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Show THE TALE OF MANY-A-HA-HAl (Contributed) yEPBBS in the camp of tho Red (j Men in Salt Lake of the tribe S of Zionltes have disappeared like tho wigwam of the Big Chief White Elk, ho of the Cherokees, who entered Zion two weeks ago bearing the pipe or peace; likewise a wampum bolt which was in need of replenishment. replenish-ment. May bo ho, yes? He was eagerly and gladly welcomed by tho Great White Father, ho of tho Semitic tribe, in the big white wigwam at tho head of State street, and by the lesser whose lodge was in the Pueblo designated by the Zionites as the Joint Building. May be so, yes? May be so, no? Pow wows were held, however, in both, the prolonged ono being at the white wigwam of the Great White Father, also in church and theatre and ., ward meeting house, and in each place 1 there were strings of wampum in tho shape of big round silver simoleons tendered that filled the wampum belt t to overflowing. Him, ho of tho Sem itic tribes, heap big chief, say White Elk. May bo so, yes? May be so, no? White Elk spread his wigwam under tho protecting cover of the big white hostlery on Main street from which he could gaze upon tho copper images of his ancestors emblazoned on the , monument which looks down from tho head of the street. May be so, yes? Heap Big White Father, he of the Semitic tribe, hailed his Red brother, White Elk, with open arms and fell upon his neck and wept. May be so, yes? And the pipo of peace was smoked, after which the Cherokee in the role of tribal historian and disciple of An-annias An-annias unfolded history to heap big White Father Simon. And it was some story, in which White Elk was the real hero. He of the Cherokees had survived with few others of the Princess Pat regiment of Canadians. He was a survivor of tho steamship Antilles on which he had been a lookout look-out when that vessel was torpedoed and destroyed. And more and similar tales. And it was so? May be so, yes? May be so, no? And then the lesser chief, W. Montague, Mont-ague, was visited. He was of the Wolverine Wol-verine tribe, the name being derived from an animal noted for its cunning. And the peace pipe was again smoked. Grand pow wows were decided upon. Chief White Elk, the name being taken from his common name, "C. W. Ellis," should do tho grandstand act in a patriotic pat-riotic movement. Did he? May be so, yes? And the Cherokee, as representative of tho most enlightened tribe of the Indian people of America, opened the play. In all tho gorgeous makeup of a big chief, in feathers and p Int, in beaded deer skin and moccasins with a brilliant blanket draped about him and with the wampum belt about his waist, all of which had been procured from a Salt Lake costumer, the campaign cam-paign was begun. First in play house, then in church, then in ward meeting house, then at prize fight and lastly in homes. And in tho latter, in order S jjjj2j&j that tho surroundings might recall his tribal days, host and hostesB vied with others for the furrier, the taxidermist, the dealer in ceramics was called in to make the fiesta more complete, and trophies of the hunt, bear skins, leopard skins and tiger skins, were in profusion, as were Buffalo, Elk and Moose heads, Navajo rugs and blankets blank-ets and beautiful specimens of pottery. And at all functions the stream of white metal simoleons continued to flow. Did it come tho way of White Elk, he of the Cherokees? May be so, yes? Did the copper colored aborigineo dlvy up? May be bo, no? But White Elk was not content. Feasted and feted by bucks and squaws, likewise by the big chiefs, while everything was coming too easy, he pined for his Minnehaha, she of the Klamath tribe, who dwelt in California, Cali-fornia, where the Klamath fa' ho stream connects the upper an rer Klamath lakes. It seemed an x che call of tho lute was heard, or mayhap tho wireless, for his Minnehaha likewise like-wise pined for her Hiawatha. And it was so. May be so, yes? And then his Minnehaha, in the person per-son of Princess Ab-Tra-Ah-Suan, she of the Klamath tribe, a branch of the Digger Dig-ger Indians who live chiefly upon wild roots, appuared. She was fair of feat-ture, feat-ture, or as near so as an Indian maiden could be; she was comely in appearance appear-ance and when dressed in the royal robes of her tribe she was some squaw, as swell society folks of Salt Lake will testify, many of whom were permitted to press their lips on her bronzed cheek tinted with carmine. And one hostess was presented with a beautiful silver bracelet by the princess. prin-cess. May bo so, yes? Then tho wedding was staged In the rotunda of the great wigwam of Heap Big White Father Simon, who was to give the bride away. Chief W. Montague Mont-ague of tho Wolverine tribe was to read the marriage vow. The band from Fort Douglas which contained five full blooded Indians, one each from tho tribe of Cheyennes, the Cherokees, Cher-okees, tho Choctaws, the Chlppewas and tho Delawares, were to furnish the music. And it was done. Five thousand thou-sand pale faces witnessed the ceremony. cere-mony. May be so, yes? May be so, no. The knot tied, Chief White Elk, he of the Cherokees, delivered a stirring address and sang "Joan of Arc," after which, in the reception room of tho wigwam of Heap Big Chief Simon, surrounded sur-rounded with all tho artistic paintings and tapestries, and in the presence of Little Fitz who wore his insignia of office and other state officials, Chief White Elk and his bride presented Chief Simon a bow and quiver of arrows, ar-rows, which arrows Chief Simon and other lesser chiefs of the local tribe will use in perforating tho hide of the next Indian Chief from afar off who dares enter the preserves of the Zionites. Zion-ites. May be so, yes? May be so, no? |