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ilo lho work in a bettor way.'isiiuy KL'Hjry.sch:In the course lt;f hia tour tlm-ugh Western Canada. Lord ltne, the Governor General. hold all interview with aoiile Indian chief* Tbo programme included a scries of dance*. In the intermla of the dances (says the 7W* correspondent), the warriors conic forward, an-l. m Homeric fashion, narrate their vktnrio* and other exploit* These an- not always very thrilling or edifying, unless, indeed, tlio interpreter who aat near mo spoiled thorn br the prosaic literal hum of hia translation. Take, for inataiKW, a few extracts fr»uu | the recital nf the L'orypluus. who, with fur-tail dauglmg to hi* heels u» badge of office, le«l and monhallutl the daiKora :—I am telling the Governin'-General all my raacally trick* I have gone through a lot of trouble in horse -stealing and killing. I do not want to deny this. 1 hare been a murderer ntid a Ik-w-stealer. I am not ashamed of my feather* It may here be mentioned tluit feathers worn upward dcuirtc the number of sod pa a brats haa taken, while worn downward they denote the number of horsHB he haa stolen. Hone-stealing is, or at lout waa (we are corrupting the simple Indian), only loss honourable than scalp-taking, and the Corypheu* was obviously jcoud of having his foati.cn worn both way* Another gentleman followed, and j-raised the first genlloman f(*r hia honoaty, but recited no exploits of his own. A third said :—*• I saw my brother-in-law going to steal horses. I cried because 1 waa not allowed to go. I got leave to go, and waa away two .lay* Hat 1 drank melted snow and ooukl not go any further. —we were left to infer I lust the ** melted snow' disagreed with that portion of the sni-r a frame in which some ancients placed the warlike l-iasiona— I shall now drink water from the well and go back.''Tha older chiefs sat listening to all this rubbish—aa it aoemed to ua prejudiced Britona— with imperturbable gravity and a calm eitweaaiun of pleasure on their stem, strong features worthy a better theme, They certainly havo aome of them very lino faces. At Wabigoa Lake weaawone ■ho waa the very c«.unter|art -the IndiAn f/—of Mr Imag. At Fort Kllice we saw an aqoally atriking likeness of Mr Gladstona—nappily named Way way-sekappoo. or “ He who is always right- The Indian Gladstone luwl, too, nil the modeaty of lua gTcat English rival, though wiUiout hia eloquence and powers of ex-position, cw, at Icaat, if he had these hia modeaty proven tod hia uiing them. In his single speech he merely said— We Indiana are very stupid. We are not quick at understamhng like the white nun. I hare, therefore, to aak the Govern--r-G«*ueraI one question, and only ••na question—Did I give my lands away I Thu waa the burden lt;H many of the speeches, if not of moat, the speaker* be- j having, or professing to believe, that they nad given their lauds away and got nothing worth having in exchange , but the complaint was rarelr put with such terse
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Sale Gippsland Times
Sale, Victoria, AU
Mon, Dec 05, 1881
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