| 182Chicago Tribune 6/11
BUFFALO BILL'S DESERTERS FOUND.
Indians Turn Up at Sydney--Australia
[?] Rid of Them.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.--[Special.]--
A unique diplomatic question suggests itself
by the news which reached the on War Department
today to the effect that the Indians
who escaped from Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Show two years ago while abroad have turned
up in Australia. They are now at Sydney,
and are making such nuisances of themselves
that the authorities would be glad if the
United States would come after the "vagrants,"
as they are called in the dispatches
today urging their return to the United States.
And right here the interesting diplomatic
question comes in: To what extent
is the United States responsible
for the deserters? Can Australia rightfully
demand that they be sent for and taken away
by the United States. It is possible that Buffalo
Bill may be called upon to pay expenses.
His contract guaranteed the safe return of
the band to Pine Ridge. This he complied
with as far as he was able. The desertion of
"Eagle Elk" and "American Bear," the two
Indians in question, it is argued, does not relieve
him of the responsibility for their return
now that their whereabouts is known.
The Interior Department will communicate
with him on the subject. | 182Chicago Tribune 6/11
BUFFALO BILL'S DESERTERS FOUND.
Indians Turn Up at Sydney--Australia
[?] Rid of Them.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.--[Special.]--
A unique diplomatic question suggests itself
by the news which reached the on War Department
today to the effect that the Indians
who escaped from Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Show two years ago while abroad have turned
up in Australia. They are now at Sydney,
and are making such nuisances of themselves
that the authorities would be glad if the
United States would come after the "vagrants,"
as they are called in the dispatches
today urging their return to the United States.
And right here the interesting diplomatic
question comes in: To what extent
is the United States responsible
for the deserters? Can Australia rightfully
demand that they be sent for and taken away
by the United States. It is possible that Buffalo
Bill may be called upon to pay expenses.
His contract guaranteed the safe return of
the band to Pine Ridge. This he complied
with as far as he was able. The desertion of
"Eagle Elk" and "American Bear," the two
Indians in question, it is argued, does not relieve
him of the responsibility for their return
now that their whereabouts is known.
The Interior Department will communicate
with him on the subject. |
