Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1910, Page 18

. OMAHA SUNDAY House of Noah la Flesche, &~ ~ ~ a m =~ OMAHWA INDIAN folk-lore tale told ¢ the Omaha Indlans about the origin of fire and th ontequent founding of a home which time, the tal relate, the n wmanity, as well he fires er since goes on 1l being of have existed s that me: as order and hment of »pen fire is aiways conducive (o re leotion we know. T it calls up a sa-ies of vivid mental plctures of the home lite of the Indian, of the family gathered around the campfire in the and as a child, 1 recelved here and undying impressions of the tho Indien has for his The of home Is every race, in none Is It stronger in dian. We find in him the same hu man natire we find in the white ma same cardinal sins, tues and I have diftere Sometimes lndian treacherous t t hite everything in that the nature,| It rele, tent striking itense love children. ma all the Die and ag ent man We beauti- ful and wonderful C whicl him arth to mak strong lov found o than Ty the umet dance, in every bit of tion, of feathers, , the the same cardinal vi been able to find only one may find the own interest decora- paint on pipes, gourds, and decoration and you his of chila dancers is bolc which the eur from t planting of the 1t sents never! n of From an Indian's poirt of view e:ceed o ingly unfortunate and deserving of pity is that home that has no children in it An Indlan has three names, one for child- hood, one for youth and one for man hood. A baby receives its childhood namp when 4 days old, being named after some animal or something in nature. His name 18 changed again when a youth and agaln In manhood, this time the name denoting some grent achlevement he, as a man, has accomplished. A child Is considered of so much im- o that all through babyhood and childhood we find tribal ceremonies cons crated to the children. Some of thiese are mysiical and very beautiful. ‘“The Turn Ing of the Child,” where the medicine man takes the child and turning it to the four points of the compass, invokes first the aid of the Great Spirit in blessing the child, appealing In turn to the four winds of the earth to blow upon him and make him great, then Invoking the aid of the clouds, corn seed to harvesting the little lite, whole hu. birth ony n the from to forming for manhood, one beau- the biessing iout life the on from the king four days tifui, sublime of th Almighty ehild may Great One for its There are ceremonies connected with the putting on of the first moccasins, with the first cutting of the hair, etc., and a boy Is #lven lessons in bravery from his earllest childhood days, while a girl receives les- in the domestic arts. Before he was 14 a boy was taught to ac- custom himself to exposure, to eat raw meat, 8o it left on the prairies In a bliz- zard with his bow and arrow he could sus- tain life; he taught to shoot small game, then to go out wifh the rest of the prayer that throu recelve protec! the ceremony t performance. ance was warriors after large accustomed t Ui physical [ at cope with A girl was to help in skins for get wate o the taught he game, use of bow until he might ture in all its moods. to prepare the beca nd iltivate able arr me his to food, the tanning and preparation of clothing independent preparations, away When member ground squashes done pounded between two stones or in & wooden for kinds of wes these the fc by rot and th 1 wood of for hills cultivatin planting of all women, he beans, o sew help moccasins, to be self-rellant and The in food all in were all prairle, 1 of patches Indian the work 0 corn to these often the man had to be nting for all re- of orn, being was BEE: Chief Rabbit Morris mortar a made and dried away fo good flavor gathered dried the were cakes the corn potato flavor sweet an po dition to eagerly sought lima bea: We had that the into pounded, was dug by nd and open strips pulverized with a and baked 1 by pestle. by an the sun in open air r winter use. It always and was aweet. The wild grapes'ana raspbe m for winter use, wild eeds and all, made into \d dried; and eaten mixed with meal. In the fall the wild sweet the women nd color not unlike the tato), and formed our menu. The wild fter. The: eeter, with epsia in those 1s in evidence, and put had a women ries and cherries (it has a cultivated welcome ad b taste ans wer like the tle bulk day n, only no dysp tin can now we have House of Elwood Harlan, Omaha Indian much, estify JANUARY t P ingl etiquette, # give and 0 1910 as (he prescription blank b The Omahas were a peace-lovin and taught their children A child was given strict to treat all old people w ct; never to Interrupt a strict obedlence never osy to dpe waehed among the separations without cause. Marriage was considered as white people afid there (Since ook can g thrifty cord- lessons in ith deep aker; to to father and mother, to eat with hands and faces un- binding as were no we have advanced (?) into civilization we have suits for no 10 years, of alienation of affections.) Th marriage ceremony. A young oived strict chaperonage from th never’ being without the grandmother, an aunt or a here girl e age of presence married was re- sister, and a very \watchtul eluding the ting view love had to be skilled in chaperon and get- an uninterrupted inter- with the maiden. These Interviews usually took place at the spring where the girl went to get water, and I knew of one young ‘man who sald lald In wait In the tall grass and shrubbery all one hot day In without dinner or supper, only to go home disappointed, for every time the girl appeared her accompanied her man always took his home— 1t was elopement, d a later she to with gifts and summer chaperon The young hig bride to alway tew an weeks was sent ba her family from his family The white people have recgived an errone- ous idea of the selling and buying of wives among the Indians. If a young man or his family desired a certain young woman for wife he gave or sent to her family certain number of gifts, of ods and if his suit was rejected these were back. If pted, when marriage place the young we family always sent back a like quantity of gifts to signify that the two familles were now one. It was no commercial barter or trade, The child’s cultivation, possession to be fellowmen his a horses, et sent ac took man moral nature received careful He was taught ownership and the property rights of others honorable in all his dealings with his and 1o be truthful. One who took things that did no who told what was butt of ridicule and was give gesting his shady and he wa made to feel that he was held in odium by his fellowmen. The Indians are very proud of their ch dren, and are now sending them to scho not orly the reservation, but to Genos Neb.: Haskell, Lawrence, Kan., and Carlisle, Pa., and Hampton, Va., and are taking a great deal of pride and interes In their standing and accomplishment theee schools. They building good comfortable houses ali over the reservatior Some are modern the conventer not only for their own comfort, but be they want these children who are have a good home to. They have a Gesire for a good home. Tt leads ( the cultivation of thrift and saving and a encouraging indleation of the willingness to adopt the new customs of (| white people It will In time develop civi 1de became a name sug not o, Iy transactions are as to awa to come most There are many good houses such as you see In the pictures. The Omahas are work ing far better than for twenty years past and are building commodious and corn-cribs and buylng machinery work their farms, With the barns to establishment of good homes and gll that means in ori iized soclety, and work with all Its incentives to thrift and morality, with education for their chil dren, the Omahas are beginning to solve their problem, and as they are & part of our state, th white people must do their part by encouraging and protecting them as far as possible whenever possible. SUSAN LA FLESCHE PICOTTE, M. D. Sweet Singers of Nebraska Who Are Making a Fine Public Record COMMON fdea of a glee club that it Is an aggregation volces who sing & few songs as occaslon but the Peru club i a fully ? cauipped and efficient musical organization of a much higher order. The clud, with its present organization and ecuipment, dates from the beginning of last year, when it was organized, with Dr, Ti use as its dircctor, and had a membe ship of (wenty-elght students of musical promise and ability The club began its work by having fre- quent rehearsals and bullt up an e repertoire. It gave a local concert Peru and concerts at Nebraska City and other neighboring points b hristmas, During the spring vacation the club made a tour of southwestern Nebraska, ending with an engagement at the Southwestern assoclation meeting at MeCook, personnel of the club at the bogins ning of this insured an envi year's work. Ross Nouse, at present a private volce teacher In Peru and formerly a member of the famous Adelphian quai- tet. which was known to the public in this section of the country as one of the rarest lecture course numbers, added very to the tenor end of the organization. Dr. H. C. House was also a member of this well-known quartet. The work of the year was begun early and pushed hard. An ex- ceptional totre built up within a few The club sang at the Ne- braska State Teachers' association and dly encored. Concerts have al- glven in & number of north- L) ot simple demands, ate in cachers’ he year bla muci Charles Moulten, Jacob Schott, Ward Goldstein, Harold Humphrey and Carl Neff, Arthur Vance. W. 8. Bostder, Ge Kingsley House, repe was weeks eastern Nebraska towns, among which was the one given Thanksglving day at Ne- braska City under the auspices of the Oioe county corn An extended tour was rep: ready been show is e Arthur Middle Can Harry Johnson and Dale Whittie THE pbell and PERU now bein western Dr. of the music The members of the club are shown in the picture as follows Mc Dowell Crook. Row—Rose Harry NORMAL Upper Johnson, Samuel House Sanders. GLEE arranged through ebraska . House, the work direet Row G Rex cLt central (reading Trueman, Lower B and who is the head the Normal, has fron Oren Floye Row—Roy rs, glven mu productio making tone colo! possible left to Lincoln, 1 Ralston Ra Lee Roberts, choll, Joseph Garey, Audubon Russell | 'Whitfield coaching of individual the 1ch n i the tone club, effects of in the work members mellow ring so seldom to the of club ing standard pleces imbued at equipped and zation in this section of th of of tons suelr Good Ken freight elaim delivered individual aail of commerce tra that necessitie: reaches economic impression of the extent tiue, and to the further glee cterized Its repe colle clubs, The by fir toire is varied, and work {8V anaf part Music its ities who have concerts regard best t heard It as t ained musical count Getting Down to Hard At the annual convention of the Roads held Missour assoclation 14 agent of the an address on * and said in part People usually think Ame ralilr in and millions of startling magnitude seldom eopnects thought and living with that finds expressio; ager cles o administer large comforts and ur the human mind with ma propositions without to whieh mber of the terms of dollars, fi hat the sporta ion u! formerly luxuries use in modest homes fllustrate this proposition hat aily To were ure dash many with college spirit and the “Roads and himselt the s of th and includ- zht life. club best organi- he Pan National Topeka, Tust'r Pacific, Rail- operation billi s gures of average hie tor in fa n in our tatement to the of it W oth making due h this is extent that thing: now in T iavite you to a review of the commonplace sub- ject of my breakfast in thie morning, consisting of half a Florida grap: fruit, in the center of which was n cherr from Oregon, colored red by cochineal from Mexico. Whitetish which a few days b - fore had been swimming in Lake Superior appeared on the breakfast table garnished with a lemon from California. Coffee was from Brazil and the sugar may have come from far away Hawall “Arriving in Topeka, T bought for cents three times as muny dates as hungry map would care to eat. These dates were grown in Arabia, carried on eam:! back to the Per gulf, then by canal, ocean and rall to the Kansas ca: tal he farmer to whom fishing has grown to be an art may take in quest of his sport a Japanese an Irish linea or oriental siik line supply of Eng- lish hooks, carrying as a product of Amer- lea a can of with stry of the can. 1t would be csting to figure on the freight cost of tl fishing outfit, but the amount would be infinitesimal that bear- inge on somothing of greater Mr. Tustin then gave clothes that he wore t cluding each article fromw with their “cost value, and said If garments had been purchased in T from stock bought in New York the frelght charge would be less than one-half of 1 pe cent of the amount. As a contrast with portation, he said, that in con » nelghbor he bought coal for domestic paying for rail haul of approximately 50 iniles than $2.50 per ton, for the wagon haul of a mile and @ half from track to his saasas City 10 an sea pole, and a orms the ances inter we take o bulk an inventory of the the convention! in shoes to overzoat, thase »ka inland ction with Arkansas other trans a car of use the less the switeh home barrow window per ton gine h its per ton, and to the wheel- men from the gutter to his cellar a distance of sixty feet, 3% cents adding facetious'y that if the en- A earned as much as the wheel- arrow in proportion to distance the rail road tariff would have exceeded $200,000, and it the wheelbarrow had been paid on the engine basis, the cost of carriage ‘for the carload of twenty tons from gutter to celiar would have been about one-ninth of a cent. “How much work would form for a cent? How far ton of freight, or do any labor connected with it, for tliat price? A child buys a penny stiek of candy in a moment of pass- Ing fancy, vet the American railways re- ceive for the carriage of the average ton of freight per mile, about three-quarters of the retail price of the child's purchase, a cont with a substantinl segment removed, vet laws are passed and agltation encour- aged to make the removed segment larger andsthe mutilated penny to the rall car rier smaller If the Missour the retall price of a farmer per- would he haul a acific had avera: penny stick of candy for hauling each ton of freight mile during the last fiscal year, milllons of dollars would have been added to its treas ury would have continued without interruption and the public business would have felt {mpetus both from the pur chase of supplies and from a more ample to commerce and this without ap preciable tax to the ultimate consumer who pays the freight. Can the human mind think of a service so colossal for a reward so meagre? A copper cent 1§ the gctual standard of rallway finance In lieu of dollars by the millions one the service a Christma.s Reunion ORTY one holped Mr. and Mrs. C, € of 914 Hickory street celebrate on Christmas day the fortieth anniversary of thelr marriage A famlly dinner was served at where, for the first time, the o members of family Cope family \dimother daughters children had assembled Mr. and Mrs. ¢ have been the of fourteen chiidren. seven sons and seven daughters, eleven of whom are now living. Thei elghteen grandchildren. tire consisiing of grandfather and grand- ) son: ope s the home are YOUNG FOLKS WHO MAKE THE i Ll rle L Mr rallroad. passenger director his Cope Is & veteran of the ¢ survivor of forty is a veteran employe of son, SENIOR COPE HAPPY [ o, For many Cope battles or the years Union station, Jr is skir Unlon Pacific has assistar “GROWNUPS" AT THE COPE FAMILY REUNION - - » . of the Cope Family Made a Most deous Occasion ' A