Show AN unfortunate BUFFALO BILL COMPANY SOME five months ago a company similar in formation to buffalo bills wild west show landed in san francisco there were long iong haired cowboys sharpshooters broncho riders and indians the latter were were soven in number six men and one woman and belonged to a canadian tribe known as the laughna who are located in eastern canada a few miles north of kmon montreal the aggregation were under a contract congrak t with gaylord allison salomon antipodean managers aud and were to go on a starring expedition through australia whither salomon had preceded them they had traveled from chicago under the guidance of jack sutton button an old circus man who was in the employ of the australian firm they were to have left by the november steamer forsbe for the british colonies but there was some hitch bitch amona amon the man agers und and the steamer departed without them I 1 hen the members of the company befanto get short of means to subsist upon as gaylord allison failed to furnish them with cash sufficient for their needs When they asked sutton button for money to pay bills for board and lodging he sent them to Gay gaylord lora who aho referred them to allison All isoa who was lying sick in a hospital and would not be seen allison died and word came from salomon that he would advance no DO more money then the members of the committee began to look out each for himself finally all succeeded in getting something in the way of employment save seven canadian indians indiana who were the unhappy victims of the combination managers they were stranded and bel helpless pless in a strange city and far away from their native land the woman managed by manufacturing bead embroidered moccasins and other indian articles and selling them to earn a trifle here and there but of course not enough to support the whole party one of the ghe men got a little work but the woman her husband and the four others had to subsist mainly by charity and hut but little relief came that way so that their sufferings were at times very severe on march the joyful news was conveyed to them that the canadian government had made arrangements range ments to have them taken back to their reservation and that in a short time they would again be with their kindred and properly provided for they have been amply supplied with food and other necessities and will start on their return trip to canada on the or of the present month this piece of philanthropy on the part of the dominion government is highly creditable in the light of the general treatment of the aborigines in this country by the powers powars that be it is doubtful whether our government would have acted similarly had the unfortunates been aborigine aborigines es who had strayed from the domain of this republic into canada the policy acted up on in this nation la Is not such as would lead to a return of indian estraya but seems rather to be based upon the idea of the best and most expeditious means of getting rid of the original owners of the amerlean Ameri american eAn soil |