Cheyenne in Tl’«r Bonnet 
as we were ready to start in full Indian 
costume—a dark dross trimmed with elk 
teeth, moccasins and necklace of more 
than a dozen strands of heads The dresses 
are quite valuable, and they are very 
proud of them, but they are not nearly 
as pretty as the buckskin ones that are 
headed and fringed. 
It is hard to get the children, especially 
the girl a. to speak or t when you meet 
them: sometimes they'll grin and maybe 
mumble something that is very indistinct 
and at other times they’ll blirv their head 
in their blanket and perhaps run as fast 
as they can in the opposite direction. 
Ready to Speak Her Piece 
There are on this reservation three 
field matrons, who take up the work of 
training the girls when the teacher leaves 
off. These workers go into the homes 
and show the squaws how to keep their 
homes clean, how to wash and how to 
make hreatl. and then will have certain 
days when the squaws can go to the Gov¬ 
ernment house and tinder the supervision 
of the field matron learn to sew. This 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
One little Indian girl who attends my 
school c >mes each day neatlv dressed and 
her hair nicely combed, but as soon as 
school is out at night she will "beat it" 
for home, and soon appears in her blanket. 
We had a program at Christmas time, 
and in talking with the children about 
their clothing she had told me that she 
expected to wear her host dress. She 
was the jwsscssor of a neat little navy 
middy suit, so I supposed that was the 
garment; but. b>. and behold, the night 
of the entertainment she appeared just 
Summer they were taught to cam vege¬ 
table by the cold-pack method, and they 
also made jelly from the choke-cherries 
that, grow along the creeks. It is also 
these ladies’ duty to care for the sick, 
and especially when there are young 
babies, l util a year ago all Cheyenne 
children had been born in the native way 
— by the help of the medicine men. 
Each school makes a garden and spends 
part of the time during the last two 
months iu caring for it. The products 
are gathered and are placed in the cellar 
to Lie used for the school dinners during 
the Call and Winter months. Mere, too, 
is a follow-up worker for the hoys in the 
person of the fanner, who takes up the 
work where the teacher leaves off. He 
goes from one home to another, showing, 
encouraging and trying to induce the In¬ 
dians to raise wheat, corn, potatoes and 
feed. Some do try, and have fair homes, 
but the greater part of them live for to¬ 
day only, expecting the Government to 
care for them on the morrow should they 
need it. 
Many of them have cattle marked with 
their private brand, which run at large 
and feed on the rich, juicy grasses during 
the Summer months, ana are cared for 
1>,\ their owner in Winter There is also 
a tribal‘herd of about 5,000 head that is 
owned by the Indians and looked alter 
by the stock insnpctnr and his helpers. 
Each Fall several trainloads are shipped 
to Omaha, and the proceeds are returned 
t > the office here, and the owners are 
given credit, and then the money is di¬ 
vided into 12 parts and they can draw 
it out on the 15th of each month. The 
r< turns from the tribal herd are nlaced 
in the emergency fund and used for the 
benefit of the tribe. 
This way of handling the cattle money 
may seem a bit strange, but after one is 
around these people for a few months 
and learns their ways, we fully under¬ 
stand why the present plan has been 
adopted. A Cheyenne just can't keep 
money. When pay day comes, every In¬ 
dian on this portion of the reservation 
that has any money coming is at the of¬ 
fice bright and early, at least a half-hour 
before the opening time. After they re¬ 
ceive it they take the most direct route 
to the store, and buy. buy. buy until every 
penny is gone. They usually start their 
purchases by buying a quantity of seed 
beads, then what clothing is an absolute 
necessity, and then food—they seldom ask 
prices and usually buy what appeals to 
the eye. Armour's 5-1 b. cans of hash are 
a favorite, as it can be eaten without 
any preparation—canned peaches, roast 
beef and anything that will not nerd 
cooking usually constitutes most of their 
buys. The Children get plenty of candy, 
and then after all is spent and the pur¬ 
chases are eaten, they get along n> best 
they can until ration day. two weeks later, 
helps them out. Of course, there are ex¬ 
ceptions, who spend their money wisely, 
but even at that I have never heard cif 
a miser among them Cheyennes. 
"Ration day" c-omes «.n’ the fourth Fri¬ 
day of each month and is mid wav be¬ 
tween pay days. This gives to each full 
blood and to each member of the family 
the food provided by T’ncle Sam. and is 
apportioned this way for each individual t 
Five pounds flour. 5 lbs. heef i this comes 
from the tribal herd). 1 lb. sugar. 1 lb. 
coffee, and then baking powder, salt and 
soap. 
The reservation belongs to the United 
Stares, so people residing here cannot 
vote or hold office; and any statutory 
offence that is committed is given a hear¬ 
ing. and if found guilty is tried in the 
Federal Court at Helena. Minor Indian 
troubles are settled in "Indian Court.” 
which meets each month. They settle 
troubles, grant divorces and punish those 
found gambling. 
Gamtding is the greatest vice the agent 
has to contend with. They gamble with 
both cards and au outfit made of bones 
and wire, and the squaws are as bad as 
the men. They gamble away their cloth¬ 
ing, their bedding and their food. The 
agent will scud detectives to spy on the 
homes to locate the gambling, and then 
they will be put in jail and fed sit the 
hotel. During this period they are com¬ 
pelled to saw wood and do other odd jobs 
around the Agency. The children, as 
well as their parents, are well educated 
in gambling. The teacher of the “Day 
School" was telling me of a stunt that 
happened just before Christmas. The 
children had been doing some paper cut¬ 
ting and he noticed that they were un¬ 
usually particular to pick up every scrap 
they did not use, so he supposed they 
liked the bright colors. One day a few 
weeks later he happened in on them un¬ 
expectedly and found the girls cuddled 
down in one cornpr very much interested 
in what they had before them, and on 
investigation he found that they had. 
with these scraps, manufactured a com 
■ • let k of e: rds and w ere then deeply 
interested in a game of poker. We all 
know what happened to the cards. 
The men. more than women, dress in 
civilized clothes, and all wpar high-crown 
hats. Their hair is long and braided in 
three braids and on festive occasions is 
wound with bright colored yarn. The 
young men keep their hair short, but thev 
wear very bright shirts—green, red, yei- 
low or large conspicuous plaids. The 
men. especially the older aes. are very 
careful of their heads; if pven a little 
chilly they will rie a silk handkerchief 
over their heads before putting on their 
hats. The squaws wear their hair iu two 
braids usually, bur if in mourning they 
lot it hang loose in a sort of a tangle. 
Their dresses are made in a style all 
their own. known as "squaw style." but 
it is up-to-date, owing to the fact that it 
is one-piece. Moccasins on the older and 
shoes on the younger, and a blanket. 
I-ingerip and its uses are entire stran¬ 
gers to them. When cold weather first 
appears they add an extra dress, and 
when 'colder still another and another, 
until they are comfortable. Ry close in¬ 
spection of Rosie Grazy-Mule's attire at 
neck, sleeves and the bottom I found she 
had on just six dresses. They carry their 
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Teaching the Indians 
Part II 
