The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-05
zHoy Indians Kiu Their Beeces.


A gentleman from up river furnishes ms
an item concerning the way in which tie
Indians at several of the agencies do theH
butchering. The agent furnishes them
their rations of beef on the hoot' "Hei
they are then allowed TO slauS htef aCeois' --.l
ing to the dictates of their own -
sciences From 15O to goo head are .SSuSu ~
~ tiT1Jo a,d the Indians drive all hut 70
IN, 2O ;ntn an enclosure arranged IoI the
,,,,rroso 4 cnuule of hundred oi The cop
oricoI,ned devils then get arouhd the pen,
and with rifles and revOlNerS commence q
f,,silade into the herd, taking no ann but
inst banging away promI cuously, seeming
TO desire more TO MAIN and torture the
poor brutes than to kill them. The Tevol-
vers haven't sufficient force to pat one of
them to death, and 50 they are the favor
ite arm. The wounded boviues soon set
up a believing which ought TO excite pity
in any heart, but these red skins listen TO
it twith a delight that could only he equaiCd
if the agoniZing cries were those u Pale
face victims. In the herd may be seen
animals with two or three OF thelf IeHS
broken. but trying to rear and plunge on
those uniIiured; some with their horns
split by bullet, and others scared aud
bleeding ia various parts OF the body.
After the massacre is finished the Indians
Jump into the corral ana there - t!'th ''
strife for securing the tongues and mites
tines of the animals, which taken raw are
yery choice moTScls to the red mans pal
ate. When there is nothing left but the
hteless, tonguelcss, eviscerated carcasses
of the cattle inside the enclosure, atten-
tion is then paid to those reserved to fur
nish the desert of this carnival Of barbarlc
cruelty. The 20 or 30 steers are stam-
pedcd across the prairie, and then pursued
by the Indians on horseback with lauceS
and revolvel'S, a Ia buffalo hunt, their tor
mentors utteTing those hdeOus noises for
the production of which the vocal accou-
trement of the full-g.own nations ward is
the only adequate arrangement Yet disccv-
cred. BY means of spears and pistols the
miserable brutes I'VE refer to the cattle)
have their bodies so lacLrated that they
are soon exhausted by loss of blood and
the frantic pace at which they have tried
to elude their muTdererS. When one falls
the Indians then Try by gOadinCs TO urge it
to another race, but when they fail in this
they stand over the fallen beast and, by All
the devilish tricks they ever learned, tor
ment it until death comes as relief. Then
all the interest in the animal is at az end,
except to scalp it of It's tongue and en-
trails.
The squaws are then turned ont to cut
up the carcasses and get them into camp,
not morsel of which is allowed 10 remain.
Among them there are sometimes fearful
contests for choice portions of the animals,
IN Whlch couple OF Iheh may frequently
be seen hacking at each other with their
knives over piece OF tenderloin. When
the last one is down the Indians go back to
their lodges, their blOOd-thirtineSS whetted
to such keen edge that the Ouly wonder
is that they can all be restrained from
massacreing the entire post How any SGT
of men can expect to civilize lot of crea-
lures among whom such practices are toll
Grated, is more than we, with our ideas
of human instincts, can comprehend
SiOUE City Journal.