, 1870-02-14
WILD WESTERN SCENES.
Life Of belden, the White Chief.
Adventures OF an Ohio 10y
Among the Wild Indians OF
the nlnins,
Fntten fer The cAiea7o TfsbuHs,

meat Than the work OF the oquaeh oeRhu III eA1-
nest. 1hey had all the robes to tAn naa osns~
nent. and hca,des Ind 10 cook, WASH, gel Wooo.
and nnse sobacco-toy 1t IL 10 part OF An 1ndiau
ura,leuap,s : duty TO look after snca things I
must tell YOU how they tao theft fooes.
F71et, the hides, witch aIe stli green and SOFT.
are stretched on the Erouud With the hair down.
Tsev nre fastened all Asound the edges by little 4
wooden pits driven teto the earth. When they I
tsve been stared our, the tqusws 60 upon them
and tramp ITEM With tatr feel which makes the |
1!tes slack; shen the pins are taxed up and the
hide Is stretched 1hts process II repeated eev.
ara. 1ues, until the hide becomes pefIecIly tAut
VAe equa NJ then tate a. nOo hoe, ar bone with
rtarp ctIge. hna dig on all the loose nesn; tnl Il
.a!.ad rlesnipg The robe. and greatly red1ces IL
is.ckn1sA. The robe Ia then taken up, AMI ashrs,
sa!oH. burale h.s,us tnsead oyer II, when II IL
iu.tcd and laid nway. When all Inc hides have
te.1 E-shec, the squAws take the ntst fobe again,
SIo rub, II until the tal.o~, asnes, or n1alns n,e
;-,otrs;vhy ,Dtel0ed In the grain. This lAstef
prcctt. Il performed win = atone or ronnd
:,arc. Now The bore Is eneare1 With white cay
IT cta.E, and again rubbed mill all the oil
t rreate is got out OF the skin Tus sEn
IS ,h.u hung Up ac1o's pole or rope, and
.natrn v lth long s.cks until 1t IL soft, plIaole
10 ihe touch aLd uf bcaut!tut white color. The
chaktng and beating Is Kept up antu the rube has
:attlnea tie required 1eIla!snS. when lt.s folded
AVE- and ready for the market u 1t ts not 70 be
rA1lied- Should The robe be Intended Ior paint-
ing II 10 bea1n spread Oh the ground ana dealgns
drawn upon it. These are pui on with = hhsfp
pn!pttd gtfcl. which is dipped In lax or juice e1-
ttaCitd " Do.llug the hatk c1 cottonwood tftea
Ttacuk IA very delicate and toe Juice baEet
marx closely resembling castS. Hnen tae oe-
t;c,,s I'VE drawn tho kgQaw8 take snoInef sllck
ard sut The paiut on over the traced nnes. To
uale II stick the paint is dAmpened VIII . CON-
,s,s,1tou very much iet glue. and which Il taken
rroc7 ,he blr l1o'k hoof or Joints, and Il called
,ostt wa;ee. TIE pslnl II Ecned or scared IN
with etnau iron Eeraie, Nhlta L. shaped very
uuch Ike surgeons curyal ueedle. The ntadle
:s R4ue hot before It IL applied 10 Inc
ra:tt, acd IL held by wooden handle When
r1Lp rls Il arrd nellueE rain cor wear can take
VIZ, rultr tut 1f The robe. The tanning, dressing,
eni uria.re1t.pg OF the aklnA occupied several
Evcse, aid I began to grow vesy tired OF the mo-
.otors Of camp, when an event occurred that
raEc r I Ezeu. relief.
tue uay 9 runnc1 came into the village 70 IN
.o:n, Us tha. tue Santees Of the Upper AtAourt
taf ;rs. Ycturred from wal expedition against
tie raxpees, In which the PAwnees hAd bscn
,,e,et1ous. Toe Saoteei had lost two WARRIORS
1,ytl eua five poles csp.ured, and The SAntee
t1,tf kert to AK that We would JOIN bIm In an.
ether e5pcd:t.on he vas about 10 Set out vpou- !
WIS ,lr,c hted With tns state Of Affairs, and eager.
II sourh. ny !tleno Ia Frombe, who, hat no
tioubt, ~ou,a Io.n IN my Wsshes 10 60 In the war
raEt; hu1. 10 my surprise. ne oraoeea
II. sLd urged nc 10 ataJ at home
"Tne pawnees," said La Ftomac1 "ale the
beredtts1F enemies OF the Sioux, and Justly 60
uace these two nations were friendly, and the
SiuuA made great 1east and invited the FAwnees
TO their fal hunt. They Game, leaving tntF village
IN lns v1nct security; but 1hIe they were least
1nr. large body OF siuu1 warriors, who had teen
GetAehea for the purpose. attacked the unpto-
1ectsd vulagc, aLd slew old men, women, and
children. THIS outrage and treacheIy tic Pow
zee. 1ever have and never wiz forgive"
uDut are not the sioux much .4e stronger, nnt
will thes cot In the end aucceel n destroying a
the raw1ecs, thonid they rersi, N VA :" 1 IN
quueu. -.-.-
"So,"fepucd La Froubc tie bltile Ia moi
always to the btrur& nor the lace - The dWut
thtre Is justice In God tina. uvt1 1u'es tne dt
Signs CT rtp, amt the raEneta, notw1shstaudln
1nti1 pauci.y ot numbers. 1av: uniformly oa
yicto1ioui."
While we we're talking the call for tha counc
Gpuudel, md we hsstened 10 thu coacci! Chan
bes. The Chief p1Gsdtt, and IL was easy 10 sd
nhc, rtnIn the t1citeu mALuer Ct the warrior
that the dec,sion would be Tor wal. It WAS soS
detc1m.Lcd 10 send q small patty Of Yopre me-
10 AID The tantees, and The ruuIer WIS startt
back with The joyful intelligence
SotwNhstanullg tue dIBc5ufaRemcnts OF ]
Fronbe, WAS determined 10 60 on the e1pec
;lor, ana WAS the ntst to voinnteef my kcrric
for ths hlIatd0us enterprise.
Iexnected Wsshiella would object to my gonl
but sne not only remained silent, but Whe7 utRs
10 speak commended my resolution and co1rag
aodire she noped The expedition would b. 81
ce.eftl and that would bring hons plenty
ponies ard ecalps,
When nil was In readnelf, our patty, coosist1
OF ;h,r,s-s!1 war1lo1s, creased the Missouri, an
ndvaLc.Ig abort dntaIcc, cscam2ed, 10 ";
for the Shltees, Who were coming down the Vt
tank. Early the next morning We saw the 81
tees approaching, and soon exchanged greet1I
TIE sAptees uuu. .bered about forty men, and ae
well u curtsd, but poorly armed. Our party
sv.-s .rsn. h,, nnr1As han nor at tally Fec<
cred tflu the lal! hnnt- All the Warriors ~
stout, hearty mer, and, together, NC number
seventy .tt1 suuls-qdite respectable force.
olkeIyed tue S4n'eca looked upon me "
uYuust, and made iteQuent Inquiries Of the Ia:
tona ss to who vas, and what WEE doing the
5fy ltieucs gave them glowing account OF
btavtty aad Skill az hunter, and pronts
would do s. good serT:ce ah any one wh
We ct the enemy. The S1ntees 6onu beca,
nore 1rteLdl., and challenged NE to Shoot
auark With oLe Of thels Rnrs1o1s, Who was
fsuoua ahut. ] agreed, a1d he Fut mp pat:
ear ril "a az The pike 10 Ee Coniendtd fo:. Bu
tua q al-r.Iga, and eald would Pay thc.r va
Il lost, when a warrior of my parry cane
ward nEd ruc pp for me pair of nne ElvcE {
rigs ho 4at. Nc were 10 n1ve tnEee AhoEs ca
sa1d., cn4LIy beat the Sartec every shot, =
took aWsy tla est-ripgr, At which he seemed '
much d;seatsned. rre1eltiy he cane to ms
challenged ne to shoot $50 yArda win h:ta.
aid 70. aud Was about to heAt him again vine
Warrior OF my party at u fa%osah!e moment ri
peIttl in my ear not to defeat tue SAntee. S
ie, him win the wager, =. which there was 81
,,saeglog aud shouting among the ss-teet.
ns.t l was dlsgusted, but, concluding to
aenbIe, Joined heartily IN corgxssntatlng
opponent, and raid he could beat
1t auy distance. further pretended TO ne,i
that The Esnlcc hat, IN the nrs: wager. thru
AWE, h!s shots, which the rascal had the In
deuce 10 declare was the case, The Saatces "
veEy Encn Srastnel over tnetr imagined ylctt
R1d, as Ia the lnd;au custom. they tEe4ud
with The consdeIa acoa dae Sa-qnlsaed hero.
The nex< Gay We 5ct ca, aud On tho third
rtec.e ed the Middle Lou7 Fosk Of tue rlAt.c ri
WcWere row approaching the PaHnce cau
an.I u WIS rccessasJ to travel ocly At n!ghs,
then with great precautiop. All day ne lay
ces.d in tnesa. grass nni tfDAer, ard. as roo
twas ts1s, mounted aud set.o1, riding one
hind t1e otter. aIa hav.EG econts far in ad5a
and 10 the right anl lett. The scouts nut
1hcr horees' hGuis with the long prA:r'e Fl
a.a AZ tteJ gA.1o7ei rolse1rzs5 ntour !
s.etntd more Ike tn,r1: torseu1n I
rvul tsh aud blood. Near dayl
on tec Hf1t night OUT, The s:onis 1ssul2ed 10
naAlB colnnu, ned reported that wc acre
preaching a vtilaSc. A. It was Es T. mu5ntEs,
We Wished to etct1e Fs,h Cur captured sleek
def cover OF dAFAuese, VIC de.erml1e0 to
until Inc next night before ma&NR tue sit
We e!sJ concealed al dag within full s!sht OF
EllRge, and, by creeping to the top Ct the II
could tic equaws acd Warriors walking At
Etc streetA Of The village oc,oE. I lay l.
ws,ch.oE ihem. ~ they Eat IN tue sunshine be
thc.r doors, OF cllneed 10 the top of t1c!g
aoutes and hAllced TO one another. Our &c
reported that there were white men ncd vo
IN tse camp, aZd appsaled to the lnd.ar
spare them In 1ne attack, which sheT p
ls+1 10 do. II wns nns daJ, aad
I'm tnone bright and VAIN oTer
quis, valley. II seemed 70 me-
lots time uusA night: but At length
SEE disappeared behiad tho wcste1n hills Ane
snaI.a OF twilight dcepcntd Into dalkuess
snw the .quaws driving 10 the ponies and orin
Woo1 And xxleE for tic night, al unconse.ou
liz i1l nd,pg danger.
as Aoou e It wis dark We cfep. stcalthlE d
tie 1.l atd. crossing the little stream, surro
ed tac tllr where the ponies were tied. o.
warrior pAAsed close BY Int did not perceive
nEo tQun*, tfudetnG home through the gt
Na,ktd Within afew feet Of me. Silently W.
aiotg uLsi! wlttn as-out ten pacea Of tne 20
uhen 4 cog baIked: then the ponies sno.ttJ
a titRle shot, followed by the zip OF builet
heard when In the village there ross
:o3d AID Wild q yell It made uy
s,.td On etd. Saot fouoxed eno,
outrk succession, AID warriors, men, women
children came running to defend theft pooei
ocrsxrsdlkton was more toF the pote OF