The daily gazette., 1875-07-10
"SCULPED."

'ln1unS, StrangeT-lnJunS les,
know the hull gang of 'em from Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail down to the
toddling pappoose. ought to know
'em-Ive fit 'em for nigh onto thirty
years!' "'
He was o grim looking-old man, with
grizzly locks in view under his COON
skin cap. He had on bear skin coat,
Indian moccasins, buckskin shirt and
leggins, and he held long rifle be-
tween his knees as we talked.
"These Western railroads are rapid
ly civiizing the country-fast killing
off Indians, wolves, and .buffaloos?"
He looked around the car which was
handsomely furnished and finished, and
sighed as he replied: So. l..-s:
"Yes, times are gitten' wuss and
wuss down this way. I've beensthink-
In of goin' up the Yellowstone, whar
man can go out any time o day and
git up squar fight with grizzly, or
raise rumpus with the reds. .---
"You must be quite an old MANI"
"Only bout sixty. l amt quite SOY
timber on long rum an can't sleep
quite so well with the rain pouring
down into my face, but if l thought
wasn't good for any three 1njuns on
the plains, or any grizzly that ever
stood on legs. I'd ak ye to shoot mer'
"You must have seen wild times out
here?"
"Purty wild-purty wild" unused
the old man; "there used to be lots of
reds out here, to say nothing of the
wolves bars and rattlesnakes, an thar
was times when death rose upto shake
hands with me-"
"Ever taken prisoners"
~ mought have been-I guess |
was /" he said as he uncovered his
head.
"Why, you've been sealped!"
"They called 1t sculping stranger -
"And who did thatS"
"This same blasted Red Cloud. He
didn't use the knife, but he stood by
and hollered and encouraged the chap
who did do it."
"Yolr sensations must have been
terrible" ~.
| "There wasn't time to feel any sen
sations stranger. They sneaked in ON
me an Tom as we dozed, an when I
woke up Tom was riddled an my sculp
was hanging o an Injan's belt!' -
"And what them" Ia.
| "Nothing much. l got up and kill
ed two, wou nded another; and legged
1t up canon and got away. II it was
to do over again I'd git my topknot
back or fight the whole Sioux nation
till somebody went under!"
e.ae seemed lost in reelection for
moment, and then continued
81 don't know what sculps are wuth
in the market, but | guess I've got the
full value o'mine. I've knocked over
risin' of thirty Sioux since that night /,
an guess I'd bo willin' 10 pass re-
ceipts."
II suppose you've had a turn
at half donzen different tribes?
"Less s~e?" he mused. "Tnar's tho
Sioux, Blackfeet, Pawnees, Arrapa-
hoes, Shoshones, Cheyennos, an three
or four other tribes. They've all hun.
ted them, an I can't say as they owe
me anything" -.
81 notice bad scar on your face.
"Purty good scar for common
man, but kin show ye the sculp lock
of the Pawnee who made 1t. He jump
ed on to me jist after had swum a
river, an he thought he'd got hold of
iack-l abbit. Twas bad cut and it
: kind 'maZed me at fust, but when l
did cum to, he was gone afore he
could yell twice. said it was q
} purity good scar, but it isn't quite ekal
to this"
, And he pushed up the logging on his
right leg and exhibited scar which
made me draw back. The foot, ankle,
} and the leg as high as could see hao
been burned by fire. sa
r "The Blackfeet had me fast to staka
: once, ye obsarve," he explained,
e "That was the time when they poked
: each others in the rib an SAID they haS
a dead sure thing on old Carter, bu
e they wuz mistaken. They had m.
0 three days, and I'd bin kicked an cuf
i fed around until there wasn't any
l. more fun in it, an then they tied m,
e to stake an lighted fire around nae
s Twas pretty clus, stranger--prett!
clus." 4.ss. -. t7-iF2-
e "And how did you esoapes Ia. L.
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