Show CAPITAL information and gossip picked up idere and there in 01 senator owen gives genuine war dance ashington friends of president W roosevelt predicted that tho the east room in the white house bouso would turn green from envy when tho the president learned d that the senate committee on indian affairs witnessed a genuine war dance by senator owen of oklahoma tho the junior member of the committee wearing a magnificent war bonnet of eagle feathers worn for many years by plenty coos chief of the crow tribe senator owen la Is one quarter choctaw and three quarters game sport thus when senator clapp chairman of tho the committee declined to don the warbonnet at the reque request of chief plenty coos senator owen grasped it placed it on his own head and went through the proper movements of the chief of a victorious indian tribe leading his warriors into a war dance after a successful battle thereby saving the reputation of the committee in the estimation of the indians and preserving the pride of chief plenty coos plenty coos came here with fire in his eye and vengeance in ili ills his lie heart ar t against the palefaces at the capitol ile he had grievances dating beyond the arrival of Christ christopher oDber columbus lie ho had several bouts bouta with senator clapp tho the tall dignified chairman of the indian committee tho the eloquence of plenty coos prevailed fl finally nally and an agreement was reached to bury the hatchet smoke the pipe and go back to the reservation plenty coos wound up tip hla his descent upon tho the capitol in the committee room by rising in his place and making a solemn tender of his beautiful eagle feathered bonnet to chairman clapp senator clapp clap P who Is from minnesota blushed and refused to put on tho the royal headgear there was a embarrassment which was suddenly relieved by tho the senator of cherokee blood to him the bonnet was a call of the wild hand me the bonnet said senator owen plenty coos beamed with delight and extended the bonnet which was made of the trophies of a hundred american eagle wings senator owen gravely put it on his head and struck the attitude of osceola or dlack black hawk haw k or king philip delivering an ultimatum to the pile palefaces faces then he whirled around and around threw an invisible tomahawk and finally sat down amid great applause as they say in the congressional record |