. Often from
half a dozen to a dosen dancers were
attached to the snered1rec at one time.
Sometimes the thong was so short that
tho dancer hud to be lifted from his
feet to permit Its being draw n through
his ilesh. There he remained until his
own weight or his struggles released
him. Often he hung 'suspended for
hours, blood streaming down his body
nnd his skin and flesh heaped and dis
tended In ii great moss where the thonij
was attached,
Another dancer would tie his thong
to a buffalo skull which wns dragged
on the ground until the thong was torn
horn his ttesh. A dancer could take h!
favorite pony In the last dance, and
thp pony was tied to the sacred trw.
In the old days, the thong was fas
tened to ihe pony' tall and the pony
whipped until It ran and the thong was
torn from Ills master's body. White
Eagle submit ted td torture In this man
nor nt n sun dance In Dakota in 1873.
Dancers bnv frequently fainted and
some died in thosun dance torture. A
majority of the Poncas bear tho scars
of tnftiirc. This eefeTnony was long
since prohibited by the agent of the
government, but there Is scarcely an
Indian tribe In Oklahoma even at this
day, that would not revive the sun
dance (ortuie If permission were given
An imiKutnnt feature or th sun
dance is the giving ot . presents. The
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owe; ii nie ijttruciinvivv aiot tuiiiiuen
Impoverish themselves by their prortl
gnllty, Hundreds of ponies, blankets.
beans, necklaces, shawls and bolts of
calico were Riven away at the' last sun
dance. In severaf Instances money Was
presented. One family gave1 a car
riage, harness and three trunk filled
with clothing and blankets.
ously fashioned, It wa true. Into tlw
features very like a human being's, but
a limestone boulder none the les. t. It
was a disappointment
We should like to discover a genuine
petrified man," remarked one of the
ethnologist; "we should really like to
find one after all these years."
The gentleman being thus rudely de
clared a fraud remained for a day or
two on exhibition, and was then fired
back to his original habitation, -with-a
letter' to the young geologist..1 ' f ,
. But thts petrified man wa nothing
compared to his most recent predeces
sor. His predecessor was a woman.
They speak of her still at the bureau as
Mrs, Stone, and her story never falls
to bring a weird smile. "If it had not
been for that gas pipe," remarked Prof.
McGee, "she would have been a re
markably fine woman, indeed," All of
the ethnologists are very mysterious
when conversing about her. Her story
is one of the most pathetic that the
bureau ha ever encountered.
"She came to us from the West.
said Prof. McGee sadly, "where" they
usually come from. - She had been ex
hibited around in small towns, and her
appearance had Invariably caused a
big sensation and she became the nine
day' wonder. We heard about her
from all quarters, and at length decided
to investigute. ' We had received sev
era! letters from the company she was
traveling with, which, I must say,
semed to be anxious to substantiate
her reputation, so we agreed to send on
for her. She came. We went down in
a body to the depot to meet her and de
cldea to have an Inquest at once- I did
not say anything but carried along a
few little Instrument In my pockets.
For a petrified woman she was certain
ly a remarkable specimen."
The scene of the Inquest waa a grue
some affair. It was late on a winter
afternoon, and one ga Jet was lit. The
body was laid out In the centre bf the
room ln Its frame coffin, and Prof. Mo
Gee. with much gravity, proceeded to
conduct the services. They constated
In taking from his pockets those little
Instruments and of boring a few Inches
Into the foot. To tho amasement of
cvory onlooker. -a small section of gas
pine waarstruck. This ended the In
quest, Mrs. Stone's reputation as a pro
fessional was forever spoiled, and she
no longer went gallivanting around the
country passing as "the one and only
petrified woman ever discovered ln the
hlntory of the world.
This wa not the only Instance of a
petrified fraud catching popular favor
There Is a factory somewhere out ln
California," continued the scientist
which manufactures these petrified
human beings by the wholesale 'and
distributes them around various sec
tions of the country, has them discov
ered and sells them for a stipulated
sum for exhibiting purposes, They
make cast directly from life. One of
the objects Issued by this factory also
had that club foot, and after Its dls
covery down In the Pueblo country the
petrified man with the club foot became
the sensation of the West."
Every kind of a petrified human be
ing, men, women and children, Indians,
giants, and what-not, has been un
earthed in remote parts of the United
States, and their finding has resulted
In a big sensation for the Immediate
locality ami a gold mln for the fellow
who took It up for exhibition purposes.
More frauds have been rterpetrated In
this way than even In dune museums.
The bureau hn uppresed more of
these frauds within recent years than
It has stopiwd to count, and these Is
not a year without Its good sensation
In the local office Itself. It Is seldom
however, that a scientist himself Is
taken In ns'lo, the case of the petrified
head from New .Teiwy.
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