parel was a variegated medley of gaudy colors, while skins, 

 beads, feathers and bells rounded out the aboriginal embel- 

 lishments. The pure bloods then returned to their post, but 

 few of the crowd followed. The whites wanted to hear the 

 speeches and the Sioux brothers from the Dakotas had a 

 yearning from within and the mixed bloods had the neces- 

 sary foodstuffs. The commissary department was one of the 

 busiest spots on the reservation, free flour, pork, sugar and 

 lard being supplied the Indian visitors. 



Chiefs Gave Orations. 



The platform program of the mixed bloods was something 

 of an advance from the other features of the celebration. 

 The chiefs whose prototype was the medicine man gave fervid 

 orations in their native tongue, exhorting in their brethren 

 the lively sentiments of patriotism. John Carl presided be- 

 cause he could speak both English and Chippewa languages 

 and he acted as interpreter both ways for the white and red 

 speakers. Rev. Father Aloysius, who has conducted a parish 

 at the reservation for the last 35 years, said in part: "I have 

 seen the Chippewas advance from the breech-cloth stage to 

 one of cultured civilization, and were I to be offered the 

 rectorship of St. Patrick's cathedral in New York, I would 

 still prefer to remain with people here at White Earth." 



The address of welcome by the chief of the tribe was then 

 scheduled by the old chieftan, O-mah-kah-ke-ence, who was 

 unable to appear. Civilization was too swift for him and he 

 had been run down by an automobile, but sent a word of 

 greeting by messenger. Chief Charrette was his substitute 

 who welcomed the visitors through an interpreter and spoke 

 a few words to his tribesmen. 



The chief of the tribe by election, Edward Rogers, former 

 Minnesota football star, then spoke. The "chief" however, 

 does not know his native language and addressed his elec- 

 torate through an interpreter. Because years ago when his 

 uncle was agent, G. G. Hartley became attached to the In- 

 dians, that gentleman who is a millionaire mine owner of 

 Duluth, came in a special car to attend the celebration as 

 he does each year. Mr. Hartley gave his red-skinned friends 



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