The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-01-15

HrST No. ,. The Digccrs, chagrn-
cd ut the want of success in the first
hunt, send out new expedition com
prisng the most celebrated orthc tribe.
viz Tallowbelly Pete, the horh-tca In
Jun; Jacob, Chief Justice Fran H.
Counsellor Little John. policeman ;
Big John, knOwn-among the tribe rs
Big Knife Crooked John. provcrbinl
for his voracious appetite and inclina-
ton to sleep. and for his usefulness ~
q watchmnn; Hophnia, the Corn grind.
er sam. the Bear fighter Longsnakc
w. II. Wild Buffalo George Owltamer
and J. l.. Moustache the medicine man
who derives his name from the extern
sive moustoche he wears which gives
him II truly fierce. savage look, from
whom even Digger squaws and papoo-
ses run away and hide when he pres
cnts himself. THE Washington. ID. G..
Globe SAYS, that whilst this iniun was
at Washington, negotiating treaty
his moustache was viewed by turning
the large telescope on the observatory
and viewing it critically with the pow
ertul glass which observation showed
"a hairs to the square inch and having
! all the different colors of the rainbow y
| The medicine man, however, concluded
, to remain on the reservation and pre-
pare medicine and bnndages of lint &c.
for the sick aud wounded hunters when
they returned.
Fully equipped and armed to the
teeth the band procccdedto 10 Big Valley
where they pitched their tents and
placed crooked John rs watchman over
the camp. For several days they
secured the swamps and junges of Big
Valley returning in the evcningto their
camping ground, but not tail of any
thing in the shape of game. Two DAYS
more remained and the hunt must con
cludc. A council was held aud it was
determined thoy,would, on the follow
ing morning, take provisions for two
days and not return to camp until the
time for their departure, but here came
the crisis. Ii was discovered that crook
cd John had eaten all the provisions
and drank the herb tea. whoreupon
John became the subject ola war coun-
ell. Peter said, roast him, Frank said.
eat him. Reariighter said, skin him and
feed him TO Bishops dog, Long-snakc
said, prick him to death with splintcrs,
| Big John wanted To hang hiin i,i:tlc
John insisted that he should be starved
to death and then they would have a
war dance but bethought himselfthat
crooked John was fat from the large
quantities he had eaten and would live
to starve them all to death. At this
ljuncturc the modest Corn grinder steps
iarward and intcrccds for John and
suggests that Bishops dog he cooked
for the two days rations and John is de-
tailed to cook him this is the cruel
fate which Bishops dog met not tail
did they capture. Disheartcued, cha
grined, sore, worn-out they returned to
the reservation, (the Government re-
fusing to give them supplies on account
of their breach of treaty obligations
and they are compelled to subsist the
remainder ofthc wintcrson mouldy sau-
sagcs, spoiled beef. spoiled mackerel
and such other edibles as neighboring
tribes drag out from their encamp.
ments. p's'dog,did not set very
well on their stomachs and the Medi-
cine man has been busy doctoring the
band ESPECIALLY had.it bad effect on
Peter and Frank-the rest were not so
seriously affected.