Show RED JACKET Some Pictures and Peculiarities of the Great Chieftain A correspondent of the New York Telegram writing from Waterloo Bays The movement looking toward the erection of a monument to Red Jacket is creating considerableinter eet here Many strangers also visit the house of Mr Frederick H Fur n 85 whsre the mcdel of the monument monu-ment is on exhibition Among the relics of Red Jacket that Mr Furnies has in l bis poseession is a lilacs ze painting of him done in oil It was made by the artist F I Hart from the original painting by the noted artist Weirof New York in 1828 Red Jacket was on a visit to New York then and was persuaded by his friend Dr Francis to allow his portrait por-trait to be painted Dr Francis says The chief dressed himself with great care in a costume he thought the moat becoming and appropriate decorated dec-orated with his brilliant war dress tomahawk and Washington medal While round him groups of Indians were reclining upon the floor he itood erect and firm his lofty and capacious ca-pacious forehead his piercing black eye his gently curved lips fine cheek and aquiline nose all marked the great man Efforts were frequently maao prior to this time to induce Red Jacket to sit for his portrait but be always refused and frequently remarked re-marked cwben Red Jacket dies all that belongs to him shall die too Dr Francis however reasoned with tho Indian andfinally succeeded Tee base of the monument to be erected here consists of a granite boulder in its natural shane A marble shaft over six feet in height surmounts the basa and is cut in the shape of fin Indian arrowhead pointing point-ing upward Suitable inscriptions are on the two medallions sunken one into each of the stones On the top of the boulder just over tho medallion me-dallion will be fastened an iron tomahawk toma-hawk trdtn pipe crossed When Bed Jacket died his remains re-mains were buried in one ol the Indian In-dian cemeteries which were located in the reservations on the outskirts of BuSalo For aDmo time no atone marked his grave However in the year 1840 or thereabouts Henry Placide a noted comedian of that dky was playing at the Buffalo Theater Thea-ter a playhouse then situated on the touihweet corner Soutb Division and Washington streets Learning that no monument marked the grave of the to chieftain PJocide ordered a slab erected and an inscription chisel led on it The stone is at present among the relics of the society It it i of marble about half an inch in thickness thick-ness and twenty inches wide II J would stand hen pIRoed in position about two feet above the ground The top ol the stone containing the came of the Indian has been broke oft The remainder of the inscription is i The Friend and Protector of His People Died Jan 20 1832 Aged 78 year STEALING THE REMAINS The year 1832 is not the correct date of death It should read 3880 II A wandering phrenologist on one occasion stole the skull of the chief from the grave but it was afterward recovered The bones with those of several other chiefs now lie bermet cally sealed in a vault of the Wetter Savings Bank It ii i proposed enter these remains in the lot secured for that purpose at Foreet Lawn The services proposed far this occasion will be very elaborate and among other things it is intended to invite a number of Indian chiefs to the ceremony cere-mony In another ancient picture Red Jacket ia represented as pleading his cause for reinstatement to the rank of chief which bad been taken from him owing to his opposition to civil cation and its habits of intemperance He urged his claim with eloqueao and his prayer was granted There U a large copy of this painting owned in Detroit which baa been offered at 20000 with 10000 bid At the close of the Revolutionary War vf sen too United elates made a treaty with i the Biz Nations Red Jacket diatin gabbed himself by the eloquent opposition op-position to the proposal Gen Lafayette La-fayette was present and was imprew ed by the Indians gift of oratory to much BO that when in 1825 he revisited revisit-ed Buffalo he asked for the young Indian In-dian who BO eloquently opposed the burial of the tomahawk The old I chief was among the crowd gathers I to eee the famous visitor and he announced an-nounced his identity with pride He was warmly greeted by the French generals and a number of interesting reminiscences were recalled by eaot Mrs Lewis F Stevens who ii is laid was one of the first women in Buffalo visited the eooielya rooms recently and eeaing the picture of Red Jacket recognized the likeness with evident pleasure l staling that when ebo was a little girl the chief had often dandled her in his arms Another famous picture The Tria of Red Jacket is in possession of Mrs Stanley m Detroit It is not only a fine portrait but depicts a historical his-torical incident of deep interest The artist John M Stanley waa a native of Oanandaigua and spent a large portion of his life among the Indians in their forest homes and eventually received the titlelof iheIn dian painter A large collection of his works contained in i the Smithsonian Smithson-ian Institute were unfortunately ds troyed is i the fire which occurred there several years ago The scene which the artist depicts occurred at Buffalo Creek which is the eileiof the present city Red Jacket being tried lor sorcery sor-cery and witchcraft ia speaking in his own defense and the effect of his eoquenceuqon the council is presented present-ed with admirable skill The picture contains nearly 100 figure in varied posture and many of them are correct 1 cor-rect portrai a of hfatorio chiefs The canvas is six feet by nine and the artist was engaged five years in the work which be considered his masterpiece terpiece |