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with him whom both woro employed by Gov.
ernmont as Bconta In tho army, and gave O good
account OF his skill and daring.

with him whom both worc employed by Gov
ernmont as scouts In tho army, and gave . good
account Of his skill and daring.
may havo boon slightly. prejudicod In hts favor
on account Of nationality but his opinion Of 1u-
dlnns IN gonoral wis ds folows: VI Now, tolo
some Fronehman, and my motlor waa fult-Dlooacd
Sioux, 10 half Indian. I live with tho Indian
aronnd Like Traverse oil tile limo wnB boy,
and know oil about 1ndlnn. NOW, when son'o
Indian como as,d tolo you some tings, and say no
Ia Il fact mud all just M truo, by Gar! don't you
" j. joo's accounts of somo Of Lis adyortnros md
exploits voy and f" W2ua o
Banks, aud, aa wo paaHed over many Or tho old
battlo-}lolds III Minnesota, md aaw the bullet
marks Oh the troos and Notifications, NO decided
that 1t was plensantcr 70 taso Joes account thsn
He showed I'D tho ravine up which the indiana
ewarmod to fight tho battle of Birch Cooly;" the
troo an Indian Of inquisitiyo mind went up aud
dovn head first; and tho p!ace whero ono daring
pork, occasionally diacharging hia revolver Into
tho air, and shouting to his sof1iers, "Courage,
boyal Give i to the rod dovilsl" ote;;, etc.
After wandering for many, days without eeelng
Wadeworth, nhere wo found both Of the beal
quality, Nc one afternoon sighted, through out
ifeld-glassos, shtngse roofi It was many miles
AWAY, aud tho trail across the low, loyol plain
was covered with mud and wator; but thore was
Bhingleroof In sight The mu1os took drink from
the Wild Rice River, and we took drink FROM.
near there; aud then MI pushed eargory forward.
The ehinglo-roof was only shanty, hut to va
and soon other ehing1o-roofs were IN sight ana
away on our right, ACROSS tho Red River Of the
North, was
In the beginning Of our trip, no had seen tho
metal n, roofs succoded by shingles. thon bonrds,
s''" hole A'S,' IN tho tho hillside, whess tho
fastldious pioneer crawlod in like
our Journey, 1t wAs only step from tho unin'
habited plain to aal Of tho comforts Of ci7itzar
tion undor shtnglo-roofe:
We cfossed tic 1sod Rivor Of the North on the
10 tho hotol found newspaper, and satisfied
ourselves that tho country lad not entirely gone
| tor1in during our absonce examined train o.
| t]loao curious Rcd River ono-o1 cnrtB and Just
here fairly within tho limltB Of civilization, We
| discovered D creature -.....
FAB MORE WONDERFUL AND INTERESTING
than anything no bud seon in all Of our wild
| wanderings
1opo but our ornithologist pronounced 1t
gigantic specimen OF the wiugloss bird d-of-Para"
disc. II stood like q Numidlan crane (Anthropldos
virgo). sustaining ita entiro weight on its front
forward like bittern (Ardea stel1ars) fishing
| for suckers. 4 protuberance on ita back re-
somb1od that OF = Grinea-hen (Numld1a, molea-
gria); its plumage Was varied and brilliant u
| lilo rainbow, and its beautiful crested head was
Hurmounted with tuft Of foathera 1ko That OF
with iustrous, languishing eyes, like tho
gazoo's, 1t gazed at us as wo passed,
and then disappeared in q thickot OF pure white
prario-rosos.
noting but young female woman." Perhaps ha
Tho Indians OF Dakota will not vote for Grant.
Ali Of which is respectfully submitted.