Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-03
dian, who is good Interpreter, along

if lIaInlin had arrived, and expressed
great delight at seeing him, saving that
the Indians were extremely anxious to
see him, and urging him to go back
with HIM to the camp of the nearest
Navahoe elfef, which he said was not
more than fifteen miles distant, and
talk the matter over there. After con-
sultation, being anxious to lose no
time, we consented. and after riding
tive itS-1iye miles, instead of fifteen,
we reached the Navalloe camp, which
consisted Oton " two lodges. \ tall pow
erful Indian, OF whose head the SHOWS
of many Winters had rested, welcomed
us with impre>siveness, and an en-
brace like the bug of a grizzly bear,
and invited us to enter. The lodge,
wick-eup, which W;,S substantially
built of heavy cedar logs about fifteen
feet long, WIS circular i'm form, like the
skin lodges of the Indians of the plans,
with an opening near the top to give IL
vent to smoke, and being covered with
bark and dirt, was very warm and
comfortable, which was none the less
agreeable to oar party, that it had been
showing hard all tire afternoon. There
were three Navahoes and three squaws,
one OF the lattcra very pretty girl, and
two PiuteS.
After a friendly smoke, they fur
nisheI us good aud substantial sup
per of hroilcd and boiled goats flesh,
and corn meal mlSb, the sqlawS
grinding the meal in the old-tashioned
way, bctweeI, two stones. Then talk
commenced. uamblin, be it remen-
bered. though perfectly familiar with
the Pluto tongue, knows nothing, or
very little Of the Navahoe language,
SO the services of our lIuck -a-bur was
called into requisition. The chief we
came 10 sec, forgot to mention, was
not there, but was only. so they said,
distant Il few miles. As we were anN-
los to Get back, we got the \avahCe to
dispatch the Piutc that night to him so
that he might cthCre early in he morE-
ing, and the business ba closed that
day. After his departure the talk Went
on. The \avahoe> present expressed
themselves anxious that the affair
should be settled without further blood
she'd, and that that was the wish of the
principal men of the tribe. They said
tie Navahoes have long known Ham
lin, and they believed he would do
what was right. Everything looked
promising, and after smoking innu-
merable cigarettes with our savage
friends, we retired to rest on Il pile of
buffalo skins and Navahoe blankets,
worth horse apiece, and slept sound
ly and well. The next morning the In
dams gave us an excellent breakfast,
and we passed the morning sauntering
about, examining such articles of man
utt'tIrc as were new to us, and endcaV-
oring to while away the time till the
arrival of the chief.
\ little before noon twelve NaVahOc
braves. armed with bows and arrows
and rifles. rode up on Il gallop, and.
diSmoun ing, entered the lodge with
out shaking hands and called. in an
insolent tone of voice, for tobacco. We
gave them some; and afcr smoking
awhile they threw everything out Of
the lodge, saving there were more Ma
vahoc> coming. enough to fill the lodge
Sure enough. there soon rode up some
more NavahOcS, making nineteen i'm
all, but still no chief. 10 our inquiry
as to his whereabouts, they replied he
had gone to Fort Defiance. We took
our seats. completely filling the lodge,
AMI all hands smoked i'll silence for
some time. Then the Indian whose
lodge we occupied commenced talking,
and y olc, with only an occasional mo-
for about an hour. Atlcr him five or
six others talked in rapid >uccession:
and from their earnest tones and inn
paS>ioEcd gestures, so different from
the usual manner of Indians, we could
see they were much excited. We could
not, OF course, understand much of
what they said. but could gatherenou9h
to know that the temper they were in
BODIED no good to us. one old Scoun-
drcl. OF brawnN frame and hair as white
as SNOW. talked III Il StcntOran voice,
and his frequent use of the gesture OF
drawing his hand across his throat,
looked perfectly ominous. In about
an hour more they ceased speaking,
and after pause told their interpreter
to talk. lie rose slowly and walking
across the lodge, seated himself beside
Hamlin. lie was Il Piute, Il slave of
the Navahoes, and rs they have the
unpleasant habit of sometimes killing
their interpreters when they don't in
terpret to suit them; and rs what he
was about to reveal was not calculated
to render us very amiable, l could cN-
cllSe the tremOr that shook him in
every limb. lie finally commenced,
in low tone. to speak To the following
effect: The NavahocS believed that all
llanllln llau Silu tilt IlISnu beloic wis
a lie; that they thought he was of the
party to the killing, and with the eN
cepion of three-our host and two
others of the older Indians-had given
their voices for death. Most of them
were of the opinion that it was best not
to kill my brother and myself, as we
were Americans, but to make us wit
ness the torture of Hamlin, and then
send us back on foot. As we were not
likely to desert a comrade at such Il
time, this was but small comfort.
Uamlin behaved with admirable cool
nes>-not muscle in his face quivered,
not Il feature changed-as he commu-
nicated to us. in his usual tone OF voice,
what we then fully believed to be the
death warrant of us all. When the i'll
terpreter ceased. he, i'm the same even
tone and collected manner, commenced
his reply. lie reminded the Indians
of his long acquaintance with their
tribe, of the many negotiations he had
conducted between his people and
theirs, and his many dealings with
them in the years gone by, and chal-
lenged them to prove that he had ever
deceived them ever spoken with a
forked tongue. He drew map OF the
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