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Chiacgo Record

INDIANS DO HOMAGE.

BESTOW ROSES ON THE DUCHESS

The Scion of Columbus Honored by the Sons of the Aborigines - Buffalo Bill and His Savages Exhibit Before the Nobles.

The duchess of Veragua bowed very low to receive a large cluster of roses from the hands of Johnny Burke No Neck. He wore his little war-bonnet with bright-tipped feathers. Around his body was a red blanket. The loose

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leggins were gay with buckskin fringe and on his feet were beaded moccasins. For a Sioux boy only 8 years old Johnny was very warlike. His coarse, black hair floated rather wildly around his eyes and some one had given him a smear of yellow paint across the nose. When the

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duchess, rising from the front of the box, leaned over to receive the flowers, several thousand people crowding the wild west ampitheater applauded and cheered. In the meantime the duke of Ceragua had arisen and, removing his hat, made a profound bow to Mrs. No Name. The Ogallalla queen grinned until the ocher on her face broke into little wrinkles. She had attired herself with especial care for this visit to the ducal party. Her hair had been laved

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with bear grease until it shone like polished ebony. Her blanket was of the brightest red, with a plaid border. As a special decoration she wore her necklace of elk teeth.

A MEETING BY PROXIES.

The meeting between the lineal descendant of Christopher Columbus and the descendants of the people who were discovered, was not

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accompanied by any formal ceremony. As indicated above, Johnny Burke No Neck handed the duchess a bouquet. The duke bowed to Mrs. No Name. The latter smiled broadly and said: "How!"

Buffalo Bill is in favor of Sunday closing. It sends the people over to his inclosure to watch the bucking ponies, the Cossack daredevils and the Sioux ghose-dancers. Yesterday he had a crowd of 18,000, including the duke of Veragua, the duchess and the ducal suite, and the entire array of visiting naval officers. On 63d street the crowd jammed into the white gates until the cow-boys had to stop selling tickets. The show had begun when the naval officers arrived in coaches and were led to privated boxes, one whole section of which they filled. A few minutes later the ducal party arrived in carriages and was loudly cheered by the people in the street. The entire suite, excepting the Marquis Barbolles and the Marquis Villalobar, marched into the grand stand, led by Maj. Burke under his broad white hat, and

NOT DONE!!!