The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-08

a current, that will astonish himself as
much as others. It is lawlessness fol-
lowing the bent of passion, rather than
settled opposition to right, that shapes
the immortality of the border. Among
these rufians, as general rule, there is
respect paid to Christianity, at least in
name, but their orthodoxy is often Of
the stamp Of Old Jack Prices, who con-
sidered It his especial province to chal-
lenge every 1nidel he heard of, or either
reform his orthodoxy or take his life.
Why didn't the Jesuits enlist him Up
on the headwaters Of the Republican
we arc passing the last vestigesof civil
ization. Willow Creek, where the In.
dian difficulties have recently broken
out, is some distance behind. a so-called
trading post whose Enclosure was but
the raw hides Of 5ufaloes stretched.upon
q framework of poles. is the last thing
we see looking like white mans resi-
deace. How these stalwart looking
men obtained 8 living by' the trapping
trades carried on there afterwards APP
:peared, when after ward learned, that
they, with half dozen others, among
whom was the county sheriff, were ar
rested on charge Of keeping kind of
"a Bender den, circumstantial evidence
pointing them out as guilty of several
murders. We were not sorry that We
rejected their offer to tarry all night.
The history of the raw hides of this
structure was tragic ore. All will re-
member the fearful encounter betw een
tie huntin9 parties Of the Pawnees an3
Sioux in the early summer of 1878. AZ
ter the Sioux had either murdered or
put to the roat their enemles, thez
seemed to have forgotten their instinct
for plunder in the qualification Of their
fierce revenge. Everything was left zen
the battlefield save the scalps Of their
rivals. The nearest settlers hurrying to
the scene. carried Of wagon loads Of
spoiIs, rifles. muskets. revolvccs, and
hides OF which were those of the trading
post. AS we passed the battle Geld the
bones Of the Unburied bodies might still
be seen strewing tue field IL Che
government will only leave ths Pawaees
and Sioux alone for few years. to Eight
it out, as the old Lady did her husband
and the bear, they will not leave asrr.Qch
Of one another as die the beIigerant cats
of Kilkenny, They will fast welcome
each other with bloody hands TO hospi,
table graves 1t ia Lo, on marrow
neck of land and with his ewn uhanda
he is narrowing it continually. They
seem, with the buffalo, predestinated
to extirmination, anG they are helping
make their calling and election sure
A few days Journey farther we were il
the midst of 3 Sioux buryiDg-ground
and say grave, or rather scaGold, where
we presumed 0pe of their braves, who
had fallen npcn thig field, was laid.
lie was encased like e mummy in blank
cts. the head and feet, covered wit
moccasiue, deliberately if not exgUisitely
wrought with bead work, and this in a
couple Of nicely trimmed robes. About
this resting place Of the chfeftain were
supplies to last him to the happy AUNT
ing ground Of his fathers, and to com
>mence a successful hunt after once there !;
q bow and arrows, rife and ammunition,
end last but not least ,ceveral plugs of
tobacco, with whose spiritual narcotic
he wigh5 regale himself as he rode his
phantom pony in presence Of those
shaggy shadows, he called buffalo in
this world The hunters usually respect
these memorial Offering But isn't it
about time we saw someou4faloes some Of
our readers may begin to inquire? and
so did we. We have crossed the Sinking
water, euphonious name and are now ON
the divide between 1t and tho Frenchman's
Fork. On the prairie in the far distance
there seems to be dark moving mass.
scarcely distinguishable from the waving
grass, or whistling cloud Of dust Our
field glass is wiped anew, and after adjust
ment covers the objects, yes, they are buf-
faloes, a herd of five hundred Or more, eight
or ten miles off. But isn't this enough to
excite one who has never seen one. Our
joys like our sorrows come as we are able toll
bear them After three weeks travel with