| Show STANLEYS his investigation of a mummified indian an incident of the great explorer 80 bjoorn in the sion r country a quarter ol 01 a centory ACO burial custom tribe in a recent interview the incident of 1 henry M stanleys Stan leys part in disrobing dis the mummified body of an indian maiden in while with the indian peace commissioners was given so briefly and hurriedly says a writer in the st louis post dispatch as io put the matter perhaps in a disadvantageous light giving the facts as they occurred as fully as memory serves after a lapse of near a quarter of a century will set the matter right besides afford an opportunity of relating one or two other personal incidents connected with the indian method of burying their dead it is well known that tho various bands of the sioux tribe followed the custom of disposing of their dead by placing them on scaffolds and in the branches of trees when available to prevent them from being devoured by dogs and the or prairie wolves the hyenas of the western plains the first we saw of this method of burial was at fort laramie where in cemetery in ahe acar of the torn and overlooking the barracks were each covered with pallet bright crimson doth elevated on the top 0 four stout cedar posts some twelve feet in height one of the coffins contained the body of pink an jadian woman well known for her attachment to the whites ifa another of around child the daughter of tan Ogal lalah squaw and post trader arid the center one contained the body of monika mon i ka the daughter of the famous chief spotted tail the romantic history of whose life and death were eloquently described by tho correspondents her dying wish aa be buried among the whites near tho fort in compliance with her request her fattier with three hundred warhorse inthe month of february 1806 after a fifteen days and the commanding officer ordered that girl should be buried in the soldiers cemetery the scaffold was erected and the dead maidens two ponies were slaughtered and nailed to the posts the beads and tails of which were still dangling there when we visited tho cemetery near sunset a procession of three hundred indians and all the officers and soldiers of the post marched with the solemn music of the military band to the of sepulture the services wore performed by rev A chaplain oc abo chaplain wright kindly furnished Stanley and tho writer with a comfortable room and one day he piloted us two erthree or three miles above th efort to deer creek an affluent of the laramie river where in a large grove of cotton woods ho pointed out some ten or twelve skeletons of indians grafted as it were on the trees the bodies were blankets and buffalo robes and deposited in a sort of trough made of poles the ends of which were fastened to limbs at a height rf about twelve feets from tho ground air wright out the wrappings of a chiefs daughter that bad been reposing for many years undisturbed in a large cottom tree and we began our explorations laan returned to the fort after reminding us that our scalps would not be safe should a indian happen along as highest desecration to dead the indian maiden was found wrapped in arundle of cerements cere ments composed of tho antelope an ai plaid shawl several patterns of prints ab tover was bound a buffalo robe tied with thongs of lulls hide the face was not unpleasant though the skin was shrunken to tho bone presenting the appearance of an egyptian mummy the dry climate producing an embalming effect the wrappings were restored to the condition in which they were found and stanley brought away aring one of abo toes and porcupine quills buffalo robe which soon atterway atter was cast away in disgust so that our curiosity being appeased it did not amount to a case of body snatch ing A invent eA or the use per vloe as of management speed attainable who have sculled a beati pursuit of crippled birds in the ordinary wayfare way tare the great strain pon the wrist this method of propulsion entails in the craft above mentioned the oar is thrust and botija bot ioa of the boat unlike ft is ilhan fc of his derice cin t bea a oarsman in t d t cay meat ahia girl B fused to lara her AM amalee alne isotov a professor in t one of our new england colleges used to teach town while fitting himself for fits university course says tho seated to him on a railway train awhile ago be related 1 bl his early once youthful dea ono girl a woman tromble because of the beau and fry in hereto pat in considerable ml manu nu 1 reached the teachers ears one day that this mald nad declared to an ad wiring group abat she have her lesson on thaia ate moon and that it the beacker kept her after school he would hay othe pr vilgo up one night witcher with her at any rateb etore she would make the lesson up this idea much excitement among tho who are usually discomfiture according to the pro gramme the young ladys lesson that afternoon was a failure and sh e was told to make it up after school when the session end edthe other lingered jabout wilh an air of expectancy to see the outcome of matters i f the teacher politely showed them out however and then and shut the boort there sat the damsel with her arms defiantly folded andee book on tho hen the pedagogue cordially invited lher to i and begin operations 11 but this had no effect whatever all right said ho taking out his watch ill give you just thirty mn atea to get that lesson and if it is abt ready at the end of that time ril tace i you across my knee and give younne of the most comprehensive unabridged and able bodied spankings span kings thai havo ever cetulio us cresar was an infant then he chair with bis back to ane tears and sobs ensued but at the end of the halt hour the lesson had been learned two lessons probably |
