Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-06-22
From White to Red.

The Helena (Monianr) GrcHs irll- this
story Early In the fall OF 1865 % boy at
about eighteen years ui age clad in Wci
skin. sunhurnt and weather beaten entered
the Gdgetff Job Office anl asked for en-
plnvmcnt. stating that hr knew nothing
about the printing business, never saw IL
printing Office before but Was wiling Ia
make himself useful, IA he was hard up
and wanted To stay IN a white settlement
long enough to cam the price ul IL horse,
rifle nnd'outiit" The has de- pilr Ia
greasy hucksbin suit, and tanned and
weather-bca'eu appearance, hhdn bright.
handsome ana Intelligent rnuuiruanrr,
aud employment was gwen him in the
unlce, where he worked faithfully mlii
spring opened, when lle quit lii4 stu ltlnn,
/ purchased % hursr hlaukrstil ana Ht.
/ rnutrumruis, babe MS all good rye, stating
thai H. WAS going back IA hi ili'". since
which time We haze ue,ti heard pt him
until connected with the sorry ui the ma
sncrc Of A. 5, simmons and patty. Ecui
was Il white hoy. Isn't knew nothing of his
ptrnts. He was brought NJ by Colonel
Bnnt, Of Font Bent on the Arkan-a- river.
" hn purchased him from the Chrvrnuo
All that young Brut hucw al hi- hle'uY
was what the Gu yeunc related To COL
Rent On his purchase, which was &" Tue
effect that, during he tllliumm onu3 rh'
ton across the plains, a tain was aittckcr
hy band of Cheyenne, and the who'll
party was bulchcr,d with the exception %
Brly. who was thena surkling infant, ln,
he WA cared for and brought up hN TIA,
indiana " no captured him, and taken viii
them through nll thrir wnndciins in
thu Arb lnsas river 70 the Red river of th
Mn'th. and when purchased ~ Col, Ben
H. Hliy believed he was Hn Indian, am
could speak no other iangh1ge than tn
, Indian dialect
Billy was taught the English ans
. French languages, and a. read and wait
III Fort Bent hut his rowing 1t disposition
led him, witch al,le to llndll u lr an
ride cayuse. TO desert hi- h no',rtor lU
! seek his old hannts among tho Indians
!. We never could learn why he LETT tho In
dams and came to Helena, hut from hint
a snrmised that Il fatal quarrel htl take
!. place ltlNeGn lin md qpe Of the "Iin
- Indians, In which BllN had ght the hr
r of it and had to llct the camp. Noun
~ Bent was a natural artist, and often, O.
= the cold winter nights Of lSGS, while sil
- tina around the stove Of the Ga,fr com
- posing room, wOild he Young hlrluria
take pencil and sketch fium ucmOr
any mountain scene We would AK for.
Among those scenes he has given 3
ID accurate sketches of the falls of the lr
10 luwatdne, the Upper FALL Of Mis.pnr
u Longs Peak, Pixies hclk amt some If II
ii wonders of the iclloW,t No Whirh al
. now palt pf our geographic Il know lrds
H. hut al that dine srra only Regarded I
a Us az visionary sketches of the hoy. 1
H. stated that the squaw taught him how
ct paint rude figures of birds and HniuH
m upon robes, hut one day he found ca
ig of pencils and . HUDSON Bay receipt hn'
L. aud on each receipt was picture "l
~ female. lie had meyer seen anything u
~ It bGfare, aud having learned the ne
m the pencils he soon learned % draw q !
Il. sipiRe of the cut, aud from practice su'
he became a iirst-class sketchcr, ns rclat
Id above. Poor Billy We hope "A hctt
s. fale IL reserved for your and our old lrien
he who accompanied the expedition
th 80
he --Paupcism is decreasing in London.
Ne -Thrc are five colored men in Congrc.
~ India Is to haleu Medical College
y, women.
49, -Codce Is to become Liberals -inl
ed product.
se Titus Pomponiu- Alt'cn- Bib lives
NJ Kentucky.
=, a Cincinnati drinking fountains ~pc
NJ ice wat T..
ruS France will establish penal colo
~" in the West Indies.
zen Machine made lee is hccoming go
man down South.
Of This years wool clip in Indiana
az remarkably fine.
of kentucky produces stone for I'D
hg graphic purposes.
'He -Whenls small baby like big bank
w When he Is a wr0lhchlld.
lar A San Francisco drinking saloon
ere named " Greeley Headquarters,
IS a Over six hundred seats are reser
iti- for the press ut the Boston Jubilee.
rd' A Tcrre Hautc woman has been
~, teoding circus,s for siNty-tye years.
ia. Wine can be shipped from Sacramc
a to New York for 20 cents per gallon.
lice An English reform movement is
ere rected against excessive tea drinking
the Wilmington is still the only city vi
cry narrow guage passenger ears are made
MIN Tho New York Erc,jAd Post def
,seu emitting wood for winter To be- "nutr
W. huc4."
lon A ST tionor adds 10 his advertiser
sd "Tn regular customers Will sell wa
or ga is"
e in A Connecticut burglar got drunk
cider, after entering house, and slc'
captured.
pos "A female benevolent society in Bo
red darns stockings, sews ON buttons, sc
bachelors.