Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-12-01

""'Nh 80 '"' A'avslS Wsh oiaFt, were OF
course given.
The two mortal enemies were surprised
TO find themselves thus Strangely. in the
presence Of each Other but they DID no, fiah,;
Tor two men alone together, when there are
no spectators 10 hiss them on. aud they can
remain at peace withou, eensure or ridieule
very seldom fight Whether the Indians
were like other men matters not. but at least
they d,l no, 6ght. On the contrary they
very quietly and nationally talked over The
war of,heit nations, discussed II IN all it.
bearings, and finally agreed as soon as the
cave should be Ugh, enough, 10 spend few
hours IN gambling.
The game played, was The position Of
small pebble. whether under one or anno,h
cr OF their four moceasins having been re.
pealedly placed under each ofIhem, by the
operator before stopping To decide The BEL
Small sticks were used as counters, and
kind OF low chant accompanied the game
in its progress
Having COMMANDED the enemies were
intent on tho play bu' they had not much
property about them 10 stake The first
things pu, up were their arrows, one by one
OF which the Pueblo soon won all the poor
Nabajo had. They then put up their bows
md the Nabajo won the bows Of the Pue.
bio Thus one had all the arrows, and the
other the two bows. All the arrows were
now s,aked by the Pueblo against The two
bows held BY the Nabojo, aud the former
wonl The Nabajo was thus stripped entire.
J ~ Of the means Of defence, and Of procuring
subsistence. He then proposed 10 bel a
small piece of bis scalp, abou, the size OF a
dollar, TO be taken from the crown Of bis
/ head against the bow and arrows which
had been his To this tho Pueblo readily
agreed and again wonl The Nabajo sub
United 10 have the piece taken from his
head, and with the long hair which had
been the pride Of the owner, the Pueblo
tucked it under his belt. The play had
/ got 10 a terrible pass; but once absorbed ia
gambling, these Indians know no limit -
and care but Iulc how precious ,he stake
Smsrting with pain, yet not showing II
| by the twilch Of single muscle the Nabajo
proposed 10 bel his RICH, car against as large
a piece Of the PuebIo's seal as he himself
had lost DESTROYS 10 possess his enomys
ear as well MS his sea p the Pueblo joyful
ly assented 10 this; bu, the Nabal 0 won and
il was now the Pueblo's turn to loose
part Of his scalp He too smar,ed with
pnin, bu, did not lie, his enemy perceive a
sign Of his feelings; Tor the foultude o! 10.
dams, under some circumstances, is won
dcrful
Tho Pueblo still trusting in bis good
luck which he thought would return the
next Trial, proposed 10 stake the tips OF
their nose To this the Nabajo could but
agree or incur the charge Of cowardice
and so the notes were posted Bot the Pu.
eblo was again unfortunate, and lost He
had to suffer The Zip Of his nose to be taken
off which would dIsfgure him for lie,
The Nabno had now gained IN over
weening confidence, and proposed TO stake
the ,lb Of his own nose agaInsl his own bow
and arrows, which be was still anxious to
recover This was proposition IN which
the Pueblo, with his own nose gone, could
with no iiule satisfaction assent-the game
went on and the Pueblo wonl
Both The enemies were thus left without
ends to their noses, horribly dlshgured,
and both had lost par OF their scalp bu,
the Nsbaio was alII far behind his adverse.
~, who had his bow and arrows To re-
cove, those he proposed to stake his right
car sgaios, them and the Pueblo, still ex
ceedinRly anxious for his encmy's can,
heard the p opposition with the utmost pleas
ure but the Nabalo won Both pa tiei
were again equal bu, both parties were
minus the tips Of their noses and paris o
their scalps,
I As soon as his bows and arrows were re-
turned 10 him the Nabajo sprang to bis lee
and drew pn his enemy whose bow laid be
yond his reach The Pueblo seeing tina
The Nabajo had the advantage, and eIpec-
tine death every moment, sal quiet and mo
we'd no part OF his body
|, Are YOU afraid TO die 2 asked NsbaIo
his bow sill bent
. MOI proudly responded the other
Nor either said Nnbajo you are
brave did not believe II bs!ore- tho
YOU were sguoW, but now ! know yot
} are a man. DO you believe The same 0
! me 7
,pul down your bow and will tell you
( The Nabsio threw his bow from hun
E leaving hlms, II as unprotected as his enc
. nv had been. The Pueblo retained Ia
! position, looking for some minutes direct
at the NabsJo.
j, Yes, believe it, sad he
= Then, nil the Nabalo, we have cut o.
8 each others noses, We have lakeneaeh 9th
/, ers sealp,-ld Us hereafter, as erA'es' D
q friends
1 4 mus think OF that before say yes
. no. sad the Pueblo and The NabsJo hh'
q ing resumed kn sea-, sill leaving his boz
= a, some distance from him, they both y
Y rna,aed for nearly an hour as quiet and "a
e movable ss statues Al longih the l'u'
l. bio spoke
o 'wil you tell mo ODe thing ? be al
@ ked
,IfIean. replied the Nsbslo.