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Show OOt HEAD OF BANNOCKS DIES AT BLACKFOOT Blackfoot, Idaho, Jan 8 The Christmas festivities of the Bannock Indians upon the Fort Hall reservation reserva-tion were interrupted by the death of their chief. Bill Teton, whose burial rites were performed yesterday afternoon after-noon on the reservation. Chief Teton was supposed to be more than 70 years of age, though no one knew exactly ex-actly how old he was. He was highly high-ly respected and loved, being regard ed very much in the light of a father The members of the tribe deeply mourn his loss, and now that he has started on his long trip, they say they J? oVJMe chlldren' The the chief was caused by dropsy The burial was after the order of Indian funerals The chief was dress, ed in the costume of his tribe and adorned with its regalias, Including a war bonnet and hunting shirt, piafed in a modern casket with heavy silver trimmings. The body lay fo Ue at the burial butte for a day and night guarded constantly by a band o guard until the close of the death chant, late last night, when the obsequies ob-sequies were ended revive? i?VerSm0Dies the female bare to th ,2epartd chief stood in thi snoulders and barefooted f"esh witDrPrlCklng their arms tint ! lh. 8 uarp ruments and let- deaVchl, d iD order that their cead chief might go in peace to thp nappy hunting grounds the the SSSL WhUe people tended , , CUaf paId trIbntes to The indfin ' lhm wel1 knew. ' The Indian orators rehearsed the life 4 chief Va!r of toe departed K ihl L kerned well pleased with t araJ the .whites, viewing exi8? w dence of the Peace that exists between the two races. |