Show I 1 aei E A ada ICE by one of the ast visitors F from rom vernal verna well wo we have been to seo see the groat bear danco dance we vo rea reached clied the scone scene off of festivities about six P al and tho the first sound that greeted our ears cars was a noise noise similar to a railroad locomotive pulling into a depot what was it dilyou did you say why tile the music of course or to bo be moie more explicit the band it consisted of nine stalwart bucks eacle one provided with a notched stick about twenty inches long and the music was produced by rubbing a bone up and down across the notched sticks and by emming emmi ting some kind hind of a noise from their vocal organs that we supposed was meant for singing but all the same it was lovjoy and we enjoyed it very much tho bucks and squaws squads were bedeck od ed in all their finery and made a very picturesque group as they arranged themselves in two long lines facing each other the bucks in one line and the squaws squads in the tha other tile the dance consisted of a series of three stops forward and throe three back or as one line advanced three stops steps retreated three steps the squaws squads chasing their partners a la leap year fashion achion a 1 1 lo ie same ine lican squaw the he partner chosen taking his place directly opposite of the lady chosia him tho closing scene of this tho the great annual bear dance of the lutcs 1 is 19 9 the most thrilling part of the program when a buck and a squaw imitate all of the antics of a couple of boar bear and dance completely exhausted we regret very much that wo we did not dot got to stay for the feast but it was getting late and business called us homo home there were a number of vernal P people ople at the dance miss may alay howard mrs thomas haws and collins thomas hughs inson emert and brown were a few we noticed we desire to extend our thanks to mrs sessions curry waugh smith storks and a number of others whose names we do not remember for a very pleasant time and if wo over have havo the pleasure of seeing them in in our village we hope their visit to our homes bomes will bo be as pleasant as ours |