Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-07
DEATH OF FIERY NOSE.
II Utterly Absurd Indian Tale,
BY JOHN QUILL.

North American Indian.
It is also the simple story OF woman
love.
And it is a touching illustration Of the
IpOWcr Of paternal affection.
AS we'll as n tale Of bitter and terrible
revenge.
1t IS also rst-clas5 il every respect,
and warranted to keep one year IN any
climate, and it is number Of other things,
which I won't mention, because / don
want TO tell the anecdote before l get to It.
For [ once knew MAJ who undertook to
write preface to his book, and when he
got through he couldn't tell whether to
make q book of the preface, or preface
of tie book, and he lost his reason, and
became & straw-haired lunatic trying to
ldecide.
Out in the prairie dwelt an Indian chief
named Fiery Nose who had q daughter. owe
whose head sixteen Indian summers might
have passed
| Now it will be necessary, you perceive,
that this copper completed young maiden
should have lover, IN order to give this
story tho proper degree of interest. So
she had one, and his name was Buffalo
Bull. aai! lie Was ali aged brave, some
wears her senior, and he wore knock knees
| and goggles, and was related to red
HAIRED Tube Of Indians who ate the bread
Of idlcuess, excepting when they were
compelled to work for a living. Buffalo
| Bull was fine old brave, and he al
wavs hls directly from the shoulder, an d
| considered it no disgrace TO drink nine
fingers cf tire-Uatcr al time, and wear
crane around Lis hat when his first wife
died
The old aborigine, Fiery Nose, hadn't
the slightest idea IN the world that such
venerable ola savage IS i. B., sprung IN
the knees and spawned a3 he was, ever
thought 10 marry his daughter. But,
strange to say, that was the very 1dentl-
|oal tliog rpoa which Buffalo lad set his
heart.
So he called oAe evening at the family
mansion Of Fiery Nose, with the intention
OF numbering him i'll peeccablo and
friendly manner, aAd then clipping with
his daughter, tie lair Prairie Flower.
On tlat very night 4iery hose sat in his
library with his war paint OF, trying to
balance his scalp account. which was one
scalp short, and t1o !rajrio Flower also
WoIo paiLt, and sat reading Turpers IN
spring poems under the chandelier n the
front rariCr.
when Buffalo Ball came III, he vent
b2el, la.o tie library, and entered into con-
yelsatic1 with the old man, Tor he bad rare
congregational powers, and spoke i"9
once admirable ana remarkable.
''Wiu YOU take 4 pipe = asked tho hos
tp..abl8 Fiery Nose ''do, take one, hand
ina him a cell Of gas pipe. = have sonle
tobacco Shac las :. stamp on 1t, and il con-
IsgqucDtly must be r,21. L was grown in
padUcha
"Wly dout you use The Mud Turtle
! brand = observed Buffalo Bull. Every
IpaDer you buy has 4 million Dollar bill
| in it, ana y0u can get it for five cents
! It is Gn excellent investment for your
surplus earnings. Let ne advise you 10
set some.
| hare, said he to his child, Ego around
and buy me two papers of Mud Turtle to-
bacc0. EOu'Q better ride. Get quarter s
worth Of tickets, and you may buy yellow
j jack with the change"
, The fair Prairie Flower kissed her aged
! parent until his colors began to run, aud
then she went out on her GRAND with a
small hat over her eyes.
Mice girl amt she ?" said fiery Nose;
Eve had Il great deal Of trouble in bring
ing her Up. but am amply repaid, and I
attribute all to the fact that I raised her
with yeast powders. I got the lest and
they did the business"
''By the way, ola boy" calculated But
falo Ball, speaking Of your daughter,
she's regular straight-out, gamboge-
skinned, aboriginal angel, with no discount
on her. She's nobby bit of calico; and,
while I think Of il, l understand your
Grizzly Bear, the festive brave OF the AL
gonqu;ns, has viewed her with critics
eve and passed her imperfections by, and
concluded 10 go for her. How sayest
| thou :"
s.He las, has he Well, permit me to
remark that he has probably Skinned up
the incorrect tree. Him why had just
as leave marry her to some Wooden-he headed
cigar store Indian, would, upon my sa-
cred word Of honor as q gentleman"
''She's too good for him, peradventure, -
observed Buffalo Bull, sententiOusly.
| Venture your whole Pile on that, me
| boy. She wears low-down bonnets, and
! has her linen embroidered; besides she
cLcws gum, an has four ounce ring
through Der nose. No girl like Traits
agoiEG 10 fling herselfaway, is she? Well.
/ shCuIi think not. Not while her pa can
da1blo his hands II goro, 81 ANY rate, I
reckon"
''But, NY friend" observed Bull, with a
trembling voice, chow much these cbulh-
lions Of Youthful affection remind me of
me chidnood's days. Look at me while
weep; listen TO these BONO tie tears as
they yatter in the spittoon. O where,
whore are the friends OF me youth? 0
whore are the loved ones gomez
Il give it up, said Fiery Nose, after Il
Don't you reoolIect how We used TO go
out on the trail and capture little children
AID congo their eyes out, and chop 'em
Into bits, ana then come homo and learn
our cateclisms and knife our next door
InciGnbor, and then pray 10 the Great
MaDitou before we went to bed. All, those
were happy, happy days, and we were
hilarious little Injuns, weren't we. But
now I'll these things are mingled with the
lirEovocable past, yoQ can bet they are"
''You're drunk, amt you ?" asked Fiery
Nose, you're talking drivel. Where DO
you set your -cro-water."
TO this Buffalo Bun dcignod no reply,
but pretending to SEQ something on the
Itop knot Of Fiery Nose, he asked him to
iatoCp down q minute whiIo &c picked it
Ecf lie then c!andestincly jetked out his
Iscalping-knife and lifted his hair, after
(which he jabbed tho knife into his vitaIs,
land threw him on the CRATE to die.
Just then Prairie Flower returned with