The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1900, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL. ‘e whale oll and Wwas salme al 1 the wolf s < Clories of their an- candies, canned gradually foaming the “Hootah 1 whites would have buffet at a reception, ate and carried away more to eat later hootchinoo,” Kodawatt com- 3 the' bottles were hal § Tom had a bottle ch hand and he was drinking from b at once. Pegleg Kit, his squaw, was remon- ped forward a iy untll, with soldler . : ble me Saway If you gev You always do.” aiways win you back as soon as I'm = k o You'l]l never get sober enough to win of keip, an ack after this potiac she cried, ¥y trying to publ s.away and spiil their contents. of canoes. “And you won't want to come bac and now a drunken husba %0 you see the women of the were long s S idens of the Sa- filled with “blood” made red gum, rosin oil and w ced. and in the early morning came the potlach proper. Stand- ing on a platform behind a great pile of blankets was the old chief, Kodawatt, and Sub-chief George Shortridge. finery and some were draped dance had subsidea into a gutturai mono- » American flags. Yellow and green, tone of “Ohs’ and “Ahs,” and the assem- th perhaps a little touch of pink, made bied gu « 1 dirge-like as the a charming costume the klooichmen, dance went on. Squaws mechaically beat for the Inaians revel in riots of color tom-toms and more prosaic tin cans. Ths The prompt guests had been lounging Indlan dance is not graceful to the white about the beach all dav waiting for the observer. It seems to be a rhythmic hop- Sitk At last as,evening fell a runner ping and jumping from ome foot to the 1 give all their d- came along the béach announcing the other until exhaustion compels the danc- h of mining stocks coming of the belated canoes. They were Jls to another, and st around the bend, in many boats, sald As the dance went on messengers from an Indian potlach runner. Then they hove around the time to time came in arnd announced the by the custom of bank, ten 1ong canges resplendent with coming of the invited chiefs, for it is the color. There were from a Ecore to thirty style in Jndign society, for men ‘of rank r {odawatt has been saving for two years people in each boat, and each was clad in to attend the feasts late. Each person’s K potlach “m(g;, we have just his or her best shawl, blanket and leg- place is duly reserved and he is escorted (o-3° ;r hoverty stricken and consump- Other occa: ] ed $900. which to gings. ~Some had maces carved liks to it. As the chlefs entered they were thAt of a poverty SEERED FOT COTRNRS transfer. nt e gambling was one of the principal he fe al, and when it was and wiser In- less and squaw- own lives for stakes. F feathers and embroid : Dext ‘blankets and provisions; lastly wives. The latter are sometimes rebeillous and are even bad form enough to make a sceme. On s they are pieased with the rallels him with the white totems and others carried staffs hunz cheered according to their populari tive old chief s Dttt ¢ — Yellow Mag was. 5. T o the fires die out with many colored ribbons. All had great The food is mot served until il the in- it e AaTae e el ok sl skt ‘Gweia. i - - This $700 put an on the beach and visitors are embarking American flags at their bow. vited ,ones arrive. . platform in front of his AIES about the neck of her new master. 1z ts of the in their cances, he is practically lé’uuwr- A cannon was fired and as the canoes The Chilkat dancers, having finished the * ‘. watt was weicomed with a JIRIS made her loser angry to bursting. It B k thered Indians were indeed a pic- swung in to the beach and were hauled gyrations, the different totems—each fam- < = h were mingled the IS bad enough to lose, without having the very stakes crow ov s hor up the visitors were warmly welcomed. jly has a separate totem—took turns at came dressed as usual in Ameri- They were led to the large huts, where entertaining. The Sitkas hed planned t hes. v can clothes—the kind of clothes n;vy co‘l‘— circled :imllr‘\ndfi”(“lenfél‘gescl.r‘ctleme kluolc}!‘x- something out of the nrdm:\r'_;. Amid the (U EEET Ve teln::uou between two :a;;m. . of lect in trade and begging and stealing. men an . were the yells of the assembled siwashes, they be- il5¢ 8l Rais erinki 3 Vs & gréat potinch, but shd o say e Ot N e T form Draves. Suddenly as the visiting Indlans Yan the wir dance. It consists of a num. Heular animal Raising his wrinkled guiled of its intended object. The pote - ks, Hoonahe and 'Sitkas ali among the siwashes, and a swallow-tall marched around like the dancers at the ber of Indlans running to and fro, now hand, the venerable chlef made his lach was, however, given a historical sig- w up thelr long canoces on the shingle- with yachting cap is still more swagger. opening of a white man's ball, a weird and then jumping on one leg, jingling e h ‘;,3-",5‘? o l:"l le ;"fll 10 ‘npificance, owing to a meeting held a covered beach in front of the large square When the potlach begins, paint and feath- shriek resounded through the 'hut and bell-hung spears, yelling and firing guns. five to his frisndsc of past potlaches he coupie of weeks prior between the Indians huts of Kodawatt. everybody walting for ers are added to these costumes and there then came a number of answering yelly The men and women do not dance to- had seen, no f "h w ; ed this one apd Governor Brady at Haines. The Gov- the beginning of the feast. The ever bois- is_the correct thing for you. from behind many blankets strung liké gsther. The men dance while the women In splendor: of bow ETeat he was The emnor had addressed the Indians, impress- terous young bucks w daily becoming Some wore huge masks representing an amateur theatric curtain at the end of chant and beat time. speech over, the attendants wound the ing upon them their responsibility and the mo erous. and the hootchinoo was birds and beasts and cloaks of feathers, the hut. Old Kodawatt marched slowly Gradually the frenzy of the dancers {n- blankets and cloths around the two chiefs great extravagance and superstitious le- belng consumed. There were several giving them the supposed appearance of 'and solemnly up tife hall and cut the cord creased, and then came the now seldom until they looked like two great mum- trend of potlaches. He had requested that 1 t were left minor cutting affrays. Truly, the Indian animals or birds; others smeared their in which the blankets were suspended. seen Tamanamass dance, the devil dance -mies. They were hidden in the folds un- be abandoned and the Indian chiefs, tem carved his- spirit was working up. Because of the faces with red clay, with stolen paint or Down they came in a heap and thereon of the old midwinter feasts. Then came T your loss. That Is of the s of the ;,w it came about that thers was an al- n| great ed canoes. The Auks, Killisnoos, tennis suit with a silk hat is good til, after listening to the songs of the much impressed by the Governor's ad- may-acre hcisterousness there were other visitors With stove polish. These were the dancers a rude platform were two dozen Chilka: one in which so realistic was the acting gathered tribes, they unwound them- L"-fi-th.hduxrmmujudl‘:.u this spould be as| ‘northern isibes for the potlach. The colored troops of and “hamatsu,” or imedicine men. All dancers. The yells which Inaugurated the that the troops interfered, and the officer selves.