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Great Chief Joseph.
In the war which followed. Joseph
I led his little hand, as only a great sen-
era] could lead them, but: the Nes
Penes never had a chance to win.
Joseph surrendered to General Miles,
and tor years the tribe was moved bade
and forth over the country regardless
of promises made when they sur
rendered. After one of-Joseph’s visits
to Washington, where he met the Pres
ident, the Cabinet officers^ and num
erous Congressmen, he remarked:
“They all say they are my friends, and
>a»t i shall have jostles, but while
their mouths all talk right, I do not
understand why nothing is done for
my people, I have heard talk and
t.th, hat nothing is done:—Words do
not pay for my dead people. They da
not pay for my country overran by
white men. It makes my heart sick
when I remember all the good worts
and all the broken promises. Ton might
as wall expect the river to run back
ward, as that any man who was born
free should be contented, when penned
up and denied liberty, to go where* he
pleases.
Pathetic'Plea for Freedom.
“Oh let me he a free man! free to
travel, free to atop, free to work.free
to trade where I chose, free to choose
my own teachers, free to follow the
religion of my fathers, free to think
and talk and act for myself—end I will
obey every law or submit to the pen
alty.”
Gradually as the years passed away,
Joseph grew to understand the hope
lessness of achieving his heart’s desire
—a return to Wallowa, though he never
ceased to make his plea for juetlce.
When the end came a year ago, he was
surrounded by the remnant of hts band,
who stood beside his deathbed in silent
grief.
On the 10th of September last, these
«im« devoted members of the tribe
stood around the grave of Joseph and
listened to the funeral address deliv
ered by his successor and friend. On
this occasion a monument was unveiled
—a moat unusual Indian ceremony.
hands' and golag through a thousand
genuflexions, until we left' at eleven
o'clock, and they Jcept up the perform
ance until midnight. What an emo
tional people! •
I revelled in hue most exquisite roses
HIED TftCPDU aln sheep abound. It Is a game pare-
HUM uU Dirt II. dlse, with rich pastures for ponies.
- It was in-tbto valley that the grand
ly™ AMKRI-
WHO BIBO or A Speaking of them. Joseph said: “They
ED HEART. talked straight, and our people made
them a great feast All the Nes Perces
, n M ma <le friends with Lewis and Clark,
iKSSJSSE: “ d «"* to let them pmm through
tue choicest varieties, so marvelous In
color, so rich In perfume,, as to almost
intoxicate us with their beauty.
Is here Winter Strawberries Crow.
March 15th wo took the train for
Ocala, the next day reached Lswtle, a
quiet little tows settled by northern.
ei» devoted to strawberry culture. Hera
we spent a week driving: walking, sit-
farms to provide ertta^M fifteen or
twenty years hence.
There are only seventy specimens of
the extinct great aak know* to be la
existence. A specimen recently Sold
for 11.000.
The most picturesque character of
the western frontier passed away last
year when Chief Joseph Of the Nes
Pereas, or, as they knew btya, In-out-
too-yah-lat-lat (Thunder traveling over
the mountains), folded bis blanket
about him and passed beyond the Great
Divide. The members of his tribe,
all of whom were singularly devoted
to him, and the .privileged few of the
white-race who new him intimately,
believe that this great leader, perhaps
the greatest Indian leader of the
period, died of bomealckneM and heart
ache. »
To know Chief Joeepa was to have
revealed to you a glimpse into* van
ished peat Thera was a loftiness and
dignity mingled with a charming
nalvetd In his manner, and a tender
pathos In his speech, (hat nude you
forget the Indian and recall the-eld
Hebrew prophets of the daya of the
ring on tho broad piazza of the hotel
in the ana, getting tanned and fat
Nothing here to cultivated but seres
and acres of strawberries, little tiny
plants; but raise the leaves and you
car pick nearly a quart from one vine,
The number of quarto shipped north
iau tui iiTou Ui peace, uui it cuuiu
not tost There came a day when by
means of presents and fair premises
a portion of the band signed a treaty
dividing their land* Joseph’s father
refused to sign away his birth-right
and withdrew his band Jromjbe coun
cil. fn 1SC3, another cOuncttwaa hMd.
A Chief, named Lawyer, with authority
of a part of the tribe, sold neariy-all
of the Nes Percee country, Including
the Wallowa Valley. The latter wit
the particular property of Joseph’s own
people; lie boundaries, for yean, had
been marked by poles; had never been
disputed. The old chief said: “Inside
to the home of -my people—the white
man may take the land -outside. In
side the boundary, all our people were
bora. It circle* around the graves of
the work. Simply ny v
simple o«r offer looak how
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don’t delay. Write at onoe.
Captivity.
throngs them, that he had to atop to i
tune np several times. Just previous
to one of these a picture which was
eutpended at the far end of the room
came tumbling down without warn
ing. Many* of the superstitious tam
ed white with fear, but a scientific
man in the room went to some length
to explain that the fan of tbe picture
had been caused by a vibration of the-
our fathers,.and we never give np their
graven to any man."
In spite of the treaty, the Indiana re
mained in unmolested possession for
eight yean, when the white men began
wire eet up by a note of a
pitch made by tbe ‘cello,
that every stretched string
particular musical pitch wl
set It vibrating. To emphas
(ament he asked the pert
condition* threatened to become se
rious, and the Government asked for
a treaty coondl. Joseph, owing to hla
woods and tha effect to Indescribable;
It to like driving through great cathe
dral arches, as sombre and solemn, and
so grand withal, a fitting-place far
■trike different tones and In a short
time other pictures In tbe room were
eet vibrating so violently as to make
the movement perceptible to the eye.
The ’cellolst also succeeded In set-
ting up vibrations on apiece of glare-
the dead. Savannah to a beautiful old
city, with many parka and squares
planted with palm* and palmettos,
right In Its heart. m)?he magnolias
seem the favorite tree, and they grow
to a great height. The houses are large
and broad, with verandas all around
tha two stories, and they must be
needed In the hot summer.” Vie had a
very full day, and at aevan o’clock took
(faro .constant offense to the Indiana
They etole their horses, drove off
their cattle sad breaded the calves, and
than-claimed them. It speaka well for
SHIRT to American League pattern. Hand*
some gray flannel, extra good quality materi-
u al, perfectly made, very full and long, !
.sleeves loose at shoulders, button at
wrists, extra button on collar; double
neckband and shoulders. All sewing
double seamed. Pants very strong,
Sr 7 padded or unpadded just as you prefer,
large blp pocket, legs .and seat foil
Of and ahape&iUk elastic garter at knee,
fly front will give satisfactory wear
V tot yean. CAP, Plttabnrg National
ware on the mantel, wnlch caused It
to give out a musical note.
Affected Building Foundations, *'
A couple of days after President
Roosevelt’s Inauguration, tost March,
the whole body of Rough Riders from
the strong hand Joseph, held over his
people: and for hto desire for peace,
that the Indiana were patient so long.
Finally, Joseph was notified by General
very mil asy.auu as bctcu uuws twa
the sleeper for Richmond, Wo rode
all tha next day, reaching our destina
tion in tbe evening, and drove to
Ford’s Hotel, where we bad Stopped
thirty-five years ago on our wedding
trip,*- But the hotel had changed, the
the magnificent State, War, and Navy
Building. Accompanied by their brass
band or tome fifty orslity pieces they
lined np before e Secretary’s office
and with ragtime music serenaded the
Secretary. Upon Listing the music
the superintendent of tbe building it
city has grows, and nothing looked
natural except Sunset Park and the
old Capitol Park. The grass was turn
ing green sad the numerous gray
squirrels were so tgme-tfcoy-came and
ate from my,*-—” — “•*
Lhanft. We drove all the
„ . -Jitiag the beautiful etatue
of Gen. Robert E. Lee—a bronze eques
trian on an laments granite pedestal,
la tha aftoraeea we drove to the park
and hunted ap Mr. Pollard, the Vir
ginian who captured my husband dur
ing tha war. It was their first meet
ing since tha memorial time when they
were.mew boy*, one wearing the blue
and tbe other the gray, and they had
a most litereeting "war talk."
The next morning we took onr train
for Waeklagtoa exactly five week* from
the day we left It has been truly a
those In the vicinity of the band but
to derka on other floors of tbe build-
Carrying Farm Produce, t
One of the first cable pictorial de
scriptions of the useful war automobile,
la shown la the Illustration, has just
came to hand. This to a special farm
er's type. It can be constructed In any
email power, for jogging along pur
poses, from >0 to 120 bona. A special
to the ability of the wagon to ran tor
bomb-proof whan beyond the range of
the enemy’s runs. A "starting crank"
to fitted In front, but "tha machine can
be started automatically from tha
lrtvare eeaC where tbe principal crank
la supposed to be located. “On the top
of the rear portion of the box" tbe
■peetficatloas read, “to a turret from
■UffiMrejacta a Hotchkiss gun which
slued in any direction”—upon
K market gartnera.” A special
t eteel has been employed for
At 300 yards Lebel bullets
Hwrettepuraoreof
to remove the Nes Pet
armor.” j_. — .—
(ail to pierce, but glance off. thus in
suring adequate protection to loads of
cm Hue gboata and other tender vega-
triMn,
“The machine cantos two eteel rail*.
Which eaa bo quickly unshipped-and
placed across a ditch.” This feature
■ of great Import to the average tiller
of toll, aa It means that If the machine
becomes frightened or unman treble
due to the redden appeennoe of bone-
feurbarred frees, which greatly- de
lighted tha emperor, who wag riding
■6 Mm. r*.
: A reart tore, attar thto hto tother
gave htoa a powerful hunting hone.
The hoy looked Ilka a midget «a Urn,
hut would am ride him for three or
^-A^horee needs to know you.” he
gravely said, “before be makes up hto
mind whether yea will ha kind and
Maaoaable with Urn, or harsh.”
After bey aad hone had become a*
restated ha tarltodhto father to take
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