Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17
The Death of Fiery Nose.
BY JOHN QUILL.

e BY JOHN QUILL.
It This is a thrilling narrative of q
/. noble North American Indian.
0 1t is also the simple story of a
It Woman's love
r And it is touching illustration
q Of the power of paternal affection.
8 As well as tale Of terrible and
:. bitterreVenge.
1t is also first class in every re-
= spect and warranted to keep one
: year in any climate, and it is a
!, number Of other things which /
s won't mention, because l don't
z want to tell the anecdote before |
Q get to it. For once knew a man
= who undertook to write a preface
to his book, and when he got
through he couldn't tell whether to
f make book of the preface or a
t preface Of the book, and he lost his
reason, and he became a straw hair.
ed lunatic trying to decide.
Out in the prairie dwelt an indian
chief named Fiery Nose, and Fiery
Nose had a daughter, over whose
head sixteen Indian summers
might have passed.
Now it will be necessary, you
perceive, that this copper complec-
ted young maiden should have a
lover, in order to give this story
the proper degree of interest So
she had one and his name was Buf-
falo Bull, and he was an aged brave,
some years her senior, and he wore
knock knees and goggles, and was
related to red haired tribe of In
dams who eat the bread of idle
ness, except when they were com
PEELED to work for living. Buffa
10 Bull was a fine old brave, and he
always hit directly from the shoul-
der, and considered it no disgrace
to drink nine fingers of fre.wate
at one time, and wear Grape on his
hat when his first wife died. He al
50 wore a cow-lick in his hair.
The old aborgine Fiery Nose,
had not the slightest idea in the
world that such a venerable old
savage as B. B., sprung in the knees
and spawned as he was, ever thought
to marry his daughter. But strange
to say, that was the very identical
thing upon which Buffalo Bull had
set his heart.
So he called one evening at the
family mansion of Fiery Nose, with
the intention Of numbering him in
a peaceable and friendly manner,
and then eloping with his daughter,
the Prairie Flower.
On that night Fiery Nose sat in
his library with bis war paint on,
trying to balance bis scalp account,
which was one scalp short, and the
Prairie Flower also wore paint, and
sat reading Tupper's inspiring po-
ems under the chandelier in the
front parlor
When Buffalo Bull came IN, he
went back into the library, and en-
tered into conversation with the old !
man, for lie had rare converse
tional powers, and spoke his native 9
tongue with a facility that was at ,
once admirable and remarkable.
"Will you take pipe?" asked s
the hospitabls Fiery Nose "do take
one" handing him a coil of gas 9
pipe. 81 have some tobacco that
has a stamp on it, and it conse-
quently must be good. 1t was y
grown in Paducah." :
"Why don't you use the Mud :
Turtle brand ?" observed Buffalo !.
Bull Every paper you buy has a =
million dollar bill in it and you can =
get it for five cents. 1t is an ex- !.
cellent investment for your surplus y,
earnings. Let me advise you to get " ~
= =
"Ah, I WILL" said Fiery Nose :
'Pray hairs" said he to his child, - -
'go around and buy me two papers u u
Of Mud Turtle tobacco. You'd "
better ride. Get quarters worth ~ ~
Of tickets, and you may buy vel "a "a
ow jack with the change" ~ ~
The fair Prairie Flower kissed u
ler aged parent until his colors be- a, d,
ran to run, and then she went out - !,
IN her errand with a small hat over u. -
Ter eyes. E. :.
"Nice girl, amt sheH" said Fiery ,'
Nose; "I'ye had q great deal of "
rouble bringing her up, but | am e. e.
IMPLY repaid, and attribute all to "a q
he fact that l raised her with yeast p
powders. got the best, and they ~ ~
lid the business" -. %
"By the way, old boy" elaculat- ~
ID Buffalo Bull, speaking of your 80
laughter, she's regular straight "
,ut, gamboge, skinned, aboriginal
nigel, with no discount on her h,
She's nobby bit of calico and, n
While l thing of it. 1 understand 70 70
,oung Grizzly Bear, the festive or m
rave of the Algonquins, has view n n
d her with a critics eye, and pass. i,
d her imperfections by, and con VI ",
luded to 60 for her. How saYest 90
hou ?" 81
"He has, has hep Well, permit co
ne to remark that he has probably te-
hinned up the incorrect tree. Him ? W,
Thy I'd Just as leave marry her to al
ONE wooden-headed cigar-store til
indian, I would, upon my sacred ta
-erd of honor as a gentleman" in
"She's too good for him, perad ri,
observed Buffalo Bull, he
ententlously. of
"Venture your whole pile on that fir
le boy. She wears low down bon
cts, and has her linen embroider-