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Show IIOIUEB l.VLilAX DELEGATION l. W ASHIAGIO.V. The Indian chiefs are again in Wasuiugtou. tighc of the biggesi :hiels ot Ihe Anapaboes, Cbeyeuues md U achitas liave air.ved by cpeela. uvitatiou, and are at preseut pursuing .he swelioilug discumforts ol summei .ife lu the leuerut city in the hope ol ucgouatiug a tieaiy of peace and am-.iy am-.iy with tue U.eat I'aiber. 'Tue Ar .apahues and Uueyent.ei are aaiuug he must Venomous of our red eueuiie.-. tney represent veiy fairly the noble luuiau wbo coalps aud bums and des--iOys, uutuf puie love of blood and uatred of pale laCtS. The Wacbitas are a b.rtier c.ass. They are nearo c.VliizeO, aud have geuerally tuiueu ttitir tcalpiug knives to pruu'Ug hooks, fueir cuief is liuffalo Goad, aud be is cVIUeully ibu UJUri; t iiomau ol lliuu, ail, alluougu me delegation uumbeis jucli ui-nuguijhed men as Litue fia Veil, L.tt.e liobe aud liird Chief it appears that the chiefs of the Ki-owas, Ki-owas, ijowaucbes aud Apaches tbiee more inbes tbac are as poisouous ub Lnd.au veuoiu can make lOem deciiut to come to Washington on the ground that Ibe iuviiatious failed to name tbeuj e.-peciaily. They will come, however, wneu their otfeuded diguny is soothed; .hat is, wheu tuey receive then formal invitations properly word cd aud directed. It is something new to discover Indians higgling about sucb a point of etiquette as this. 'fl.eu Jifcuiiy has always been considered a-tuueby a-tuueby as that of the Uuited bia:es Ccuate, but it has beeu out of the reach uf any litlie lapses of etiquette. t beu a druuken ludiau is k eked oui ut a tort or lelused any moie fire-water uis ""dignity" may be relied upon tu come out strong. Then it is prob-ible that ho will wrap his ragged tog about him and utter the fiery words ol Logan, and it is equally likely that he will seize his opportunity aud brain the uufortuuaie white man who had insulted insult-ed him. But for an Indian to tab back upon his diguity because his name is i-pelled wrong is ridiculous. N. Y. Herald, May 20. |