The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-10-23

| carefully removed the SIX lnclSOfS IRON
the lower Jaws for ornaments. ElCnSlng
the carcasses, and packing the meat and
skins on our tired horses, amid shouts and
exaultant song, we returned to camp, 1t
was late before the fires were deserted
and quiet reigned in the village. Yet in
the midst of this general rejoicing there
were anxiety and trouble, Two of the
warriors that followed the Teton trail had
not appeared, and long after the skins
We're drawn, shutting out the night the
discordant sound of the drum and dolelul
chant of the medicine man told Of faithful
wrestling for their safe return
On our return we followed the beauti-
tul valley of the keya Pal1c. under the
shadow Of the Turtle Hills beyond and
camped, on the evening of the hottest
| day We had experienced, at its confluence
with the Niobrara All through the after
noon the mutteriug Of distant thunder and
a fitiu glare along the horizon told of a
coming storm After the evening meal
we gathered in groups but the pipe pass
ed silently. The usual sounds of mirth
We're wanting. Not q breath Of ain stir
red and feeling Of awe oppressed rs all
at the solemn stiffness that hung over the
valley Presently few drops fell SILENTLY
and we separated to our several lodges
A fierce rushing wind. a torrent of driv-
INC rain and the storm was upon us.
| Flashes OF forked lightning fired the camp
with lurid light, while peals of rattling
| thunder seemed to shake the very fomda-
tions of the earth Mardi and the s'littlc
woman" lay @roycllin9 on the ground.
moaning Il song to the angry elements
Leapng Thunder sat stoicallv awaiting
his fate, equal to either fortune
Trumbo and reclincd on the buffalo
skin in momentary expectation of a reve-
lation Of the Great Secret suddenly
from across the camp came a piercing
shrek, followed by prolonged low wall,
as it were the sob Of nature. Guided by
the mcessant flashes we hurried TO where
4 number of Indian woman were gathered
about two shattered lodges, the inmates of
which lay insensible among the ruins.
Removing the rubbish, we carried them
to the grass, and strove by every means
in our power to restore them to conscious
ness Three revived, but q brave and his
squaw were dead Wrapping tho bodies
in our blankets, we laid them side by side
in lodge. and left them with their
friends. Before daybreal they We're
buried.
Early the next morning The Fat brought
to our lodge several bundles Of willow
| twigs and requested US to count them.
They numbered .OS2, and represented the
deer, antelope, and elk Killed on the hunt.
No account had been kept of the smaller
animals, which would have added largely
to the list. The Indians decided not to
move, and although forty miles from the
Missouri, | resolved to push forward and
catch the stage due at the resery alton soon
after midnight. With Trumbo, and an
Indian named from having lost an eve,
The-F e-Fre-is-Quenched, as u guide, | rode
from camp, pauslng moment by the new
made crave On the fresh earth some faith
ful hand had placed a bowl Of Stewed meat
and several lunches of wild cherries, to
feed the dead on their journey to the happy
huntino-ground We fingered an instant
on the bluff to take q last look at the en-
| campment. then shouted ''Good-by, and
galloped across the prairie. Before reach
INC the Missouri Trnmbo'- horse gave
out. Nothing disheartencd, his ridol dis
mounted. and with laliat in hand trud@cd
on singing as he went lie was 4 glorious
hunting companion, "a fellow OF infinite
Jest, of most excellent fancy, cool in the
moment of danger, and fertile in cNpedi-
ents. May he live long, and prosper"
Late in the day we reached the river. and
vollcv from our rifles brought the boat
from the opposite shore Under the porch
| of the mcss-housc we told Of chair breadth
'scapes, and dreamed ai nieht oi "nr
duskv Swretheat1.
1t wa, with regret that | bade alitu
next morning to the friends that had 50
kindly welcomed me- and took my scat IN
the stage A tedious ride Of two day and
a night, and we ratified up i'll true Western
stvle to the Hubbard House in Sioux City,
On the rails for three days and my glorious
summer trip was ended Theo. +. LeedS.
in the GALAXY.