Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-20
A sOUAN FIGHT.
The Women of an EOdIan Camp on
a Little Rough and Tumble.

The Women of an IudIau Camp on
Little Rough and Tumble.
Western Nebraskan.l
A lively fracas is reported to have oc
cured in hunters camp on the head.
waters of the Republican a week ago to-
day The party OF hunters consisted OF
six white men, four of whom had squaws
for wives. 1t was the habit Of the party,
as is the usual custom with such outfits,
to leave pretty much all the details Of
the camp work TO the squaws, who per-
form the cooking, do the washing, and
such other work as was necessary to the
general comfort of the lords of the king
dom. 1t is rarely ever the case that
squaws thus invested with the care Of a
camp forget themselves and indulge in
practices displeasing to the hunters
whom they have engaged to serve, but in
this instance we have q most fragrant
exception.
On the day referred to the hunters left
the camp for their days work, leaving
the four squaws in charge of the camp,
with instructions to have meal ready
at the hour of sunset. The hunters re-
turned about the time specified, to find
state Of affairs more shocking and des-
perate than even these sons Of border
life were accustomed to see Among
the essential stores provided for their
trip was q keg of whisky, which was re-
garded as entirely safe in the hands of
the squaws, but the evil spirit tempted
them, and they fell The camp pre-.
sented an appearance suggestive OF hav.
ing been struck by a double-geared whirl-
wind Of forty strokes Of chain lightning
The. cooking utensils were scattered
around in magnificent confusion; the
-four sack had been ripped open aud the
-four scattered promiscuously; knives
forks, dishes, and everything seemed to
have been caught up in the whIrlwind
and strewn in every direction. Two Of
the squaws were lying liieless within o
| few feet of the camp, with their faces
gasbed in the most CHASTITY manner, and
their faces literally cut to pieces One
squaw had crawled several feet after she
had been disemboweled, dragging hel
entrails after her; the other was lying or
her face with her mouth in a pool o
blood, her tongue cut out and her scalI
lifted. The other two were lying in the
midst of the confusion dead-drunk, one
still having tight grip on the handle O.
the whisky keg.
/ Both were considerably mutilated witt
kniv.4s. one having an eye gouged out
and the ,other had passed through the
conflict with 10 more serious damage
than the loss of an ear and the tip end
of her nose. The hunters TOOK IN tht
situation at a glance. The sQuaws aa9
taken it into their. heads to 90 on q
hilarious old drunk, which terminated
in bloody fight that was waged vigor
ously until the tragic end The deaC
squaws were buriedin rude holes as they
we're found, aud the disabled squaws
we're taken back to the Kansas Pacific
where they we're turned over to the irag
ment OF the tribe to which they belonged
The hunters say that one squaw does
first.rate, and is really indispensable tC
the prosperity of camp, but two o
more together is sure to bring trouble
At any rate they have tried the expert
ment for the last time, and are satisfied
woman is woman, no matter what kline
OF skin she wears.