Show UTE UTE INDIANS HOLDING THE ANNUAL S SUN N DANCE I The Ir t. t Will In Int t Tor Vir Three In During BurinI Which hh th thIn the In rC n C. C I. I C n III Prow Prom I Republican Special Service White while Rooks Reeks Jul July C. C The Tho Tho Ute In Indians Inv In- of ot the Intal t and 1 Ouray agency agen luen- C cy 03 are engaged In their their- annual sun lanes dan three miles south of ot White WhiteRock Rock Rocks When allotting lands land to the Indians Indian the government go set fit aside acres acre of ot land for tor camp Amp meeting pur pur- poses It Is ta on this round that the sun un dance dante Is I. being held Hundreds of ot tents tent and tepees are pitched there and practically the entire Ute Uto trib of ot 1300 Indian Indians have havo assembled 1 for tor tho the dance The grounds ground arc are beau beautifully tI rul located on the tho banks bank of or tho the river rl Th Tho sun lIun dance clAnce proper will last for three days and nights during which time the tho dancers dancer do not eat cat a bite of ot food or drink a drop of ot water At the tho close of ot tho the danca each Indian who has taken part gives Aives a pony pon to some good friend This friend then bien t ien makes medicine med med- ov over r tho rho dancer when he Is at nt liberty to go as he pleases They also give hundreds hundred of or dollars worth of or blankets comforts calico and beadwork beadwork bead- bead work to the tho deserving deser poor among the tribe There Is an exceptionally large number number number num num- ber of ot Indians participating In the tho dance this year it tt being the first dance of or the kind they have hav engaged 1 In since the tho return of ot the tho White river Utes last fall who were absent from the reservation resor- resor at on for three years cars In South Dakota The sun dance will he be followed b by a turkey dance lance squaw dance and find other dances dance the tho Indians not breaking camp for tor several se weeks Fifty or sixty In Indiana Indians Indians In- In diana from tho the Southern Ute Uto agency at Ignacio Colo are here for tor the fes tes- lI |