The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-04-07
The Grizzly Papers.
''URscs," IN TIE OVERLAND FOR APnII.

''ussrs." IN TIE OVERLAND FOR APnn-
Six thousand years ago, when, according
to the learned and Travelled Dr. Mustipastt,
Adam was repcllng. single handed, the in.
cursions OF the barbarous hordcs of western
Asis, the Apache had attained to state of
refinement verGing closely upon the ele-
CANT ("Hist Ap. Civ.," XLVII. pp. 10,
$40 ct seq.) The lively Greek afterward sur
! passed him in the arts, when, stung with
envy. the Apache flew to dissipation, gam
blcd away his self-rcspect, and has now
fallen 40 low as to be come pensioner upon
the heirs to the virtues of his successful
rival, who have magnanimously burdened
themselves with his support in the style to
| which he las become accustomed. Great
store of nutritious arms and ammunition is
annually forwarded to him in United States
wagons, and hnc edible clothing upon the
backs of United States soldiers. Comfort.
able horses. and even intoxicating bccves,
are dispatched to him by United States
Quarter,nasters aud Commissaries of Sub.
sis,encc. and generous piles of nice fuel are
erected by United States engineers, that he
may warm his toes withal. Nor does the
national charity find only official expres.
sion: private enterprise is unceasing in its
efforts to amclioratc his unhappy condition.
Productive ranches and mines IRE graceful
ly yielded up to his cupidity, and invoices
of asserted merchandise laid at his feet,
that he may engage in trade. He is sup
piled with comely White matron to be his
slave, and exc = blooming damsel to his
wife. He may decorate his pate with nice
blonde scalp, and in the finest Of human
skins array his own. There is no happier
lot than that of the nations protege, the
pampeIed Apache in Arizona in all essen-
tial felicity it quite exccis that of his Great
Father in Washington. But 10! there is
one dash of bitter in his cup (Which latter,
by the way, is dcftly fashioned from y ba-
by's tender skulD-kis AaIi.at is but sorry
habitat: All angry wild in which White
Man can not live!
There is nothing SO infalliblc a. the judg.
ment of ones contemporaries Upon the
man who first ate IN oyster, it was that he
would c., any thing; upon him who first
shaved the besrd, that he msrred fair Ma.
ture; upon him who first got himself sstride
q horse, that he was raving msnGc; upon
him who first parted his hair upon the side
of the head. that he was +. ol-snd ss to
this latter, / see no good reason TO reverse
the decision.
mendstion than his wcslth:-You could
not have better.
Unswuddled Of oil sentiment, . baby il
not eminently inspiring: it is the exsct re.
versc-tame and unimpressivc to the las,
degree. do not mean this as a cowsrdly
attack upon Incipient Msn-for whose fam
lily en.ertsin a profound respect-but al
the simple statement of fact in natural
history which has been skillfully concealed
by previous Investigators. Besides, a baby
is not pretty--your pardon, but it certainly
is not, Us l shall put you in the way of pro-
wing. Magnify your naked innocent q
| ulAuACNClS NS w uSS0oc0Iy ~
bring her up to the stature of the woman
whom, Of course, We will suppose to be
chiselcd in marblc-or, say, the Venus dc
McdIci. Now look at them both together
BY the aid of certain ingenious apparatus
have made this, or at least q practically
similar, experiment, and nothing could IN
ducc me to repeat it. The effect is sppall'
ing! The babe appears = frightful mon
ster q great, lubberly, hideous defornity
with the look of IN idiot! From this
judge that . baby is tolcrable only by reason
Of its minuteness-like spider; endurablt
only because there is not much of it-like
atheism. But by virtue of what quality il
10 accounted pleasing and desirable. an
wholly unable to determine. l know thu
reader will fling into my teeth the custom
sry retort that was once myself . baby
but beg to remind you, Madam, that abus'
10 not argument.