Show UTE INDIANS TRIP TRIPA A LIGHT ALIGHT FANTASTIC I FOR SE YEN DATS the rhe animal bear Pear dance danee of ot o the te Indians ten tn the Iw res with n tg I ig f t hug vw K I after r v n cf t Th Tb bear br dane I ne a i In of ot the ending of winter and 18 Is I It f ca t t at t the Ule time U the th b br ir r is q t com tHie iii f hi 1111 o ove ve H 4 the routing beef a ani q th thu ad 1 id gt qUI r ture of o the nth earth rIh No N w work rk in is de eHe by the IndIans Indiana until 11 nt t T the th bear war dance ia ill over For weeks wk Irr to the they look forward to and plan pIaR tr fer the great reat event which con cos cost GR t n Ms torn from sunrise till sunset sun et fur the rc of or seven days lays daysI I Both Ith th men and ami a women wo participate in inti Inn IntI ti n bet br r dance A eel I el plot I t of ground 1 I selected and a corral cornI made maile of or brush and Hod Ad log Ios thrown up Jn of oC the cor corl JM l 1 facing each other othir fa M r row w of f squaws And a rew of ot bucks buck J la III I ar te lit his hIa III o r her jt most inot elaborate c ct ce t feathers fe then beaded beadell mocca ln lo call and blankets Dance to Weird Music The TIle signal given gien by the grand mas master master ter tei the dance begins keeping time to tile the th strange e music produced by a It party arty et at f mu eaird on m o the ground roud I tear near nearby by At t the Ute dance dace this year 1 there were aeme twenty of these the e weird musicians en ted upon cobblestone a avat avat vat at I de down Kach Yach had bad a hardwood cut full ull of notches One end id 1 of the tM th stick was as placed on the bottom of the tha iron vat and with the other hand handa a 11 dry shin bone bon was rubbed up and ami down downtown down town on Oft the stick In this thin way wa the mu mute muc te c wa we a produced fa r contrast to the white mans form fonn ot of d ce ee etiquette the women wn for th bear dance daft select their wn own partners Tw Two or will rise at a It time from their mats ts on the ground mund and walk over to tile the row of or and each eal h of them will then theR point her r finger to the one of oC her afterwards she returns to the th center of the coral ral where whre the t dancing HH is i being The bucks thus thua Angled Aled out throwing off oft their blanket blankets with ith th the greatest unconcern slowly rise to their feet and walk to the dancing line facing aeIn their partners It H has rever Ever been n known that a III buck buek refused to dance with the squaw who had chosen him for her heri ht i partner Whether she i Is tall slim old or oi young yung no excuse is accepted a from him himbe he be has hAIl got to dance danle and that is its the end endot ot ofiL if it Arc Are Simple The lance dance is 18 wry very simple When iH n the two tw lines of dancers have been formed they tha l d off with ith two steps step forward and aM then with a step tep and a half back This l Je Is repeated re ted over ov and over the two twe lines come together this ends the set and the dancers take their seats u and others form in line the squaws always choosing their own partners It sometimes happens that when the two dancing lines come together to ether a buck will grab hold of his partner awl and waltz Tier hei around This action always causes laughter aughter Jau on the part of oC the spectator spectators for it te is i believed that he is smitten with her beauty and cannot conceal his af affections factIons The TIM bear dance is purely a social merrymaking affair and the Indians Indiana think that the celebration brings about the termination of winter and th opening of spring pring It is usually April but owing to the early season this year it was given during the third week of OB OR the seventh day the dance closes c with a big feast composed of all alt the eat eatables ables procurable at the time For this reason the government always has bas on onLand onLand Land a good supply of meat and bread breadstuffs breadstuffs stuffs Opens Courting Season During Duing and after the bear dance danee the thee theT T i te e courting season eason begins It is a R oem com i non ion to see e It b back ek hov boy Ting rIng around the tepee of the object of ofUs Us II I affection or following her around on r Hal ht nights playing a flute This h is known as the Ute courting I ta and Is never used for or any an pur p save that of courting cou The young buck continues with his lila lilaI n I wanderings in the neighborhood of nt 1 Li n adored until she gets reedy ready to come Orne comet Ornet t I him and It sometimes takes her h weeks t make up her mind When Then hen she fin finy finH H a y accepts and Joins him the court tIP ends for there is no marriage cere naRy irons among the th Utes Mrs I I II H 1 P during the time that Major Myton was 18 Indian agent on the theT T I reservation made a collection of trinkets war bonnets and Other O t wearing which ia is H said sk ti H t he b b one of oC the most moat mOt valuable cle tons tona ton extant This collection coleton was WI made fir fr the most moat m part unsolicited by b her ber herThe berhe herThe The he Utes Ute love to gamble and will wi sell seU anything In their possession In order oner to t get money to gamble amb with Mm Mrs 11 My t n fl made friends with wih the Indians and ti they tiey all al liked her ht Whenever they the want el ej fJ to play ply monte and did lid not have the wherewith they wold would sell to her on ex ei r 19 filly any n y article of oC finery they could coul lay thur ni ir hands on Used Borrowed Finery TI Tl lp occasioned Oce a scarcity of fine Cne rai raiM r M lt it when it came time for the bear bearin ber in VI 11 t The Indians would then the pay Sirs Mrs Mr Mt M h tn t n fl a visit and an tell tel sad d stories storie about Jov poor they were pleading with wih her herN herOn N loan On pr them the things thing they the had sold Id 1 rr fr r To ea ea ease e their heavy hearts h and en bk them to make a good mod appearance it t th thi i bear br r dance Mrs Ir Myton would loan lon bk b u k all di her purchases of preceding years er Beside iside the bear br dance the Utes ett have haven he ti n f r umber rumber r of other r dancing ceremonies principal among amon which Is the sun dance dane rr r as It ta is more commonly called cle In these the liter I ter years the harvest harvet dance dan The harvest or sun sin dance is a religious ceremony which takes place in July Jul and continues unbroken for four days das and nights nIght This Thil dance danl is participated in by hy only enl the men and is given with wih a a feel feelIng feelIng Ing of prayer for the return tur of the th buffalo buffal fain falo fal end and for the thE restoration of health to t those thoe tho e of the th tribe trib who are ar ill i and for any other good goo things they thE desire In many respects It I resembles the war dance of the plains Indians The Can n neel eel sometimes eighty in II number appear in a corral corrI specially J for fol 1 te le e oo km sion aln and 11 ar a t pig jig pole tw five feet let in I height th the n after fter a r rt t r Il tho Jt n ani aniso a so continue for four for our days and with without wl 1 out oitt speaking Ini this time Ume they nether t Orl ir Tr k wr r eat et Clothing Worn The T dancers dancer wear nothing but hut a kind kint of ot apron around their waists reaching half bait way y to tl the knees kue and am their skins skim are hideously painted one large larg feather f ther is worn In the hair which hangs hangsl loose l down lown their backs back The dance con consist slat sit of Jumping up and down Willie while the dancer laneer blows blow a whistle made from fr the second bone of or the eagles wing Suspended from the big center pole in inthe Inthe the tl corral cl is either eith r a a buffalos head hed or ora ora ora a large disc dis made of wood wod upon pon which is painted a picture of oC the sun Upon this thill object the lancer dancer keeps keep his eyes ee constantly trained trind During the four days dance there then is I a relay of musicians con constantly cn tant on duty and al the sounds they pro produce duce duco de are the most mt weird of oC any In their repertoire The Te dance 1 I Is also ateo al a lance dance of forti fortl fortitude fort tude and he who can best bE t endure the trials of the t long o and an tedious tedis ordeal is considered the most mOt capable of at filling the high hIg offices of In the th tribe especially that of medicine m men man mn In former days das the dancers would wold torture themselves while dancing by b cutting into their flesh anc and hanging MIng themselves t to the center pole by b cords cents cons pierced through the tha flesh feh 01 of their cheats chesta che But the government put a astop stop to this thiN practice years year ago and il I it wits was at this thil time tm that the t t Indians out of o pride and remorse changed d the tl name nm of their great gret religious ceremony to that of oC the tle harvest hanest dance New Spot Each Year The same me spot of ground Is IR never used ule the tl second nd time tm for this dance Each year ear a new nw corral cral Is built buil The day da be before b before fore the Ue dance danee a large lare tree te is cut down and out of it is 18 made the center enter pole and antI there are ar a number of smaller smale poles made read rady for or the event Holes Iol s p are ar dug and an the poles laid lakI on the ground near nearl neI nearby b by l y always alwa in a O line lne to east cast cst and west wet Then on the first frt day of the lance dance dane a apet priest pet appears and goes ge through a sol sot solemn ceremony cermon and the VOles are arc put into the holes boles after aCer which the dance be b gins gif The dance ended the Ule dancers dalr go among I the spectators and md give gin presents and all an who have prayers pren to offer ofer the great ret spirit throw them in writing on skins or othor other material around the big pole and leave leve I Ithe the place Jl never neer to return Each Eh week usually on OR Sunday there theres s among the Ites rt a celebration which they thOy call cl the turkey dance This is of a asocial asocial social nature and 13 Is i indulged In by the themen theme themen men me only The dress drem dr upon this occasion is I usually leather lether leggings reaching from th waist to the th ground ground leaving the body bare from the waist The ore th up upper por portion pr portion tion of oC the body boy is elaborately painted and the dancer wears ears WOI a bustle buste made of off feathers f ea th er The Th dancers move around the corral coral while they the represent the killing of ot the wild turkey or the bear br or any other animal which is predetermined This ceremony Is copied Ople after the dog dance dane of the Sioux who feasted on dog meat met at the close clo of the th dance But the Utes do to not eat dog meat and so when they the adopted the dance they discarded that portion of It I and changed the name to that of the turkey dance daneI |