Pawnee, Okla. May 26 (UP)-The pages of history will be turned back from 50 to 100 years and eventful historic scenes I the early history of Indian Territory will be reproduced at Pawnee Bills' Old town and Trading post west of here, during the next three days.
The steady, pulsating beat of the tom-toms, the shrill yells of Indians will resound over the prairies near Old town as the reedmen stage the ceremonial dances performed by their ancestors in the same region years ago.
Indians from all over Oklahoma and some from other sections and champion cowboy ropes and bronco busters will journey to ld Town for the three day Indian Pow-wow and Rodeo sponsored by Major Gordon Lillie, "Pawnee bill" of wild west circus fame.
Indian chief, medicine men and braves with their squaws and papooses will participate I the pow-wow.
An attack on the overland mail, the Mountain Meadow massacre and other historic incidents that had a part in settling of the west will be portrayed by the Indians some of them descendants of the red men who took part in the original action.
In addition to the rodeo and pow-wow to be held in the stadium arena at Old Town, the regular Indian museum established by Pawnee Bill to perpetuate a part of the old west will attract many visitors.
Herds of buffalo, Indian ponies, long horned Texas steers and Mexican pack burros are included among the attractions at Old Town.
Major Lillie had planned to present the Indian pow-wow and rodeo at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, but delayed negotiations forced him to abandon the plan.
Roast buffalo dinners will be served to visitors at Old town. Major Lillie is president of the S. S. highway 64 association. A convention of the road organization will be held in Pawnee during the last two days of the pow-wow.
The national highway bisects Pawnee Bill's Old town separating the field where the buffalo herd grazes from the Indian village and trading post.
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