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Show EXHIBITION OF INDIAXS. ' The Department has granted authority during the past year for the taking of Indians from their reservations for exhibition or show pur-poses as follows: January 4,1899, to Messrs. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") & Salisbury to take 100 Indians from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, 8. Dak., for general show and exhibition purposes during the season of 1899. A bond in the sum of $10,000 was given by this firm. Angust 23, 1898, to Mr. Lansing Wmen, of the Chicago Inter- Ocean, for about 30 Indians from the La Pointe Agency, Wis., to play an exhibition game of lacrosse at the Inter-Ocean's Carnival of Sport, held at Chicago September 5,1898, for the benefit of the volunteer soldiers and sailors of Illinois. No bond was exacted in this case, and .Mr. Warren agreed that the Government sbould be at no expense whatever, and that he would protect the Indians from immoral influ-ences, etc., while absent from their reservation and promptly return them to their homes at the expiration of the celebration. Angust 31,1898, to Mr. E. E. Brown, secretary Oklahoma City Fair Association, to take a "reasonable number" of Indians from the agen-cies in Oklahoma Territory for the purpose of showing at the Agricul-tural md Horticnltnral Fair, held at Oklahoma City October 10-15, 1898, the progress of Indians in civilization. No bond was required in this case, as the authorities of the fair paid all expenses and took pre-cautions to protect the Indians in every way. October 1, 1898, to the United States Indian agent of the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, N. Mex., to send 50 Jicarilla Apaohes and 40 Utes to the Denver (Uolorado) Carnival, held in October, 1898. No bond was required. The agent reported that the carnival authorities paia the Indians $5 per capita, transported them comfortably, gave them suitable food and care, and paid all inciitental expenses, and that the Indians were much pleased with their trip, which greatly benefited them. April 10, 1899, in a report requested by the Department, the office sthted that it saw no objection to granting permission to Mr. E. C. Waters, president of the Yellowstone Lake Boat Company, Yellow-stone National Park, Wyoming, to locate one or two tepees or wigwame of Indians on Dot Island, in the Yellowstone Lake, from Jane 15 ta September 15, in order that tourists might be able to see Indians in their native snrroundings; always provided, however, that the Indiane should be entirely willing to go and the company should make satis. factory arrangements, to be approved by Captain Wilder, for the proper care, support, sdary, and payment of Ileoessary traveling expen-ses of the Indians taken and for returning them promptly to their homes at the close of the season. April 8,1899, Mr. Guy W. Green, of Lincoln, Nebr., requested per. mission to take from the Ponca Agency, Okla., three Indian baseball |
