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AT THEIR JOURNEY'S END.

frontiersman. having hunted in the country of the Sioux for the last fifty years. He is 71 years old now, but hearty and vigorous and full of enthusiasm on the subject of the rare collection of fossils, relics, and curiosities which he has brought with him for exhibitio as a part of Col. Cody's wild west show.

When at last the warriors left the Illinois Central train and entered the domains of Buffalo Bill a group of Arabs rushed forward to meet them. The denizens of the far eastern desert and the prairies of the great northwest shook hands, while Col. COdy stood by and witnessed this triumphs of his ambition with a face beaming with pleasure. But the braves made only a short stop for ceremonies and quickly ranged themselves about the long tables in the barracks, where roast beef and coffee disappeared in startling quantities.

Probably no feature of the world's fair will attract more universal interest than this band of fighting Sioux fresh from the hostile fields of Wounded Knee and Pine Ridge.

NEWS RECORD - APRIL 20TH

SIOUX CHIEFS ARRIVE.
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PINE RIDGE WARRIORS ARE HERE
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Seventy-Six Ogallalla Indians Come to Join Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Near
the Exposition Grounds - In War Paint and Feathers.
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THE CHICAGO RECORD
WORLD'S FAIR BUREAU.
Buffalo Bill shook hands with seventy-six Ogallalla Sioux Indians yesterday fresh from Pine Ridge agency. They came in on the Northwestern's Omaha train at 2:30 in the afternoon. Passangers in the waiting-room of the depot heard first a deep, guttural intonation. This came from under the bedizened blanket of Chief No-Neck. Then he beat time with a

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JOHN NELSON,

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