The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 33, June 24, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls — John Shaqi
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 33, June 24, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsVarious
History
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 33, June 24, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
Various
History, Modern -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature -- Periodicals
This Indian was a young man named Badger, who had been sent to Carlisle
and educated, and from whom good things had been expected--but, like
many of the Indians who are sent away to be educated, he had fallen back
into his old habits on his return to the reservation, and in blanket and
war-paint was as much a savage as if he had never been taught the
blessings of civilization.
The sheriff made fresh demands for the guilty men, and finally Badger
was arrested. In the mean while it was found that several other
Cheyennes had taken part in the murder, and the sheriff demanded that
they also should be handed over to justice.
This the Indians would not agree to. They said that one white man had
been killed, and one Indian had been given up for him. They could not be
made to see that all the guilty men should be punished. They thought it
unreasonable to ask for four or five Indians in exchange for but one
white man.
When the sheriff insisted they got very ugly, and finally two hundred of
them left the reservation and went on the war-path.
It has been reported that the Cheyennes sent messages to the Sioux,
asking them to join the war party, but the Sioux declined.
Some trouble is feared, but nothing of a very serious nature.
The settlers will not return to their homes till White Bull is caught,
and though the commanders at the forts are trying to assure them that
there is no danger, they prefer to keep their women and children in
safety until White Bull has been captured and the band dispersed.
Round-ups are suspended, sheep-shearing has ceased, and everybody is
armed for war.
* * * * *
Word has just reached us that the American sailors who were imprisoned
for nearly two years in Siberia were safely landed in San Francisco on
the 4th of June.
After the Russians had succeeded in deceiving the American naval
officers, as we told you on page 361 of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, the
sailors gave themselves up for lost.
Their friends in California, however, appealed to our Minister in
Russia, and on the 20th of last March an order for their release was
sent to the prison.
The sailors lost no time in leaving Siberia, and making their way home
to their own country.
* * * * *
Southern California has just been celebrating its annual flower
festival. These occasions are so interesting that you would probably
like to hear about them.
The flowers of California are beautiful beyond description, and grow in
masses that would astonish Eastern eyes. Roses, lilies, daisies,
poppies, grow on every side--the cultivated garden flowers growing in
the same profusion that our wild flowers do.
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