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69THE EVENING NEWS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1888. CHRISTENING AN INDIAN BABY. - Yesterday afternoon an extraordinary scene was witnessed at St. Clement's Church, Salford, when the female child of the Sioux Indian "Little Chief," which was recently born in Buffalo BIll's camp, was christened in all the rites of the English Church. The entire body of Sioux and Apache Indians at present ocated in the Wild West camp walked in procession to the church, which was filled to overflowing with a miscellaneoous company, comprising Colonel and Miss Cody, Major Burke, Buck Taylor, Cowboys, Mexicans, and other spectators. The baptisim was performed by the Rev. J. J. Scott, the service being translated sentence by sentence by Broncho Bill, the Sioux interpreter. After the baptismal rites, the assembled body of Indians sang, "Nearer my God to Thee," in the Sioux tongue. This is the first time in the histroy of the English Church that American Indians have taken so prominent a part in the service. | 69THE EVENING NEWS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1888. CHRISTENING AN INDIAN BABY. - Yesterday afternoon an extraordinary scene was witnessed at St. Clement's Church, Salford, when the female child of the Sioux Indian "Little Chief," which was recently born in Buffalo BIll's camp, was christened in all the rites of the English Church. The entire body of Sioux and Apache Indians at present ocated in the Wild West camp walked in procession to the church, which was filled to overflowing with a miscellaneoous company, comprising Colonel and Miss Cody, Major Burke, Buck Taylor, Cowboys, Mexicans, and other spectators. The baptisim was performed by the Rev. J. J. Scott, the service being translated sentence by sentence by Broncho Bill, the Sioux interpreter. After the baptismal rites, the assembled body of Indians sang, "Nearer my God to Thee," in the Sioux tongue. This is the first time in the histroy of the English Church that American Indians have taken so prominent a part in the service. |