Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-07-19

W utn l was tnplOltu ny hcus ltarney
last summer 10 take charge temporarily
Oi the Indians thnt were gathered near
Fort Randall, Daeoiah, TO form u new
rrtervhtion, one day a guide and trailer
came into the generals headquarters.
told him to he seated. lie sat down on
the floor, bracing his back against the
wall. Tie General saw this, and in VeX-
alton cried out, "My God, why don't
You take chair, when there are plenty
here not occupied ~
The man aTose and seated himself in
chair, but in 50 awkward and uneomiort-
able manner That he looked as ii he
might slip from II al any moment. But
when this uncouth peisou came to trans
act his husiuess with the General, he
turned but To be- man Of no ordinary
abilities. llis description of route he
took as guide aud trader from the Ogal-
lahs m bringing tleiu from the Platte to
the fort was minute, and to me exceed.
ingly interesting. Every war pnity that
Tor the season had crossed his trail, he
described with minute ness rs to their
number, the Kind Of arms they had, and
stated the tiihc5 they belonged ~. In
these strange revelations that he made
there was neither Imposition nor suppose
linn, for he gave satisfactory reasons for
every assertion he made.
rode several hundred miles with an
experienced guide and trailer, Hack,
whom | nterrugucd upon mapy points
in the practice Of this art. Ncarlyall the
tracks ! saw, old or new, ns II novice in
the AIT. questioned him about. In going
To the NiObrara river we crossed the
track of AN lnfan pony. My guide fol-
lowed the track few miles and then
said. "it j. stray black horse, with u
| long hnshy tail, nearly starved to death,
has - split hOOf on the left fore foot, and
goes very lame, and he passed here early
this morning." Astunishcd and incredu-
lous, | asked him the reasons for know
ing THESE particulars by the tracks of the
animal, when he replied
'lt was Il 81 ray horse, because II did
not 20 in direct linei his tall was long,
| for he dragged 1t over the snow; In brush
| ing against bush he left some of his
hair, which shows his color. lie was
yery hungry, for In going along he has
nipped ut those high dry weeds which
| horses seldom eat. The lissure of the
/ left fore foot left, also, its track, aud the
depth Of the indebtatiOn shows the degree
of his lameness and his tracks show he
was here this morning, when the snow
was hard with frost.
At another place we rame across an
| Indian track, and he said 1t it an Old
/ Yancltton, who came across the Missouri
last evening to look at his traps. In com
mg over he carried 10 his right hand d
trap, and in his left lassO to catch a
pony lac had lost. He returned without
hnding the horse, but caught in the traI
he had out praire wolf, which he car
ried home on his back and Il bundle of KIM
kinic wood in his right hand" Then h'
gave his reasons: ~ know he is old by
the impression his gait has made, ant
a Yauckton by that of his m0ccas
sin. lie Is from the other side of the
river. as there are no YancktOnl
on this side. The tap he carried strucl
the snow now aud then, and, in thu
same manner as when he came, show
that he aid not lind his PONY, A drop o
blood In the centfo Of his track show
that he carried the wolf on his back, an
the bundle Of knikiuc he used Tor sta
for support, and catching a wolf, als
shows that he had traps" But"
asked, "how do you know it's IA vol
why not fox OF coyote, or even
deer ;" Said he ''lf it had been II FOX
or Il coyote, or any other kind of sina
game. ne WtNlN nave StlIlINA ANt hNt'h
the animal IN the waist belt, and so cal
ricI lt hy his eide aud net on his sholsc
~. Dec, aic a. . caught hy traps ht
IL it had been q deer De would net hay
crossed tnis high hill, hut would hay
gone back by wuy Of the nyine, and III
load would have made his steps sti
more tottrring.'
Another Indian track we saw tweni
mi!rs west Of this he put this serious cot
struction upon; "llc is an upper India
ii pr0wliug horse thiei-carrled dor
, hle shot gun, and Is a rascal that kille
some white man luiey, aud passed her
one week ago ; iOr," said he, IA lor
. Indian in these parts Is bent on mischie
aud generally on the lookout for horse'
lie had on the shoes of "A white ma
whom he had in all probability kille'
hut his steIs are those Of an lndiai
tiOing through the rdsine, the end OF h
gun bit mlO the deep snow. A week NJ
we had very warm day, aud the snO
Il being soft, he made these deep tracks
a ever siuGe 10 has been intensely co
weather, which makes very shallo
: tracks" ! suggested that perhaps ]
- bought those .hOcs. "lndiaus don't ht
= SHOES, and il they did they would not oi
n them 50 large as these were, for lndial
n have very small feet.