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Show TROW INDIANS AS RAILROAD BUILDERS The evolution of the American In-' In-' dian is being illustrated in a new way c"w Indians have just gone to work constructing.;! 2 the Burlington railroad 'm Toluca Mont, to Cody City, Wyo. Mucl of The line passes through the reservation of these Indians, and the .Burlington-management, .Burlington-management, as an xPerlment'. "f" gested that the contract be awarded to the Indians where it was possible. The - head of the once great war tribe Chf Red Blanket, accepted the conditions, nd, calling a.s warriors together, ex-. ex-. plained to them that the white man a . I team horse was to cross their reservation, reserva-tion, and that they were to be paid $ a day for the use of two ponies and a scraper The Indians were quite Unanimous in declaring their intention Tgo S work, and now buck Crows ' are working on the roadbed. This i is "I first instance in history, where the . imeran Indian has undertaken work of this kind. The Indians show extraordinary ex-traordinary Intelligouce in Handling the modern tools, but all the .persuasion .persua-sion of the railroad officials was enable ena-ble to induce Mr. Lo to forsake h i blanket Hence the unique picture Is presented of these Indians, dressed in rteir war feathers and gaudy colored blankets, working scrapers and dumping dump-ing dirt on the roadbed. They did ree to leave their rifles in their te- pees, but most of them carry heavy revolvers re-volvers swung by their sides. - The men work In, gangs, looked., after by their tribal bosses, who ait near and smoke. The excellence of their work in one respect is due to their absolute silence. They waste no time in' talking, talk-ing, but work steadily from sun to . sui |