An Indian Feast

"In company with a friend I visited an encampment of lndians at Iho Pipesloue quarries, Minnesota, aod witnessod onc of the nalioiuil feasls of tlic Sioux," says a wrlter l the Detroit Free Press. "The lndians belons lo Uic Ynukton tribe, aud Dumbored about sixteen lodges, or-eiglity people, lneludfag In tlioir number bucks, eqimwg, papooses, boys, eirls, old and feeble warriors, not counting the large number. of dogs. rl'o manytbelndian cur wuuld appeitr a worlhless piece of properly, Lut at t liu fca.st in cuestión the most gaunt and hungry-looking dog of all playod an important part. A trcncii about lliree fcet i length and one foot i;i depth had been dug aud into tl; is the Iran old dor was placed anti covered over with sticks, on whlcl) diit was piled, leaving the head only to protrude. Twodays was lic cooflned in tliis artificial oven. At the expiralion of tlie tWO days the mnster of ceremonies or tlie medicine man, pronoUQced all myg'.ical rites propcrly observed anil that it was time to carry out the completing act. Tlils was done by removing tlie dirt and pilins on more sticks, covering the animal completeiy. Fire is now applied to tliis heap of brushwood and the once repeclablc cnr made a roast dog. "Upon our arrival the roasting kd just been tinished and the whole camp was crowding aiound Ihe sniolderiug embers to get a porlion t.f the mucli-prizod "medicine do-," whieli, when eateu, is sup poscd to prolong life and to instill into the ordinary suvage the qualifleations tor n wai'rior. W hile we ve:e not altogether weieome guests, couftcay Beemed 10 tor bid the savage front ignoring us, which many wonld have preferred to the liainty piece óf roast dog, ollered lirst to me and Ihen to niy friend, "The medicine dog feast seems to be oí both a medical and religious character, an ancien t custom to which the Indiauelings with tenacity."