Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-06-29

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route ostcnsibly to "linnt bllId"
But an extraordinary tifcum.
stancc had just lnppunod, Smlo.
ta, Sntank aud uuOibcr chief lcHi
Ing men Of the kowns, Chcycnrrs
pnd Arrapalocs, had cJnrpircd 10
g,c2c Gen. Sherman, then on n tour
Of inspection, They did riuzu -
train, but failed to find Cen Shcr'
man, me, in their rage aud dI-ap.
pointed murdered all the loamslrrs,
tying some to wagons aud bnrnln;
thcm, Gen Sherman, arriving At
Fort Still, in turn sicgcd tlom ani
started them TO Texts, there -
stand trial before the civil author.
ties for murder. The ypungrt :
chef. making IN assault upon tho
guard was l:iIlcd. 4 lcycr 81 oN.
cilcmcnt pcrvadcd the thrcc 'ribr,,
and It general war would have cu.
sued Rpl for the opposition ofComan
chcs, wl,o. steadily refused TO n.o
tho coalition. WeWero within Tor
ty miles Of the sccro whGn thg,n
we're enacted We %E,S
obliged TO poss three hundred mil,
through country over which these
wild tribes constantly roam, and
were therefore deeply anxious, not
SO much for our own, rs for the
s,ifotv OF oiir herd
Rcaching the Little Wichita.
our progress was inpcdcd by John
Love. n biz hurley Ghickasuw, an
u sclfconslitutod agent of that VA.
ton, who placed himself in front
OF our herd, declaring that before
we crossed tic Chickasaw line, wo
must ray taxes. 70 this, Buck u.
rcalicd, drawing Ills ,biE rcyolycy,
"Scc hyar, Mister Chickasaw, La
a'gwiIie to shoot right thar whar
you're II slandin', and You mouL
git hit !" Love failed to make any
restraint for taxes in our case.
Eight miles above, where ,,br
trail crosses the Wichita. the nge',.
cy OF tic Comancacs, Ctcycnncr,
Kiowas and Nrrapahrcs is located,
leaving tic herd | rode by this
agency. There were aLput three
thousand Indians gathered around
there then. | was told that four
thousand were usually rati.ncd
there, but that one thousand were
on buffalo hunt"
Doring, u Quaker, wps the pggrt
rhetB YRS : scLdo! aud Il trudi!G.
house. The latter apparently con.
tanned about six thousand dollars
worth Of goods. While | WAS il
the store an Indian came in and
throw down a buffalo robe. The
trader lookcl at it. 1t was worth
about six dollars. A few rapid
signs passed between the two, aud
the trader then tore off Il piece Of
calico of the intense Dolly Warden
style; throw it to tho Jfdiiiii, Titlt
which, after receiving a 7 andfuI ot
sugar, he left well satisfied.
i was told that this WIS .ho usn
al way of trading. No %ords AFRO
passed. and the Indians hcvcr stln,
ulatc for the quantity tllcY rcccivt,
but thcy must have Il li!.lc Erauu
ty. ,u
In all cases the women Tcac 2m
plovod while the men were loNi''ig.
If thoy happened to be moving tho
wito would have ii heavy Gurdcn,
chiefly of skins, while the hush%uI
Would lounge lazily along, enCrm
bcrcd with his bow and arrows
When any OF the b"i!yeJ wants
u wife he dotcrmin8 thpi Ahe IL
worth one or two or three ponies,
and, if the views Of the farthc'
coincide, the bargain is made. That )
an end of it.
OF their extreme unclcanlincSS no
language can convey an idea. l.
wish the author of liiawatha could
sar itS akil.le Minnchaha aud his
other creations IL nomc lHat tIu
Eastern philanthophist who SO be
walls tbc sad fate OF Lo, the poor
Indian was oblirc to associate with
him for a brief time. llc would
doubtlcs soon wish Lo further to.
w,rd tho scitinr sun. though, hq
mirbt as Mark Twain, be- bound
to Confess that chat Would be Sc
~ hard on the setting sun"
wa found the Canadian, its
North fork and the Red fork Of the
Arkansas to consist ONLY of dry
hcds If sand This was fortunate.
~ ihcir crossings are usually dan
gcrous on account of quicksand -
MISUNDERSTANDING we found these
I,roc rivers dry. there was plenty
nr w,tcr in tbE small streams and
lnroons, The soil of the vallcvs
oIonr our cnliro roule was very
rirh Except occasional belts Of
nost.o,ks and black lacks, similar
t. Tho crnss timbcrs Of Texas, thcro
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