The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-06-10
Letter from Colorado.

Ogden, a Pullman Palace car, bound east
ward. The elegance and convenience of
these cars excel everything-having a con-
ductor and steward to each car everything
as clean as can be the bed linen changed
every day; the washing arrangements are
perfect; ON each side are organs, whose
rich notes swell and roll over the vast prai-
train, one would think himself seated in
the richest and most elegant Of drawing
rooms. These cars are manufactured by
Pullman & Co., costing 81, ZOO per ton and
$4,000
After nights ride, morning again found
us i'll the buffalo country, black
forms dotted the country for miles and
miles away, seemingly caring little or moth
ing for the cars. All at once succession
of shrill whistles are heard buffaloes on
the track. l have often heard of Buck
ague, and if there is any such thing as
buffalo ague, had it then. Almost in the
time it would take te tell it, q number were
off the cars, rifle in hand ball after
ball was sent in the direction of their
black forms, but none dropped. Regard
less of being left, or the danger from the
Sioux Indians, who, with Red Cloud at
their head, were hunting close at hand, and
who have an inclination to lift the hair
when a good opportunity offers. /, in COM
pany with Capt. B., of the Regular Army,
an old hunter and Indian fighter, and
citizen of Michigan, singled out an old
bull, whose tail have i'll my possession,
as we were armed with seuenteen-shooters.-
Several balls were sent after the old bull ::
but after three mile chase, wei think l
-brougt him down; for they owned my
ball hit behind the fore shoulder, and
although he had several in him, mono would
have been fatal but the one in the heart
A ball in the head will not disturb his head
ing, as at one time, after considerable
man@uverng, Capt B. got a fair shot at
his head and hit him just above the eyes :;
a shake of the head was all, with slight
loss of hair where it struck. No sooner
down than we set to work to secure his
tail and tongue. In the midst of our busy
operation, rs it is no small work, with
penknife, to unjoint his tail, we were sur
prised and little alarmed by voice from
behind "Me buffalo Injun Injun meat"
Jumping from his pony in u second, a live
Sioux, in all his paint and feathers, was
beside us. 1t would be utterly useless to
attempt to describe this son of nature :;
six feet in height, whose long brawny arms
hung uncovered by his side in one hand
bow, in the other a .javelin on his back
was the culver of arrows; from the left
side of his belt hung a number of scalps :;
on the right his scalping knife, just beside
his tomahawk. Soon he raised his hand,
in imitation of taking drink, while his
throat went gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, fire
water. Then commenced a pantomime
conversation between the Indian and Capt.
b. But l noticed the rifle of the Captain
was in readiness to be used at any moment,
while he carefully kept between the Indian
and his pony. On asking him afterwards
why he kept such a watch ON the Indian,
| he replied: not from any fear of the Indian
harming us there, being too cowardly to
modest US, but that he would mount his
pony, signal others of his tribe, and lift our
hair before we could reach the nearest sta
ton, or help reach us. Similar cases hap
pen every little while, the fleet Indians
laughing at the pursuit of the blue-coat in
column, while they scatter and are lost to
view in short time. The Indian was salts
fled to take all, except the tongue and tail,
after the securing of which we started for
tho station, having several good shots at
antelope as We returned but not bringing
any down.
On our way homo, we spent few hours
with the Cav tribe, who, like the Utes,
arc peaceable. They arc fed by the Gov
ernment, and used to fight hostile tribes
Each tribe had a number of scalps hanging
at the doors of their wigwams,-except
when hunting, when they carry them
attached to their belts by the hair. We
could easily tell the women's from the men s
by the long hair. The little boys showed
us some specimens of their workmanship,
by striking cent, twenty paces nearly
every time, with an arrow. The women
60 naked to the waist the children entirely
naked The women do all the work and
all the drudgery it being mark of dis
honor for a brave to labor-which some of
the Elkton braves have well initiated. The
babies are found strapped ON board, sit
ting by the door of the wigwam, when not
strapped on the squaw's back. Each chief
has several wives the others seldom more
than one. A squaw brings about $50 to
price as an Indian pony.
One of the chiefs asked me how many
squaws had? Ireplicd one. You should
have seen him shrug his shoulders and
grunt, "Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh; one sqnaw !!
poor, poor, poor! ~ and with an expression
of countcnance such as savage only can
make replied to my question as to how
many he had, held up seven fingers with
more pride than miser counts his gold.-
A similar disappointment was manifested
when, in reply to his question as to how
many pappooses had, he again counted
thirty, with a loud laugh, pointing his fin
ger toward me with a hiss. But my turn
came next. showed him my seventeen
Spencer rifle, and when l discharged it
seventeen times in as many seconds, his
delight was unbounded, and with Il fallen
expression of countenance, pointed to his
bow, which shot but once and when told
him of the great Father in Washington !;
his thousands of soldiers his 1cgions of
braves and squaws, as numerous as the
leaves of the trees, he fairly danced with
delight, taking me by the hand exclaiming
"Poor, poor Indian ~ his mighty and