The Congress of American Aborigines at the Omaha Exposition [pp. 505-512]

Copyright, I898, by F. A. Riniehart, Omaha
Geronimo (Guyatli)-Apache
THE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN ABORIGINES
AT THE OMAHA EXPOSITION
BY MARY ALICE HARRIMAN
T EVERY exposition, from the days
of the Crystal Palace in London
to those of the Transmississippi
and International, held in Omaha, Nebraska, during the summer of 1898, there has
been some particular attraction which has
excited the interest of all classes of people.
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Needless to enumerate these various specialties, they ranged from the Eiffel Tower
to the Ferris WTheel, from dancing girls
to some electrical appliance. But whereever held, in America, England, France,
or Germany, no such exposition has ever
had a gathering of aborigines from whom