Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-22
/ adlonrnel from lhere also.

| adjourned from there also,
"COhi0uRd these Indians, " ! said
= "lhey told me they were tame bul
, ii Temperatures should 10 for any
, thing, should say they were all on
, the war-pa,h,"
| made one moro attempt to fra
, terniEe with them, and only one. |
came upon q camp OF them gathered
Ia the shade Of a great tree, max,
, Ing wampum and moeoasins, and
addressed them Ia tho language Of
friendship;
"NOble Red Men, BRAVES, Grand
Saehems, War. Chiefs, Squaws, and
High,you Muck-a- Mueks, tho pale
face from the land of the settling sun
greets YOU You BeheGeent Pole
cat-you, Roaring Thundorgust-
you, Buly-boye,with-a Glass, Eye
tho palciaco from beyond the great
waters greets you all War and pes
thence have thinned your ranks
and destroyed your once proud ma
ton. Poker and soyen.up, and n
vain modern expense for soap, un-
known TO your glorious ancestors,
have depleted your purses. Ap.
propriating in your simplicity the
property OF others has Cotton you
into trouble. disappearing factS
in your sinleas innocence, has dam.
aged your reputation with the soul.
less usurper. Trading for forty.rod
whiskey to enable you to get drunk
and happy and tomahnwk your fam
lilies has played the everlasting mis-
chief with tho picturesque pomp Of
your dress, and you are, in the
broad light Of the nineteenth cen.
tury, gotten up like the ragtag and
bobtail Of the purlicus Of Now
York For shame ! Remember your
ancestors Recall their mighty
deeds Remember Uncas land
Red Jacket !-and IIole-in. the-D Day
and Horace Greeley Emulate
their achievements Unfurl your
selves under my banner, noble saw
ages, illustrious guttcrsnipcs :"
."Down wild him ?" '0
"Scoop the blagyard p
JIang him p
"Burn him |"
"Dhrownd him - ..
1t was tho quickest operation
that ever was. | simply saw sud
den flash in the air, of clubs, brick
bats, fists, bead baskets and mocca-
rins--a single fash, and they all
appeared to hit me at once, and no
two of them in tho same place. In
the next instant tho entire tribe
was upon nc. They tore all the
clothes off mo, they broke my arms
and legs, they gavo me q thump
that dented tho top of my head till
it would hold coffee like n saucer
and to crown their disgracoful pro
ceedings, and to add insult to inju
ry, thoy threw me over the Horse
shoe Fall, and got wet.
About ninety-ninc or hundred
feet from the top, the remains Of my
yest caught on projecting rock,
AM, ! was almost drowned before
could get loose. | finally fell, and
brought up in worlo o. white foam.
at the foot of the fall, whose cclled
and bubbled masses lowered up sew
cral inches above my head. OfI
course l got into the eddy. / sailed |
round and round in it forty four
times-chasing chip and gaining
on teach round trip half mile
reaching for the samo bush on the
bank forty-four times, and just cx-
acty missing it by hairs breadth
every time. AT last man walked |
down and put q pipe in his mouth,
and lit match, and followed me |
with one eye and kept the other on
the match while lie Sheltered it in
his hands from the wind. Present.
ly'a puff of wind blew it out The
next time | swept round him he |
said RS" .
'Got IL match p F..'.
"Yes--in my other vest. Help |
me out please" 20 70 go
"Not for Joe." .t'..
When l calne around again, l
said: 1.t#l
"Excuse the seemingly imperti-
nent curiosity of a drowning man,
but will you explain this singular
conduct of yours p
with pleasure. / am the coro-
ner. Don't hurry on my account.
can wait for you. But | wish |
had match"
1 said: "Takc my place and I'll
go and get you one"
lie declined. This lack of conf
dence his part created a GOODNESS
between US, and from that time for
ward / avoided him. 1t was my
idea, in case anything happened to
me, to 80 time the occurrence as to
throw my custom into the hands of
the opposition coroner over on the
American side. At last a police
man came along and arrested me
for disturbing the peace by yelling
at people on shore for help. The
Judge fined me, but l had the ad-
vantage of him. My money was in
my pantaloons, and my pantaloons
were with the Indians. Dr.
Thus ! escaped. l am now lying |
in a very critical condition. At
least / am lying, anyway-critical
or not critical H
am hurt all over, but ! cannot
tell the full extent yet, because the
doctor is not done taking the inven-
tory. lie will make out my mani
fest this evening. However, thus
far he thinks only six of my wounds
are fatal. / don't mind the others.
Upon regaining my right mind,
] said
sit is an awfuIly savage tribe Of
Indians that do the bead work and