THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
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Well fed people are generally good
natured. A person who will not be
agreeable and sociable when seated
around a neat and liberally spread
board would not be agreeable any
where. They should be speedily dis
missed. They will always give trou
bles anywhere you put them. These
kind are the exception, however, and
we believe good feeding will cure
most tart tempers and is a veritable
panacea for many of the ills of the
Indian school employee and iswithout
question a most delightful and agree
able pastime. Chippeway Herald.
PROBABLY A CHEMAWA BOY.
The latest joke is on W. M. Miller,
County Superintendent, Out at the
fair the other day before the Indian
races were pulled off Mr. Miller ac
costed a burley buck, and, thinking to
show the Indian that he was interest
ed, said : "You have heap hiyu skook
um race pretty soon,"waving his
hands toward the track in order that
the thickness of the "Injun's" skull
might thereby be penetrated by his
meaning. The Indian halted and
replied: "I am not positive that the
details of the race have been arran
ged to the entire satisfaction of all
concerned, therefore cannot say
whether or not the race will be rah."
With that he walked away with a
triumphant gleam in his eye. Seve
ral of Mr. Miller's friends happened
to be near, and caught him as he
fell uttering between gasps, "you
don't have to talk jargon to those
fellows." Now when he meets a red
skin Mr. Miller is disposed to take
off his hat. -Portland Telegram.
CHILDREN FIND GRAVEYARD.
While playing on the beach near
Priest's Point yesterday some chil
dren unearthed an Indian skeleton
and quite a number of old curios, says
an Olympia dispatch in last Monday's
Telegram. Old Settlers tell that the
place just above there used to be an
Indian graveyard, and the skeleton
was probably one of the Indians who
were buried there. An old Hudson's
Bay musket was discovered in a bad
condition, the stock- is completely
rotted away, but the metal parts are
all intact. When the barrel was
scraped the following inscription was
deciphered: "To Jason Hendee From
the Hudson's Bay Company, 1724."
There is some more lettering, but it is
impossible to make it out. In addi
tion three silver coins and one gold
piece were found. The silver is all
English, but the gold piece is a French
Louis d'Or and is valued at about $5.
The most valuable find in the lot was
five elk teeth, which, ,owing to their
scarcity, the great demand for them by
members of the B. P. 0. E. have be
come quite valuable. The teeth when
polished are a beautiful green from
having been burnished with copper.
Today a number of men are dragging
around the old mission and in the
vicinity of Priest's Point in hopes of
discovering more elk teeth.
Church: What is your opinion of
"The Autocrat of the Breakfast Ta
ble?" Gotham; Never tried it, but I guess
I've sampled every other kind of
breakfast food. Ex.