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ponement of the ceremony that was to have taken place In the Ahbey on the crowning of Edward Til as king. Like all other court ceremonies ? and obser
vances, a coronation service follows strictly on the prescribed lines of ancient custom.
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A gang of snappy dogs resembling
the hungry coyotes of the plains, greets
the traveler as he enters the borders
ot the Wind River Indian reservation
In northwestern Wyoming. Long rows
of smoke and dust begrimed lodges,
covering the heads of decrepld warriors
and ugly squaws mark the spot where
for more than a century the Snakes
have smoked the pipes of peace,
danced the scalp orgies and planned
great battles against their common
enemies the white and redmen of the
west. The strong sage scented smoke
curls slowly over the huts of barbarism
and seems to weave a magic wand
which calmly waves before the mod
ern representative of civilization and
warns him of impending danger should
he attempt to enter the sanctuaries of
the savages.
;Far away into the interior of the
Wind River Mountains where the
white man has seldom trod the virgin
soil is the headquarters of the once
great and powerful tribe of Snake or
Shoshone Indians. Here they have
made their homes since 1781, and suc
cessfully battled against the strong
Arapahoes, the big Sioux, the mighty
Crows and the savage and treacherous
Cheyennes. Many scalp dances have
been held around the lodges of Wash
akie, celebrating the victories over
their would be conquerers, and scores
of dried bunches of hair indicate the
trophies of those great events. Some
of the battles were fought a century
ago, years before the white men
troubled their peaceful hunting
grounds.
The Snakes have grown up in an at
mosphere -of exclusive barbarism sur
rounded by the "mysteries of a century
and the -superstitions of a longer pe
riod. Where they came from the medi
cine men do not know and will not
signify an expression, but many of the
hoary headed warriors have passed the
days since 1781 on the reservation.
With much Indian characteristic mys
teriousness the veterans will minutely
describe every snow of an hundred
years, with its peculiarities, wars, bat
tles and victories. Since 1S68 the
Snakes have had peaceable possession
and ownership of a tract comprising
1,819,990 acres of mountain and plain
situated around the headwaters of the
Big 'Horn and Snake rivers. Their -people
now number 1,810 men, women and
For fifty years the tribe was ruled
over fey Chief Washakie whose word
was law and whose commands were
never disobeyed except on ;pealty of
immediate death. The medicine men
recognize him" as the only great chief
ever known to the Suakcs, and bow in
humble submission to all that he ever
. commanded. He left for the happy
hunting ground a few moons ago and
the entire tribe went into characteristic
savage sorrow, spending weeks and
months without food and beating their
breasts in mourning for the good man.
Dogs and squaws were killed to go
with him and assist in making the fu
ture, life pleasant. His trusty bows
and arrows were burled by his side to
give weapons of defense should be meet
enemies on the road. Knives and belts,
encased in finely ornamented skins oc
cupied their accustomed places In the
lonely grave.
Washakie was a typical western In
dian, having numerous wives and pro
fessing to be a big Mormon. He en
tered into tho" usual alliance of the
Utes and surrounding Indians, by
which they were to become the battle
axes of the Lord In subduing the
armies of the United States and deliv
ering the government Into the hands
of the Mormons. This was used as a
strong argument by the colonists of
Salt Lake basin, to get the friendship
and assistance of the . redmen. A
strong affinity between Mormonlsm
and barbarism thus caused the burning
of many wagons and the capturing of
numerous emigrants looking toward
the land of the Golden West, during
the '50s, and until peace was made bj
the treaty of 1868 at Fort Bridger.
The Arapahoes were formerly bitter
opponents of the Snakes and fought
them on many bloody battlefields. In
1875 they were conquered and forced to
surrender. They came to Chief Wash
akie as a homeless, friendless and sub
dued band of vagrants. He pitied them
In their poverty and with a spirit
greater than most conquerers, threw
open his lodges and Invited the naked,
despised and forsaken enemies of nls
people to make their homes with him.
To this proposition the tiow thoroughly
repentant tribe cheerfully submitted
and took up their abodes with the
Snakes. Since then they "have been
known as one tribe, and have fought
side by side In the many battles for
home and country.
In 1876 when the Sioux were causiiig
such an uprising in the northwest that
General Crook was put in command
and ordered to the front with a force
of troops. Chief Washakie tendered hi
army of braves and enlisted them in
the cause of the United States. A
band of 213 trained Indian scouts, un
der the command of Washakie, routed
the hostile Sioux and chased them
from the mountains of -warfare to the
reseravtlons of peace. After the cam
paign was ever General Grant sent
Washakie a nicely decorated saddle
and bridle, in token of his esteem for
such a brave chief. The .Indian agent
delivered the present and. awaited some
signs of pleasure or dissatisfaction.
The great chief of the Snakes sat mo
tionless and gazed on the ground,
seemingly not- noticing the gift from
the white general. Finally the agent
aroused him from his apparently dor
mant condition and asked what he
should say to the big general who sent
the present. After reflecting a mo
ment Washakie arose, straightened
himself to the highest point of super- '
iority and thus exclaimed:
"You may say this to the big general.
Do "a .favor to -a Frenchman, he feels
it in his head and the tongue speaks;
show a kindness to an Indian, he feels
it in his heart. The heart has no
tongue."
Washakie was a brave man and
quickly resented any imputation of
cowardice in 'himself or any member
of his family. On one occasion, say the
medicine men, during the Indian
troubles of 1886, the big chief and a
Tarty of warriors were attacked by a
band of hostile Sioux. The Sioux num
bered 200 braves and made the attack
at daybreak, when the Snakes were the
least expecting anything but a band of
buffaloes they were hunting. Washakie
saw the danger and at once rallied hit
braves to the emergency of the occas
Ion. A fierce battle ensued and mani
were killed. The Sioux were so harcf
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