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Show THE CHAUTAUQUA The Chautauqua committee in charge of the historical pageant to be glveu on Pioneers' day. next Monday, Mon-day, -vas much surprised and nonplussed non-plussed yesterday when the members suddenly discovered themselves In possession of nine Washakie Indians There were men, women and children hi the small tribe, and they managed to make the Chautauqua promoters understand that thej wero here as guests of the "white brothers,' and as guests, had the right to expect meat and bread for themselves and hay for their horses. The pageant committee has been undergoing some stienuous ordeals In the past few days, but this new turn of affairs caused their other troubles to pale In comparison. What to do with tho "guests" was a problem the like of which has hitherto not presented pre-sented Itself to tho Chautauqua people. peo-ple. The arrival of the Indians was entirely unexpected. It was the whl(e men's turn to hold a council, not ot war, but of peace. It was decided to make the best ot a had bargain, and the big American family was ushered out to Glen wood park There the women erected the tepee while the bucks rested. Later a perfectly modern delivery wagon from a local market delivered a quantity ot meat and groceries at the tepee and the Washakie camp In Glenwood Is fully established. The Indians brougnt their own beautifully colored blankets blan-kets and feather trappings, but the, committee has beon instructed to provide pro-vide a quantity of colors with which the chiefs arc to decorate their faces, for they have already signified their intention of putting on several of their best Washakie dances as a feature fea-ture of the historical pageant. The amusing feature of the Indian incident is the manner In w.lilch the Chautauqua committee came Into possession pos-session of their star performers. Some time ago the committee got Into communication with Bishop Ward at the Malad reservation of the Wa-shakies, Wa-shakies, with a view to securing several sev-eral of the Indians to take part Jn tho big pageant on Monday. Bishop Ward told the committee that preparations prepa-rations were being made for a celei bratlon at tho reservation on Pioneers' Pio-neers' day and that it would he Impossible Im-possible to let any of the Indians come to Ogden. ' This information evidently reached the ears of one of the chiefs, and a few das ago, probably Sunday, he j loaded his wife and children and a few other members of the tribe into a wagon and stole away from the reservation res-ervation When his absence became known an officer was sent to this city at once, arriving yostorday. and shortly nfter the Indians had established estab-lished their camp at Glenwood It ws decided that, so long as the Indians In-dians were in tho city, they would be allowed to remain, and consequently tho Chautauqua committee will be able ro offer an added feature In the historical pageant for the trouble of looking after a bunch of braves and their relatives for a few days. There was a large crowd out last ovenlng at the rehearsal for the pageant pa-geant and preparations are being made In a manner most satisfactory to the committee. Today the Chautauqua Chau-tauqua body took official possession posses-sion of Glenwood park and proceed at once to the erection of the tents and other temporary structures which will mark Glenwood as the White Cit for the next ten days. |